davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-11-11
turkish Merchants Held Tor Ransom.

Naco, Ariz.-All Turkish merchants
in Cananea, Sonora, have been ar
rested and held for ransom by villa
authorities, according to advices re-
ceiYed here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-11-11

Iowa Bank Robbed Of $500.
Parnell, Iowa.-The safe in the
Parnell Savings Bank here was blown
and $4,000 taken.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-11-11

Speaker Clark Gives $1,000 to Church.
Bowling Green, Mo. - Speaker
Champ Clark has sent telegram
from California subscribing $1,000 to
rebuild the Christian Church, which
burned a few q ago,
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
HAY PRESSES NOW BUILT
ARE ABSOLUTELY SAFI

Since the passing of the California
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
and Safety act users of hay presses
have been obliged to exercise great
care in making purchases by giving
preference to machinery which has
reduced to minimum the liability OF
accidents. At best the old style foot
feed hay presses have been very dan
Gerous to the operator, but the new
Auto-Fedan has greatly reduced the
liability Of the feeder being injured
as the hay is fed automatically by
the machine itself. The Ann Arbor
Engine Press also has an efficient
self feeding device and any rancher
who is interested may obtain full in-
formation free of charge by writing
to Arnott d Company, 1l2-l8 South
Los Angeles street, who are agents
at Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
quoted at 41A@5. Telephone pc
81 M61h a nound.

Quoted at 41a@5. Telephone peas
commanded 51a a@6h pound.
New potatoes were reduced to 100
Oils a hundreweight. Burbanks
brought 1.S5@2.O0 and Lompocs were
advanced to $50. Idaho Rurals con
tinued firm at 1.90, while the Idaho
RussetS were advanced to 1.l0 a cwt
/ Onions also underwent a price change.
Bermudas brought 1.25 crate and
the Australian Brown onions were
quoted at 1.25 a cwt
Winesap apples were higher at 225
a box, as were the Yellow Newton
pippins at 1.25@1.75 a box. Bananas
continued firm at AZ pound and
lpineapples again brought 500 Il
pound.
The following receipts were report
cd by Secretary o. c. Pickrell of the
Produce Exchange of Los Angeles:
/ Eggs. S2S cases; butter, SO, ,170
pounds; cheese, 2,lO0 pounds; pota-
toes, 1,447 sacks; onions, IA crates;
beans, 2 sacks; sweet potatoes, 2lG
sacks.
Local ranch eggs, per dozen-Sc-
lectcd, 26; candled, "a; case count,
%.
California creamery butter, per
pound-Fresh extras, %; fresh firsta,
20.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
FOR RENT-REAL ESTATE

fQK kENI-80 acres, 5 miles east
III Centre; very choicest soft soil:
alfalfa; fenced and crossed several
times; hog wire, or will sell Sec
Ross d Stuart's Grocery. "The Store
with Conscience" new location,
Sixth and State.
DAIRY RANCH TO LEASE
l3O acres adjoining the townsite
Of Holtville, on Holt avenue; all in
barley and alfalfa; we'll equipped for
a dairy ranch; immediate possession.
A. l.. Bliss, 428 Bradbury Bldg. Los
Angeles.
FOR RENT-Two nice modern bun
galows, furnished; one 8 rooms and
2 screened porches and one 2 rooms
and screen porch, with lots of
vines for shade. Inquire 534 Holt
afternoons.
FOR RENT-Modern 5-room house,
furnished; close in. 645 State St.
Inquire GAL State st.
FOR RENT-Cottage; furnished; 8
rooms and screened porch. 587 Com
merclal. 309
FOR RENT-House. II acres alfalfa,
DO acres corn land, in No. Il. O. L..
Snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
MARKET REPORTS
Livestock Market.

Chicago, April 2S.-Hogs-Receipts
10000; strong to 5+above yesterday
average; bulk, 7.35@7.55; light, 7.25@
76O; mixed, 7.20@760; heavy, 6.90@
7.5O; rough, 6.9O@7.10; pigs, 5.25@
6.75.
Receipts, 10000; steady; ma
tive beef steers, CHOOSES; western
steers, 5.60@7.40; COWS and heifers
3.00@S.40; calves, 6.50@9.00.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000; steady;
sheep, 7.50@8.60; lambs, 8.30@1I00.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
Los Angeles Produce Market.
c.. B. FOLSOM
MODERN SANITARY
PLUMBING
NOTICE OF SALE.
Estimates Furnished
El Centre. Cal. Phone sc

