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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-11

Couldn't be Blamed An old connie in
Michigan. who had never beforc bco,
away from their native ~viIlapc won't
TO California. II prov Il i memorable
"TRIP IN more WAYS than one. ~ M. II
Illustrated by an incident ON thci, ,otu,,
home.
\ ncighhor, asking the old lady If yh.
i'' seen an earthquake Will in Frisco
received the following reply:
il"'co. did. | saw it aud heard il
on! | cnioycd it much"
IN %hcIghbor. aglla>t will, astouisb.
mem asked why she enjoyed the earth
quake. The old lady replied:
hecanSc il is the first thing that has
happr hrl since John and 7 varn N.
,,ei lhlftl years ago that he hasn't
blamed Inc for"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-11

$50 YOU sold that mule for SS.
YES replied EraStus Pinklcy. He
kent Il b attn me down an bcatin me
down. till finally ] Jest sold him dc
mule at his w price. | didn't want
10 miss a chance Of De mules @turnin
loose an kickin' dat Stingy mans head
clean off i'm. Washington Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-11

Senator Doiiiyer once remarked that
President Taft was d large body sur
rounded by men who knew exactly what
they wanted. Wher at the Kansas City
Star points ont that the definition may
now be applied to congress. 1t is u large
body entirely surrounded by 4 man who
knows exactly what h. wants.-Galves-
ton Tribune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-11

PEELED to di>gorgc $1,000 worth of aiS
rcttes brought from Europe. tn plain
and enlightened law of the land forbids
the importation of aigrettcs and thus
c~urtails the cruel slaughter Of plumage
bearing birds 10 that ext tx. But even
though the wearing of aiercttes. in view
Of the bariarouS methods adopted in Sc
curing thcm. may be considered Il mat
{ T. 0f conscience. that fact connot lessen
the poor grace with which unAmerican
Americans 50 readily den0mcc their
native land whenever their personal
views ar opposed Kansas City Jour
nal.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

| Five passenger Rambler for sale here
| or exchange. Ed Royce.-Adv. If
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
CT. r. Reams. A12 Broadway.

NUMBER 83.-When you get ready
for that "buZz wagon" here is a COM
pany that will interest you very great
ly. They have the agency for that fine
| lire of cars the builders of which
aver that when better cars are Quilt,
Well build them" 1t is the company
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

places the annual rainfall 10 not 10
exceed lye or six inches. and that IL
not enough. The average precipitation
IN Los Angeles is about - or IS inches
a year. Imagine the situation II the
amount were reduced more than half.
"ln several Of these localities water
has been found at depth OF 100 feet;
in others. after going down 1000 feet
there is not enough water to wet the
tools. Instances are known where per-
sons have settled In these ara places
who are compelled to haul water for
miles to make coffee. There is no use
OF a homesteader going into that part
OF the country. He will starve to death
and eat up all the money he has trying
to establish himself-and then he will
fail.
II know an instance OF man In
Los Angeles who quit q Job that was
paying him 600 month to take up
a homestead entry in the reserve under
the federal laws. He has spent $4,000
fixing up his place and has no water
for his crops. He has i60 acres, and
ne would have done better in the I'M
perial valley, where there is an abun-
dance of water, or invested his money
in A fve-acre tract in the vicinity OF
Los Angeles.
"The Imperial valley IS an example
Of what water can do to country.
visited that section iS years ago, ana
at that time would not have given
$40 for all the land could see. Now
look at il. II is veritable Garden
of Eden and millions Of dollars are
invested. Why7 Because they have
the soil and the water. In the forest
reserves of Southern California we have
the land in many places but not the wa
ter. and that makes all the difference
in the world"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
KNOWLEDGE CONTEST PRIZE WINNERS
ARE ALL. WELL KNOWN CITIZENS
THE PRIZES

Sterling 2-hole Freess Cooker from F. S. Wing Co. $500
Miss Mamie Rhodes
Electric Lamp from Eads's Electric Store $1,000
Fred A. F1eisf1rrian
One Doz. Best Photos from Metz Studio $1,000
Joseph A. BilrQsley
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
WIE DOUBT THE STORY

A Los Angeles newspaper that
Is noted for its bulk and for its brutal
assaults on the English language now
declares in flaring headline that q
Texas farmer has had his house
blown away by cyclone" The which
we must doubt What men will do, ac-
cording to this newspaper. is beyond
ken, for it frequently tells Of mer
VINO have" their hands or feet cut
OFF by street cars or machinery or 9TH
erwise injure themselves. But this lat
est story must be a canard.
We submit that man cannot have
his house blown away. There IL nc
way he can capture a cyclone and d.
rect 1t against his own or any mans
property. The wind "bloweth where /!
fisteth," and while a cyclone may de-
stroy mans house, there Is no meth
cd by which the owner can have 1,
done.
There are some statements that bear
evidence of falsity on their face.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
Seeley Items
(seeley Sentinel

