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Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17

tive tracts but making extensive
street improvements before the lots
were placed on the market.
1t is not strange that with the rapid
growth of the city these tracts have
been sold out very rapidly and that
others are being prepared to carry the
work still further.
This subdivision for town homes is
work which is going on in every
direction from the city, and houses are
springing up very rapidly on the
property, constantly adding to the
neatness and stability of the town and
the comfort of the people.
Just now there are number of
subdivisions in hand, and the lots are
selling readily at reasonable prices,
and good margins of profit are being
made by the real estate operators.
Since the town has jumped across
the canal to the west and the railroad
to the north, growth in those direc-
tions is vieing with the growth to the
south, which heretofore has been most
popular, and which is still making
big advance.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17
Rurcell-S
Closing Tract

The Purcell-Sargent Realty Com
pany expects today to close the sale
of the last of the twelve lots in their
tract recently opened and subdivided.
One of the lucky purchasers will
become the owner of the modern resi-
dence situated on one of the lots in
the tract, and as soon as the last lot
is sold the owner of the residence will
be decided in a manner suitable to
those contracting for the lots in the
tract.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17

Imperial county, member of the
association of counties that is build
ing the greatest exhibit of resources
ever installed by any county, state
or government at an exposition here
tofore held, will occupy one of the fin
est buildings in California at the San
Diego exposition during 1915.
This structure is nearing compile
ton. For the purpose it is the best
building ever devised, the result of
experience and needs at half a dozen
expositions past and gone. One room,
the main hall is 86x200 without a post
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17
Civic Center for Ell CentrO
Demanded by the City and
County to Meet Great Need

The civic center idea, which is be-
ing approved all over the country by
the most advanced municipalities, is
meeting high approval here, wher:
the need is most pressing.
The county especially finds it's bus
mess running far beyond the capacity
of the temporary quarters which have
been occupied since it's organization
and it is an imperative necessity, alike
for the health of the employees of the
county and for the proper handling of
county business that better and lar
ger quarters be provided in the very
near future.
1t has been suggested from time to
time that a court house should be
built in the middle of block, in. the
style which prevailed a generation
ago. But this plan meets with very
wide disapproval by people who real
ize that when man goes to the court
house he goes there to transact bust
ness, and that the facilities for trans
acting public business should be as
great as that for private business.
This thought has led to belief
that the most modern idea should be
followed in providing a court house
for Imperial county, placing the
building in such a location as woul 1
be chosen by large business house
that sought to meet the requirements
of the public.
Carrying out this plan, the Press
and Morning Telegram have suggest
ed that the city give to the county 100
feet frontage on the south side of
State street between Fifth and Sixth
streets, and that the city and county
join in building on common line, the
city erecting city hall with frontage
of 25 feet and the county court
house with frontage of 100 feet, fol-
lowing along the line of the Masonic
temple, and thus preserving harmony
in the appearance of the buildings on
that street.
Then, in case it becomes necessary
at any time in the future for the
county to have bigger quarters, the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17

feel that the time has come when the
county must make better provision
for them, and no sooner was the issue
raised by the Press and Telegram
than it met the heartiest approval OF
everybody conversant with the stu
alton while the officials of Ell Centre
promised to do everything in their
power to carry out the proposal,
which they endorse in full.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17

+ city can sell the hall to the county
and the court house will still present
a uniform frontage.
Fortunately, the city several years
ago secured frontage of 200 feet or
this block, donating rs feet for library
purposes and leaving 125 feet still
unoccupied, the lots being 14O feet
in depth. The four lots which it is
proposed be now presented to the
county, in view of the erection of a
courthouse, are valued at about $4,000
each, which would make a very nice
donation by the city to aid the county
in providing quarters.
1t is not believed that more than
$4,000 to $4,000 would be required
from the county for the building on
basis that will meet the require
ments for many years, and the in
vestment in the center of the town, as
proposed, would be good business
venture.
All parts of the town would be ben
efitted by having the civic center thus
fixed Immediately adjoining the pres
ent business center, and in thus es-
tablishing city and county business
there would be nothing of real estate
promotion at the expense of the con-
venience of the public for years to
come.
Ell Centre in this matter has shown
no disposition to urge it's interests
upon the county. There has been no
cry raised for court house until now
that it has become an absolute ne
cessity and the county is amply able
to provide quarters for its employees.
1t has long been a matter of COM
mon knowledge that county officials
and their assistants have suffered in
health because of the sitting air in
some of the public offices, where sew
eral times as many persons are at
work as should be in the air space
allowed, and where the crowded con-
dition interferes with the proper
transaction of business.
This condition has been stood with
out complaint by the officials, who now
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17
EscondidO Man
Buys Real Estate

