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Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON PIE.
TITION TO MORTGAGE REAL
PROPERTY.

In the Superior Court of the State
of California in and for the County
of Imperial.
In the matter of the estate of Mar
tin Widmann, deceased.
Johanna Weise, formerly Johanna
Widmann, administrators of the estate
of Martin Widmann. deceased, having
filed herein her petition, duly verified
bv affidavit, praying for an order of
this court authorizing, empowering
and directing her. as such admin
istratrix, to mortpage the real prop
erty of the said deceased therein and
hereinafter described, for the purposes
set forth in said petition, and it ap-
pearing that it will be for the advan-
tage of said estate that said mortgage
be made,
1t Is Ordered by the Court, That
all persons interested in the estate
of Martin Widmann do appear before
this court on the 25th day of August,
1916, at o'clock in the afternoon of
said day, then and there to show
cause, if any they have, why the real
property of said estate, described be-
low, or some part thereof, should not
be mortgaged for the sum of not to
exceed seven thousand dollars, as
prayed for in the said petition of Jo-
hanna Weiss, formerly Johanna Wild
mann, administrative, this day filed,
or for such lesser amount as to the
court shall seem meet.
Reference is made to the said pc
tition for further particulars. Said
real estate the property to be mort
gagged is situated in the County of
Imperial, State of California, and is
more particularly described as fol-
lows, to wit:
All Of Tract Sixty-four (64), Town
shin fifteen (15) South, Range fifteen
(15) East, S. B. M.
1t is further ordered that the order
to show cause be published once q
week for four successive weeks be
fore the day of hearing in the Impe-
rial Valley Press, daily newspaper
of general circulation published in the
County of Imperial. State of Califor-
MIA.
Dated this 2Sth day of July. 1916.
FRANKLIN j. COLE,
July28Aug4-11-18-24 Judge.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON Pc.
TITION TO MORTGAGE.

In the Superior Court of the State
OF California, in and for the County Of
Imperial.
In the matter of the estate of Fer.
dinand F. Leja, deceased.
Tyler w. Seal. administrator of the
estate of Ferdinand f. Leila, deceased,
having filed herein his petition, duly
verified by affidavit, praying for an
order of this court authorizing, en-
powering and directing him, as such
administrator, to mortgage the real
property Of said deceased therein and
hereinafter described, and to pledge
certain shares of the capital stock of
certain water companies, also therein
and hereinafter described, for the pur-
pose set forth in said petition; and
it appearing that it will be of advan-
tage to. said estate that said mort
gage and said pledge be made,
1t Is Ordered by the Court, That all
persons interested in the estate of
Ferdinand F. Leja, deceased, do ap-
pear before this court On the 25th
day of August, 1916, at o'clock
in the afternoon of said day, then
and there to show cause, if any they
have, why the real property of said
estate and the water stock, described
below or some part thereof, should
not be mortgaged or pledged for the
sum of three thousand seven hundred
fifty dollars ($3, ,75O.O0), as prayed for
in the petition of Tyler w. Seal, ad-
ministrator, this day filed, or for such
lesser amount as to the court shall
seem meet. Reference is made to said
petition for further particulars. Said
real estate, the property to be mort
gagged, is situated in the County of
Imperial, State of California, and is
more particularly described as fol-
lows, to wit:
Parcel one: Tracts fifty-three (53)
and fifty-four (54), Township fifteen
(15) South, Range fifteen (15) East,
S. B. NJ, excepting therefrom one (1)
acre heretofore decided to Rose school
district for school purposes.
Parcel two: An undivided one-haIf
(R) interest in and to the west one
half (Wh) of the Northeast one
fourth (NEA) and the East one-half
(EB) of the Northwest one-fourth
(NWA), Section six (6), Township
sixteen 16l South, Range fifteen
(15) East, S. B. M
Said water stock, the property to
be pledged, is more particularly de-
oSiIDcu do lOllOWS, 10 VIII.
!: Ninety-five (95) shares of the
capital stock of Imperial Water Com
pany, No. /, corporation, now To-
Gated upon the first above described
parcel of land.
2. Sixty shares of the capital stock
of Imperial Southside Water Com
pany, a corporation, now located upon
said last above described parcel Of
land.
1t is further ordered that this order
to show cause be published daily for
four successive weeks before the day
of hearing in the Imnerial VALLEY
Press, daily newspaper of general
circulation. published in said County
Of Imperial.
Dated this 28th day of July. 1916.
FRANKLIN J. COLE,
Aug24 Judge of Supe.ior Court.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl


