Imperial Valley press., 1914-05-16

maybe plan for a brief service on
Decoration Day.
Court Reporting-Mrs. Leta Bryan,
official court reporter of Imperial
county, has already filled eight short
hand notebooks with testimony given
at the Cox family burglary case and
before the case is concluded it is
likely that an additional eight books
will have been filled. Each book
amounts to 100 pages of typewriter
matter and, according to the existing
statutes, in the event of an appeal,
the transcript will have to be pro-
duced within twenty days after de-
mand by the defense.
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Transcript Filed-The report of
the grand jury proceedings in con-
nection with the case of the People
VS.. G. B. Kelly was filed this morn
ing in the office of Major S. Cook,
county clerk. The transcript and orig
inal notes were an innovation, as they
demonstrated the ability of the steno
type to supplant ordinary shorthand.
A roll of narrow paper similar to the
common adding machine tape was fur
nished, the characters being unintel-
ligible to the uninitiated, but readily
reproduced by those who learn the
system.
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Mexican Jailed-Jose Morales, COM
panion of Jose Romero, who was shot
in the head by Deputy City Marshal
Oliver Quick of Imperial, was brought
to the county Jail this morning and
will be held pending an investigation
into an alleged robbery of two white
men in Imperial. The charge against
Morales was booked as Witness" and
in the event that Romero RECEIVERS
from his wound it is probable that a
complaint will be issued charging the
two Mexicans with highway robbery,
at which time the two white men will
appear.
Sammy Is COmplimented-Sammy
Aynes, the Industrious bootblack with
stand on Main street, was written
up this week in the Seeley Sentinel,
his photograph reproduced in col
umn cut and his virtues extolled. Sam
my attends schools every day and has
earned an average of 500 per month
for some time. He is only Is years
of age and of a studious turn of
mind. He has invested some of his
funds in acreage adjoining Ell Cen
tro and will eventually have COM
Portable bank account in the future if
he adheres to his present thrifty busi-
ness policy.
New Telephone Franchise-The Val
ley Telephone Company, which has
been mainly serving residents of the
section described as Water Compa-
nies Nos. and 7, has made appli-
cation to the board of trustees Of
Holtville for a franchise in that city,
alleging in their petition that the
increase of business in their lines ne
cessitates entering Holtville district
and thus competing with the Imperial
Telephone Company, which has been
serving that section since its incep-
ton. This will mean that Holtville
will have two distinct telephone lines
if the trustees decide to grant the
franchise.
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Getting TOgether-It is understood
that the stage lines running between
Ell Centre and San Diego have come
to the conclusion that profit can only
be obtained by an increase of price
and that the relentless rate-cutting
war which has been in existence for
some time does not mean that much
money will be coming into the treas
ury. An attempt is being made to
have the different proprietors get to-
gether and settle their differences
The rate at present is $3.50 for one
way end Sc for the round trip. The
big companies have long maintained
that it is financially impossible to
maintain a first class service at the
reduced rates.
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Mountain Springs-Through the eff
forts of Congressman Kettner, Sar
n;aoa countv has acquired title &c