Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-19
Letters From the
Rural Wayfarer

MISS Laura SteWafJ enteTtdiHSu az
Christmas party at the large and
hospitable residence of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart, at their place
west of Ell Centre, on Tuesday of this
week. There We're present Misses
Vera Thompson, Kathleen Parkiss,
Hazel English, Cheerful Apple, Marie
Grogan and Peggy Lien; Messrs. Har-
old Thompson, Wyhe Weaver. Donald
Shafer, Will Apple, James Sherman,
Thomas Greenleaf, Markell Wachtel,
Reginald Northcott, Beaver Goody-
kowz, Laurence Mccoy and Mrs. w.
w. Apple.
Mrs Ed Cooper, of Deming, N. M,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. c. Cum
ningham.
A. c. Ensign is an earnest advocate
of the necessity of breaking out
new tracts after the road has been
wet down. "Dusty roads could be
largely avoided" said Mr.. Ensign, "If
those who travel them would use the
newly watered track as soon as it is
we'll settled If it is not used until
it is thoroughly dried it at once be-
comes dusty and is firm and hard for
a very short time only But if the
road is used while still moist it packs
down as hard as an adobe brick. and
makes a fine solid durable track"
Much improvement is going on
around Seeley, leveling especially. A
large increase in crop will be put in.
by Messrs. J. E. Johnson, Vaughn,
Smith, Farmer and others.
The wayfarer's attention was very
strongly called to the necessity of
having turkeys and chickens better
fattened before sending them out of
the valley as poultry for food. Insuffi-
ciently fattened poultry has been sent
to Los Angeles in such quantities, it
was said, that the market has been
noticeably injured. This is an in
jury to all, both owners of poultry
not fattened and to those who have
fully prepared the product for market
1t is an important matter and the
wayfarer puts it up to our raisers
and dealers in poultry.
John Hogan, of Seeley, recently re-
turned from a business trip to Ari.
zona.
! w. R. Wagele west of town is deal
ing with Bermuda grass by plowing
alfalfa and all in under. The alfalfa
will grow up the quickest, shade the
ground and get the start of the Ber-
muda grass, Mr.. Wagele says. This
Mr.. Wagele says will have to be done
every three or four years. To abso-
lutely and permanently kill the Ber
muda out he thinks is practically inn
possible as the seed comes from Yuma
in the bitches. The practice of sum-
mer following, letting the ground
lie idle with various plowings, usually
1 advocated, Mr.. Wagele does not think
efficacious, as he thinks the seed will
come with the water.
\ Mr.. Willard H. Newman of the Sils-
bee Mercantile Co., returned Tuesday
from business trip to San Diego.
Mr. Newman and his agreeable and
accommodating partner, Frank CzaiH
nowski, are doing deservedly will in
their business at Silsbee.
H. G. Fenton, the San Diego con-
tractor, and his brother-in-law, W. L.
Bowen, recently bought lot IT'S, sec
tion 16, range 13, have built a farm
dwelling and are engaged in leveling
the land, Mr.. Bowen being in charge
and residing there with his wife.
Mrs. l.. d. Dunagan of Silsbee, is re-
ceiving a pleasant visit from her
daughter, Mrs. NJ. b. Golding.
/ Mrs. II. C.. Bedwell of Silsbee, is
doing excellent work in organizing
4 Loyal Temperance Legion of chill