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Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-30
COPY OE SUMMONS

Z. G. r.. Secs. S44-S45. "
In the Justices Court of Ell Centre
Township, County of Imperial, State
OF Calicornia.-E. l.. RalSton Il C. II.
Collier partners as Ralston Collier
Co, Plaintiffs, VS.. A. c. BurreIl, De-
fendant.
The People of the state of Cali
fornia send Greeting to-: A. C. Burrell,
Defendant.
You are hereby directed to appear
before me at my office, at Ell Centre
in said Township, and aswer the com
plant in an action entitled as above,
brought against you in the Justices
Court of Ell Centre Township County
of Imperial, State of California, within
five days after the service on YOU of
this Summons-if it is served within
the city and county, township or city
in which this action is brought, but
within ten days if 1t is served out of
said township or city but in the county
in which the action Is brought, and
within twenty days If served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that un-
less you so appear and answer as
above required, the said Plaintiffs will
take judgment for any money or dam
ages demanded in the Complaint, as
arising upon contract, or they will
apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Given under my hand this Sd day of
June, 1913.
T. MAYFIELD.
Justice Of the Peace Of said Township.
JAS. w. GLASSFORD, Attorney for
Plaintiff. fri-aug1S
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SAYS MURDER OF MRDERo
FCILED JAPAnEsE SCHEME

OAKLAND, June 3O.-That Japan
was blocked in the act of securing a
firm hold in Mexico by the SHOOTING
Of the Madero brothers, after negotia-
lions had been under way between
Gustavo, minister of finance, and Sc
cret envoys from the island empire,
is the statement attributed to DR.. Sims
former physician in the Madero house
hold and now a refugee in Honolulu.
by Walter j. McDougall, well known
newspaper cartoonist, arriving here to-
day from a tour of the Orient.
McDougall says DR.. Sims told him
the Huerta-Diaz coup was planned and
sanctioned under the very eyes Of AMI
bassador Wilson and that he favore /
the overthrow of the Maderos because
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he wanted to block Japans efforts -
get into Mexico DR.. Sims said the
whole affair savOred of deep political
significance Of an international char
acter and that the two nations played
a high handed game as to which would
have authority over Mexico.
''Dr. Sims told me that thousands
of japanese soldiers were to be sent
to this country in the guise Of farmers
and cOlOnists and that they were 10
flock up and down the west coast of
Mexico and along the American Dor
der and uphold the Madero regime. in
the meantime the colonization of a big
slice of the country by the little brown
men would go on"
The Japanese Offering their services
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EHB-O64O4
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, U. S
Land Ofhce at Los Angeles, Cal, June
10, 1913.-Notice is hereby given that
MARTHA e. ELLIOTT, of SiIsbee, Cal,
who. on June 9, 1910, made desert land
eeIntry eI y No. 964o4; for Lots IA, Y. %, 10
ton 81. Township 16 s.. Range 1S E..
S. b: Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore the Register and Receiver, U. S
Land Office, at Los Angeles. Cal, on
the 30th day of July, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: wes-
ton r. VanDerpoel, of R. F. D. No. 2,
El Centre, Cal; Andrew ]. Elliott, OF
Silsbee, Cal; Walter Elliott. of Silsbee,
Cal; Charles r. Dearborn, of SiIsbee,
Cal. FRANK buren,,
Register.
Ell Centre. iulv1
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50 the board is driven to the neccs-
sity of at once taking steps to add to
the building this year.
To make possible the accommodation
yf pupils, the board has issued a cali
for an election TO pass bonds in the
sum of $4,000, to be used i'll adding
10 the building, and it is hoped to
have this work completed early in the
school year.
1t is, or course. impossible to slatA
what The extent Of this years growth
Will be. but the indications are that
the additions of this year will not meet
the requirements of next year, and
there will probably be necessary add
tiOnS from time to time.
Fortunately the design Of the struc--
! ture is such that it is an easy matter
to fit on to the building additional
accommodations.
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MAINLY PERSONAL

George d. Abrams left today for Los
Angeles by auto and will be absent 70"
a week.
Hugh Wol1in, engineer in the United
States bureau of mines, passed Sunday
in the city with his father, George
WOInin, and left last evening for Sc
dttle.
P. n. Num-, one Of the board OF
consulting engineers, has arrived from
Boise, Idaho, and left this morning wiln
Engineer Anderson to go over the route
Of the proposed all-American route.
His brother, L. L. Num- of Pasadena,
will go over the ground later.
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BOND ISSUE BECOMES
POPULAR TOPIC EVERYWHERE