co everything possible to relieve the
water shortage.
You VIII recall that a few days
since you criticised the Press unjust
", too), for having published the fact
(after the Calexico Chronicle had done
so) that you undertook to rush in a
rock weir on a permit from the ma
tional government for a hydraulic
filled weir In other words, you
adopted the principle that 'the end
jlstifies the means" After that ad-
mission from you you cannot complain
if one believes you are now trying to
fool the people of this region as YOU
then undertook to fool the govern
ment.
You say of me, "you know that we
were unable to finance the work i'm
mediately."
| know nothing of the kind. You
made your report to the board May 9.
Four days later, May 13, the an
rouncement was made that the mutual
water companies had undertaken to
finance the canal, and on that assur-
ance, on that day the directors order
ed the canal built.
On May 16, one week after the re-
port was read the Calexico Chronicle
reported that a survey corps left for
the scene of the canal to begin work
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
SUMMONS.

In the Justices Court of Ell Centre
Township, County of Imperial, State
Of California.
Chas. Darrough, plaintiff, VS.. A. P
Phillips, defendant.
The People of the State of Califor-
ria send greeting to A. P. Phillips,
defendant.
You are hereby directed to appear
in an action brought against you by
the above named plaintiff in the JUS
tees court of Ell Centre township
Imperial county, State of California
and to answer before the justice at
! his office, Court House. in said
township the complaint filed therein
within five days Exclusive of the day
Of service) after the service on you
of this summons, if served within the
! township in which the action is
brought; or, if served out of said
township but within said county, with
in ten days; or within twenty days
if served elsewhere. And you arc
hereby notified that unless you so ap-
above required, said plaintiff will
cause you default to be entered and
take judgment for any money or dam
ages demanded IN Cne complaint as
arising upon contract. or will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in
the complaint, together with the costs
of suit.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of June, 1916.
I. MAYFIELD,
Justice of the Peace, Ell Centre Town
ship, County of Imperial. State of
California. ThursSept21
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
ALetter and a Reply

and on the 18th you held conference
with the Lower California Agricultural
association regarding the question of
men and their wages.
Wages below the line are much low
e1 than on this side, and the main
reason why you were short of men on
the work at any time was that you did
not wish to raise the wage standard
in Mexico to the detriment of the
formers en- that side of the line. The
emergency work, and the conditions
under which the work was done were
Of a nature to call for good pay, and
men quit the job because they could
make better wages on this side of the
line.
On May % you announced that E. j.
Carrillo had been appointed engineer
in charge of the canal work.
With the mutual companies backing
you financially within four days after
you made Your first announcement of
the canal, and with liberal credit, !
assert that there was no time when
your work was delayed for financial
reasons.
If such was the case, in the name
of common sense, what had you done
with about $650,OOO the district had
taken in in six months? You had de-
faulted m the interest on bonds, and
had piled up great floating debt in
addition, and if you had no money for
the 100000 canal, what had become
of it?
You say, "The canal is now conlplet-
ed, and is delivering today $50 second
feet of water"
That is to say: The canal was COM
rleted after delay of forty days and
i delivering $50 second feet from the
abnormal 20-foot river.
! But how does it give to the west
side q sure water supply? Does il
mean that you intend to open a per,
nlanent waterway from the river
through Volcano Lake levee? With
ell your recklessness as an engineer
you surely do not mean that? On
does it mean that you expect to take
the canal through to Crdahy check
and take the water from the Alamo
not only for the west side, but for
all Mexican lands under the canal
And if the latter, how are you to re-
lieve the neglected Alamo by adding
Mexican lands to its duties?
I AS to the area of Mexican lands to
be covered by the series of canals, ii
seems very difficult to get definite
data. You say there will not be more
than 10000 acres irrigated from this
canal, and that all could be irrigated
without the district building the canals.
Of course the land could be irrigated
through canals built by Mexican land
owners, but then, Mr.. lockwood, it is
so much nicer to have the district
buy the right of way and build the
canals without cost to the Mexican
lands. ! have before me Water Sup
ply Paper No. 1895, compiled by T.. G.
Larue and just issued by the govern
rent. 1t estimates the Mexican ir-
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18

