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Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
GRAIN MEN ATTENTION

Grain is high, but you must get it
harvested Good Header for sale. Ad-
dress V. E. Rice, El Centre r. F. D.,
or call on him at ranch. V. e. RICE.
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IN Even Dozen in Jail

Imperial county at present has an
even dozen of prisoners in the county
jail. Most of these are serving minor
sentences
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
WANT Ep-REAL ESTATE

WANTED-To rent so acres corn land in
good condition. Address p. o. BOX
4S6, El Centro. '196
WANTED--We can rent your alfalfa and
pasture lands at one if you will list them
with us. LIENS AGENCY.
WANTED-Don't delay to list your al
falfa ranches with us. We have the
buyers. LIENS AGENCY.
WANTED-To rent from to 20 acres
of alfalfa. improvements not necessary.
w. ID. CAREY. court house.
WANTED---To rent by reliable and ex-
perienced man, ranch or dairy to tend
on shares. BOX 242 Imperial.
WANTED-To buy or rent in Ell Centre,
lot with small house Address F., Press
office, or box PIT, Imperial, Cal.
WANTED-I am having inquiries for
property to rent every day. If you
with me and I will find you a tenant.
Rentals specially. /. MAYFIELD. at
court house. Ell Centre.
LIST YOUR PROPERTY
II yos have Imperial valley property
for sale or exchange list it with me.
about Imperial valley A L. BLISS.
1929 Warner st, Los Angeles.
WANrED-To buy for cash. We have
several cash purchasers for tracts of
land in the Imperial valley from 100
to $40 acres and we have customers
for tracts from 1000 to 1880 acres. These
people have the money and prices must
be be on soa OSs cash basis sash o,o We also hay,
Angeles city property to trade for I'M
perial valley. If you want to sell or
trade your land in the valley send full
description with first letter. Core
dRAWFoRD W & DAVIS. pfss s2s s'saHforii caIifornia
bldg, Los Angeles. Cal. Fhn"A~ Main
3S0S and A 5719.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
COTTAGE for Dan V. Noland

Dan Y. holland has let the contract
fer the erection of commodious cot
tage on Sixth street. west of St.
Thomas Hospital 1t will occupy the
south 20 feet of lots and . of block
81 in the Hamilton & Posten subdi-
vision. This residence will be for Mr..
Nolands own home II will cost about
$4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
PASTURE AND PRODUCE

FOR SALE-At /. V. 1. ranch Imperial.
pure Mebane cOtton seed. Yielded last
year Ia bales TO acre, 40 per cent lint.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-McCormick mower and rake
used very little, cheap. e: A. ALIENS. ).
3Ia miles southwest on Dahlia. 5000
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
final Certificates Issued

The United States land Office has
issued final certificates on Imperial
valley lands as follows: To Frank S.
Best, assignee of Abel T CAN'T, for
tract u, township IS, range -; to
Oscar NJ. Thomas, for lots 10 and II
OF section 81, township IA, range Is,
and the south half of the southeas,
quarter of section Sc, township IA.
range IL
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
FOR SGLE-REAL ESTATE

LOTS ON OLIVE STREET WEST
OF SIXTH STREET. LOTS OF
TREES, BEST LOCATION IN
TOWN. OWNER HAS DECIDED
TO SELL THESE LOTS AND
WANTS AN OFFER. OWNER WILL
BE HERE APRIL Is. SOME ONE
is GOING TO GET THE BEST BAR
GAIN IN FL. CENTRIC.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR LE-Thoroughbred male Berk-
shire pigs. G. G.. HUSSEY, Silsbee.
FOR SALE mules, Al. no plug hunters
need call. WH1TAI<ER'S FEED YARD.
Ell Certro.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Team of large bay mares
Can be seen at CLARK'S LIVERY.
FOR SALE-1O0 head of stock hogs at
BISHOP ranch, miles NE. Imperial
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
MONEY TO LOAN
FOR ExCHANoE-REAL ESTATE

LIEN S AGENCY win exchange real es-
safe. r
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Or exchange for good fam
lily COW or cows Almost new cream
separator and cans. A. l.. STORIE.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-A few fine family milch
COWS by d. F. COON, > miles east OF
Imperial. 1000
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
J. w. COLSON LAND co.