An carry VlNt 1Eolu tAo NouoA"'
Bank examiner is expected. This gen.
|leman will look over Seeley and con-
tiguous territory with view to pass
ins on the application which has been
made for q charter for the First Ma
tional Bank Of eeelsy.
w. H. Stilson, student OF Po-
mona college. is trying his mettle as
a rancher on the Milburn Clark place.
Mrs. Priest was rejoiced by a two
DAYS visit from her aunt, whom she
has not seen for twenty-five years.
J. W. Colson Of Ell Centro brought
party to Seeley last week to view
the Landscape Ger. AS result Frank
Crabtree purchased tract No. 3. con-
sistins Of five acres. r. r. Crabtree
of Los Angeles added to his Imperial
county holdings by the purchase OF 80
acres near El Centro.
@. H. Wolfin of Redlande, formerly
|one OF the substantial business men
Of E, Centric, visited seeley IN COM
nspy with Rev. ". G. Conley recently.
Mr.. wolfln was inspecting this city
with view OF establishing some
commercial enterprise.
Master Mack Mastick OF Ell Centro
is visiting his grandparents, Mr.. anu
Mrs. B. B. Mastick.
W. II. Hanna has sold his ranch TO
II. w. Spargur and removed to War
rensburg, Mo.
E. p. Riggie has built house on
the eighty-acre ranch he recently pur-
chased from w. H. Thompson.
Miss Clara L. Carr. teacher Of see J.
LEY Grammar school, is staying at Ho-
tel Wyoming.
Thos Belthurun has sold his black
smith shop to Joseph F. Oftlie. II Is
said Mr.. Bethurun will 60 on E. Me-
Mullan's ranch.
]. F. Tatum, who has a five year
lease on the B. F. Fuller place, re-
ports his 60 acres Of cotton up and
doing we'll.
Fred Henderson. who was SO sue
ce.sful in the culture OF cotton last
wear, is showing his faith by his work.
He is planting 100 acres this year.
Wallace Flack will return from a
business trip to Northern California
the last of the week, bringing three
carloads Of mules.
Mrs. Nellie Huff will entertain the
sewing circle Of Number Twelve
Thursday.
Rev. S. p. Pttman spent several
days in Imperial this week.
Rev. NJ. H. Lee of Imperial preached
at the school house April 27th.
VIM. Schroff, proprietor of the Pio-
neer Bakery and Restaurant, is making
some improvements on his property.
J. A. Howard Is supervising the
leveling of the Frisbie ranch.
Ben Stafford has accepted the po-
sition OF chef for Ed. Mcmillan
threshing crew.
For some time passenger and
freight train each, daily, has been re-
quired to take care of the increasing
business of the Holton Inter-Urban
railroad.
The many friends Of Philip thinner
who recently underwent an operation
at the hospital in Ell Centro. are glad
to hear of his steady Improvement.
The progressive and energetic
rancher, Ed. Mcmillan, has added a
combined harvester and thresher to his
equipment. This machine is said to be
especially dudpteu W tlit iIlSdtcu l"iiu'
Of Imperial valley.
Miss Gladys C. Wheeler of San Diego
is visiting Mrs. G.. w. McCune.
Gilmour and Thompson Of LonS
Beach, owners Of the 4OO-acre ranch
at Brawley leased by NJ. w. Bates,
spent several days this week inspect
ing their property and touring the val
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
53.-c. n. Smith, 5o7 Broadway.

NUMBER 54.-This number introduc-
es one of the largest department stores
in the Imperial valley. It opened it's
doors for business five years ago, and
1t has grown rapidly and kept in touch
with the people. There are two doors
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
NINETEEN FOREST RESERVES
ARE BEING CLASSIFIED

