The Parker post., 1912-09-21
BLYTHE NEWS.
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the state last Sunday and since that
time the local nimrods have been
bringing in lots of birds The unset
tied parts of the valley are fairly
alive with quail. Doves are also plen
tiful in the valley this year.
Blythe school opened Monday with
an enrolment of "a pupils. lit is ex
pected that this number will be doub-
led within the next few weeks as
a large number of Mexican children
diving i'm this district did not enroll
this week on account of Independence
Day celebration.
Monday, which was the anniversary
gala day for the Mexican pOpula-
ton of the Palo Verde valley and
Ehrenberg The celebration was be-
gun Sunday night with a dance at
the Evans pool hall. Sun was UP
Tuesday before the revelry ceased
Residents in the Sunnyside school
sale of bonds to build a new school
building i'm their district last Satur-
day. The vote was light as there
was no opposition to the bond sale.
School opened in this district the
first of last week with an enrolment
of nineteen.
DR.. A. B. Brown with Mr.. Allen of
Parker drove into Blythe Friday
evening, having come down the Col
orado valley by wagon. The doctor
looks as we'll and good-natured as
usual and has developed into a first
class booster for Parker where he is
living now He expects to spend
some time in Blythe this winter at
tending his local patrons
Twenty-Five head of dairy stock
were brought into the valley by A
Hartman last week for Andrew Tor
SELL The cows are for the most par.
jerseys and were shipped from the
coast to Glamis and driven in. This
y
herds that are to be brought into
the valley within the next few months
by ranchers here.
Friends of the Solano brothers en-
jOyed a pleasant social evening at
the SOlanO ranch home Tuesday. The
occasion was the birthday of Nef.
alT1 ha h l1a1.is1
versary of Mr.. and Mrs H. NJ R.
ROdman. The evening was devoted
to dancing in the pretty adobe dane
ing hall recently built The hail was
most artistically decorated and as
usual the Solano brothers proved
themselves royal hosts.
c. E. Berg, formerly with the Pale
Verde Mutual Water company of this
place. was married to Miss Janet
Elizabeth Hinckley at the home OF
the bride in Los Angeles Wednesday
of last week Miss Hinckley lived in
Blythe last winter and is we'll known
and popular among the young people
of the valley Mr.. Berg has been en-
gineer for the water company for
some time He has a host of friendG5
here who join with us in wishing
the couple the greatest possible hap
piness. Berg expects to return to
the valley at later date
Among other business to be brougiht
up at the Palo Verde Mutual I'M
prOvement Association meeting Sat
urday will be the matter of securing
funds to complete the Blythe junction
road. Floyd Brown says that it will
be absolutely necessary for the Palo
Verdeans to contribute for the com
pletion of this county highway. AT
present he is arranging for a system
of payment that will enable every
settler in the valley to have some part
i'm this work, which is to save thou
sands of dollars annually for the res
idents here. without any hardship to
anyone
Hosea Sortillon, former deputy con
stable at Blythe, was arraigned in
the local justice court last Tuesday
charged with disturbing the peace
The charge was preferred by Fran
CISCO Soto, who alleged that Sortil
lor had used his authority as an
officer to threaten him at his home
when there was no occasion for ar
rest A jury consisting Of Herman
Neipp, Ray Bowel, J. E Ostrom
J W. Miles, Elmer Goldsberry and
Joe King, after hearing the evidence
in the case returned a verdict of not
guilty with a recommendation that
Sortillon have his commission as con
stable taken from him permanently.
MESA LOCALS.