Through Edgar Brothers Realty
Company w. l.. Woodruff of Escon-
dido this week purchased frontage on
Main street between Third and
Fourth streets.
The lot was purchased from Var
ney Brothers and Company for a
business building location and Mr.
Woodruff intends to erect two or
more story building as soon as ten
ant can be found.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17
DENIED RECEIVERSHIP

Los Angeles, Jan. 16.-Judge Nc
Cormick today denied the petition for
a receiver for the Union Stockyards
Company as applied for several days
ago by the minority stockholders. He
held sufficient cause was not shown
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17
Pioneer Days Departed
And People are Fixtures
In Their New Homeland

velopment. Handicapped as they were,
it is marvellous that they accomplish
ed in few years all that they did.
But that is a matter Of the past,
and today the people of Imperial val
ley are laying their plans too sub
stantially to have it thought for a
moment that they consider their stay
here transient.
And now that the people have
made up their minds that they are
fixtures here, there is for the first
time an incentive for good home
building, and that in turn is helping
to convince people that they should
look upon themselves as permanent
residents.
This change is telling on all the af-
fairs of the valley-on, land values
and on the institutions the people are
building in the new land, and because
of the substantial nature of the work
that is resulting, there is further in
ducement for people to come.
The pioneer period has passed-has
passed more quickly here than in any
other part of America, and those who
came here as hoboes when all was a
wilderness have not yet reached years
sufficiently advanced to appreciate the
changes that have been wrought in
their brief lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17

In most communities there is skel-
eton in the closet which is hidden with
great pains from the stranger. This
valley in it's early days was no ex-
ception to the general rule, and that
skeleton was the intent of almost
every mothers son and daughter to
remove to some other land so soon
as they could sell their possessions at
a good figure.
We dare to make this confession
now, for the conditions have changed
and the skeleton no longer exists.
But there was cause then and
there is a cause now, and it is the
same cause which has made it rule
that it is not until the third set of set
tiers goes to country thaC pefman-
ency is established.
All pioneering, under the most IA
vorable conditions possible, is a hard
ship, and there was no exception here.
What the early settlers of Imperial
valley endured never can be told, for
there were disappointments on every
hand and there was insufficient capi-
tai to do things that it was desired to
do. Most of the people had some here
with nothing, and without means to
purchase the implements for work,
they began the great struggle of de-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17


or pillar to msr the beauty of the
place. A mezzanine floor runs along
one side and at one end. There are
lecture rooms, club rooms, ladies rest
rooms, offices, quarters for employees,
and every modern convenience in
every portion of the building.
The facade is beautifully decorated
To enter, one must pass beneath an
arch that is one of a series guarding
an interior patio or garden filled with
flowers and palms. The main door is
behind this mass of green and this
court, paved with old tile. Above the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17
Strangers Usually Are
Surprised on Arriving
In a Real Live Town

that is piling up the boom spirit to
higher level every day that goes by.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-17

door and composing the front of the
building between the towers on either
end of the court, are seven windows,
one for each county, with the name of
each of the seven counties in bold let
ters beneath the cornice. The build
ing is the first on the right hand at
the east entrance, and one must pass
it to enter the TsthmuS" the con-
cession section, so that the location is
all that could be desired. Back of it
are the orchards and gardens showing
every plant and tree of economic use
raised in Southern California.
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GERMAN FORCES ARE
NEARING DEAD LINE
FORMED BY ALLIES
900 O 5000 600
O Conditions in O
o City of Liege o
O O o O O O O O O O 90 O