Los Angeles Times: L. a. Barrett,
chief OF the land classification depart
ment Of the federal forest service. with
headquarters in San Francisco, who Is
IN Los Angeles on a tour of inspec-
tion, looking after the progress Of the
work in the Cajon project, said yes
terday that in his opinion there will
be 100000 acres of land thrown
open to settlement for agricultural pur-
poses when the classification Of the
Mnd within the to forest reserves In
this state is concluded which will not
be for five or six years. The total
acreage in Angeles, California Cleve-
land, Ell Dorado, Inyo, Kern, klamath
Lassen, Mod0c, Mono, Monterey. plu-
mas, Santa Barbara. Sequoia, Shasta
Sierra, Stanislau. Taho and Trinity for
est reserves amounts to approximately
27,000,000, indicating that about one
twenty Of the land now occu-
pied under the timber laws Of the
United States will be open to entry by
homesteaders.
The CajOn project, covering the ter
ritory from Lytle creek to Santa Ana
is about concluded, and this will be
followed by the beginning Of opera
tons on the Tejunga project, involv.
ing the big watershed of the Big Te-
junga, north of San Fernando. The
operations in the Soledad project in
Santa Barbara county, covering about
100000 acres, are about half con-
cluded. This is the largest reserve In
California.
Work in this part Of the state will
be concluded by June /. when the
classification corps will move north to
the upper section of the state, where
they are prevented from operating in
the winter by the deep SHOWS, and
where the summers are not so op-
pressive. Surveying in the summer
heat the prevails below the Tehachepi
Is not the most pleasant thing in the
world, especially in the big woods
GOOD SOIL, BUT
Barrett, speaking Of the character
of the land that will be eliminated
from the forest reserve for the benefit
OF homesteaders, said: "People who
live in California and are acquainted
with conditions in this territory are
not misled, and do not as class
wildly clutch opportunities for public
land at government prices, without in
vestigation. But there are many who
are new in the country who have z
wrong impression as to the desirability
of these proposed new holdings. The
soil experts employed in the classified
ton corps have found In a number OF
places soil that according to the analy-
sis shows it to be OF the most prod
uctive variety, but in many Of these
localities, while the ground cannot bt
improved, there is no chance to get wa
ter for irrigation, and in some instances
it is impossible to get 1t for domestic
use.
1t makes no difference how good the
soil is, if there is no water it is
absolutely impossible to do anything
Experience has shown that in these
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

Mrs. w. e Cox. music teacher. cor
ner Fifth and Olive.-Adv. IT
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06
Mary's Wages
Syracuse Post Standard J


The ficticious Mary Konovsky. 23
years old, working in textile mill for
Sc week and demanding $500, is the
subject Of an eloquent. and many ways
sensible sermon by the president Of the
National Association Of Cotton Manu-
facturers. He says she was born and
bred in poverty and misery, uneducat-
ed. unframed, stolid and stupid, and he
challenges the world to produce an
other employer who will pay her Sc a
week.
There are thousands Of employers,
Mr.. Greene who will do better than that
and are doing it. They are taking into
their homes girls who have had no ad-
vantages whatever except the ecquir-
ing Of a rudimentary knowledge OF the
language, they are providing them
with board and lodging, they are edu-
eating them In the art and science OF
housekeeping and they are paying them
in the bargain enough to make their
weekly wage far higher than that OF
Mary KOnovsky.
Mrs. w. e Cox. music teacher. cor
ner Fifth and Olive.-Adv. IT
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

HHoi 0Hc SUIIIt SIdttIIIPUIS tNHL Nt
evidence of falsity on their face.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

that has built more then hslf 81 ali the
the automobiles that have been built in
the q. o. From the large number Of
models afforded by this great COM
pany the buyer Of q machine has every
advantage OF procuring Just what he
wants, ana at Z fair price. The same
people conduct q large garage. has
everything In the way of supplies, does
the very best kind OF repair work
fully equipped in every way. It is the
newest and most modern garage in the
city. What is the name and address?
Also give the name of this famous
automobile.
60. Z. coggIns, Main and Fourth
Buick Automobile.
NUMBER 64.-There Is nothing that
adds to the pleasure and comfort of a
good house more than good modern
sanitary plumbing. Here Is a plumber
who has been demonstrating his ca
pacity In that line in and about this
rapidly growing city for about four
years. He has many Jobs to point 10
ell over the city and surrounding coun-
try. The new Masonic Temple Is his
latest building. He is always ready for
tho next Job. And he always manages
to take care Of job work and trouble
work. When you get in trouble with
b: ing instant relief. His office is in
connection with a sheet metal works.
What is the name and address?
&C.. q. Folsom, 607 Broadway.
NUMBER 65.-what is The name and
office location of this live firm of real
| estate agents who also have good
ouctioneer in the firm and a certified
architect? They have lands and city
property for sale of every description
and they are active in fire and life in
surance. The office Is in Il very prom
inent building upstairs. and you will
| sec the sign at the foot of the stair
way. A good auctioneer is Jew Ell
when II comes to selling anything at
euction. A poor auctioneer is a worse
| calamity than q poor lawyer. II you
want to sell property AT public auc-
ticn It will pay you to get In touch
with this office. They will get all "the
traffic will bear" at your sale.
o6.-0rIggs 4 Phipps, Ei oentro Ma
tIonai Bank Bldg.
NUMBER 6S.--It has only been a
couple Of weeks since this blacksmi t h
| shop was started. Do you knov, where
! it Is? It is the newest shop in town,
ond the newest blacksmith in charge
| OF II. But he Is not new at the forge.
lie has been at 1t long enough to know
how to handle everything that come
| along in his line. The shop is down in
the livery stable and horse and mule
| district. handy to people who have
horses to be shod in first class style.
He is one Of the best horseshoers that
ever held a horses FOO. in his hand.
You should know this man if you are
a patron of the blacksmith shops II e
will do you good. Give his name and To-
ca ton.
6e.-Paui Van kaenel, Fifth and Com
mercial.
| --Adysrtisement
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