FOR SALE-rent house. Main 2nd lot
west of 7th. C. f. REHKoPF. *1S6-tf
FOR SALE-Fine lot on Brig hton be-
tween 5th and 9th SITS, the only vacant
lot in block. LIENS AGENCY.
FOR SALE-40 acres miles northeast of
Imperial on R.. F. d. and telephone line,
THORNQUEST. -- -.
FOR SALE-Either l or both lots 81 and
81. block s, El Centre, S1100 for 2. $500
s. cash: + Y ". NR 3, GILMoUR' Ell csotF0 ssot
FOR sALE-By owner choice residence
lot on Orange st. near eth Address
TRUE VENCILL, 5o1 Higgins bldg,
Los Angeles, Cal. 2O2
FOR SALE-Choice 40-acre tract Cor
dairy and hogs. Terms; 3 miles east of
Heber postoffice. HARRY CROSS. 199
FOR sALE-1G0 acres fine soft land
none better. Under high state of cul-
tiVaton. Partly hog fenced. 40 shares
e. Eatsr % i59s5 B0oRsE Enc cale2eo ieeieo "'e"'e'
FOR sALB-So acres very soft land in
alfalfa, barley and corn. Stock fenced
in fields. Also water stocked; miles
LIENS AGENCY.
FOR sALE-24O acres one mile from town
in alfalfa; barley ar and W wheat a.. Hog
LIENS AGENCY, Hotel Oregon.
FOR SALE-16O acres. choicest land in
the valley. patented price is right, easy
terms, centrally located. Close to the
town of Silsbee. Inquire GEO. l..
CAMPBELL, Silsbee or Seeley.
@H.3...A5h!...a
FOR SALE-Lots and acreage in Dixie
land at low price and favorable terms.
LIENS AGENCY.
FOR SALE-160 at Seeley. cheap. so
at Seeey, cheap. each 500. 100 soft
land No. Il. $4,000, terms: 40 at $40.
ditched, bordered and water stocked.
SEELE,Y LAND & TOWN co, Seeley.
Cal. 1896
FOR SALE A BARGAIN
1000 acres, fully water stocked, pat
ented land, mostly improved. Good To-
cation and soft soil Price $50 per acre.
SEE NUFFER LAND co.
FOR SALE A BARGAIN
100 acres miles from Ell Centre all in
alfalfa and fine stand, fenced fields
ideal stock ranch.
SEE NUFFER LAND co.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

FOR SALE-New hayIng tools at Los
Angeles price or trade for hay. AR
THUR S. FELL, Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Fine young team of horses
weight 1900 pounds. See VALLEY
LUMBER co
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

DRIGGER'S POULTRY & FEED YARD
Successors to Marshall & Irwin South
9Th ST Every kind of fowl bought
Supplies for poultry
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE--35 head of brood s0ws. 15n
shoats, Y west and y south of E.l
Centre on American Nile ranch. }. f.
M'CARRELI. #2O7
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

! WANTED-To rent so acres corn land in
good condition. Address p. o. BOX
| 1856, El Centro. *196
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
POULTRY

LONGSTRETH buys all classes OF poul-
try and eggs and has fine lot of baby
chicks and few turkey eggs and ba-
by turkeys.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE 4-Complete threshing outfit,
ready to go into the field. }. /. Case,
steel separator and International en-
gine. Can give terms. Address BOX
274 lmperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
Eridcinq the Date at Brighton

