Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-22
CITY AND VALLEY.

Sk1 AM
Remembered CustomepSe-Ross &
Stuart are handing out 10 their ,Gsgu~
liar customers beautiful haxes~of choco-
late candies as a holiday remembrance.
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Begin ExcavatiOn-Worko of digging
the basement for the new store to be
occupied by the Edgar Brothers Com
pany, on Main street, near Fourth, is
now well under way.
Mask Ball Thursday-The mask
ball scheduled for Thursday night, De-
cember %, at the Masonic halls Gre
ating much interest, and will he one
of the big features Of u Jolly Christ
mas season.
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Delightful Whist Party-Mrs. Dap
V. holland entertained the ladies of the
Ten Thousand Club at a whist party
Saturday afternoon, about fifty ladies
being present The beautiful home was
prettily decorated with Christmas eff
fects for the occasion and dainty re-
freshmentS were served.
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Ideal Christmas Weather-More
perfect holiday weather could not be
provided than that thus far this sea-
son. There has not yet been killing
frost in the valley, though the nights
are cool and the day temperature per-
feet, without a rainy, hot or otherwise
disagreeable day for three months.
Need More Names-An urgent re-
quest has come from the Los Angeles
Church Federation that more names be
secured on the anti-prize fighting pc
titions. This must be done by We'd
nesday. A petition can be signed at
Kelly's Nursery and Ell Centro citi-
zens are urged to drop in there and
sign.
Mrs. Fiske at Tulane-On December
"a and 25 Daniel Frohman presents
Mrs. Fiske, Americas most disting-
Thomas Hardy's sublime drama, "Tess
of the D'Urbervilles," soulful por-
trayal of woman's sorrows in motion
pitures. There will be no advance in
price.
Townsend Wilson Wedding-E. j
Townsend, Ell Centro business nSh,
and Miss Margaret Wilson of Los An
geles, were married yesterday at the
Christian church, Rev. w. G. Conley
performing the ceremony which made
them man and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Townsend left for San Diego yester-
day evening for a honeymoon.
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Cotton Takes a Drop-With the
New Orleans cotton market down to
$1211 the Imperial Valley Cotton
Growers Exchange offers S12.25 to its
members only, feeling that the drop is
due primarily to the approaching holi-
days, since on the New Orleans mar
ket March cotton is quoted at $12.29.
To the public the local cotton ex
change offers S12 flat.
Special at the L. & S.-The L. & S.
-Theater tonight offers the special
three-reel photoplay, "In Hand With
Death" story of missionary life pic
turing a sensational tale of Arabian
trickery and cunning. The three reels
include an attack on a mission and
the result of wireless can sent for
help. The comedy numbers on the
program are Indian Justice" and
"Baker and Chimneysweep."
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At Hotel Oregon-P R. Atwood, E.
c. Pentland, N. l.. Reed, M. S. Foss,
Mrs. E. A. Boalick, E. E. Mallette, L.
N. McCominkey, H. c. Suttle, F. B.
Suttle, X. B. VanWoert, Walter Molly,
Manfred Meyberg, Los Angeles; j. A:
Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiles, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. F. Blossom, Guy Woodland,
w. L. Wheeler, T. C. Foster, G. w.
Stephenson, Frank O'Farrell, c. H.
Richardson. E. H. Brown, E. NJ. Rich
boury, c. U. Hyland, e. c. Montgom-
cry, A. A. Boacha, San Diego; Mr. and
Mrs. G. w. Bruner, Seattle; C. B. Tit
comb, Pique, Ida.; Mr.. and Mrs. J. j.
Kennedy, Bisbee, Ariz.; Paul N. Fox,
Pomona; C. F. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hall, jr., Polaris; Frank L.
Rabmeau, New York; c. M. Mead,
Artesia, N. NJ; ]. S. Foro, Columbia,
Miss; Fred A. Woolsey, Phoenix;
Peter Robertson, Yuma, Ariz.