Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-22

butter and eggs, was established her.
: on May 10 last and is doing a roar
: ing trade, the appearance of the shol
2 and appliances being first elas
8 throughout. Mr.. Fred c. Hess is tn,
enterprising proprietor and lives a
: Brawley, the local manager being H
Dieffenbauer, a man of no less thar
. 30 years experience in the carving
: business, and if he can't slice yot
a juicy roast to taste you're pretty
hard to suit.
The First National Bank of Cali.
patria will enter into their newly
erected premises shortly and are al
ready doing a handsome business il
deposits and current accounts. Ths
hank has capital of $25,0GO, with 1
surplus of $4,000 The cashier, W
J. West, has held the position of vice
president of various eastern banking
concerns and was more recently in
business in Minnesota and Montana.
Bath & Co. opened up here last No
vember in the grocery and iewelry
lines and express themselves as quite
satisfied with the prospects of Cali
patria. They carry a fine stock OF
goods in both departments and are
meeting with more than the usual
amount of success attained by pio-
needs. Mr.. O. C. Bath, the manager,
has been in the jewelry business for
a period of 20 years in the East. is
native of Ohio and held various Of
fetal positions back there. such as
mayor and member of the council.
The Calipatria Garage and the To-,
whereon it stands is owned by the pro-
prietor, J. W Kleinhan, an Iowa boy,
who makes first class auto repairing
his speciality, stocks all sorts of sup
plies and accessories, and has a good
storage for autos He started the
business here last September and.
having followed the automobile trade
for the past seven years. is naturally
au fat with all its intricacies and del
ieate work. so if your Fordlet back
fires in the vicinity of Calipatria run
her into Joe Kleinhans and he'll
quickly give her the onee-over with
his X-ray appartus for getting at the
heart of the trouble.
Tho
branch here last November and Is
handling a considerable business in
the savings deposit and commercial
lines. The capital of the bank is $50,-
000. and Mr.. William N. Smith, cash
ier of the Brawley branch. has the
Calipatria bank also under his super
vision, while Mr.. Victor K. Sterling,
secretary of the corporation. attends
TO the business of the bank at Cali
patra personally and has mace many
friends in the surrounding community
during his brief residence in the town.
Erichsen's Grocery IS known all
round town as the full weight store
the place where your neighbor
trades and the store of quality. Mr..
Erichsen is a native of Wisconsin and
has had several years experience in
the hardware trade in other states.
His store in Calipatria is one of the
fines. in town and he finds his bus
mess growing each succeeding month.
He has added a meat and bakery de-
partment recently, which Is operated
by Messrs. Manahan and Gillespie.
Mr. Erichsen absolutely guarantees the
pureness of all foods sent out from
his store, and to cope with his fast
increasing trade in all departments
has Put on city delivery recently,
when is proving satisfactory ana a
great convenience.
Calipatria Hardware and Lumber
with head offices in San
Diego, established themselves in bus
mess in this growing town on the frs.
Of April last-which may seem to the
an unlueky omen for
the flotation of any financial under
taking, but one day is as good as an.
other in Calipatria. where business is
looming all the time They deal
in lumber ana building ma
terial of every description under the
guidance OF !. \. Ellis.
Curtis Mann, in the O'Byrne block.
deals in Imperial VALLEY lands, leases,
insurance and rentals. has
been here since the town started and
was resident of the valley some time
previously Mr. Mann was formerly
in Nevada connected with the mining
business. He is a mining engineer and
working up sound real estate bus
mess in Calipatria.
II. L. Allatt deals in all kinds OF
groceries ana provisions and COM
menced business here last July. He
has been in the valley since 1902 and