/
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the County
of Imperial.
In the matter of the estate of Fred
erick William Strang, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial, State
of California. made on the 10Th day
of April, 1915, in the matter of the
estate of Frederick William Strang,
deceased, the undersigned, H. c. Thorn
as, public administrators. administra-
tor of said estate, will sell at public
auction, for cash, on Friday, the 7th
day of May, 1915, at II o'clock a. M,
at the late residence of said deceased,
situated on the w " of the Sc u and
II u SW a, Section eleven ND.
Township seventeen 90, south, Range
fifteen (15) east, S. B. NJ, in the Coun-
Ity of Imperial, State of California,
the following personal property, to
wit: One five-foot John Deere mower;
one two-horse light wagon; one flat
bed iron wheel farm wagon; two sets
of chain harness; two horse collars;
one oil stove; one oil can; table
dishes; one cot; bedding for one cot;
one shovel; one razor; three hogs;
twelve shoats; two milch cows; five
drv cows; seven calves. about 2
months old; fourteen calves, from 3
to 5 months old; twelve heifcrs, from
/ to 2 wears old; two mares, and two
dozen chickens.
Dated April 9th, 1915.
H. G. THOMAS,
Public Administrator, Administrator
of the Estate of Frederick William
Strang, Deceased May7l
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PEII
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL.

In the matter of the estate Of Gcor-
giana Whitescarver, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the petit
ton of Allen p, Nuffer, praying for
the probate of will of Georgiana
Whitescarver, deceased, and for the
issuance of letters of administration,
with the will annexed, thereon to said
petitioner, will be heard al 2 o'clock
p m., May T, 1915, at the courtroom
of said Superior court at El Centre,
Imperial county, California, when and
where any person interested may ap-
pear and contest the same.
Dated April %, 1915.
Seal of NJ. S. COOK,
Superior Court Clerk.
BY " N. THOMPSON,
Deputy Clerk.
DAN V. holland and WALTER
B. KIBBEY, Attorneys for petitioner.
Nay7
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
WAN1ED-WORK

Position on ranch by
young man; years in valley. Ad-
dress J. A. Lancy, Ell Centro. x3O7
WANTED-Man and wife, no children,
want position; woman first class
cook and housekeeper; can do
almost anything. especially farm
ing, stock raising, etc. A, B. SAILING,
Room 9, Mission Apis. f3l0
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
Auto Tires.

-Four good secondhand tires, 33x4.
See Imperial Valley Hardware Co.
Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
SUMMER RESORTS

HOTEL SCHNEIDER, corner Eighth
and Market streets, San Diego. Mrs.
Anna M. Cornell, manager. Modern
family hotel. Rates So to SIS per
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
MALE HELP WANTED
NOTICE or ASSESSNENT-SO
ALAMO WATER COMPANY.

ALAMO WATER COMPANY.
Location of principal place of busi
ness, los First National Bank build
ing. City of El Ceptro. County of I'm
perial, State of California.
Notice is hereby given that at meet
ing of the Board of Directors, held
on March Is. 1915, an assessment NO.
T. of one dollar and fifty cents t$1.50)
per share, was levied on all the issued
capital stock of the corporation, pay
able to the secretary, d. l.. Ault at
the office of said company, at lei Cen
tro, California, one dollar ($1.00) per
share to be paid on or before 30 days
t50c) per share to be paid on or be
tore 50 days from March 10, 1916.
Unless the payment of one dollar is
made as above provided. then the VIII ole
assessm ent of one dollar and fifty
cents per share shall become delin-
nuent and will be advertised for sale
at public auction, and will be sold at
National Bank building: El Centre.
California, on Friday April 80, 1915.
at 10 o'clock a. m, to pay the delin-
Guent assessment, together with costs
Of said advertising, and, should the
payment of one dollar be made on
or before said 80 days, and said stock
holder fail or refuse TO pay said fifty
cents per share within so days from
said date, as above provided, then same
shall become delinquent and will like
wise be advertised for sale and sold
at public auction, and will be sold at
The office above described on Monday,
Nav 81, 1915, to pay the delinquent as
sessment together with advertising
costs and expense of sale.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
WedMay21 d. L. AULT, Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
New York Cotton,

New York, April 27.-Following arr
the open, high, low and closing quo
tations:
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28

