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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Dr. Phillips Recommendation

q. therefore, beg to submit for your cor sideration the following recommenda- tions upon this subject:
 '1. That the board of education shall adopt the policy of providing free text books and supplies to the pupils of the elementary schools of the city, under such restrictions as may be deemed eX- pedient and necessary, provided, of course, that the city council concurs and pro vides the funds necessary.
 70. That on account of the initial ex- perse involved. the introduction of free text books into the grades shall be grad uaI. For the first year free text books may be supplied to pupils of the three lower grades, or of the four lower grades and that pupils of one grade higher be included each successive year until all the grades of the elementary schools sha1 be included
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Tang Montgomery a negro who es- capped from the city prison here some time ago. and who was recaptured and put behind the bars on Monday night, made an unsuccessful attempt to break Jail last night. He was found saving through the bars of his cell and but for the prompt discovery would doubtless have worked his way to liberty in few hours In police court today Montgom cry was given d fine of $50 for his att tempt to escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Many people are in bad circumstances now because they of work during the recent shut down of the steel mill and other industries They should profit by this experience and put part of their earnings away reg uIarly in strong bank to prevent recurrence of it.
 We keep openfor savings deposits from to o'clock Saturday nights, and also receive deposits by mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Local Data ,r the 24 hours ending at p. m. Sep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
FREE TEXT BOOKS ID BE USED HERE
 IN LOWER.GRADES System Win Be Extended One Grade Each Year
 Until Completed NO COST WHATEVER FOR THE BOOKS USED Birmingham Is First City in South To Adopt System Providing for
 Absolutely Free School

Educators of the Birmingham public schools, notably pr. J. H. Phillips, have been successful in their efforts to se- cure absolutely free text books for the pupils attending school. The city board of education yesterday adopted resolu- tions carrying out the plan of Dr. J. H. Phillips as contained in his annual re- port to the board of education.
 The action of the board of education followed the passage of a resolution by the city commissioners that it was the sense of this board that free text books should be provided not to exceed in cost Ssoo0," and that amount was appropriated to provide for the purchase of text books for the first and second grades of the primary schools for the coming scholastic year.
 Birmingham is the only city in the south to have free text books. In two other cities initial steps have been taken but the books are leased to students for fee ranging from S1 in the lower grades inaugurated yesterday by the board of in augurated yesterday by the board of education of Birmingham is the first ab- solutely free text books that nave peei' furnished to students in the south.
 While the books will be furnished to but two grades this year, an additional grade will be added each year until the entire public school system of the city will have free text books.
 In his last annual report to the board of education pr. J. H. Philips, super irtendent of the public schools of Bir- minghanf, made the following recom- merdations following report against the adnntion of the lease system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The Boys Corn club of Etowah county is to have a meeting soon for the pur- pose of closing up the details of the sea sons contest. County Superintendent J. F. Williams, who has charge of the con- test. said that the corn is now all practi- cally ready to gather and the boys are to have their final instructions. There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Sheriff J. L. Lister today received letter from Governor O'Neal asking for information as to the assault of J. T. Howle on Capt. Will Thornton of the city police on Saturday night. The ob- ject of the inquiry is not known unless 1t be that the governor contemplates revocation of the parole granted Howle when he was convicted of running a blind tiger and sentenced to serve six months on the chain gang. The investi- gations of the sheriff disclosed the receipt of the letter and Sheriff Lister reluctant ly acknowledged it.
The Delta independent., 1911-04-21
South Country and Suburbs.

The engagement of Miss Julia
Stover of Montrose, to MIR. Howard
Stetson, is announced.
Miss Inez Weaver. of Delta. visit
ed Mrs. S. J. Gaddy, in Montrose,
Friday of last week.
Restablishment of postal service
between Nucla and Uranium in Mont
rose county, has been requested of
the department at Washington.
II. c. Roberts. formerly manager
of the Independent Lumber company
at Montrose and later in a similar
position at Longmont has disap-
peared and is being sought by his
family. Roberts was in Montrose
the first of this month and left for
Longmont by way of Gunnison, in a
hurry to reach home. He was not
seen later except at Gunnison. An
audit OF his books has shown them
to be correct.
Mrs. Frank Waller visited with
her husband In Montrose part Of
last week.
California and Ash mesas show
some fine fields of winter wheat.
The Delta independent., 1911-04-21
Prof.. Weldon Encouraged
Over Lower Valley proSnectS