London, Aug. i5.-The Daily
Ielegrarh'S correspondent at
Brussels says refugee from Liege
told the following story.
Thirty thousand inhabitants
fled when the shells began to fall
and the remaining inhabitants bu-
ried themselves in cellars. Havoc
marks the city everywhere.
Gaping bridges, demolished hous-
es, fallen roofs and smouldering
ruins are seen on all sides. There
is no street wherein the shells
have not fallen. The asphalt>is
plowed up like a corn field. New
ly made graves protrude in unex-
pected places.
During the day the Germans
are everywhere in evidence and
the inhabitants are cowed in dumb
dismay. During the night the city
assumes the aspect of a grave
yard. the silence being broken on
y.-by the distant thunder of the
heavy guns or the tread of the
German patrols.
"All doors in the city must be
kept wide open. The Germans
compel the bakers to turn over
entire product of the bakeries to
the army every morning and, the
Inhabitants go hungry while the
soldiers cook meals in the streets
in great cauldrons. All the prin-
cipal streets are barricaded and
the German soldiers show reck-
lessness in scouting in the neigh
borhood of forts"
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GREAT ACTIVITY
IN CANAL ZONE
Preparations for Opening Com.
.plete. First Ship VIII Go
Through Loaded
(py Associated Press }


Panama, Aug 1.-THE canal was
the scene OF activity tonight In prepa-
ration for It's opening tomorrow.
On board the steamship Ancon Of
GERS and men we're busy setting ev-
erything ship-shape for her start
early In the. morning on the fir-s yoy-
age OF big ocean going steamship
through the new highway. The Ancon,
ten thousand tons register, owned by
the United States war department and
leased to the Panama railroad for the
New York-to- Colon trade. has not dis
charged her cargo, as It Is planned
to have her make the Journey fully
loaded.
Flags Of all nations will be hoisted
on the Ancon to mark the interna-
tional aspect of the occasion. q
Orders have been issued for the An
con to leave her dock at Christobal
promptly at reven o'clock in order
that she may arrive at the Gatun
lock- at about s.. She was boarded to-
night by John Constantine. canal pi!
lot, who will have charge Of the ship
during her passage tomorrow. He
hopes to get her through to the Pa
oific in II hours. although 12 hours
is the time set for the average trip.
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SENATOR TILLMAN
WARNS THE VOTERS
AGAINST BLEASE
o o o o O O O O O o 600 q
O CRISIS is o
o AT HAND O
O n
o o 90 O O o O o o O o @ q

London, Aug. 15.-A dispatch
to the Reuter- Telegraph Company
from its Brussels correspondent,
says:
Excitement prevailed here
this (Friday) afternoon when it
was reported that the Germans
were about to advance in great
forces in Brussels and Antwerp.
This report was Immediately de-
MED officially and assurance was
given from military quarters that
there was nothing in the dispo-
position of the. Germans right
wing to indicate that march on
Brussels was intended.
Nevertheless it is evident
decisive events are imminent and
it is doubtful whether the official
publication in Brussels papers of
proclamation warning civilians
to abstain from acts Of hostility
against the enemy as these may
entail terrible reprisals on the in
nocent population, and the decis- |
ion of the government to cease
the publication of official bulle-
tins on the situation are( likely
to reassure the public.
"The appeal to the patriotism
of the press means that for some
time the people will be entirely
without news. The. town is gis en-,
,oref runnerss An issue. Of lie
Soir, giving the news Of an alleged /
German advance was suppressed
by order of the authorities and
the offending paragraph was then
stricken out before further sale
of the paper was allowed.
r. ''It must be remembered on the
other hand, that owing to the
smallness of the country and the
proximity of the great city to the
actual battlefield, the general
staff is obliged to exercise extreme
caution to maintain the secrecy
necessary to the success of its op-
.erations."
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Government Insurance
Against War Risks