The city trustees are having q sub
satntial bridge built across the Date
canal at the Brighton street crossing,
and this will be ready for use within
a few days. It will Grove a great con
yenience not only TO the contractors
in hauling material TO the new high
school buildings. but TO the public gen
orally, as it gives direct access to
the southern part of Town from the
Date road. an advantage that has long
been needed. The bridge is 20 feet
wide, with regulation side arms, and
is 16 feet long
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

GET your laundry done at the PARK
AVE. HAND LAUNDRY. Delicate fab
RIGS speciality. Prices reasonable and
ava 4Ioe
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
No News OF Hugh Rood

Imperial valley friends of the Rood
family have been searching with deep
interest the news in regard to the ter
rible wreck Of the liner Titanic for
some news in regard to Hugh Rood,
who was a passenger on the i'll fateo
vessel, but so far nothing has been
received. Z. D. Rood, brother of the
missing man, and his mother reside
in FL Centro. and have the deep SYM
pathy Uf The people here in their long
hours OF anxiety
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
FOR SALE-LiVE STOCK


FOR SALE-Team of large bay mares.
Can be seen at CLARK'S LIVERY.
FOR SALE-1O0 head of stock hogs al
BISHOP ranch, . miles NE. Imperial.
$202
FOR SALE-Thorough male Berk-
shire pigs. G. G. HUSSEY, Silsbee.
FOR SALE-2 mules ~, no plug hunters
Ell Certro.'
FOR SALE-A few fine family miich
cows by d. F. coon, > miles east OF
Imperial. 1909
FOR SALE-.Fine young team of horses.
weight 1900 pounds. See VALLEY
FOR SALES head of brood sows. 15n
shoats. l z west and ~ south of t.l
Sentro on American Nile ranch. }. +.
MCARRELL. #207
FOR SALE-A fine 2-year-old Jersey
bull. Guaranteed Or win trade for
other stock. JOHN BRETZ Tel. COZ.
3 miles east of Imperial. 197
HOLTVHLE EXCHANGE STABLES,
bought and sold. HAMMoND "A S"GS q q caif fSGfh
son. proprs Rear of post office. II
FOR SALE-22 head OF the best mules
ever shipped to Imperial valley, to
years old, weight from 100 TO 1900 also
one nice speedy driving mare and one
large mare in foal FRANK DEEMER
at the Kentucky Stable, Imperial. 1917
FOR SALE 4-year-oid mare, weight
l4Oo can give terms: also 2 mares.
weight 2400 pounds. can give terms: /
good single buggy. and a few all pur-
pose horses and mules. All at CLARK'S
LIVERY K LIVE STOCK MARKET.
AUCTION SALE
Saturday, April 20, at Clarks Livery
and Live stock Market. Having leased
my ranch will sell to the highest bid
der for cash, no reserve, all my farm
implements, household goods, hogs,
COW, horses and other articles. 1 spring
wagon. l plOw, | spring tooth harrow
harness l washing machine. 2 mares
and 3 years old, weight 100 pounds /
mare, years old, weight 400; mares
weight 1850 and 1850: 3 other horses
suitable for farm purposes; ! COW.
SOW. and pigs. hogs nearly grown.
| will sell all this property for the high
dollar. No outside stock at this sale
SALE TO START AT O'CLOCK AT
CLARk'S LIVERY & LIVE STOCK
MARKET, Ell CENTRIC.
F. NJ. BURGER, OWNER.
CliAS. JOHNSON. AUCTIONEER.
FOR SALE-at the A. l.. Bliss ranch in
the n. E. corner of Fl Centre IIN,rIT
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-One 12-foot johnson header
in good repair, header barges. Prices
right and terms reasonable FAY
LlJDTI.R, box Isl, CaleXiCo. *z06
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

and tailoring, also les
sons given in cutting and hitting every
Saturday from 2 20 4. MRS. BOWER,
north side State ST.. near Date canal.
200
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SAI.E-Bulck 4O-h.p. automobile
cash or credit with good security.
COURT HOUSE GARAGE. El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR RENT-Furnshed room one or two
gentlemen. Apply 715 OLIVE ST. Eel
Centro *l95
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR RENT have some land to lease
for cash for the season. You may see
me at my office in the court house.
w. II. WHSLE. Hort Com.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR RENT nicely furnished rooms, 1
$S ! $40. Private residence. Can fur
nish breakfast for 25c. Address BOX
II, III Centre. col
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