Modern two-room Housekeeping
apartments, 658 Commercial. Ed
Royce.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
FOR EXCHANGE-REAL ESTATE

l WANT TO EXCHANGE my Los
Angeles residence for Imperial Val
ley.
The house contains 8 rooms, in
perfect condition. 1t is located on
a fine corner in the West Adams
district. 1t is a beautiful home, but,
as | am to live in the valley, |
can't use it. The property is worth
$4,000 cash. In exchange | can put
in other Los Angeles properties to
the net value of $1,000.
c. r. LOCKWOOD
Imperial Irrigation District
Ell Centre, Cal.
FOR EXCHANGE OR FOR SALE
Five acres; good house, garage,
chicken rens, etc; one mile from =.
O. on western city limits of Ell Cen
tro. My equity for an automobile,
or what have you? This is fine
property and will go at bargain.
Call low or write Box 806, Ell Cen
tro. X309
] OWN good residence in high class
subdivision San Diego. Will eX-
change on small town acreage or 40
acre ranch. Box 252,, Ell Centre,
Cal. 300
FOR EXCHANGE-Equity in FL Cen
tro house and lot for second hand
auto. Address Box 200, care of the
Press. 311
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
FOR RENT-ROOMS AND APTS.
POULTRY
FURNITURE

FOR SALE-Same AS new furniture
at a bargain. Call Thursday or
Friday at 532 Brighton ST. x3l0
WANTED-We pay highest prices for
second hand goods. McCune Furni-
ture Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN

TAKEN UP-Span light brown mules,
weight about LOO pounds each;
one mare and one horse mule. Call
at Dunaway's, El Centre, or Duna-
ways Ranch, 61s miles southeast of
Hehpr
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28

LOST-One brown horse mule, weight
1900; brand IS" with bar above on
left neck. p. Skelly, Box 211, I'm
perlal. 1910
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

MUST SELL 5-acre tract outside city
limits, west on Main street, El Cen
tro. Tract Z, La-so-lana Acres, on
Collier tract. viii take same price,
interest added, | paid for it over
year ago. Best residence loca-
ton.
Would sell one-half terms. See or
write me at Seeley, Cal. O. N. Mil
Ter. x31O
/ HAVE $4,000 equity in houses
and lots, balance due on both about
$4,000, which can be paid in small
monthly payments. These places
are close in and A / investments.
What will you give me for my
equity? No reasonable offer re-
fused. See Weir, at Weir's Variety.
flfth and Broadway 309
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Eouitv
in so acres fine soft soil 21h miles
east and u mile south of Holtville.
Will trade for Los Angeles or San
Diego property. II. S. Hall, Holt
vile. Telephone S9F22. x3l5
FOR SALE-Three-room house and
lot; cement walks, 3 umbrella
trees, chicken yard; only $500, at
$40 month; property now rented
for $40 a month r. L. Harrell,
owner, 622 Main st.
FOR SALE-90O acres of soft sedi-
mentary soil; best land in the I'M
perial Valley; in tracts to suit pur-
chaser; Apply to owner, Box 176
Holtville, Cal.
FOR SALE-Lot 50x18O; gas. cleo
tricity and water; building restric-
ton, $1,000; only 5000, at $40 per
month: r. l.. Harrell, owner, 622
Main st.
FOR SALE-Ten acres 21h miles
from Ell Centre on Silsbee road;
price $4,000. Frost King, 339 East
Market St, Indianapolis, Ind x31l
FOR SALE-Lot, 80x1O0; gas, cleo
tricity and water; only 5000 cash if
taken this week. R. L. Harrell, 622
Main ST.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28
WANTED-REAL ESTATE

LIST YOUR RANCHES with us. We
have few cash buyers. Also some
good income property and ranches
to exchange for improved and un-
improved valley ranches. Give full
description in first letter. lmpe-
rial Realty Co., 523 Security Bldg,
Los Angeles. 31O
WANT TO LEASE ranch: will eX-
Imperial Valley press., 1915-04-28

Public Administrator, Administrator
of the Estate of Frederick William
Strang, Deceased, May7
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
WARS SHADOW OVER PARIS
French Capital Il Feeling the Stress
Much More Than 10 British
Metropolis.

Paris stin contains goodly proper.
ton OF its idle American colony, many
Of them useless, too-rich boys, others
to be met with caution, and they are
still to be found with the women
whose business it Is to part the fool
from his money at certain cosmopoli-
tan resorts.
A kindly soul asked q friend to din
ner at one Of these places. They
dined, wisely II not too well, but most
extravaeantly extensively. It is pos
eibIe BtiIl. a. it always has beens to
eat cheaply ana admirably In Paris.
It is also possible to eat dearly and
badly, particularly in places opened
expressly for the tourist trade.
Three or four Paris theaters are
open in the afternoon, finding i'm
mense difficulty in casting the plays
with every actor under forty-five at
the front. The rest are closed, as are
all the music halls except Olympia and
a few small places in Montmartre
The French are astonished when they
are told that business lis as usual in
London's places of entertainment, and
when 1t is explained that in London
only q few families have paid the toll
Of war, they suggest once more ut is
q suggestion have often heard) that
they are not bearing their full share
of the heavy burden of the fight.-Ex
change.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
FAR EAST AFFECTED BY WAR.
Conflict in Europe Has Made condi.
tions Bad In Both the Great ORR
entail Empires.