Il cannot feel but greatly en-
OF the fruit crop in the Grand juno
tion ana t'ruIta district said In
vesdgator Geo. Weldon. | haven't
Deen IN the Palisade and Clifton
district as yet, but l feel that they
have much better crop than they
first supposed
From my Investigations up to
date, | feel certain that we have a
full apple crop and practically
Tull pear crop. | am very much
encouraged over the pear crop as it
is looking a great deal better than
first thought it would. Even the
Kieffer pears are looking in fair
condition and they were supposed
to be practically all gone at first.
Il visited the +. C. Matlack orch
ard and found the fruit in splen-
did condition. They will have
full crop of apples and a full crop
of pears. A great many people get
discouraged and feel blue before
they really know just what condition
they are in. This was the case in
the instance just mentioned. Mr..
Matlack wasn't sure it would pay
him to continue his fight for a crop
but the conditions showed that he
was in the best possible condition
james l.. Hamilton, who has been
out among the orchards, returned
TO Grand Junction yesterday with
very favorable report.
Il can see what some people
hItta Oh hA
Investigation shows that We have
now more apples and pears on our
trees than We ever had in our his
tory. Today the biggest crop the
valley ever saw in sight. Draw a
line up Twelfth street and west of
that line you will find practically
bumper crop of apples and pears.
East OF that line to Clifton you will
find normal crops of apples and
pears and in many cases fine crops
of peaches. In Palisade you will
find lots of ranchers with full crops,
Others with half crops and here
and there a man that thinks he
is nipped pretty hard These latter
are few. however.
Saturdays Palisade Tribune re-
views the Palisade peach situation
at some length. Editor sherman
finds that the cold streak was
''spotty" He then states;
Whatever may be aid concern
ing the "spotty' condition of the
cold, the fact remains that the
smudge pot has another victory to
its credit. and the lesson of its
usefulness, even under the most
trying circumstances. is more ap-
parent than ever before. Reports
that can easily be confirmed show
that where the work was properly
done 1t brought good results. Just
north of town nearly every rancher
smudged vigorously and the concert
ed action was undoubtedly benefi-
cial There are many who believe
that conditions would have been i'm
proved had similar systematic ef-
forts been general"
The Delta independent., 1911-04-21
Taft Is Patriot But Not a Judge.

ia't au but wv
Influential newspapers that pict
ure President Taft as posing in
a benevolent. beatic smile, while
carrying chip on his shoulder.
anxious to loose the dogs of war on
Mexico, are doing the executive a
gross injustice that must be inspir-
ed by a most malicious spirit. We
do not believe that anybody honest
ly thinks that Mr.. Taft wants to
see this country involved in war.
but on the contrary will make almost
any reasonable concession to avoid
war Nevertheless, with commend
able patriotism he proposes to be
ready should some upstart nation
come along and spit in Uncle Sans
face.
Admitting for the sake of argu
ment that the hurryiug of the army
down on the Rio Grande border
may SAVIOR little of bullying. there
have been instances when a harm
less effort at bullying has averted
more serious complications. which
justified the bluff. While the MeNi-
can situation approaches an ugly
stage, there is as yet nothing to war
rant the fear that this country NAV
become involved. but il she should
the wisdom of the prompt action
taken by President Taft will become
instantly apparent. and will be fully
appreciated. A disposition to mis-
represent and embarass the presi-
dent in the face of the prevailing
crisis in international affairs. is but
little short of treason. The most
extreme caution is necessary, if this
little Mexican disturbance shall be
nacified without larger and more
important nations becoming invol-
we'd. Just now all the countries
of the world seem to be very ieal-
Gus and extremely sensitive.-Tell-
uride Journal
The Delta independent., 1911-04-21

Mrs. Champa. who has hired a
mar to plant shade trees-Digging
out the holes. l see. Mr. Finnegan?
Finnegan-No, mum. Oi'm digging
out the dirt an lawn the holes. And
the Arbor day proceedings proceed
ed.
"Of what use." asked the strang-
er from the burnt grass at the bench
show. "is a dachshund?" "A dachs-
hund. SIR answered the man who
owned the animal. "is made to show
how long n dawg can be stretched
without pullin' him in two"
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
improves City Property