1T don't make any difference with me
if Imperial is wet or dry. | still
sell to LONGSTRETH. He's all
right. 725 Bdwy, El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR RENT-17 acres OF land adjoining
El Centro city limits. Apply HOLTON
LOWER co
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR RENT--80 acres choice land, cotton
or corn, crops. Apply y. DECK Err,
Southern AptS
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

/ FOR RENT-A Groom apartment, COM
pietely furnished for housekeeping at
the SOUTHERN APIS
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

! WANTED-To rent from to 20 acres
of alfalfa. Improvements not necessary.
w. ID. CAREY, court house.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR RENT-House. See +. ". PAXTON.
care Peoples Abstract & Trust Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

WANTED--To rent by reliable and ex-
perienced man. ranch or dairy to tend
on shares BOX 242 JmDerial
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

WANTED-Fo buy or rent in Ell Centre,
lot with small house Address F., Press
office, or box PIT, Imperial, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
FOR RENT-REAl ESTATE

FOR RENT-Modern house, close in.
IRVING JAQUAY. %197
FOR RENT-S0 acres for corn. ALBERT
LARSON. Imperial. s1Q6
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-White Leghorn baby chicks,
12k cents; brown Leghorn, Is cents,
and white Rocks; IS cents. II. E. AR
MANN, Holtville, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18
SPECIAL NOTICES

BEFORE ordering your suit inspect A.
FINK'S line.
ALL kinds of clothes repairing done by
4. FINK the tailor
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

FOR SALE A BARGAIN
100 acres miles from FL Centre all in
alfalfa and fine stand, fenced fields;
ideal stock ranch.
SEE NUFFER LAND co.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18


with us. LIENS AGENCY.
WANTED-Don't delay to list your al
falfa ranches with us. We have the
buNers. LIENS AGENCY.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-18

BABY BRONZE TURKEYS, 35c each
Also white Pekin ducks. Rankin strain,
and Indian Runner ducks, zoe each, in
any quantity. Send your order now TO
be supplied. MOUNTAIN VIEW
POULTRY RANCH. Ontario. Cal
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09

small boys to have the honor of carry ing a message to a telegraph office which MT. Curtiss wrote out to be dis patched to Dr. Bell in Nova Scotia. There were doubting Thomases, of course, but the vast majority of the people of Hammondsport were with Curtiss and the other aviators. For Curtiss had previously demonstrated that he had brains. skill and daring.
 Hopefully the daily audiences watched. They saw the flights grow and grow-25 feet, 50 feet, 1GO feet. 200 feet, 500 feet, 1000 feet-until. on July 3I. 1908, Curtiss flew little over a mile. Telegrams had been sent to Dr. Bell giving the result of each flight, but none had the consequence of this dispatch announcing to him the Tong flight" Up to that time 1t was the longest public flight made in America. A scientific journal had offered prize of s1 900 to the first man who would fly one mile without mishap and this prize Curtiss and his associates were bound to capture. It had been agreed that Curtiss would make the attempt on July 4, 1908, and 1t was only the evening before that the distance had been safely negotiated for the first time!
 Prior to that day of days, however, newspapers had been devoting consid- erable space to the experiments at Hammondsport, and as many as 20 newspaper men were there at one time. Several of these stayed for one, two and three weeks. Where there were so many reporters there must be some thing doing, thought the public wisely, and so as the fact that they were there became known people journeyed to HammondspOrt daily thr --Ao.at a
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09
A SNAKE WITH 1oa BATTLES
Monster Reptile Killed In the White Mountains of Arizona Could Be
 Heard a Mile Away.