There is q revival of talk through
out the valley of the probable issuance
Of good road bonds, for the constrnc-
ton Of two highways, crossing the irri-
gated portion Of the valley north and
south and east and west. As generally
outlined, it is proposed to build from
Calexico through Heher, El Centre and
Imperial to Brawley ana from Holtvilla
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, to DiXieland, thus accommodating all
portions of the valley.
The county roads are in bad shape.
as usual, and some heroic measure Is
required to get them in shape so farm
produce can be taken to market eco
nomically.
This movement has not taken tangi-
bic shape, but it is heard discussed in
all quarters, and some action seems
necessary in the early future.
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The cordova Changes Plan

George B. Wells, manager of Hotel
C0rdova, Eighth and Figueroa streets.
Los Angeles, writes that the hotel is
now conducted on both the American
and European plan, and that special
summer rates are in force. The Cor
doVa is conveniently located, close TO
principal points of interest-Adv. x52
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Notice to Road FIooders

The attention of careless irrigators
IS called to the fact that violations OF
ordinance No. 19 Of Imperial county
are being rigidly prosecuted.
1t is a very GsagreeaDIe but ne
ceSsary duty to prosecute people for
road flooding, SO save the public and
yourselves much trouble by keeping
your water out OF the roads.
ARTHUR SHEPARD.
Road Commissioner, Second District =
Adv. +,
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CITY AND VALLEY

Time to Reflect. The case of j. c.
Virgins, bad check man. came up in
the superior court this morning for
entering plea, but was continued until
tomorrow by Judge Cole at the reqnest
Of the defendant
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to the constitutiOnalsts near the Texas
border some time ago were the van
guard of these soldiers Of the island
empire, whose plans the fall Of Ma
dero had thwarted, said McDougal.
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Saturday for Pine Hills, expecting to
be back last night. Tire troubles de-
layed them, and before they got here
the wires We're busy trying to locate
them.
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WOMEN

Women Of the highest type,
women of superior education and
refinement, whose discernmens
and Judgment give weight and
force to their opinions, highly
praise the wonderful corrective
and curative properties Of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Throughout the many stage.
Of woman's life, from girlhood,
through the erdeals Of mother
hood to the declining years, there
Is no safer or more reliable med
icins. Chamberlain Tablets are
sold everywhere 1t z5c 4 box.
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Warmer Weather. Mercury cam

Warmer Weather. Mercury came NJ
to 1Oi this afternoon, demonstrating
that the break in summer weather Of
last week was TO be brief. This change
will be welcomed by cotton growers,
who wish TO see their plants develop
faster. Cantaloupe growers will no!
be pleased as the output was already
a. great as the hation's markets could
take up The crop with advantage.
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Death of Mrs. Fenton.

Death of Mrs. Fenton. Mrs. NJ. !
Fenton Of Imperial died Sunday morn
ing after an illness Of more than 4
month. The remains We're sent to Los
Angeles by Blanks & Atkinson today,
mterment to be in Calvary Cemetery.
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Wanted -COuEtryPrODerty

Have five customers who want imme-
diately 40 to 400 acres alfalfa land,
improved or unimproved, between Los
Angeles and San Diego. Give full par
ticulars. HIRERNlAN HOME BUILD
ERS, 61S s. Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Come to Kelly's Nursery for Marsh's
seedless grapefruit, vienless sweet po-
tato plants and gypsum West OF post
office.-Adv. n
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Up for Burglary.

Up for Burglary. George Melvin.
accused Of burglary at Calexico. ap-
peared before Judge Cole this morning
for entering plea and asked that an
attorney be appointed for him. J. Stew
art Ross was appointed for the de-
Tense
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For Rent-Modern Groom apart
ment, 626 Commercial. Ed Royce
Adv. r.
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Suspense Relieved. At 2:15 this aft
ernoon a party Of autOmobir1sts ar
rived and relieved the anxiety that had
developed. In the party were the
Iasigi brothers, B. H. Lien, and Mr..
and Mrs. o. B. Tout. They left here
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Signal Man Needed.