Dr. F.. w. Peterson has had his cot
tage property on State street near
Fifth, improved by having substan-
TALLY built cement walks constructed
in front of and upon the property. This
adds tone to the city residence district
and adds materially to the comfort OF
both the Cwner and the public. The
construction work wa done by the
Imperial Tallcy Concrete Co. Of EI
Ccntro
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
HARbISON'5 SUMMARY or
SERIES on TIE VALLEY

--LGz2zMMTLNUED2 FROM PAGE oNEl
Many readers viii remember that
ny fellow yisitts, Mr.. Kendall and
Mr.. Brison, have developed to a con-
siderable degree tnat peculiar kink in
men that urges them to don nip boots
and shoulder q gun, and tramp for
hours through the marshes where
ducks ought to be, in the hope of con-
iu- home with at least one "butter-
ball Which accounts for the faoj
that the two days we're one long regret
to them. Going into the valley, Trey
were up early and at Redwood, the
first station south Of Imperial June
ton and not far from where New river
GebauCbes into the Salton basin, the
careless engineer stirred up some birds
What instantaneous calculations fol
lowed | am ignorant of, but Kendall
and Brison agreed there were 1000
ducks that rose lazily from the marsh
es, and neither of them with a gun
From what they suffered, | judge it
is a fortunate thing that my early edu-
caion in the matter of shotguns was
ne elected.
Ducks are by no means so plentiful
as in that famous season three or four
years since, when they took the valley
I heard one new duck story, reminis-
cent Of that invasion. The habit Of
the ducks was to stay at the Salton
Sea during the day and toward morn
ing they would come by the ten thou
sand into the barley fields. Two men
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

The ordinary newspaper for delivery,
soliciting and collecting and in failures
to collect loses &c per cent of the sub
scripton money. The Daily Press, by
requiring cash in advance in every case,
avoids all losses and all expense of col
lecting. By letting Uncle Sam do most
of the delivering it saves greatly. This
makes the low price possible, and the
low price and high character of the pa
per are the only solicitors. This Is the
policy that makes possible the Great
Dollar Daily and this is why no name
is entered on our subscription list with
out cash in advance, and why all sub
scriptions are stopped at the expiration
of the time paid for. II
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Play OF Intense interest

Play Of Intense interest
The final denouement of the average
drama is made so plain to the audi
ence that child can tell how it will
end, and it is seldom that the conclud-
ing lines of such play are ever heard
as. the audience begins to leave the
theater several minutes before the
last curtain descends. An exception
to this rule is tonbe found in Tempest
and Sunshine" the romantic drama
which appears at the Holt Opera
House on December II. The final out
come of this unusual play is so veiled
that the most biase theater goer is
kept guessing until thirty seconds be-
fore the end The last act is said to
be most striking and original OF any
contemporaneous play The original
company. including Miss Quida; Ma
riOn, will be seen here. ~j,f'i 3
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
st tre L. & s. Theatev

Those who Witnessed the program
last night at the I. q s. Theater we're
very we'll pleased with the pictures,
ana also Mr. Beamer's song, entitled
Deer Heart" Mr.. Allison. also gave
selections on the piano, among them
were The Winning Fight" Seven
Days, Medley Overture OF Popular
selections" AMI a selection from
Bright Eyes" The program viii be
the same tonight and a special change
of pictures will be given Saturday
and Sunday
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Hign Class Show Coming

Hisn Class Show Coming ,..zs;;..l;;''- vi
Manager Sawyer Of the local play
house takes great pleasure in announc-
ing to the people Of Ell Centric and
vicinity that he has succeeded in Be
curing Fred Raymond's great comedy
success, .'The Missouri Girl" for date
of December so. 1911, here. This is
the same show exactly that plays xew
York, Chicago and all the larger cities.
The company carries two complete
sets of special scenery, the smaller of
which will fit the local stage very
nicely, thus insuring the complete pro-
duCtion the same as seen in the regu-
lar city theaters AS the management
here is under very heavy expense in
securing this excellent attraction, it is
to be hoped that local theater goers
will appreciatc E:3 -3--3 to give them
first class ATTRACTIONS, ~ packing the
house on the above date. .....
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
"Beile Of Richmond" Tonight