Tucson, Ariz.-The noisiest ana largest rattlesnake ever killed in the United States was shot recently by Joseph Sponselor who lives at the saw mill on the White Mountain Indian reservation. He claims the rattler sported 103 rattles, was as big around as a mans leg above the knee, and the sound of its rattles could be heard a mile away According to experts the rattler must have been about 300 years old.
 One evening Sponselor heard a pc culiar noise which he could not iden- tify. Taking his shotgun he went in the direction from which the odd sound appeared to come to investi- gate. He walked three-quarters of a mile before he came upon the snake. Without stopping to see why the snake was shaking its rattles so angrily he banged away and killed the monster.
 The snake had a veritable cluster o6 rattles a foot long. The reptile was taken by Sponselor to the trading post where it was placed in alcohol and may now be seen. Now Sponselor iS looking for the rattler's mate. for 1t iS said they always travel in pairs
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09

building estimates has estimated that the Cheops pyramid could not be dup Heated today for less than one hun dred million dollars. With modern machinery and the employment of 40,- 900 stone cutters, haulers, quarrymen, masons and laborers a duplicate of the pyramid could be erected in two years.
 It has been calculated that the work really required the services of 100000 men for thirty years. The Cheops pyramid occupies a space of 12% acres and is TAG feet high and contains 142,S15,OOO cubic yards of stone and granite. The material alone represents an item of $36,0O0, 900, while the labor would increase this amount by $72,OOOOOO. To this must be added $3,0OO,OOO for tools, transpor- tation and similar items. The pyra- mid is built on solid rock 150 feet deep, and to build foundation of this character would add to the cost to the extent of making the total of $1OO, 100000.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09
A LOST DOG RETURNg
WALKS 2s7 MILES TO oET BAf
 TO CHICAGO HOME
Stolen Two Months Before, r4l VI In Bad Shape at End of Trip,
 Being Hungry and Foot
Sore.

Chicago.-It's a walk of 28g miles from Evansville, Ind, to Chicago, and there aren't any sign posts on the way that a dog can read; but this is the trip that John Cummings, janitoF of the fiat building at 6451 Monroe avenue, says his dog Rex completed
 Rex disappeared two months prevf ous and hadn't been seen at the Cum mings residence since until he ap- peared .gaunt and footsore, but with wagging tail and happy eyes. His ef- fusive greetings to the members of the Cummings family left no doubt in their minds that he had worn himself thin just to get back to his old home again.
 He took up his duties where he left ley cats left his neighborhood and late pedestrians heard the growl that told the Cummings watch dog was again on the job.
 Mir Cummings insists that there isn't any doubt but that the dog trav- eled from southern Indiana to Chi cago because he recently received in- formation that the dog had been sent to that place.
 When the animal first disappeared MT. Cummings thought the dog catch CTS had captured him. A hurried trip to the dog pound was made. but no trace of the pet could be found. Then his master received information that former owner of the dog had him. The man denied this report when MT. Cummings asked him about it. Then another tip came to the effect that the dog had been sent to Evansville.
 Anyway, Rex has returned and if he could talk he would tell a long story of his travels, if his starved body and worn out feet are any indi- cations of the length of his journey.
 He won't lack for anything to eat from now on" the happy janitor said, land I'd like to see any one else get that dog from me-"
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09

