Imperial Valley press., 1915-02-12

CITY AND VALLEY


New Business-W. n. Race, late o
San Diego, has opened quick sho
repair shop" at 546 Main street.
Canals epaired-Canals in tn
north end of the valley, damaged b.
the rains, are again in full service.
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No. I President-Dave Vencill ha
been elected president of Water Com
pany No. 7, succeeding C. S. Thomp
son.
Observing Holiday-The banks, tn,
court house and the library today ar,
closed in observance of Lincoln's birth
day.
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Theatre Tulane-"Shore Acres" {
realistic screen masterpiece in five
parts, will be shown at the Tulane
tonight. Coming Sunday night, Dus
tin Farnum in "The Virginian."
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Haystack Burns-F'ire this morning
burned a haystack northeast of the
city limits and the fire department
went to the scene. 1t is supposed to
have been carelessly fired by tramps
who were sleeping there.
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Sunday Baseball-Baseball game
Sunday afternoon at Ell Centro fair
grounds, El Centre VS.. Holtville.
Everybody come and boost for your
home team. Game called at 2:15
sharp. A small admission will be
charged in order to meet expenses.
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Sherlock Holmes at L. & S.-Fran-
els Ford, as Sherlock Holmes, the de-
tective, in "A Study in Scarlet" is
the headliner of tonight's picture pro-
gram. Murdock McQuarrie in the
drama, "For | Have Toiled," and Mary
Pickford, the peoples sweetheart, in
THE Virtuoso," a comedy drama,
make an exceptionally strong enter
tainment.
Large Cotton Shipment-Fivew wag-
ons, each loaded with baled cotton,
we're the center of interest this morn
ing as they passed along Main street
en- route to the cotton yards. The
procession included sixty-three bales
and represented more than $4,000 at
the present price. The cotton was
shipped by Wolf & Shanyou, ranch
ers in the vicinity of Seeley.
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New PrOduct-The first Holland
rusk, the new bread product to be
placed on the market in the near fu-
ture by the Imperial Valley Banking
Company, was baked at the company's
plant yesterday. According to Man
ager o. E. Ohmstede, the product has
been produced by Redlands bakery
for some time, but the Holland rusk
made here yesterday was the first taht
has appeared in the valley.
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Pastor to Return-F. McAmmond
who has been filling the pulpit in the
First Methodist church since Rev. A.
L. Baker left, will return as pastor
of the First Methodist church and
complete the year according to a
report received from him at Los An
geles yesterday. He is expected to
arrive the latter part of the week.
The members of the church look for
ward to pleasant time with the new
pastor and his wife.
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Holdup, Is Charged with
holding up and relieving a Calexico
resident of quantity of cash, John
Martin, colored and a hophead, is
held at the county jail Martin, ac-
cording to the report received here,
accosted a CaleXico resident and held
him at bay with a weapon while he
'rifled the pockets of his victim. Fol-
lowing the holdup, Martin was ar
rested by Calexico officers and iden-
titled by his victim.
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Cond tions Improving = Agnes
Crawford has sold to Harry F. Clark,
for $4,000, ten acres of tract 114B,
Township 16 south, Range IA east,
lying about one mile east of town.
This is an indication that property
values are holding their own in spite
c. the present money stringency,
which, it is expected, will soon be
over, as it is reported there are a
number of persons now in the valley
seeking good investments in lands or
mortgage loans.
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Colored Peoples Rally-There will
be a grand rally to raise funds for