The Parker post., 1913-11-15
dams were down here picking cotton

at the present time.
Howard Elliot, Secretary of the
Central Safety Committee on the Salt
Lake railroad, who was in the valley
with John Denair last August, re-
Gently sent the local chamber of COM
merce an inquiry for Palo Verde val
ley land that had come from J. B.
Miller of Hankow, China.
The explosion of a leaky gasoline
stove at Rodman's pavilion caused
a fire; last Saturday night that threat
aned to destroy the entire building.
The fire started at about ten o'clock
when gasoline which had leaked
from pipe in the stove exploded
while the dance was going on.
H. M. Griffing, owner of the Sunny
side store, left last Thursday for a
few days visit with his family in
ed with enthusiasm for the Palo Yer
de and said he would break all re-
cords as a booster. Mrs. s. Woods
is in charge of the store during Mr..
Griffing's absence.
Captain Alfred Solano this week
reported the sale of an acre of land
on the west side of his ranch adjoin-
ing Blythe to J. Lorimer of Ne edles
for $1,000 This is the highest price
that has been paid for Palo Verde
land purchased by the acre and
shows the rapid increase in land val
ues during the past few months
Alec Gardner won the rifle offered
by Harry Crist for the best shooting
score made during the month of Oc
tOber. His score was lat. King got
second with a score of 143. The
competition was keen between these
two up until the last minute, King
leading the greater part of the time.
Crist has put up a 500 cash prize for
the best score during the present
month.
That the Blythe grammar school
has a promising class of amateur
journalists is evidenced by the inter
esting and well-Written school paper,
La Bivora, the November number is
sue of which has just been issued.
La Bivora, which is Spanish for
rattlesnake, is published in 21 pages
with a handsome cover design and
advertising section and includes all
the departments of a twentieth CEN
tury periodical.
A number of Blythe people gather
ed at the H. c. Downes home last
ingFriday night and enjoyed the even
ing playing rum. No, rum used in
this connection does not mean
beverage. 1t is a. game of cards that
is very popular elsewhere and has
been recently introduced into the val
ley. Mrs. Downes served light re-
freshments and the evenings pro-
gram included several musical Sc
lections. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. H. A. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Kelsey, and son; Mr.. and Mrs.
Randall Henderson, Misses Mabel
Waite, Clara Everett and Mabel Bak-
er and Messers. c. L. Suits, A. L.
OiBanion and G. B. Reynolds.
Blythe Chamber of Commerce re-
ceived a letter this week from |. S..
Logan, Riverside County Recorder,
congratulating the organization and
the people of the valley for the splen-
did exhibit at the Riverside fair
| Mr.. Logan said: 'Your representa-
tives were very much onto their busi-
ness and were boosters from away
back and were regular bureaus of
information. | had the pleasure of
calling down handsome young lady
who was admiring your exhibit She
was telling her father who had just
arrived from the east that day that
that beautiful exhibit is from Imper-
| ial valley. l politely informed her
that she was mistaken and before l
got through she was boosting for the
Palo Verde valley. So many people
when they see a bale of cotton it
must necessarily come from Imperial.
However, l see a bright future for
your valley and with the advent of a
railroad you will have to extend your
| boundaries