Above Is given the names of the
prize winners In the knowledge
contest, all we'll known citizens.
Herewith Is the final budget Of de-
scriptions of prominent houses,
with the answers.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-06

and now has what may be considered
the leading plumbing and sheet metal
establishment in the valley. He Is the
only plumber who combines both sheet
metal work and plumbing. He employs
good force of skilled men and fur
nishes galvanized tanks, cornices. sky
lights, dairy work and everything that
is made out Of metal. Has a big stock
OF pipe and pipe fittings. does sewer
work. He Is thoroughly up to date, and
it is a we'll known fact that his work
in every department never springs a
leak.
60.-Witman Plumbing Co., A2o
Broadway.
the butter that is recognized all over
the valley as the best produced. 1t IL
manufactured right here at homo in z
creamery that Is model Of cleanli.
ness and sanitation. The processes OF
its manufacture are SO complete and
simple that 1t IL sweetness and purity
ere a fixed and unvarying certainty
They manufacture $500 pounds daily
supply the local market and ship the
of California. This fine butter wears
name that Is just as sweet as the
butter, howbeit the butter would smell
lust as sweet by any other name. Give
the name Of this butter. also the name
IF the creamery company.
31-Rose Brand--Imperiai Valley
Creamery Co., Inc.
NUMBER 62.-Who Is the black
smith and horseshoer who has been
pounding the anvil in this city for
som mething like two years, more OF
loss. He has shop that is very neigh
borly with the livery stables. He EN-
ploys good workmen and is there on
the job himself watching to see that
everything goes right His fame as a
bla acksmith and especially as horse
sheer has gone out all over the c0un-
| ty. and people come to his shop to nave
wCIk done trt:n many distan: points
His horseshoeing department 10 very
lively. What Is the name and address!
An Imitation brick building. Wood
work In the rear.
CT. r. Reams. At2 Broadway.
NUzMRCR ag-Wbap van ran nv
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-21
LOGANBERRIES ARE DRIED.
DOrena Grower Constructs Cheap
Drying Plant on Ranch.

Cottage Grove, Ore, July 19.-
With $40 drying plant and a cheap
stove, Charles Bales of Dorena has
solved the problem of marketing To-
ganberries. For years berry grow
ers have been complaining of no way
of preparing them for outside mar
kets. Tired of waiting for someone
to put up dryer, Mr.. Bates decided
to attempt to solve the problem him
self and constructed building of his
own with drying racks, the net cost
of which was $50. With a stove to
furnish heat Mr. Bales finds that he
can take care of all the berries from
his five-acre tract.
Mr.. Bales is member of the Eu-
gene Growers Association, which
will handle his crop for him at 27
cents a pound for the dried fruit,
netting him over cents a pound
for the green fruit.
With $50 plant taking care of
five acres of berries, Mr.. Bales be-
lieves that 1t is cheaper than it
would be to haul them to a central
dryer and makes growing of berries
practical for those situated long
distance fro a city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-21
PRUNES WILL Be HIGH
All Prospects Point to High Price for
Boarding House Dessert the
Coming Year.

