The Parker post., 1913-04-05
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few days on business matters.
Charley Morgan has been serious
" Ill with appendicitis during the
past few days.
Many ranchers are cutting alfalfa
this week and the local market price
has dropped several points.
Mrs. Dunbar and daughter of Bly,
the Jet, visited at the r. W. Phil
lips home the latter part of last
week
r. F. Thomas started planting cot
ton this week. So far as We are in
formed this is the first cotton to be
seeded so far this spring.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Walsh celebrat-
ed their 14th wedding anniversary
last Sr l.iay. A few friends enjoyed
a turkey dinner with them.
Marcus McClain has been watering
Blythe streets the past week. He has
also set out several hundred cotton
woods on the principal streets.
dance was held at the lumber
yard last Friday night. A large
number of young people from Blythe
and the vicinity enjoyed the event.
Blythe district school election will
be held tomorrow Polls will be open
at the court house from one until five
p. m. One trustee is to be elected
at this time.
Dr. A. B. Brown is in the valley
for a few days doing dental work.
The doctor is located at San Fer
nando but comes into the valley at
intervals to work at his Blythe office.
The Shuck pumping plant on the
mesa was started UP last Saturday.
Several improvements have been ad-
ded to the plant since the initial run
several weeks ago and the flow OF
water has been greatly increased.
The women Of the Improvement
Club are planning for carnival
which they expect to hold April l9.
Among the attractions to be staged
ase shadow pictures, fortune telling,
{, circus. a dance and moving pic
lures.
e. H. Weimers has succeeded Ev-
erett Vawter as dairyman for l.. F.
Norton. Vawter left for Los Angeles
last week and will return in a few
days with stock and implements to
improve the Vawter ranch west of
Blythe. 80 80
Directors Of the. Blythe Creamery
are considering rlans for installing a
dynamo at the ice plant. While no
definite asticn Is to be taken now 1t
Is likely that a DYNAMO large enough
to furnish light for the plant will be
put In within few months.
Mrs. Mamie Morse took charge of
Hotel Blythe Tuesday of this week
and will be In possession until Oct
ober- 1t was reported that Mr.. and
Mrs E. Pelletier would return to the
valley to handle the kitchen work for
her. The Pelletiers were empolyed
at the hotel until Mrs. Parker took
charge in February.
F. E. HobsOn, representative of the
Underwood Typewriter company, was
III the valley last week looking over,
the land. He expects to return with
his father, H. r. HoDson of Long
Beach. at later date with the OBJ
jt-ct Of buying land for stock farm
ing purposes. While in the valley,
he visited the oodi5typewriter
users.
A. L. Fass, a drug store man, who
Is in business at Needles, was in the
valley last week and bought a lot
on the northwest corner of Hobson
Way and Avenue End West for a
drug store. The purchase was made
from Alfred Solano and according to
the terms of the CONTRACT the build
ing must be started within 80 days.
Mr.. Faas says that he will probably
put up store room % by 90, to be
built of adobe and veneered with
brick.
Warren B. Thurston, dairyman,
representing the Government Bureau
of Animal Industry, was in the valley
last Thursday and Friday Mr.. Thurs
toms work consists in instructing the
dairymen and creamerymen of the
state in the production of butter and
cheese. Local milk men received
many valuable suggestions from him
during his stay and it is his inten.
tion to hold a meeting for valley
dairymen about May /.
AT the second meeting of the Youn
Mems Social Club held a week ago
last Sunday Joe Busfield was elect.
ed chairman and Mr. Freeman sec
retary. The club members expect to
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