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Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
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Bruce Norton, the moon" man. Is
spending the week in the valley. q
George II. Rallou OF San Diego spent
the week end at Hotel Imperial.
DR.. w. s. Keys returned Sunday
from q business trip TO Los Angeles.
= Mr.. and Mrs. A.. e, Hubbard Of Mes :,
quite Lake transacted business in I'M
perial Friday ..--.- ...
Mrs. r. II. Benton OF San Diego is
>;siting relatives in Imperial and will
spend the Christmas holidays here.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. e. Boone are moving
out TO their ranch. hear Imperial;
where they will make their home.
Mrs. e. q. Freeman and son have
gone TO Los Angeles TO spend Christ
mas, but will return after the holidays.
Imperial teachers are in attendance
this week at the County Teachers In
stitute. which is being held at the
county seat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Breedlove will
spend the Christmas holidays at the
home OF Mrs. BreedlOve's parents a!
Pacific Beach.
The time Of departure of train No.
sos, which leaves Imperial at 7:40 y.
m. will be changed to 7:i0 p. IN. on
December 22.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Chris
tian church will give chicken dinner
at the church next Saturday, Decem-
ber 2i. at 12 O'Clock.
Mrs. |. l.. Gilmore of Los Angeles is
in the city and will serve Soltz high
grade tea and coffee for the Imperial
Woman's club during Carnival week.
Miss Anna NJ. Laird will leave We'd
nesday for Banning, where she will
visit relatives for few days before
going to Los Angeles to spend Christ
mas.
Miss Gertrude Thomas left Friday
for Los Angeles where she will attend
a house party at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Montague during the
Christmas vacation.
The Christmas market and turkey
dinner given by the Ladies' Guild Of
the Presbyterian church last Saturday
proved very successful. There was ..
large attendance and the sales netted
handsome sum.
The Imperial lodge, |. o. o. F., will
entertain the visiting Odd Fellows and
their families at the Odd Fellows hall
next Saturday afternoon and evening.
All members Of the order in the val
ley are cordially invited to be present.
Refreshments will be served and a
warm welcome extended to the visi-
TORS
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19

lions, will stand by these party pledges
and there is no question in my mini
but that tariff reduction on fruits will
be one of the first things accomplished
by congress.
''Had my bill putting lemons on the
free list been passed eXorbitant prices
!or this fruit would not have been paid
for years by the people of the United
states.
1.-The present rate on oranges is pro-
hIbitive and should De cut in two. Tire
attempt to exclude Mediterranean fruit
Is indefenSible and California growers
have done themselves an injustice in
advocating such tariff"
Although experienced in politics,
Congressman Harrison is only 80 years
of age and looks even younger. For
three terms he has represented in con-
what is known as the silk stocking
district Of New York. He is on va
cation trip. accompanied by his wife
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
Hoopekirt Next

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-Mrs. Minona
Jones. prominent Chicago suffragist,
does not take kindly to the idea Of
women substituting trousers for skirts.
she has come right out and declared
That she herself never will wear trous-
crs. She thinks mems clothes are no:
nice, even for men to wear, and hopes
soon to see her brothers going about
dressed I'D in knee breechcs resplen-
dent in many cOlOrs.
Mems clothes are an abOmination.
and | hate to see them even one men. -
Mrs. Jones declares. 81 certainly
wouldn't change my garb for that Of Il
man for anything. But there is going
TO be a change that will occur of its
own vOlltion. Inside Of five years
women will be wearing hoop skirts and
the frills OF olden days 1t is lust as
certain to come about as anything.
Fashion in dress always goes from one
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
Tariff on Oranges

SAN DIrGO. Dec. t9-That the duty
on lemons. oranges and olive OH musI
come down to the tarII level to be
Led by the Democratic party is the
positive declaration O. LengreSSman
Francis Burton Harrison of New YORK
City, a member of the house ways and
means committee, OF which Underwood
is chairman, and author of the free
lemon amendment that passed the
ouse a year ago, but was defeated ir
me senate.
Tariff reduction was one of the is
sues Of the last election, said Con-
sressman HARRISON. at is a factor to
ward a reduction of the present hiSn
cost of living, and it was largely on the
pledge of the Democratlc party that it
would legisIate for the protection or
the consumer IT. was vOteu int1
power for the next four years. Dem
Ocratic legislators, with few eXcep-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
QUARTER Of 4 MILLION Nj
jUOGMENT AGAINST PERRis

