The Parker post., 1913-01-25

on the coast.
James Rennie came into the val
ley Wednesday of last week.
Charlie Morgan has some bargains
in Blythe town lots Box 52.-Adv.
H. M. George, a Needles butcher,
was i'm the valley to buy hogs Mon
day of this week.
Geo. Kelsey is behind the bars over
at the bank while Cashier Bowles lis
spending a few days on the coast.
H. l.. Christian has just put UP an
office building for himself at the cor
ner of Broadway and Murphy street.
Alfred Salano, F. w. Seager and
J. O. Phillips were across the river
last week on a weekend hunting trip.
F. w. Seager of Los Angeles has
leased the Lace Hemphill house and
will bring his wife into the valley
in a few days.
Among those who registered at
Hotel Blythe the past week were
Frank Bauer of Los Angeles, M. "A.
McKenna of Calexico and F. l.. Will
Hams of Boise, Idaho.
Elmer Layton says he is working
overtime these days filling orders for
buck scrapers. This is one indica-
tion of the large amount of leveling
and clearing that is going on in the
valley.
After much urging on the part of
Blythe democrats George Moore fl
nally consented to again take up the
official duties of local Justice of the
peace and his reappointment was con-
firmed last week
James Sinclair, the Colorado river
motor-boat man, has left for San
Francisco to receive medical treat
ment for injuries received while get
ting his boat out of an ice jam above
Blythe during the cold spell
w. H. Saults is spending a few
days in Los Angeles prior to going.
to his ranch at Wilcox, Arizona,
which he received in exchange for
his store. Mr. Saults expects to
take UP dairying ON his Arizona farm.
G. R. Opie of Los Angeles is the
new owner of the Saults store at
Mesaville. Mr.. Opie is a minister and
the management of the store will be
in the hands of his SON, E. H. Opie.
We wish the new firm success in ita
Palo Verde enterprise.
E. A. Green drove into the valley
from Los Angeles last week with a
new SO horsepower Cole automobile.
The machine is the latest model, its
equipment including self starter cleo
trio lights and all of the newest ap-
pliances.
Mcintyre & Talbert have just finn
ished grading and leveling 40 acres
of land south of Blythe for James
Rennie. 1t is one of the best jobs
of leveling that has been done i'm
the valley and the land which a few
months ago was covered with mes
quite and brush will soon be grow
ing a bale or two of cotton to the
acre.
Friends in Blythe will be sorry to
learn of the death of Mrs Bessie
Arneill Petit, wife of Charles Petit,
who was superintendent of the Mutual
Water company for several months
Mrs. Petit died at Bard hospital in
Ventura following the birth of a
little girl She leaves husband and
son to mourn her death.
party of workmen with fresnos
and teams were taken across the
river last week to put jetty in the
river opposite the intake The river
h l., fallen lower than at any time for
several years with scarcely any cur
rent and the jetty will be thrown i'm
as a matter of precaution to keep the
current running as strong as possible
next to the intake
AS an aftermath of the recent de-
cision of Judge BordweM in the su-
perior court regarding the claims
against the California Development
company, the New Liverpool Salt
company Saturday filed suit in the
United States district court against
the California Development company
and W. H. Holabird, receiver, for
$458, ,247.13
MAST EMPlRE