rection of q suitable government de-
partment, which shall assure the risl;
. OF war on American vessels and
American cargoes shipped or to be
shipped there on whenever 1t shall
appear that American vessels or ship
pers on American vessels are unable
, to compete on equal terms with ves-
sells or shippers OF 'othor. nationali-
ties by reason of the protectinr
fered such other carriers or shippers
by arrangements for war indemnity
through their governments"
EARLY discussion showed opinion to
be unanimous that problems TO be
faced divided themselves naturally
into three heady:
Restoration of market for foreign
exchange bills: the immediate acquisi-
tion OF means OF transportation for
American wheat and cotton to Euro
pean markets, and the war risk insur-
'ance.
A committee on war risk insurance
appointed by the conference began
work tonight on the preparation Of a
mesaure, to present toScongress. Dis
cuseion at the conference left no
doubt that the measurefwas to be
purely an emergency matter and that
the government was to receive pre-
niums on any insurance 1t might
write.
The conference in the afternoon
when In a. body went to. the white
house. President Wilson addressed
them briefly.
."If we got no other benefit ont OF
the present trying cireametances n
the world at large" said the presi-
DENT I'VE shall at least get this BEN
left; We shall enjoy only period
when we meet each other not as men,
bers Of different parties but as Amer
leans meeting for common object.
Il believe you will discover that
this government has means for assist
Ing the commercial and Industrial op-
erations :of the country; and that It Is
worth while to maintain the kind of
connection which Is here momentar.;y
established. We have been face to lace
with very critical circumstances I
feel that .,the period OF apprehension
has passed. I am sure an OF us here
wish to put ourselves at yonr dis
posal, as am sure tyon would wish
to put yourself at our disposal. to
work out a common means for COM
mon end. Such a conference ms this
furnishes proof to the country that
between government and
business has disappeared.
"This Is public spirited operation,
a. thing we ehall look back to with
priGa. We shall remember that Amer
iea kaew how to handlega herself in
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UNDER FIRE
Steamer Is Free, ,af Three Times by
Warahip Of unknown Nationality

Steamer Is Fired ,af Three Times By
Warship Of unknown Nationality
Newport News. Aug. 14l-Captain
Fetch. Of the Merchants and Miners
steamer. Dorchester, which arrived in
port today from Boston reported to
his company's office that on yesterday
an. unidentified warship. thought to be
a British cruiser, fired three shots
at his vessel. Captain Hatch neglect
ed to show his colors on leaving Bos-
ton. An ensign was hastily displayed
in response to the shots after which
the warship turned about q half fnile
on. Although the shots. did not
come dangerously close. much excite.
ment was caused among thoses on
board to passengers who landed here
today. Captain Hatch said the war
ship was too far away to distinguish
her nationality but expressds Sthe be-
lief that II, may have been the SBfitish
cruiser, Suffolk . = s. q 4 40 -
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tBy Associated Press,

Washington, Aug, 14.-Governmeni
inEhrance against war risks oi
American regiater ships and her car.
! goes was the solution offered toda,
| by 62 representative business men fol
| the stOppage OF American over-see
commerce because Of the e uropear
| war! -,
The proposal was made in definite
form after an all-day conference pre-.
sided over by Secretary of the Treas.
ury McAdoo. who called the meeting
Virtually all the largest banking and
shipping interests In the. United
States were represented.
The conference appointed com.
mites or twelve headed by Seth Low
president OF the National Civic FEEDER.
| alton, to remain In Washington and
advise with the governmental depart
ments and committees OF congress
during the framing OF legislation be-
lieved necessary to relieve conditions
produced by. the wsr abroad. =;
The committee tonight. began draft
Ing q bill to be presented to congress
Immediately and pressed for passage
with q view to having governmani
insurance bureau In operation as soon
as possible after the pending Sneasnre
modifying restrictions upon American
registration Of foreign built ships goes
int6 effect. y II ..s
In%addition t6 Secretary McAdoo
officials who participated In the con-
ference were Eacretariea Houston and
Redgeld,' and; all the. members. ,i.
TO insure: freedom OF $ discussion
thr conference was held behind closed
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o q 90 q o q O q o o 90 o
SPECIAL REPORT ON
COTTON CONGRESS