LOS ANGELES. Dec. l9.-Judg-
ments aggregating nearly 4quarter Of
a million dollars have been rendered
against the Perris irrigation district.
Riverside county, which, at the time
of its inception, nearly quarter OF
century ago, was one OF the great
development schemes Of California.
The judgments are seven in number
and total S21O.79o.44. They were
rendered in the cases in which Con-
rad Escher and Louis Rain were plain
tiffs and the irrigation district defend
ant. The money was advanced for
the purchase of bonds issued to the
amount OF $4,000 in 1891 by the ir-
rigatiOn district. These bonds bore
the signatures OF ]. w. Nance, presi-
dent, and II. A. Plimpton, secretary.
The bond issue was authorized by
The directorate, but payment was de-
faulted both as to principal, interest
and installment coupons. After fight
ing the case in the United States courts
for several years, the end has come
with the finding Of the judgment, un-
contested, 50 far as the PerriS irriga-
ton district is concerned. The plain
tifrs are Swiss investors, who pur-
chosed heavily of the bond issue.
When the irrigation district was first
organized it comprised land in both
San Diego and San Bernardino coun-
ties, before Riverside county was
formed. Later changes were made in
its contour and at this time it COM
prises only land lying in Riverside
county. Efforts were made by indi-
vidual land owners within the district
to defeat the payment Of the bond ac-
count, but after long litigation the in
tervention was not allowed. 1t was
alleged on the part Of these inter
venors that the irrigation district was
lever legally organized; that pretend
ed proceedings were had with the OBJ
ject OF organizing the district; thai
the board of supervisors OF San Ber-
nardino county acted without jurisdic
ton and the proceedings relating to
the formation Of the district were void
and without effect: that certain per-
sons assumed to be officers OF the
irrigation district when they were mol! /;
that such alleged officers hau auan
doned their clam and removed from
The district: that the district SO formed
had never issued the bonds in question,
or in fact any bonds at all for any
purposes. The arguments advance !
in favor of the intervenors related to
questions of jurisdiction and pleas Of
abatement.
The irrigation district was organized
March !, 1887. Under the terms OF
the resolution adopted by the board
Of firnc.ols. tie Il. RI i--"' Il 81 -
coo was to pay interest of = per cent
such payments to be made on the first
of January and July during the life Of
thp bonds
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
Cotton Insurance

Insure your cotton. Rates Is cents
per bale per month. Call and let ua
tell you about it. G. S. Helms or T. A
lasigi. room 108. First National Bank
building, Ell rO.-Advertisement
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
Parties wishing Storage Space

We have leased the large sheet Iron
warehouse formerly occupied by Hamtl,
die any and all kinds Of storage busi-
ness. See Pioneer Transfer Co. At once
on 5th Just N. OF Main. Phone Main L.
Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19

We advance $50 bale on cotton con :
consignments without interest. DaIy
Bros. & Gage. El Centre. Cal. Phon
Main 6.-Advertisement.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
ORDINANCE NO. o..
An ordinance repeating Section OF
Ordinance No. 22 of the City of E
Centre.

An ordinance repeating Section 2 of
Ordinance No. 22 of the City of Ell
The Board Of Trustees of the City of
Ell Centro do ordain as follows:
Section l. That Section 2 of Ordi.
nance No. % of the City of Ell Centre
BE- seoa aad ahs me Is H ce sps
tify to the passage Of this ordinance
and shall cause the same to be pub
lished once in the Imperial Valley
Press, daily newspaper published and
which is hereby designated for the
purpose OF said publication, and thirty
days after such publication this ordi-
nance shall take effect and be in force.
Passed and adopted this 17th day
JOHN NORTON,
President of the Board<of Trustees of
the City of Ell Centro.
Attest: .-.........--.. .--.---..-..
LAv1NIA NoRTHcoTT,
City Clerk of the City of Ell Centro.
BY E. w. BURGER,
I hereby approve the foregoing Or
dinance No. 85 this 17th day of De-
JOHN NORTON,
President Of the Board Of Trustees of
the City of Ell Centro.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL, CITY OF Ell CENTRIC,
I. Lavinia Northcott, City Clerk of
the City of Ell Centre, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance No. IS,
was passed and adopted by said Board
of Trustees at an adjourned regular
meeting thereof. held on the nth day
of December, 1912. by the following
vote, to wit: ~
.Ayes-Egerer, Swanson. Sprouse,
Norton;
Noes-None;
Absent-Burger.
That said Ordinance was introduced
at a meeting of said Board held at
least five days prior to its passage and
was approved by the President Of said
Board of Trustees on the 17th day of
December, 1912.
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the City Of Ell Centre this 17th day Of
December, 1912. --.,....-
(SEAL) LAVINIA NORTHCOTT,
City Clerk of the City of Ell Centre.
By e. w. BURGER,
1876. Deputy.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-19
CIRCULATION GUARANTEE

The guarantees that OF each and euery edition. OF S
noper more than M be bona fde subscribers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26
.McGRATH BROS.
Corner Fifth and Main.
BURLINGTON T. P. A.
IN ANNUAL FUNCTION
Annual picnic and Excursion to be
Given July 81, on the
Steamer w. w.

