The Parker post., 1913-03-01
BLYTHE BRIEFS.

BLYTHE BRIEFS.
The warm weather is bringing out
the leaves on the Blythe cottonwood
trees these days
A recent shipment of Blythe cream.
cry butter to Los Angeles brought
top market prices.
The Blythe ice plant is to be
started up next week and will be
making ice regularly in the future.
S. D. Kamrar left on a business
trip for Bloomfield, Nebraska, last
week He will be gone about three
weeks.
Bert Todd says the Shuck pump,
ing plant ON the mesa is one of the
most complete and up-to-date out,
fits he has seen.
Geo. w. Wilkins, who nuns an
auto stage between johannesburg
Searles, Ballarat and Skidoo, Cal,
was a visitor in the valley Saturday
ana SUNDAY.
C. B. Reynolds received a check
for $1,000 from the Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance company this week
for Mrs. Minnabelle Moore, widow of
George Moore.
Alfred Salano was called to Los
Angeles last week by the death of
his brother-in-law, VIM. Bouett. No
details have been received as to the
cause of the death.
The socialists local of Neighbours
held a meeting at the school house
last Sunday. The members are work
ing for the passage of the universal
eight-hour law in California.
Among the land transactions of
the past week was the sale of 40
acres in section II to Albert Wood.
This transaction was made through
the Reynolds real estate office.
G. w. Fiske of Oceana, Cal, re-
Gently bought 40 acres in section 5
through C.. B. Reynolds. Mr.. Fiske
has brought his family into the val
ley and expects to have the land in
cotton this year.
c. w. Cowden who is working his
claims near the Cinnabar mines east
of Ehrenberg was in Blythe Mon
day. He states that development is
going forward rapidly on the CHINA
bar property and that the smelter
will be started UP soon.
A Washington's birthday dance
was given by the young men of Bly,
the at the new Benedix annex last
Saturday evening Many of those
who attended the banquet went to
the dance afterward and the new
store building was crowded.
j. B. Flanagan, editor and manager
of The Parker Post, was in the valley
last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Flan-
agan was much interested in the new
creamery and says that Parker will
likely become a market for a part
OF. the butter output in the future
H. A. Walsh has received his ap-
pointment as justice of the peace of
Blythe: In the future it will he "Good
Mornin' Judge" 1t is reported that
he was seen recently leaning on the
handle of an irrigating shovel perus-
ing the pages of a six-pound law
| book.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Blythe
met at the C. G. Hobson ranch Tues
day OF last week. The principal buis-
ness of the meeting was relative to
the new church building which the
women expect to have built. The
subscription fund is growing fast
and there is now plenty of money in
sight tC go ahead with the work.
Baseball players in the upper val
ley are organizing a game for Sunday.
March 16. The game was to have
been played ON st Patrick's day but
the fact that many of the boys could
not get off on that day caused it to
be scheduled for the Sunday before.
The game is to be between the
Blythe team and an out-of-toWn
nine. Several players have come in
to the valley within the last few
weeks and the local boys say they
are expecting a good game.