Signal Man Needed. one If the
great needs Of the town is for a flas
man at the intersection of Main street
and the Southern Pacific railroad. The
heavy traffic by rail and by team am
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Foundation Finished.

laying the foundation for the pavement
was finished Saturday and only the re
manning surface work is to be done.
1t is expected this Will be completed N
ten days. Il looks now as though the
railroad crossing would not be paved
until fall.
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auto at that point is a constant menace
tC life.
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THE COURT OF PALMS. PANAMA-PACIFC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION. SAN FRANCISCO, 1915.

TT<HE Court Of Palms, looking
The Italian Of this will be
n will b.
of the be
in the the
tra
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Alarm with Division Fences
Is Like a Well EQuipped
Manufacturing Plant

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DENTISTS

MANAGER THE
IMPERIAL VALLEY HOME DENTIST
L. & S. THEATER BLDG, Ell CENTRC
PHONE 149
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HAREMS OUT OF DATE IN TURKEY

dence as the elder male descendants.
And the royal favO.ite OF the moment
will have trausitory Importance on
account OF the influence which she
may exercise over the sultan
Royal prinCesses are considered in
rerior to the mother OF the sultan. who
is the real queen OF the little world
OF the harem, has absolute authority.
large stan of officials and the SUI
preme title OF "Valide sultan" Thus
1t happens that woman of slave
birth may. II she be the mother of an
heir to the throne. eventually become
the highest woman OF the land.
Every royal princess has her daira.
or separate apartments, slaves. ser
wants and 50 on. the management OF
Tie household being given over to her
kalfas, or ladies' in waiting that is to
say, Turkish women of good birth
who have remained unmarried
Royal princesses rarely take hus.
band OF their own rank. They are
generally married by the sultan to
the sons Of men OF wealth and posi-.
ton such as pashas, officers OF state,
high civil officials and the like, a
policy which Is founded on very
practical reason, namely, that the ar,
ranGemcnt makes the existence of a
hereditary aristocracy impossible
One OF the paradoXes In Turkey ia
that the poorer n Turkish woman is
the greater her freedom The rich
woman canont move a step unaccom
panied She socs Constantinople only
from the windows OF her closed
brougham or through veil thick
enough to act as n mask She may
dress as eXQuisItetly as mannequin
In Paris dressmakcr's showroom
but she must not display so much as
nm inch OF embroidery in public
when her husband wants to take q
second wife, or grows tired OF her
and wishes to divorce her. he has
both the opportunity and the means
II he is rich man. 1t is not chic
among Turks OF any education TO take
a second wife, but divorce is re
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with the result that the damage they
do is mounting up. year by year.
1t is perfectly apparent that here
Is n situation which demands immedi
ate action, and that this action should
bring about the yigilant protection for
nil time, and in all parts of the coun-
try. OF all insectivorous birds. Many
already on the tobogganslidc to-
ward determination. as the result OF
stupid state legislation, or the lax en-
forcement OF such laws as have boen
enacted. To be explicit:
There are seven states In which the
robin Is being legally killed by the
tens of thousands annually as game!
These states are Louisiana. Mississip-
pi. Florida South Carolina. North Car
olina, Tennessee and Maryland
The black bird is legalized game, /"
and suffers the same fate in four
states-Louislana. South Carolina.
Tennessee and Pennsylvania-and the
District OF Columbia besides.
Doves are slaughtered by the whole
sale in &c states. much to the loss OF
the farmers. for this bird is II great
eater of weed seeds,
Cranes. which are also very useful
birds. are much hunted for food and
for sport" in Colorado. Nebraska.
North Dakota and Oklahoma
or tho sixty-odd species of shore,
birds q. @. snlpe, curlews, plover
sandpipers and the likel. at least 80
feed on noxious insects; yet all OF
these birds are rapidly disappearing
According to Mr.. w. L. McAtee OF the
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percentage of its food being harm
full rodents and destructive insects.
the latter including grasshoppers,
crickets and moths, which it frequent
ly lmpales upon thorns or sharp twigs
1t sometimes catches young birds
Though this is more characteristic Of
the northern shrike, or butcher bird,)
but It's diet Is chiefly insects and small
rodents. 1t Is. therefore, very valu-
able to the farmer.
The golden-wingcd woodpecker
falso called flicker" "highhole," etc.
Is an Industrious tree protector. and
the most efficient Of all feathered ant
eaters. 1t is also feeds freely upon bee
ties. grasshoppers. Crickets. caterpil-
lars. and other harmful insects, as well
as on weed seds. Yet it is rapidly