BURLINGTON. Iowa. July 26.-The
eighteenth annual picnic and excursion
Of Post G will be given next Saturday,
July u. The steamer w. w. and
barge will leave Burlington at 500 a.
M, go down the river about FIVE miles,
land on the Iowa side of the river, at
the place where the annual clam bake
is generally held, pull off their usual
athletic stunts in the way OF races for
the men, women and children, and the
usual ball game between the Fats and
the Leans, which game is usually for
blood from beginning to end and then
resume the trip down the river, going
as far as Fort Madison, but returning
the boat will arrive in Burlington
about 100 p. nj. This year the T. P.
A. will allow only the members of their
organization to participate in this
muchlooked-for event.
1T is said that several of the daugh-
tiers and some of the members Of Post
20 have been practicing up for the ath-
letlc events as the prizes given each
year are we'll worth the efforts of the
Younger members, while the older
tolks always understand that when
they win prize at the annual picnic
OF Post G they always get great deal
more than they anticipated.
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OPEN WIDER NOW
THAN EVER BEFORE
CONTINUED from page ~

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the grand jury are false and nalic-
ious. The statement that reported
having evidence Of gambling houses
whatever and was not directed by
Commissioner Waldo to close them is
false, All gambling houses against
which obtained evidence were raid
ed
Waldo announced TINT he would
Issue public statement Of his own
later.
District Attorney Whitman TO-DAY an.
nounced that he would request Police
Commissioner Waldo to appear as a
witness before the grand jury when
that body reconvenes Monday. The
district attorney said that members Of
the grand jury had requested thai
they be allowed to hear Waldo's testi
mony after listening to the evidence
of Lieutenant Costigan.
Commissioner Waldo today received
from Mayor Gaynor letter givins
him positive orders not to suspend
| Lieutenant Charles Becker, friend o
Jack Rose, whose name has beef
! dragged into the murder-graft-ga
| ling inquiry.
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AN EDITORIAL
E. BY LAFOLLETTE
Appeals to Progressives to Continue
the Fight But Not to Vote for
Roosevelt.

limited Press Leased Wire Service]
MADISON, Wis. July 26.-ln a
signed editorial in his weekly maya
zine. Senator Robert M. LaFollette to.
day makes a plea to progressive re-
publicans to sacrifice everything 70
maintain the progressive organization
within the republican party. The WIS
consin senator makes no suggestion
as TO which of the presidential cand'-
dates deserves the support OF this
wing of the party. He devotes nearly
half of the editorial to an effort 70
show that Roosevelt is not the real
progressive that is needed for presi'
dent. He mentions President Taft but
twice and that within the same para
graph in saying that neither he or
Roosevelt helped the progressive
cause while in the white house. OF
Governor Wilson he says that the cleo
ton of a democratic president would
carry with that small assurance OF ad-
yancement of the progressive cause.
Appealing for the conservation OF
the progressive principles, Senator
LaFollette says:
I'm no partisan spirit | repeat that
the progressive movement began with
in the republican party. 1T rapidly
advanced its control, supporting the
policies of state administrations and
stamping it's impression on national
legislation as a distinctly progressive
republican movement and upon THIS
fact in recent political history appeal
| to republicans everywhere to maintain
their organization within the republs
can party
After the statement that Roosevelt
while president was openly on the
side of the reactionaries and that n
was in Africa when the progressive
republicans began accomplishing
things. only expressing his friendii
mess for the movement little mort
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26
BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR THIS CITY
Quincy Department store Man, With
others. VIII Probably Open
Large store Here.

