Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-28
Letters from the
Rural Wayfarer
West of Heber.

G. w. Hagee has the Rose ranch o
100 acres and will run cattle on it
Mr.. Hagee is from Fort Stanton, N. NJ
! 1t is rumored that the c. d. Go
will fix the levee of the Central Mail
canal so as to make a road to Holt:
Heading. 8t
A headgate is being constructed o,
Central Main at Dahlia heading. I. J
Mitchell of Calexico is experimenting
the work. The pile driver is not driv
en- by steam but by power la Mex
icana.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
II. U. Moore, who was hurt by being
thrown out of a buggy, injuring tht
skull back of the ear, is convalescine
slowly, the wound being still painful
A pleasant talk with Sam Griffin
from east of Heber, developed the
fact that, while his good wife who
recently presented him with twin boys
and the twins themselves, were well
Sam himself had not become fully
normal, but was still rather inclined
to view himself as a somewhat re-
markable person. With a humorous
twinkle in his friendly eyes, Sam said
he had carefully looked over family
history and he regarded himself as
the best man among the Griffins
either east or west, especially east,
and he considered Imperial Valley the
best place on earth. He named one
boy Edward and the other Everett.
Van Altman Bros, being over
stocked, have put out thirty head OF
dry cows for pasture.
Rex Clark, the San Diego million
aire, who has an eighty-acre ranch
here, recently took bunch of % colts
over to Julian to pasture. w. K. We'll
lington is his foreman here.
F. E. Murrish, who recently moved
onto his 80 improved with a fine dwell
ling, is reseeding the place to alfalfa
and plans many other valuable and ar
tistic features to-his home.
Fred w. Payne, who owns quarter
section out in the Signal district, has
fixed up portion of his place for rent
as dairy. He will make three dairies
to rent on the whole place. Mr.. Paine
believes the best results can be OBJ
tained by putting the cows in field
lot, moving the grass and driving
and feeding it to them there. He be-
lieves that dry barley or other hay is
needed to make balanced ration with
green alfalfa Mr.. Paine figures that
by cutting feed the growing capacity
of land will be increased as it will NOT
need to stand dry as long as in pas.
turing.
= ]. B. Aquistapace, who is milking 81
cows on his place, has built an under
ground room, 1Ox20 and is making
cheese, having put about 1900 pounds
in the last 10 days. Mr.. Acquistapace
learned to make cheese in northern
Italy. 1t is called "jack" cheese and
is full cream cheese, slightly higher
in price than the California product
He keeps his room 80 degrees in win
ter and 90 in summer with fire or ice.
J. F. and Frank Webb took their
father to the Ell Centre hospital We'd
nesday for expert care and more con-
venient treatment. The elder Mr.
Webb has sciatic rheumatism.
Jerked beef? Yes, sir, right here
in the McCabe school neighborhood.
Mr.. Chowning, father of Mrs. J. F.
Webb and Mrs. w. R. Vanderpool, an
old cattleman, could not content them
selves without some jerked beef. So
he butchered, and in front of the res
licences of Messrs. Webb and Wander
pool were flattering strips of beef cur
ing in the sun. The process is to cut
very .hin strips of meat, dip them in
brine and hang up to dry, and in
about three days a perfectly cured
meat that will keep for months is the
result.
Mr.. Walsh near McCabe school re-
Gently sold 80 acres of his 100 for 5000
per acre. Mr.. Purdy has rented the
part sold. 1t is the old Barras ranch.
E. j. M. Hale, who owns 400 acres
in the Date school district, has been
building a milking barn, 40x100. Mr..
Hale will have the barn a quarter of
a mile from the residence. He will