"Beiie Of Richmond" Tonight
The Jack Benjamin Company to-
night will present The Belle Of Rich
mond" at the Holt Opera House. This
play vas the opening bill of this com
pany when il arrived in, El Centre,
ana is one of the strongest OF its rep
ertoire All who saw the first presen-
tation will be pleased to see it again,
when the accessories of d first-class
playhouse are available for it's produc-
ton The play presents a pleasing
picture of Old-time southern days, and
has a fine story OF romance running
through it.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Gets Final Certificate

Susan III. Dawson has received from
the United States Land Office a final
certificate for the north half of the
southeast quarter and the east half
OF tie southwest quarter of section g.
township 16 south, range Is east.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
final CertIfic ate Issued

The United States Land Office has
Of Minnie E. Mcdonald for the east
half of the northeast quarter of section
Z, and the northwest quarter of the
half of the northeast quarter of sec
tion s. township 16 south, range t2
east
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
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Another Picture Machine

Mr.. Cheney. operator at the L. C s.
Theater. Is preparing to install another
picture machine, the same make as the
one he is now using, and from which
he has gotten such good results since
he has been here
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Uhr Hital RprurA
Deaths.

CLARK-December 6, at Ell Ceptro,
Jesse Clark, aged % years
The deceased has been i'll for about
three weeks, and his father, w. H.
Clark, arrived from the family home,
Troy, Tenn, few days before the
young man died. The body will be
sent back TO Troy for interment
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
VIII be Sentenced Monday

Antonio Sanchez pleaded guilty to
petty larceny before Judge Cole this
forenoon. and he will be sentenced
next Monday forenoon. Sanchez had
a prior charge against him
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
SKATING TODAY

H & H. Skating Rink open daily at
2:30 in the afternoon and $50 in the
evening, in BlackintOn Hall. Perfect
equipment Good order always pre-
served If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

vent out on this particular morning,
one with a double barreled gun, the
other carrying a pump" gun, and in
the darkness they approached as close
as possible to where the ducks were
feeding, Judging their proximity by the
grinding the ducks made in the barley
field. At the signal, both fred, FIVE
charges being used, and in the dark
ness they gathered up 165 ducks, in
addition to the number that were over
looked. Even the hunting: stories in
the valley increase in the geometrical
ratio '~';
If the great basin has one draw
back, aside from superheate sum
mer climate. it is the lack Of domestic
water supply, although the native
swears by filtered and iced Colorado
river water, and it must be admitted
that while it still tastes Of the soil it
also tastes good .t.4'%'.'<.'.'~
All efforts to develop artesian water
west Of the Alamo river, which sepa-
rates the least side" from the remain
der Of the valley, have been futile. A
well that was driven down almost 1000
feet at Ell Centre developed only warm,
brackish water, and it was abandoned.
East Of the Alamo, by some unex-
planned underground conditions, water
bearing strata have been discovered,
one at about $50 feet, the water from
which is moderately tempered and
slightly mineral. and another az about
700 feet. where the water is much
stronger of mineral ana warmed up
to about the temperature of 1O2 de-
grees. Inasmuch as this is about the
right degree of heat for incubators, the
inventive genius at once suggested
that combination of hot we'll and
incubators would work out ideally. /
saw none in operation, so I do not
vouch for the tale, but it is solemnly
told the stranger.
A dowing well to the upper stratum
is located at one Of the east side
schools, and We stopped at the roadside
to stample the water. It would slake
any desert thirst, although fairly fla
vored with mineral But a. first class
4omestic water supply of good water
would be better.
III passing, we stopped for a few
moments at the J. H. Cox ranch, hard
by the school house, and found a we'll
drilling rig already in place, going af-
r. water # it is successful, three
.t>o~a are to be put down by ranchers
in the vicinity.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Decree Of Distribution

Judge Cole has, issued decree of
distribution of the estate of Minnie
Z. Mcdonald. B. F. Mcdonald is the
administrator Of this estate.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

