Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-26
CITY AND VALLEY

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j Preliminary Hearing Today-Char
lie Porter and Hal Sheek, charged
with robbery on two counts, will be
given a preliminary hearing before
Justice Mayfeld this afternoon. The
two men, it is alleged, held up and
robbed two Hindus on October 16.
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/ Called to Texas-Mrs. w. f. Cox
will leave for her former home in
Texas this evening, having received
word of the death of a sister and the
serious illness of her mother. 1t is
impossible to state how long she viii,
be away, but she will return as soon
as possible.
Magnolia Baby Show-At Magnolia
schoolhouse plans have been made for
baby show, to be held November
IA, with whole days entertainment.
Miss Florence Dunham. the princi-
pal, and the people of the district are
doing much to make the school the
social center of that section.
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Motorcycle Race-An effort is be-
| ing made to arrnage for motorcycle
race at the County Fair with entrance
fee of S5 and the entire fee to be
distributed in prizes, together with a
silver cup. Every person interested
is asked to call or phone H. H. Hamm,
who is in charge of this branch.
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Call for Committees-Thed directors
of the County Fair desire the attend
ance of all committeeman and those
interested at the Oregon hotel at 8
c'cloc! Wednesday next. Everyone
please make point to attend, as ur-
gent matters will call for attention.
Ladies of all clubs especially invited.
All newspapers of the valley please
insert this call, as we desire every
town represented
Fire Drill-On Monday at 1880 p.
m., there will be fire drill at Fifth
and Olive streets by the high officers
Of the Ell Centro fire department., in
Guiding Fire and Police Commissioner
Egerar, Chief lumber, Assistant Chief
Gibson, High Privates Fields, Crerar
and McCarrell, with Driver Sawyer at
the wheel and Mayor Swanson at the
hell. The foreman of the company
requests the presence of the general
public to witness their agility, their
combined weight, when stripped for
action, being 1876 pounds troy. The
of the department must be
and Bingville outclassed.
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Arrest Alleged Forger-Charged
with forging a number of checks OH
D local bank, Antonio Almoral, for
nerly in the employ of an Ell Cen
5ro rancher, was arrested yesterday
1T Hanford. Almoral began his bad
heck operations here some weeks ago,
put was forced to leave the county
o avoid detection. Officers traced
he man to Porterfiel6, where they
we're assisted in the hunt by the Pink
rton National Detective Agency, rep
esentative of most of the valley |
,anks. Almoral was finally located |
n Hanford, where he was arrested
" the sheriff of that county. He will |
,e returned here to stand trial.
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L. & S. Theatre-"My Gal Sal' will
,e the offering of the Lewis & Wolfe
Company tonight. This organization
las been a surprise to the theatre
yoers of Ell Centre. Every show that
hey have played has equaled or ex-
.elled their opening bill, which tends
o give the public confidence in their
,fferings Of this week. Tonight and
tomorrow night in "My Gal Sal" they
,ffer q production that has never been
seen outside of the big cities. The
clay offers a splendid opportunity tc
Willie Bevans and Miss Lily Lewis,
and their singing Of "Do You Take
This Woman to Be Your Lawful We'd |
ded Wife," will be greatly enjoyed.
The rest of the company are happily
cast and a standard Lewis & Wolfe
production is assured.
Miss Irwin Entertains-A most de-
lightful evening was enjoyed by 20
young people at the home of Miss
Miriam Irwin Friday. The young peo-
PIE left Ell Centre at z p. m. in ma
chimes southwark bound for Miss Ir-
wins. After enjoying many games
outside they went into the house and,
starting up the music, they danced.
After refreshments were served there
were enough talented people to fur
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