The Parker post., 1912-10-26
BLYTHE NEWS
HAPPENINGS
WOMAN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB
RAISING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC
LIBRARY = MANY BOOKS NOW
CONTRIBUTED.

BLYTHE, California, October "a.
Blythe is to have a public library
The Womans Improvement club took
first steps toward equipping this Ii
brary when it decided to turn the re-
ceiptS at the new ice plant last Sat
urday into a fund for this purpose
Already large number of volumes
have been contributed and an active
campaign is in progress for subscrip-
tions.
Several days ago the Improvement
club voted to give Blythe and the
PaloVerde valley library and it was
decided that the money receiv-
ed from the sale of ice cram at the
ice plant opening should be the nest
egg for library fund
AS soon as the purpose of the club
was learned, promises of books be-
gan to come in from the outside. Dr.
A. B. Brown was the first contribu-
tor. He gave 60 volumes toward the
library
The Woman's Improvement club
has a record for having made good
on every one of it's various enter
prises during the time that it has
been organized and there is every
reason to believe that the Blythe
public library will soon be a reality
NEW POULTRY MART.
Palo Verde poultrymen should be
much interested in the success of
new cooperative poultry market just
established at Los Angeles for south
ern California poultry raisers.
This market has the distinction of
being the only store of its kind in
the United States. It's purpose is to
cut out the middle man in the mar
keting Of eggs and produce so that
the rancher may receive the full ben
efit of the wholesale prices.
Within the next few months the
marketing of Palo Verde poultry and
eggs is bound to be a live problem.
With the completion of the new road
to Blythe junction the is no
question but that local produce can
be marketed at a big margin. AL
ready, ranchers in the valley are pre-
pairing to take advantage of the new
fra DSnOrt tiOO fapi1itiQC
The new cooperative market will
enable local ranchers by becoming
members of the cooperative associa-
tion to ship eggs to Los Angeles and
market them at from 5 to 10 cents
a dozen more than by the old com
missiOn-house plan
COTTON PICkERS WANTED.
There is work in the Palo Verde
Valley for 100 cotton pickers from
now until January 1. Growers are
paying from $l.00 to $1.25 a hun
dred for first picking. Experienced
cotton pickers are making from $3. so
to $500 a day. Anyone can make
good wages at the rate paid and
the work is steady. there being no
lay-offs for rain. Families are max
ing as high as $12 day picking cot
ton by contract Unusual activity
in all industries in the Palo Verde
has caused a shortage of pickers this
year. There is every opportunity for
those who come into the valley to
get into other lines of work at the
close of the cotton season. The Palo
Verde Valley Cotton Growers asso-
citation at Blythe, Cal, will answer
all inquiries regarding cotton condi-
tions.
WORK ON BLYTHE JC. ROAD.
Work on the county road to
Blythe Junction was resumed this
week when the first two carloads of
oil to be used in the construction ar
rived. The progress on the road
has been held UP for several days
awaiting the arrival of the oil. Sew
eral teams are at work grading the
highway where necessary and as soon
as this grading is completed the oil
will be worked in. Floyd Brown and
e. F. Smith expect to leave the val
ley for Phoenix this week to bring
over the auto trucks that are to be
put on the road. Mr.. Brown esti-
mates that the road will be in shape
to run the trucks over in about six
weeks
STORAGE DAMS CONVENTION.
A letter from l.. V. Shepherd, sec
retary of the Chucawalla and Palo
Verde Irrigation association, states