Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-23
CITY AND VALLEY

Board in Session-The county board
of education is in session today at
the office of A. P. Shibley, county
superintendent of schools.
Late Curtain-The curtain will be
held at the Holt opera house tonight
until 8:45 for the accommodation of
numerous clerks and business men who
cannot attend the show at the regu-
lar opening hour.
Merchant of Yenice'-At the OPP
era House tonight will be presented the
Universal's feature firm, "The Mer-
chant of Venice" This is one of the
few Shakespearean dramas to be
wrought into pictures and will be pre-
sented here but once.
Mrs. McCrory Released-Mrs. Anita
McCrory, convicted blind-pigger, last
right was released from the county
jail under $500 bond. According to
a motion made yesterday in the city
recorders court, the case will be ap-
pealed to the superior court.
New Teacher-Increased attendance
has led the trustees of the El Centre
grammar school to make an additional
eighth grade class, with Eunice NJ.
Knupp as teacher. 1t has been neces-
sary to rent room on the north
side of town for the accommodation
Of this class.
Granted Judgment-E. c. Jackson
and L. w. Schoes have been granted
Judgment in the sum of S97499 against
Warren B. Hill. The case was heard
in the superior court January 5. E.
L. Ralston has been granted judgment
against the Western Securities Com
pany, w. H. Baymiller, B. T. Cannon
and F. A. Clark, the case having been
tried January p.
Insanity Examination-Laboring un-
der the delusion that he was King
Philip of England, Philip Mortell, fol
lowing an examination by physicians
in the Superior court this morning,
will be committed to one of the state
hospitals for treatment. During the
course of the examination Mortell ad-
mitted he had been an inmate of Pat
ton for more than a year, but was
unable to remember at what time.
Valley Is Well knOwn-The wonder
full fertility of Imperial Valley lands
is becoming known all over the United
States, according to Jacob Duman,
who exhibited this morning a stack
of replies he had received as result
of an advertisement that appeared in
Los Angeles and Omaha papers. The
latter part of December Duman in
serted the ads and within a short time
the queries began to pour in. The
letters of inquiry came from many
parts of California. Arizona and as
far east as New York, one letter hay
ing been mailed from South America. /
The majority of the prospective ranch !
ers, Duman said, We're Germans. and
in number of cases had stated they
expected to leave for the valley within
a short time. In every instance the
authors of the letters had expressed .
and eageness for particu-
lars.
Theatre Tulane Midnight Ride of
Paul Revere at the Tulane tonight. .
Listen, my children, and you shall
hear of the midnight ride of Paul Re- .
we're. On the eighteenth day Of April. i
in seyenty-fiye; hardly a man is now
alive who remembers that day and
year. He said to his friend: IF the |
British march by land or sea, from
the tower tonight hang a lantern aloft
in the belfry arch of the North Church
tower, as a signal light, and I on the
opposite shore will be ready to ride
and spread the alarm through every
MiddleseX village and farm, for the
country folk to be up and arm Then
he climbed to the tower of the church;
up the wooden stairs, with stealthy
tread, to the belfry chamber overhead.