Father M. g. Gleason, chaplain U.
s. N, who has been on duty thFea
years with the flagship Saratoga, on
the Asiatic station, stopped at New
York on his way to Washington to re-
port for q new assignment.
Il left the Saratoga at Olongapo and
caught the Siberia at Manila" said
Father Gleason. Everything was
quiet in the Philippines. About the
most exciting thing saw during the
three years was the bombardment OF
Marking during the second rebellion,
And, do you know, the Chinese ar
tillery surprised the foreign naval oh.
servers with the precision Of their fir
ing on that occasion. Disturbed con
ditions in China have been RESPONSE
BILE for our spending SO much time at
Shanghai.
"The war In Europe has affected
everything. The various merchants
have met in China tell me business ID
very bad. The country had two years
Of bad times owing to revolutions, and
then just as there seemed hope ahead
4the European war started, and that
was heavy setback.
In Japan / was told that the tour
list business, usually such q large
source Of revenue in the winter and
spring, had by no means come up to
expectations. The Americans who
were expected to go to the far East
when the doors of Europe were practi'
cally closed apparently remained in
their own country"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
HOME HAS BIG ENDOWMENT
Institution That Cares for Naval Vet
erans Not Worrying Over Keeping
Wolf From the Door.

One Of the richest and most honor.
able institutions in Philadelphia Is
one Of the least well known. 1 speak
Of that acknowledgements veteran
the United States Naval home.
Ninety-nine persons out OF one hum
dred think this is a charitable affair.
On the contrary, not only does 1t sup
port itself. but as a selfsupporter it
is right up in the Stotesbury- Widener-
Morgan-C Carnegie class.
The naval home has over 414,00O,-
900 invested in bonds. It has never
cost the government one cent. OF Its
income OF $420. 900 last year. only ST.
600 was expended for maintenance, SO
you can see that keeping the wolf
from the door is not q strenuous occu-
patton at those somber-looking build
ings at Gray's Ferry.
The great $14,O0O,0O0 fund was col
lected by the turning over of prize
money received by sailors and Off
GERS during our various wars. More
over, every officer pays twenty cents
month, and sailors also contribute
General Forney of the Marine corps
told me yesterday he had paid his
twenty cents every month for fifty
years.
"No difficulty" / suggested to Com
mander F. R. Payne, executive officer
Of the home. ITO support your one hun.
dred or so occupants"
Scarcely" he replied. I'VE could
support all the sailors In all the naval
homes In the United States and still
not exhaust our yearly income"
Commander Payne was one Of those
who received prize money during the
Spanish-American war for capturing
Spanish ships.
Got my check framed as SOU
venir," said he, because our govern
ment has by law abolished prize
money" In future no sailor in this
country will profit financially by the
capture Of an enemy's ships.
Next to Girard college the Naval
home is the most heavily endowed in
stitution in Pennsylvania. Were this
fund invested in high-class municipal
bonds 1t might increase its yearly in
come by $4,000, or nearly twice the
amount required to support all its
occupants. "Girard," In Philadelphia
Ledger.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
Why sardinea Are Scared.

Handlers Of foreign canned goods.
whose troubles have been legion since
the European war upset normal trade
conditions, are now complaining of
the frequency with which contractors
abroad break their delivery contracts.
This practice, 1t was said in local job
bling circles yesterday. has obtained
to wide extent In the matter of sar,
dine shipments. AS is customary
firms here contracted with packers In
Norway and other countries for speci
1c quantities Of the fish. Foreign gov
ernments, however, with agents on
the spot, have been offering the pack
ers much higher prices than the con-
tract rates made with Americans, with
the result that the packers in many
instances are yielding to temptation
and jumping their obligations with
houses here. Scarcity Of foreign sar.
dimes in this market, together with
advancing prices, are the result.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
BLANK PERIOD IN HISTORY


