The Parker post., 1913-10-04
BLYTHE NEWS.
(Palo Verde Valley Herald

for short visit with his parents at
Lordsburg.
Fl. M. Fraser has been in the val
ley the past few days looking after
business matters.
C. B. Reynolds returned to the val
! ley last Saturday after spending two
months on the coast.
j. w. Hopkins expects to leave to-
morrow for Los Angeles to buy goods
for the fall and winter seasons.
! Lace Hemphill returned to Blythe
I the early part of last week after
spending the summer in Pasadena.
Julius Hauser, who owns a large
! tract of land south west of Blythe
came into the valley last Saturday.
Farmers in the valley are smiling
these days over the prospect of l5-
cent cotton. The staple is rapidly
nearing the mark.
f. NJ Wellington left early this
/ week for Los Angeles where he will
be witness for Mr. BrownWell who
expects to make final proof on his
land on October Sth.
James Rannie came in last Satur-
day He was accompanied by W. G.
Canton, who owns land a mile and
half southwest of Blythe Mr. Can
ton plans to improve his land at once.
Thirty-five new seats were order
ed by the Blythe school trustees last
week, an additional order of fifteen
seats was made necessary by the
rapid increase in attendance
The refrigerating machinery at the
Nelpp market was started last week
and meats and produce will be kept
in the storage room under tenn
perature of sc degrees in the future,
Roy Schlapie of Ventura, purchased
40 acres of partly improved land from
E. e. Schellinger last week. The
Schellinger ranch is about four miles
west of Blythe. The sale was made
through j. o. Phillips
L. H. Scobey has sold the south
S0-acres of his ranch near Neighbours
to Italians, whose names have not
been learned, but who became inter
ested in the valley through Mr.. CHG
lieri
Joe De Frain is preparing his land
Mr. De Frain believes that an early
fall planting of grain in this dis
trict has several advantages over thG
later seeding.
H. G. Downes has been circulating
the levee petitions during the past
week. There have been practically
no refusals to sign and from the pres
ent outlook the present district plan
will go through without difficulty.
Members Of the Blythe Methodist
Episcopal church have forwarded
petition to the Methodist conference
of southern California which meets
the last OF this month asking for the
return of Rev H. G. Burgess to
Blythe.
H. M Griffing was the successful
contas, ant for the Mesaville post
office and is now delivering mail at
his s;unnyside store where the new
office is established. The change
was made last week The office
still retains the old name Mesaville,
but there is a Feasibility that this
wall be changed.
Mr.. and Mrs. R andall Henderson
came in from Parker where they
have passed the summer, last week.
Mr. James LightfOot, who has edited
the Herald during Mr.. Henderson's
absence, has entered the real estate
field, where he will have every op-
portunity to maintain his wellearned
reputation as booster for the val
ely.
Geo. Ronald has this year proven
beyond all doubt that field corn ca
be grown successfully and profitably
in this vadlley. Mr.. Ronald has ;
acre in white corn that would make
an Iowa farmer gasp with aston
ment. A majority of the stalks
carry two we'll developed ears and
many of them have three. A sample
OF this corn was sent to the River
side county fair this week
A jolly party of twenty went to
Ehrenberg on a picnic last Sunday
week. The affair was in honor of
Miss FlorenceFort who has been visit
ing at the E. E. Todd home during
the summer, and who expects to leave
soon. The day was spent visiting
the old ruins and enjoying a big
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