The Parker post., 1913-01-11


four months, is seriously ILL., Mrs. IS.
D. Kamrar lis helping temporarily
with the hotel work.
Walter Wilkinson spent the week
between Christmas and New Years
Day visiting old friends in the I'M
perial valley where he lived before
coming to the Palo Verde.
Misses Nina and Ruth Henley left
the valley for Phoenix where they
will spend the winter, last week.
They were driven to Blythe Jc by
their, father, w. A. Henley.
J. A. Chauncey of Glendora was a
visitor i'm the valley last week. He
is interested in PalO Verde cotton
land and expects to be putting in a
crop here next spring.
Ace Gardner came into Blythe last
week grinning and announced that
he was the father of a new IL
pdund boy. The baby was born on
New Years morning. The lad and
his mother are both doing WE'LL
Automobile parties passing through
Blythe recently included the follow
ing persons: P. A. Garrigan and
wife and Robert Garrigan, of Toledo
Ohio, and r. H. Cramer and wife OF
Detroit
Of ho
side district have asked for bids for
new school building that is to be
constructed The building is to cost
So, 900 and the bonds have already
been voted and sold.
J. w. Bias, C. NJ. Bias, Mr.. Smith
and Mr.. Everett from Santa Cruz
bought supplies in Blythe last week
and left for the Chuckawalla valley
where they wiz do assessment work
for a number of Santa Cruz desert
entrymen.
w. H. Saults has sold his store al
Mesaville and has been spending the
last week in Los Angeles, where the
deal was closed Mr. Saults' plans
for the future are not known but il
is understood that he will remain in
the Palo Verde country.
A. A. Gordon, who lives north OF
Blythe was the first person locally
to take advantage of the. new parcel
post. The package sent by Gordon
went to the third zone and the post
age paid amounted to less than ono
half of the old rate.
DR.. Lee Burt of Los Angeles wa;
in Blythe last week looking UP tho
possibilities of locating here. He
did not state definitely before leav
ing whether he would return to the
valley or not He was accompanied
by Dr. Arthur NJ. Smith, also of Los
Angeles.
The Palo Verde rancher is wearing
satisfied smile these days Will
I his cotton selling at top notch prices
and clean new, irrigation system
full of water at his service there
is no reason to complain. Prospects
never looked brighter for a big year
is the spirit of the new year and il
listens well to u.s."
1t is reported that Blythe juno
ton is becoming famous on account
of a particular formation of rock
which is found in. large quantities
near the townsite. This rock is
cal cd malapai and is of a porous for
nation. 1t is being used extensively
on the main line of the Santa Fl
for purposes of decoration.
VIM. Cudabach, who purchased the
Benestell place several days ago
came into the valley last week with
a carload of stock and equipment tC
begin putting the land in shape fol
crops. Mr. Cudabach believes the
Palo Verde has a good future as a
sheep country. He says they can be
herded in the timber land bordering
the river and fed cotton seed
Henry Greeley has been sick al
the home of l.. H. Scobey for sew
eral days He was stricken with
paralysis the day before Christmas
and was unconscious for several days
Since being taken to the Scobey
home two weeks ago he has made
good progress toward recovery but
will be under the mOtherly care OF
Mrs. Scobey for several days yet
Ferrymen at the Ehrenberg cross
ing ON the Colorado river have been
working overtime keeping a channel
cut through a bar which has been
filling in On the California side Oh
the river. A temporary landing has
been erected a hundred yards below
the cable and in the case of heavy
loads the ferry is cut loose and
brought up to the new landing. Elk
cept for the additional labor neces