Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-18
No Cross-Lot Driving


Calexico is undertaking to enforce
its city ordinance against the driving
of teams across vacant lots, and the
| city marshal has offered a reward for
/ information leading to convictions of
violations of this ordinance.
! Two Papers Are Combined
| Allen Kelly's Report, which has
I been devoted especially to the purvey-
! ing of water news of Imperial valley,
+ has been combined with the Ell Cen
tro Progress, and his name now ap-
pears at the masthead of the COM
bined papers as associate editor.
Win Grade Road to Yuma
/ The San Pasqual Valley Growers
+ Association is back of move to grade
road from Bard to Yuma, through
the reservation lands. The work will
/ be done by volunteer labor and the
reclamation service officers will irri-
/ gate it after the grading is done.
/ Six Loca! Tennis Contestants
/ Mrs. F. w. Peterson reports that
there are now six local players en-
tered for the tryouts for the forthcom-
| ing valley tennis tournament. She
wishes any person who desires to en-
ter the lists to notify her by tonOr-
row, as the lists will close then.
/ Rebuilding Cotton Gin
: The Imperial Valley Oil and Cotton
Company is rebuilding the cotton gin,
twice destroyed by fire, at Calexlco.
Electricity viii be used as motive pow
! er, thus eliminating the fire risk to Va
great extent. The gin will be in read
/ mess to handle this coming season 5
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Sas Local Mans Portrait
The Redlands Facts gives an ex-
tensive illustrated article on the new
and handsome home OF the RedlandS
, Elks, to which many valley men pc
l3ng, and among the portraits of OIL
GERS it has one of J. Stanley Brown
of this city, as the first exalted ruler
of the Redlands lodge.
Organize Ladies Aid Society
The ladies of Heber have organized
a Ladies' Aid Society for the purpose
OF helping the new church organiZa-
ton. The officers elected last Wedncs-
day afternoon are Mrs. E. J. Clark,
president; Mrs. George Thurman, vice
president; Mrs. NJ. X. Calvin, secre-
tary; Mrs. B. Vlier, treasurer.
Says He's "Not Surprised
( S. Manuel Cuesta, formerly MeXi-
can consul at CaleXico, but now in
the Mexican consular service at Doug
las, AriZ., has been openly charged by
Mexican officials of Aqua Prieta with
sympathizing and working in aid OF
the rebels. Cuesta strongly denies
the charges, but says he is mot sur
prised."
| The Democrats of Imperial valley
are discussing the prospective legls-
latve timber for this district and it
is said that there is strong move
ment on foot to bring out as the DEM
ocratic nominee r. Z. Wills of Braw-
ley, present supervisor for the Braw-
ley district. The next meeting of the
Champ Clark Democratic Club will be
held in Imperial within short time.
Goes to Oxnard Today
Mother Mary Gabriel, superior Of
St. Thomas Hospital, left Ell Centro
today for Oynard, where she will take
up the details of the establishment Of
a Sisters of Mercy hospital. 1t is
proposed with the aid of the people OF
OXnard to erect a reinforced concrete
building that will cost approximately
$4,000. The first wing of this struc-
ture will be erected at once. Mother
Gabriels departure from El Centro
will be regretted by many Imperial
valley people, as she has endeared
herself to the people of this valley
by her work at st. Thomas Hospital.