growing rare because it is much
hunted for food 1t should be pro-
tected everywhere and at all times.
In view OF the decrease already ac-
complished in the general volume OF
bird life in America. in view of the
enormous losses annually inflicted up
on the people OF this country by the
ravages of insects, and in view of the
destruction of wild life which is now
furiously proceeding throughout Amer
lea, the Mclean bill. which is now be-
fore congress. to provide for the fed
eral protection OF all migratory birds,
becomes the most important wild life
measure that ever came before that
body In view OF the annual economic
loss that will continue as long as a
federal migratory bird bill fails to
pass, It is impossible for anyone to put
forth one good reason-unless it be on
purely technical against that
measure. The Weeks bill, before the
lower house of congress. is precisely
like the Mclean bill, and 1t matters
not which one passes first
Unless the people of this country
wish to shut their eyes to their own
interests, and pay out millions of dol
lars annually in the form of increased
cost of living due to the losses caused
by insect pests which would be
destroyed by the birds. they should
demand that a federal migratory bird
bill be at once enacted into law. 1t
is Senate Bill No. 6491. and on" the
senate calendar it is No. SOC We can
not afford to wait until 1914 or 1915,
and congress has full power to act
this winter
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Useful Bird Which Il Rapidly Brcom-
ing Extinct
cxterminated, and other curlews great.
ly reduced. So adverse to the
shorebirds are present conditions that
the wonder is that any escape. In
both fall and spring they are shot
along the whole route of their migra
tion north and south.
The accompanying illustrations pre-
sent portraits of a group of birds. most
Of which the average person probably
knows by sight, though | fear that
only a small minority have a clear
Idea of their very great economic
worth.
The jacksnipe Cor Wilson's snlpe) Is
one of the shorebirds (referred to by
Mr.. McAtee), which, as family, are
being rapidly extcrminated. 1t de-
stroys large numbers of worms and
larvae. for which it probes with its
long bill in the soft earth of corn and
potato fields-thercby doing the farm
er a great service-as well as along
the shores of ponds, lakes and
streams. 1t also feeds on grasshoppers
and other injurious Insects. 1t should
be carefully protected. especially dur
ing the breeding season.
The kildeer plovcr is another yalu-
able and beautiful shorcbird which
is being hunted to death 1t rrequcnts
meadows and pasture lands as well
rs shores. and dcyours great quaint
ties of mosquitoes. crane flies, grass
hoppers, army worms. cut worms.
caterpillars. cotton.hoIl weevils, clover
leaf weeviIs. rice weevils, marine
worms. wire worms and crayfish
Doubtless everybody knows the rob
in. perhaps the most democratic Of our
birds. beloved In the northern states
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Dor and a very useful one, for it is re-
markably swift and graceful on the
wing. and Is expert and persistent in
catching rose beetles. May beetles
cucumber beetles, mosquitoes, house
flies and flies that trouble horses
and cattle. One observer records
that 81 parent martins made 3,2T5 Wis
It's 70 their young in one laJ, each
visit meaning. probably, anywhere
from one to half dozen insects.
The uighthawk lalso called bull
bat"J + probably one of the most
useful of birds. 1t feeds exclusively
on insects, and ranks next to the
golden-winged woodpccker tHickcr) as
feathered destroyer of ants, which
it takes when they are in the winged
stage. Potato beetles, cucumber bee
ties, leaf hoppers, bugs of various kinds
and enormous quantities of gnats and
mosquitoes are found in their stom-
achs They are entirely harmless, for
they never feed on fruit, grain, grass
or vegetables. Yet they are being
hunted for sport and are being eyter.
minated.
The logGerhead (or southern) shrike
Is a champion pest destroyer. a large
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placing polygamy-a simple repudia.
ton by the husband of his wife, pro.
vided he is well enough Off to pay the
nekyah or marriage settlement, which
he is legally bound to hand over to
her.
The woman of the poorest classes
can go out alone. Custom does not
oblige her to wear her veil down
Should her husband in fit Of anger,
wish to divorce her. he must first of
all produce the Nekyah. the dowry.
in ready money. not an easy matter
for a poor man.
The real danger to domestic happi.
ness in the great mass of Turkish
homes is the growing tendency Of d.
vorce, and divorce wholly favorable
to the man as against the woman.
The payment OF the modest nekyah
arranged at the time of his marriage
is simple AFFAIR. and It Is seldom
enough to keep the divorced wife for
the rest of her days. She is forced to
take refuge with her parents or to
find shelter with some OF her friends
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Only the Sultan Adheres to the Old
Style Oriental nstitution-Mod-
ern Turk Resorts to Divorce.