ports that a union of household serv- ants is being formed in Austria. One of the earliest results of the move ment has been the gathering of valu- able and interesting information re- garding the susceptibility of house workers to ailments which others seem able to avoid.
 Cooks, it has been discovered, suf- fer from gastric disorders because of the too frequent tasting of the foods they are preparing. Anemia is readily explained by the long stay in badly ventilated rooms and the rare walks in fresh air, as well as my the insufficient amount of sleep. Rheu- matic affections are very common among servants, partly on account of the frequent exposure to cold and bad weather, with insufficient protec- ton, partly from working in unheated kitchens, washing kitchens and scul- leries. A frequent complaint of house hold servants is static fiat foot with varicose veins, while a great propor- tion of housemaids suffer from nerv- ous diseases and neurasthenia, or hys- teria.
 The Austrian union of household servants is seeking to improve the conditions under which it's members are employed in order to reduce the percentage of ailments to a mini mum.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09
COW KILLS AN OLD WOMAN
A New York Farmers Wife Is cored and Trampled On In
 Stable.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-A COW which she had gone to milk gored and killed Mrs. Tabor Hart, sixty years old. on a farm in Lloyd.
 The COW was not young and had seldom shown even ordinary friski- ness. Mir. Hart was working among the horses in the barn when he heard a commotion in the COW stable. Then his wife shrieked Running across to the COW stable Hart saw his wife on the horns of the angry COW, which hurled her against the partition. Evi- dently she had been tossed several times. Seizing a pitchfork Hart rushed In as the COW shook It's horns loose from Mrs. Hart's form. When she dropped to the floor the animal trampled her.
 Furious prods from the pitchfork drove the COW away, but Mrs. Hart was unconscious. She had been ter ribly mutilated. She died before a doctor arrived.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09
DOG PITIEs HIS VICTIMS
Canine WhIps His Enemies, Then Lugs Them Home to Die or
 Get We'll.

Yardley. Pa.-Jen, the bull terrier of which Frank Robinson, church warden, justice, village milkman and philanthropist. is the owner, Is the terror of all dogs in this vicinity, and when less than a year old had whip ped every dog in the vicinity with but one exception. One of Jeff's peculiari- ties is that, after having whipped a dog within the proverbial inch of it's life, he carries the other canine home, to be nursed or to die.
 Jeff has a great deal of fun at the bungalow colony here. The residents are prominent Trentonians and the dogs in that colony have all felt the sting of Jeff's teeth
 At home Jeff is as meek as a lamb and dimes regularly with Tabby, the Robinson family cat. and her several kittens.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09

tomologiest, has found that a certain wood-boring beetle known as the Bos- trychide Is as familiar with mushroom cultivation for home consumption as the ant.
 Prof. Bouverie discovered that the beetles bore holes in wood and half fill them with a prepared fungus which makes an ideal mushroom bed. The garden is carefully spawned and tended and in course of time the mush- rooms appear. In this way the beetle provides itself with food sufficient tv AA-A~- for it's feeble java
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-09

"Y HE inhabitants of Hammonds-
 port, N. r., first headquarters
 of the first aero experimental
 association formed in this coun-
 try and where Glenn H. Cur tiss planned and developed his famous air crafts, know less about when local flights are to be made and about things aeroplane in general than do people living at far distances from that charm ing village. And these inhabitants have also a wonderful lack of knowl- edge of what is being done today, or what Is proposed to be accomplished tomorrow in the workshops. Ham mondsport Is a small place., 300 or so people-a place where everybody, ac- cording to the old saying, should know everybody else's business. But so far as aeroplane affairs are concerned their ignorance of and apathy toward one of the greatest of aviators and designers living in their midst is almost unbe- lievable
 You see, it's an old story with these people. Their apathy is only 8 nat ural consequence, for they have been treated to aeroplane flights for three years. When the Aero Experimental association was formed and trial flights were made every day that the weather permitted the people of Ham mondsport turned out as one person men, women and children. The field where the trial flights were made was located about four miles from the vil- lage and when it became noised about that flight was apt to be made Ham mondsport would be deserted for hours. Sometimes the people would be re- warded with the sight of an aeropIane flying ten feet or maybe hundred feet at a distance of five or six feet from the ground. Once in great while machine would go thousand feet or so. Often 1t would come to grief
 This was in the first year of the ex- periments-in 1907. Faithfully the peo- pie of Hammondsport followed the progress of the heavier-than-air ma chine with their individual eyes When MT Curtiss flew 25 feet 1000 people applauded and grew almost hysterical and there was a scramble among the