Washington, Aug. 14.-The
Cotton Congress after two days
Of discussion and debate nd.
3ourned this evening after ef-
fectIng q permanent organlxa-
tlon with C. j. Watson as pres
ident
The features Of the day were
the optimism caused through.
out the conference after con.
saltatl0p Of n committee with
Secretary McAd00. .Hoke
Smith made stirring address
appealing to the patriotism OF
the South. 1T was decided
to urge farmers to sell no cot
ton for less than 12 Lee for the
present. .McLa rim warehouse
proposition was, ignored. A
committee was appointed to
confer on q national ware
house plan. The congress ap-
pointed committee Of five to
be on the watch IN this cris-
Is and to act at steering com.
mlttee.
William Banks.
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Three separate Investigations to
trace. and II possible. place the re-
sponsibility for the increased prices
of foodstuffs has been launched In
Greater New York.
The French Liner Rochambean will
sail for Havre today with 1850 pas
sergers. most of whom are French
rcservists.
r. j. Summers, OF Richmond. Va.
reported missing from the steamer
Brandon on her arrival at Norfolk
Suicide suspected. ~.
|, Fourth annual conference of the
foreign mission conference of Pres.
tyterlan Church. South, is In ses.
sion at Montreal. N. c., with q record
attendance. @
Venustiano Carranza has been
named as provisional president OF
Mexico.
It is reported that tha Turks are
supplying the German cruisers Goe.
ben and Breslall. with Coal and are
furnishing reports OF the war to the
commanders.
London. Aug. 14.--5 p. m.-Abou,
$50 Of the passengers and crews OF
the Austrian Lloyd steamer Baron
Gautsch were killed or drowned when
the vessel was blown up today by a
mine off the Island iof Luasin. ON the
'DHlmatian coast, according to a sRel-
ter sdfaoafcfa fenYn Trfaufa pt,a ne -.
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Says He is Not Worthy
To Be Elected Sem
at0r
FORCE WHITES
INTO SCHOOL
Believes Time Ripe For Compul-
sorry Education by Local Op-
ton or General Law
To my Constituents:


To my Constituents:
Fellow Citizens: was sixty-scven
years old the 11th day OF August, and
felt like sending all of you greeting.
served you as governor four years,
and have been your senator In WASH
ington 20 years. When my term ex-
pires March 4. 1919. il live so long,
shall have held the highest office In
your gift for twenty-eight years. An
old man desires to thank you for your
generous support all this long while
May he not, without boasting, but in
sincerity and earnestness. say that he
has denc- his worry best for both South
Carolina and the nation? Constituted
as l am. l could not have done other
wise.
One OF the first lessons my good and
was In Washington.
Since August, 1885, when made my
first speech at Bennettsville, have
worth doing at all It is worth doing
noble mother taught me, III thing Is
we'll" While was governor, there
fore. I was governor, as everyone in
South Carolina knows, not OF the Till
ulaAltCo dIUubp' uut. OL OH Tic pS>OulG.
And since ! have been aei,atorrI have
been one !of the most prominent Sflg.
pres, and since 1890, the most, power
full political factor In South Carolina.
From the very first I won thu love and
confidence of a very large majority
CT my fellow citizens; and Il was be-
cause of tho genuineness OF my de-
r hot p;
terly opposed. Many good men beiiev-
ed I was an off1ce-seeking demagogue,
and could find no language strong
enough to express their hatred ind
contempt. -,
Two years ago when a test OF my
patriotism came, demonstrated to
that I was not the selfish politician
they had judged me to be. No on1
knew better than I tho risk ran In
public. know 1t jeopardized my re-
election, but would rather have bee,
beaten. than to have remained sill
ent. -
My frankpess. straightforward 'op-
enness OF speech and honesty, o:
purpose deepise hypocrisy above all
other vices--have thrown me into
many q briar patch which a more cau-
tious man would have avoided; but !
never have lost sight OF the ideals
Vile: and the welfare and uplift of
tho masses have always been tho
guiding star which led me on. Your
faith, fellow citizens, sustained me.
and greet you In this farewell adj
Hpooc. S1,tk1r "a No okfrA os,H tx,nr
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