WAlTE ROCK & WHITE LEGHoRN
Cockerels for broeling; also a few
choice laying. liens Of both strains
'Tho1c are all from ne stock winning
the first and second n,omiums at lne
Imperial Valley Fair Of 1911, Eggs
furnished for setting or inGU1ators,
CHAS. BALANCE, 2la miles S, e.
III Centre '.t
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

Daily Imperial Valley Press. 81
year in Imperial Valley, So a year else
where. Please tell your neighbors.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

The building in the Imperial Valley
which IMPRESSED us most is the really
splendid high school at Holtville. Built
of solid concrete, two stories high, of
classic architecture, with. a technical
school in q smaller building Of similar
construction and architecture, the two
connected by an open colonnade, it is
easily the first building in the valley,
and while they say it was built for
$4,000, it seemed to us that they had
100000 worth Of building for theil
mnvn-
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
Oitu ann nallry

Change i'm Time Table
In the Holton interurban time table
tonight there appear slight changes
which became effective today
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

To make life worth living, keep the liv-
er IIt3llt. Jeu Gentle tteminderS viii do
it, John Il. Davis. druggist. If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1911.
q Csntro 70 srIce, Meio'and and Holtviile
WESrBOUND EASTBOUND
To: I No.
Nv Hoityilie 0Oam Lv El Centre 30am
Lv MelOland 10am Lv Meloland Scam
Ar Ell Centre 6 30am Ar HoltvilIe o0am
Trani No. ! leaves Holtvilel on Sunday
at 7:30 am. o.. -
No. 3 Motor No 4
Lv HoltvilIe 9 o0pm i Lv Ell Centre O0pm
Lv Meloland 9 1Opm Lv Melorand 2 20pm
Ar E,l Centre aOpm Ar Holtvilie S0pm
TO. 70 Ro,tviua 1on,n m9f9r y, No
I.v Meloland 6 50pm Lv Meloland 6pm
Ar FL Centro 10pm Ar Holtvlle 30pm
Ei Centre to Whsle, Mobile and SeeIey
No. Motor No.
Lv E Centre 30am \ Lv Seeley 81 OOam
hv " Noble Mobile Scam Scam Ly Mobile osam
: Train No. 1 leaves Ell Centre on Sun
day at $40 am.
Train No. 2 leaves Seeley on Sunday
No. 3 Motor No 1
Lv p Centro ! a5pm Nv See.ey = sspm
Lv Mobile 05pm Lv Mobile 30pm
Ar Seeley 1opm Ar Ell Centre 5opm
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

found mt one thing about which
people there are very much Of op-
posite opinions just now, and that is
the new state highway. Imperial and
BraWley are pulling for a road that
shalt come in from San Bernardino
and Redlands, via San Gorgonio pass,
skirting Salton Sea on the south,
avoiding the great arroyos on the
north side of the lake
Ell Centro will bend energy and in
fiuence to secure the road from San
Diego, because that will give Ell Cen
tro first chance at everything and
everybody coming in via the new
road. l imagine, however, there might
also be this element to develop later:
The Redlands influence is strong in Ell
Centre, because of capital that went
t4ere from the neighboring city, an
it is at least question whether the
men behind that money would not pre-
fer a road that viii be more direct
sDan one by way of San Diego
At FL Centro, maps are shown, prov
irs the superiority of the San Diego
rolte Ditto at Imperial, showing the
sen CoIgonio route TO be the only
feasible one. If San Rernardino and
the peNplc of the vo''~T ere consult
= r..
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

Plain sewing Mrs. Eaton, half block
east of steam laundry. *S4;
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08


These letter aI. r. en3. except
LAT must again leier 10 HAROLD Bell
rights book for bit Of sagehru=h
philosophy which tells the whole
ztory of the &.nnn- Of the Imperial
valley. sal Teoas Toe:
A man'n sure uoa6 somctain' more
a,,y t1aH let-a a.r his name when
re goes up aaain4. the desert" ::
4-ere are pieu-v OF won-2nd wow'4
en, too-in the Imperial Valley, who
aie entitled TO wear the letters after
their names, and whose orumpled di-
plomas are their priceless treasures.
But witch the letters, .Aey brought
"somethin' more hettr. II. c. H. "
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08
RAILROAD TIME TABLES

HoLToN INTER-UR8AA RAILWAY
COMPANY
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-08

EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, DEC g. 1911