Quincy Journal, July 25: w. T.
Duker, president of the Duker Dry
Goods company, last night returned
from Keokuk where he looked over
the situation in the Power City with
a view to establishing branch dry
goods store there. Mr.. Duker this
morning stated that he acted as adj
visor to outside residents. who are
thinking of opening store in Keo-
lsuk similar to the Duker store in this
city. Mr.. Duker further stated that
I If the proposition looked good he
would invest some money in the Keo
kuk project and he intimated that
such a move was likely.
The branch store will in no way
interfere with the company in Quin-
CIV. A dispatch from Keolsuk says
that Mr.. Duker told business men
that with others he would ultimately
establish a department store in Keo
kuk
Mr.. Duker said this morning that
Keokuk looks good as a city in which
to invest money. Real estate. he
says. is so per cent higher in Keok'''-
than Quincy and house rent is the
same. The building of the dam and
the anticipation of factories startine
in Keokuk is the cause of the ad
vancement of real estate.
The merchant says that Quincy !:
sure to be benefited by the big dam
Business men OF KeolSuk intimatee
/ that one factory to cost about one
half million was to be started there
by eastern capitalists. The branch
store at Keokuk probably will not be
started before next winter or mex
spring.
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than year ago. the senator con

than year ago, the senator con-
tinues:
Not until about FIVE months ago
did Colonel Roosevelt make his So
called declaration Of principles. Short
ly thereafter he abandoned any at
tempt to discuss his principles
Ignoring issues, he lured the president
into discussion 30 bitterly personal
that at the time of the Chicago con
vention, it reached a frenzy, subordi.
mated everything to fierce scramble
to seat delegates and secure the
nomination. And upon this mad SQUAD
bl for office between two men, under
whose administrations the republican
party had made the tariff and special
interest records for which 1t is most
severely criticised. 1t is proposed to
destroy the sound and, vital progress
sive movement, which has already
gone far to nationalize itself within a
great and powerful organization.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26
HANDICAP GOLFERS
MEET TOMORROW
Country Club Links VIII be Busy To.
morrow Afternoon In Sew
cal Contests.

Country club golfers will compete in
special events on the local links to-
morrow afternoon. They are as fol-
lows:
Eighteen holes, match play against
DOGGY, for handicap players only;
prize, collar box; second prize, golf
ball.
Eighteen holes, match play, for hand
leap players; prize, watch fob; second
prize, golf ball.
Eighteen holes medal play, for play
ers who have no handicap standing.
This fight will include most of the
beginners. Prize, leather cigar con-
tainer and card case to match; second
prize, golf ball.
The player making the best medal
score of the day, regardless OF handi
cap, will receive a golf ball.
The golf course is in better shape al
the present time than it has been fol
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26
PERSON AIS.

AL n. Weinberg of Burlington was
in the city yesterday visiting around
among his old Keokuk neighbors and
friends.
Rev. Father Dunnion is in Burling-
ton attending the funeral Of Rev.
Father King.
George M. Christian of Des Moines
and H. L. Hedrick of Ottumwa, pro-
prietors OF Hotel Keokuk, are on a
business visit to Keolfuk.
Mrs. Mary Phillips and daughters
Nav and Eva of Denver, Colo, are
visiting relatives and friends in the
city.
Mrs Henry c. Weisemann and lit
file daughter Margaret are home from
st. Louis.
Frank vollers is home from Salt
Lake CITY where he attended the
Master Plumbers national convention
Fort Madison Democrat: Mr.. and
Mrs. .John Lindsey of Princeton, Mo-,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Lindsey OF
Keo,,uk have arrived in the city for
a few days visit at the home OF MT
and Mrs. Ed Lindsey.
Miss Mae Crimmins Of Aurora, H.
is visiting with her friends, the MISS
es Grace and Beatrice McManus, al
1901 Morgan street.
Mrs. VIM Eisleben and daughter
Eva of Clinton are visiting Mrs Elsie
ben's brothers Charles and Victor
Miller.
DR.. Conner John and wife are visit
ing Mr.. Johns parents Mr., and Mrs
Dan John. Sr.
Mrs. c. o. schmidt and children
have returned to Keokuk after a two
weeks visit in Montrose
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26
Maniac Is Loose.

IJTnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
ST. PETER, Mimi, July 26.-Every
town and hamlet within forty miles OF
the state hospital for the criminal III
sane at ST. Peter is today terrorized
over the escape of Bjorn Ostby, TWEEN
tv years old, insane murderer who
killed his father at Duluth two years
ago.
Three other desperadoes who were
In the plot with Ostby were caught.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