The domestic arrangements OF the
sultan are entirely different from
those Of his subjects Most Turks
have one wife; the sultan has no
! recognized sultana. Turks OF high
/ rank marry into their own class, the
sultan forms unions with women Of
slave origin. The ordinary man may
not look upon an unveiled woman eN.
cept she be his relation or servant;
the sultan has the right to talk with
any woman In the land face to face.
Turks Of position model their house.
holds more or less on the European
plan; the sultan's household Is orien-
tai
That does not mean that in the i'm.
perial palace you would find women
slipping sherbct or smoking narghilehs
or clad in bagry trousers. On the
contrary you would find them smok.
ing nothing more oriental than a
cigarette. sitting on a European chair
and. yes. wearing corscts, Rut the
code OF morals is entirely different
says the New York sun.
The imperial harem is founded on
the old court system Of the Byzantine
cmperors and has an etiquette and
law Of its own The first fact one
must grasp is that the wives or
favorltes OF the sultan have no i'm
portancc al all. They are nobodies.
The daughter Of a Circassian peasant
may be honored by the sultan's favor
and even bear him n child. but yet
be distinguished by no other title
than the commonplace "Kadin Efen.
/ dl" Only the mother Of the eldest
son receives the royal designation Of
Sultan" her whole title being "Kha.
/ rcki sultan"
Her dignity only results from her
being the mother OF a possible heir
TO the throne. that Is, In the event
| that tho sultan has no brothers, for
the brothers have the right Of prece'
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for his cheerful song and his hand
some appearance, glad everywhere to
be the companion and the friend of
man when he is well treated. and high
ly valuable as a destroyer of harmful
gruDs. worms and insects. Yet this
bird is murdered literally by the thou
sands for pot-pies by negroes and
poor whites in the southern states
above mentioned, and Is more or less
hunted in other states. Mr.. f. A.
Mcllhenny, who lives on Avery Island,
La, says that during the ten days or
two weeks OF the robin season Gin
January when the berries are ripe) at
least 10000 OF these useful and beau
tiful birds are slaughtered daily for
the pot. Every negro man and boy
who can raise gun Is after them"
says Mr. McIlhenny.
Although this bird causes some loss
to small fruit growers, 1t certainly
| does vastly more good than harm. 1t
is constantly at work on lawns and
| fields hunting for destructive insects.
which 1t is exceedingly difficult to
| keep In control. 1t deyours many
caterpIllars. including hairy species
which infest the orchard, woodland
and shade trees Forty per cent. Of
| its food Is insects, and 43 per cent.
wild fruit. 1t would pay the farmer
! well to go some expense in order
| to keep the robins away from his
fruit trees and berry bushes rather
thar shoot these birds which are so
useful to him in many ways. To mur.
der them for potpies Is. Of course,
nothing short OF barbarous.
The purple martin is also fond of
the society Of man, and when not
molested by the villainous English
| sparrows-and still more villainous
men by whom 1t is shot for food
chiefly in the south-it is glad to
breed in b!rdhouses near human habi,
tations It males a charming neigh.
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He's Not Chicken Fancier.

Speaking of chickens, a funny man
writing in Puck says:
They are the most dadbusted, I'M
certainest creatures that walk the
family acres. Almost everybody tries
to raise chickens at one time or an
other Looks easy-that's the deceiv-
ing part OF it.
And it is easy after you learn one
thing. Little chickens don't know
anything. medium sized chickens don't
know anything. If there is any change
of an intellectual nature as the size
increases the big ones know less If
possible than the little ones.
If there is wire partition in your
pen with an open door at one end the
chickens will try to plunge through
the wire instead OF going around and
walking through the door"