Imperial Valley press., 1914-12-16
CITY AND VALLEY

sprinkle of rain this afternoon.
Born-At st. Thomas hospital, De
cember 1G, to MIR. and Mrs. w, O..
Hamilton, a son. Mr.. Hamilton, who
is in Washington, was notified by
wire of the arrival.
Theatre Tulane-A two-reel special
Essanay drama, an Edison feature and
a Vitagraph comedy is the program
at the Tulane tonight. Coming Fri
day night, Call of the North
Deputy County Clerk-C. E. Lux
ems is the latest addition to the force
in the county clerks office, having
filled the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of w. F. Frazier. Lukens
has for some time been connected
with the law offices of Peas & Mash
of San Diego and is conversant with
his new duties. Aside from his regW
lar duties as deputy county clerk,
I.ukens will have charge of the cleri-
cal work during the time the superior
court is in session.
Funeral Notice-The funeral Of
Mrs. May frost, who died at st. Thorn
as hospital last night, will be held
from the chapel of Mulhgan & Son at
10 a. m. Friday, Rev. Rochran offici-
ating. Burial will be in Evergreen
cemetery. The services will be pri-
vate. Mrs. frost was the wife of ].
H. frost, a Holtville rancher who is
well known in that section of the val
ley. The family have been residents
of the Holtville district for some time
and have a wide acquaintance there.
Wrist Tloken by Auto-The back
firing of Ford engine was the cause
of a broken wrist when Usher Rousch
of this city yesterday morning at
tempted to start his car. Rousch, who
is a motorman on the Holton Inter
ban Lines, drives 20 work each day and
when yesterday morning he advanced
his spark beyond the safety point be
fore cranking the car the engine back
fired, tearing the handle of the crank
from his hand and striking his wrist
in such manner as to cause a pain
ful fracture.
Missionary SOeiety-A long-felt
need in church activity was met when
Tuesday, December Is, at 2:30, the
Methodist ladies met at the church
and organized a missionary society,
with twelve charter members, several
of whom have been very active in
other missionary societies and who
expressed much zeal for the work,
while electing the following officers:
President, Mrs. r. L. Hobby; vice
president, Mrs. Frank Young; cor
responding secretary, Jane Royce;
treasurer, Mrs. NJ. E. Royce. Program
committee, Mrs. Hobby, Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. House, Mrs. Doherty. The So
ciety will meet in the church the sec
ond Monday of each month at $50
p. m.
Club Meeting-A regular meeting of
the Women's Ten Thousand Club will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at
Davis hall, the program to be in
charge of Mrs. A. Anderson. Mrs. 3.
f. Brundage will be hostess for the
afternoon. A most interesting pro
gram has been planned. Children
from the kindergarten, under the di-
rection of Miss Agnes Lien, and Sew
enth and Eighth grade students, will
participate. Professor Kerr will ad-
dress the meeting on Personal Rec
objections of Joseph Jefferson, the
Actor" to be followed by a book re
view by Mrs. J. V. Wachtel. At the
close of the meeting members of the
Civics section of the club will serve
tea and waters. A charge of 10
cents will be made, the proceeds to
be used in defraying expenses of this
section Of the club.
Found Not Guilty-After deliber-
ating less than fifteen minutes, jury
in Judge Mayfield's court this morn
ing returned a verdict of not guilty
in the case of II. D. Evans, charged
with interfering with a dairy inspec-
tor. The warrant was issued on com
plaint of State Dairy Inspector Nye.
According to the testimony offered
at the trial this morning Evans was
alleged to have threatened Nye if the
latter persisted in his inspection of
the Frost dairy, where Evans is en-
1 ployed. When interrogated by At
torney Seymour this morning as to
whether Evans had actually carried
out his threat or interfered with an
P inspection of the premises, Nye de-
clared that he had not suffered bod
lily injury at the hands of Evans nor
4 that his work had been interfered with