That the prune crop of the Rogue
River Valley will be in big demand
the coming season if properly dried
seems evident from the reports of
the damage to the crop in California
because of the heat last week. The
Redding Searchlight says of the stu
alton:
That the heat wave of last week
caused prune drop that was general
throughout northern California is
the information received here. Re-
ports of the drop have been received
from as far north as Shasta county
and as far south as San Jose.
A prune drop of from 25 to 60 per
cent is reported from Anderson and
Cottonwood, with an average drop
of about 40 per cent. The same con-
dition holds true in Redding, accord
ing to S. A. Reynolds, except in the
orchards which were irrigated and
fertilized heavily.
A similar drop of prunes occurred
at Yuba City, where the Thompson
Seedless grapes also are reported
burned. In the Vacaville section the
drop is between 40 and As per cent.
The following letter from a San Jose
packer to E. T. Reynolds G Son of
Chico outlines conditions in the San
Jose district:
THE weather here is ripening and
burning the cots. We think all the
cots will have to be harvested with
in the week. No doubt many Of them
will spoil from lack of help.
''Prunes in orchards where the
! foliage is not heavy have been badly
burned and in orchards that have
not been irrigated l fear that the
crop will be destroyed. We can tell
better in a week or ten days from
now
Prices are running here at about
Accent basis to the growers. Only
a few packers are buying at that
price. Growers, as a rule, are not
anxious to sell and are holding for
higher prices.
When the drop will quit is con-
sidered uncertain and it may con-
tipue. The loss is considered by
some as being the result of the frosts
which left the prunes susceptible to
the heat, while others claim the hot
wind was responsible directly.
''The prune drop is the worst since
1902"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-21
TARS TAKE |. W. W. TO TRIMMING
REFUSE TO TOLERATE ATTACKS ON FLAG AND SACK HEADQUARTERS
OF The ACITATORS AT SEATTLE

Seattle, July 1S.-A mob of 500
men led by sailors from the Pacific
reserve fleet at anchor in the harbor
here broke into and sacked various
headquarters of socialists and Indus
trial Workers of the World and de-
stroyed the meeting place of the Sal
walton Army under the impression it
was the Industrial Workers hall.
Furniture, books and papers were
dragged from the socialists and In
dustrial Workers headquarters and
burned in the street. The trouble,
which was caused by an attack on
three soldiers last night when they
we're passing the Industrial Workers
meeting, began at Fourth avenue and
Pike street, where the socialist news
stand was demolished. A mob wav-
ing American flags and yelling
marched to the socialist headquar-
ters at Fifth avenue and Virginia
street, where they broke the win
dows, then marched down Fourth
avenue to Washington street and
sacked the Industrial Workers head
quarters, burning the furniture in
the street. The mob was dispersed
by the police.
Later they reformed, returned to
the socialist headquarters, which
they previously had broken into, and
sacked the place, burning 5000 worth
of furniture and literature.
Other branches of socialists at
Seventh and Olive and Seventh and
Union streets were broken into and
sacked. The mob again marched to
Washington street, where some one
pointed out the Salvation Army
meeting place as the Industrial
Workers hall. Then men broke into
it and destroyed the furniture. The
police were unable to handle the mob
and provost guard of fifty men
were sent from the warships to round
up the sailors and send them back to
the ships.
When the mob started it consisted
of 100 civilians led by a dozen sail
ors, but it grew until there were 500
men, 200 of whom were in uniforms.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-21
RECALL MINISTER'S.
European Nations Recall Their Min
isters to Mexico.

Mexico City, July 19.Many persons
are believed to have been injured as
the result of the dynamiting of fed
eral troop train at Lampazas, Nueve
Leon, by rebel soldiers, according to
dispatches received here today. De-
tails are lacking.
1t was learned authoritatively here
today that England recalled Minister
Stronge as result of complaints of
his actions during the bombardment
Of Mexico City by General Diaz' S
rebels. He will be succeeded by
Minister Garden. 1t also was learned
that Italy has recalled her minister,
but no reason is assigned for the
transfer.
General Diaz is scheduled to leave
for Japan tonight and an extraordi-
nary demonstration will be held in
his honor.
1t was reported again today that
special concessions have been given
$4,000 prospective Japanese settlers
in Morelos and in adjacent states. It
is said the special concessions were
made at the request of the mikado.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-21

Seattle, July 19.-Although 500
sailors from the fleet were ashore
tonight, good order prevailed. A
patrol from the fleet under the COM
mand of captain was also ashore
and several men who were intoxicat-
ed were picked up on the street and
sent aboard ship. Fifty police were
held in reserve at headquarters and
125 firemen were ready for duty call.
The Sunday Times was issued as
usual and the regular editions of Sat
urday came out also, Superior Judge
Humphreys having overruled Mayor
COtterill's order suppressing the pa
per for two days on account of its
alleged incitement of the sailors to
riot.
Judge Humphreys also forbade the
mayor to close the saloons and they
did an enormous business tonight in
the closing hours of the Potlatch.