h CHICAGO, July 6.-Wheat--No. 2
red 971a@s1oO; No. red. $3.50
CSC; No. 2 hard, 97@9sc; No. 3 hard,
950971sc; No. 3 spring, 9S@$1.06.
+, Cern-No. 2 white, 77@7sc; No. 2
yellow, 75@75Ac; No. 8, 72h@73o;
Mo. 8 white. 76177c; No. 8 yellow,
74@74hc; No. 4, e9@71kc; No. 4
white, 74@75c; No. yellow, 72@7ac
+, Oais--No. 3 white, 47@49c; No. 4
white, 4e@4sc; standard, 4s@boc.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, July 2s.-Hog receipts
5000; market strong. Mixed and
butchers, s7.5o@s.2O; good heavy
$755@s.12; rough heavy. s7.3o@756:
light, s7.55@8.3o; pigs, s6.75@8.1o.
Cattle receipts 1900; market strong
Beeves, s5.7o@9.75; cows and heifers
So 100000; stockers and feeders
s4.0O@6.S0; Texans, $4.90@70o;
calves, s6.5o@s.5o.
Sheep receipts 10000; market
steady. Native, s3.15@5.oo; western
s3.25@4.75; lambs, s4.25@75o; west
ern, S425@750.
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CITY NEWS.

Attend Louisiana tonight at che
Grand. 6.
Buy choice roasts at JOS. Hau-
bert's, 709 Main. Both phones.
Help yourself tomorrow, hundreds
of pairs Of oxfords and pumps at
S1.O0 at Bode-Larsons wind up sale.
Keokuk friends will be pleased to
learn of the advancement of a form
er Keokuk boy. Herbert McLaury.
whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H.
McLaury, now reside in Burlington.
The Burlington Hawkeye has the fol
lowing to say of the former Keokuk
young man: Herbert McLaury, of
this city, who went to Chicago few
months ago to take a position in the
general offices of the Burlington
route, has been promoted to chief OF
the correspondence bureau of the
general offices. This is a very hand
some promotion for a young man. 1t
again demonstrates that Burlington is
still an excellent school for railroad
men. The training under Superinten-
dents Jones and Reno fitted the Bur
lington lad for the better position that
was simply waiting for the right
man.
Louisiana tonight at the Grand.
Don't miss it.
Centrals big clearnce sale closes
tomorrow night. Just one more day.
Fort Madison Democrat: A force
of surveyors. at work south of Viewer
the past week, has given rise to all
sorts of rumors as to what the object
of the survey might be- Many fore
casted the start of the Burlington and
Fort Madison interuvban, others stat
ed that the survey was for an extern
sion of the Muscatine North & South
r. r., and still Others supposed the
line would end as the Santa Fe right
of way from the New City at LomaS
to Burlington. AS matter of fact
however, the Mississippi River Power
company is preparing to deliver
electricity to Fort Madison and
points noah and Is getting an idea
i5of where 1t is going to run it's trans
mission line: hence the surveyors.
Tomorrow, the last day of Cen
trails big clearance sale.
Get your share Of those s1.00' da.
bargains at Bode-Larson's Saturday.
The crop prospects are the bes
II ever saw, said Attorney l.. ]. Mont
gomery to a Gate City reporter thi:
/ morning. Attorney Montgomesv was
member of Judge Logan's automo
bile party that took weeks toul
! through Missouri and Iowa, leaving
/ Keokuk a week ago last "Wednesday
I and touring the southern part Of
! Iowa and northern part of missouri
7 The crop conditions, said the attor
ney, are the very best and assure
/ prosperous times this fall and winter
i Farmers will be able to place on ths
market large crop of wheat, oats
corn and hay and at prices that vii
bring good returns. The trip was the
annual pilgrimage made by Judge Lo
gan to his Missouri banks and yer.
prosperous condition was found t.
exist. The party made the trip en-
tirely across the state to the Missouri
river and back In northeastern.
direction to Des Moines, stopping a
! Oskaloosa enroute. Fine weather pre-
/ JNiled during the entire journey whicl
! amounted to 720 miles.
Look over Jones the hatter's az
on mage 8. Remodeling sale.
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The report that has been circulated
around town that Prout was not COM
ing to Keokuk was denied by Secre-
tary Sterne today. 1t is said that as
soon as the new Indian boss gets
Strengthened up in Rome he will be
here. The directors say that he has
accepted terms and there is no reason
why the rumor of his non-appearanee
should have circulated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26

Soreness of the murcles, whether
induced by violent exercise or injury,
is quickly relieved by the free applica.
ton of Chamberlain's Eminent. This
liniment Is equally valuable for mus.
cular rheumatism, and always affords
quick relief. Sold by Wilkinson & Co.
Pharmacy and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-26

The aftermath of the Umpire Zig
ler-Blueiacket scrap at streater few
weeks ago comes in a dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune, which says that
Preideht Cline of the I'M League and
the former jumps mixed at Streator
yesterday, with the result that the
belligerent umpire is now occupying
prominent cell in the city jail