New details are continually being
added by geologists to the known his
tory OF the earth, including the devel-
opment of plants and animals. How
ever, that history, which is recorded
In the rocks, is still fragmentary, like
badly mutilated book. One OF the
great defects in the record in the At
lantic and Gulf coastal plain regions
of this country is the absence Of the
later part Of the Cretaceous and the
early part of the Eocene chapter per-
haps eight to ten million years ago. 4
report recently issued by the keUfoSi-
cal survey discusses this missing part
of the record and shows that the break
must cover a long period of time. It
is known that at that time the CONT
nents were at least rs large az and
probably larger than they are now,
and the oceans were accordingly
smaller. Any rocks that were then
formed in the sea seem to have been
weathered and washed away.
Hundreds of kinds Of plants and
animals that lived before and hundreds
that lived after this great period are
known, but not one which lived during
the period. Strange to say, few If any
Of the species which existed before
the unknown period lived through 1t.
In each of the states bordering the
Atlantic ocean, south Of New York and
the Gulf Of Mexico, are layers OF rock
which were formed before and after
the period whose record is missing.
In these layers are entombed sea
shells Of many kinds, but apparently
not one species lived through from
Cretaceous to Eocene time.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
Records In peep-sea pIylnc.

That deep diving is a practical pro-
cedure not accompanied by great dan
ger when the proper precautions are
taken seems to have been demon
strated by tests carried out by the
navy department during the fall OF
1914 OF the coast Of England.
In these tests only such Daratus as
is supplied with the diving outfits Of
all naval vessels Wase1aed. About one
hundred dives were made, and al
though great depths were reached, no
mishaps or difficulties were expert,
enced. One diver went to depth OF
274 feet, and it is believed by the OH
GERS in charge that depth Of 300 feet
or more can be reached without serk
Gus danger.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
WILL DO VALUABLE WORK
British Expedition to Chart Waters Of
the Ocean Is Expected to Achieve
Great Results.

Even now the waters of the globe
are very imperfectly known, and 1t is
stated that the uncharted rocks, reefs
and other dangers to navigation re-
ported in the Pacific ocean alone num-
Der more than $500. This quite JUS
tif1es the great work to be undertaken
by the International Oceanographic
expedition, which has been organized
under ]. Foster Stackhouse for voy-
age Of seven years, to chart the seas.
Starting from London In June there
will be some surveying in the North
Atlantic, including search for the
rock alleged to exist near the spot
where the Titanic sank, and then four
years will be spent in the Pacific,
with special attention to the little
known coral and volcanic islands.
The subsequent work will be chiefly
In the Indian ocean and South Allan
tic. The stan OF investigators Is to
lumber twelve men, and important
discoveries In various branches Of sci
ence may be expected.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
Queer orchid Freaks.

An extraordinary collection Of
plants, many of them hitherto un-
known, is to be exhibited in New
York city by Harry J. Black, an Amer
lean, who has spent years on Bolivia,
Peru and Brazil, hunting orchids and
other strange flora. The collection Of
orchids which he is bringing with him
to the show is valued at $4,000.
Among his other flowers, one speci-
men is so sensitive that 1t closes its
petals in fright at sharp noise. 9th
ers wilt into Inconsistencies If anes-
thetics are applied to their leaves. A
species Of jatropha, from Colombia,
secretes a poison, which It shoots
through two fangs like a serpent's
when touched. and the sting is dead
~. Another stinging plant Is covered
with coarse hairs, and when one OF
them is snapped enough poison IL dis
charged to kill man.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
Isolate sandrene Germ.

Doctor Roux, head OF the Pasteuf
institute, communicated to the Acad-
envy Of Sciences an important discov.
cry in the form of gangrene antitoxin,
recently made by Doctor Weinberg.
In examination Of fifty cases of gase-
GUS gangrene- most deadly com.
plication in wounds, according to sta
tistics. Doctor Weinberg succeeded in
tsolating the causative microbe. With
q series Of cultures experiments were
made on guinea pigs, dogs and horses,
and an antitoxin was obtained which
produced favorable results when a
dose was injected in gangrenous pa
tient. Doctor Weinberg, however,
will not admit that his discovery is
vet beyond the experimental stage.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-10-07
Armchair Out Of Orange Barrel
This is a funny sort Of life. writes

0S''SN
This is a funny sort Of life, writes
! soldier at the front.
AT present I'VE Of us are doing our
best to live comfortably in q newly
built house. It has had all the win
dows blown out by shrapnel, and we
have had to use old sacking to keep
the draft out. j. a
We have punched some holes IN q
pail, and this makes q fine brazier for
burning charcoal in. We use the bot
tom of q petrol tin with the sides
turned up for frying pan, an old pail
for a teapot and kettle, and sauce
pan, and sundry other things all in
one.
For q table we have two bacon
boxes with wood across the top, and
for chairs we use any old box we can
find.
When l get back home I think ]
shall set up as a furnishing company,
and advertise that ! can furnish q
house on seven cents.
There Is chap behind me making
armchairs out Of orange barrels, and
he is making most internal row. He
has already cut himself four times.
and threatens to chuck It IL he cuts
himself again.