rigable lands north of Volcano Lake
levee at 25O,000. Of course about 49,
900 acres of this land is already ir-
rigated, and other land could not be
reached by this canal.
Let's not quarrel, Mr.. lockwood,
over few thousand acres of land.
Let's compromise and call it only 50,-
coo Mexican acres the Cuoahy check
canal will cover when built by the dis
trict.
., You say further: "a smaller canal
would have been unwise, since in en-
larging it to meet future demands
most of it's yardage would have to be
ehandled." But, hang the yardage.
That canal, completed by July l of
sufficient size to meet the emergency,
was worth ten times as much as when
completed August 10.
But now, Mr.. lockwood, you had
been a chief engineer of the irrigation
district nine months before getting
possession Of the system last Decem-
ber, and had been chief engineer all
during possession. You had been in
office all together fourteen months
VI hen you made your report on this
canal. You knew during all the time
of your service, and before, Of the
problem that would be presented Why
cid you wait until within sixty days
Of the imperative need for this canal
before even proposing it TO the direc-
tors?
| appreciate the high compliment Of
your satire in referring to me as
prominent engineer, but Mr.. Redwood,
did General William l.. Marshall, form
CT chief engineer CT the United States
army and consulting engineer Of the
interior department say to you:
"Roclw ood, you are no engineer.
You are a damned dreamer, and you
will have the river in the valley in two
years"
Did he say that?
AS to the appropriation of bond
money to build the canal to CudahF
check, there appears every reason to
support the statement Of the Press.
The first resolution providing for the
sale of the 100000 emergency protec-
/ tive bonds was very indefinite and
the sale was held up. NJ. w. Conkling
wired from San Francisco a request
for the passage of the following reso-
luton, which was passed June g.
! "Resolved, That the Board of Direc-
1 tors of Imperial Irrigation District
hereby finds and declares that it is
necessary to construct certain emer
gency protective works consisting Of
levee riprap reinforcements and de-
post of earth, rock, silt, ETC., in such
position as to prevent overflow Of the
lands in Imperial Irrigation District
and destruction of the districts irri-
cation canals and system, and that
the conditions existing and requiring
such protective works are and con-
stitute an emergency justifying and
recurring the sale Of bonds of said dis
t,ict heretofore authorized for emer-
gency protective work; ana the board
tereby finds and declares chat the
bonds tAthe extert Of five hundred
lcoNTIAUED or PAGE THnEEl
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Hotel MelrOSe

12O-13O SO. Grand Ave-, Los Angeles
Summer rates now on. Rooms with
out hath, $3.50 week up, $40 month up
Rooms with bath, $3.50 week up, SIS
mcnth up. Cafe in connection.
Phones: Home 10974: Main 1906.
JOSEPH o. ROE, Proprietor.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
HOTEL SHERMAN
314 West Fourth Street, near broadway.
Los Angeles.

$50 rooms. uneXcelled in situation,
comfort, cleanliness; $4 per week up,
81 day and up. Main 70S7, F35S1. Take
any bus to this hotel; fare refunded.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
HOTEL VICTORIA

Cor. seventh and Hope Sts..LOs Angeles
100 light, airy, modern rooms. Rates,
S1O0 per day. Special weekly rates.
Opposite Robinson's new million dollar
department store. Take Los Angeles
Transfer bus at our expense. Street
cars direct from depot to hotel Ga
rage in connection.
G. II. SAYRES. Proprietor.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
HOTEL JOVITA
S2G South Spring Street.
V.na An~nlna

Quiet, Cleanly. Close In.
RATES-75c per day up; $1.O0 per
day up with private shower bath.
Take L. A. Transfer Bus. We refund
your fare.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
HARRISON HERE.

IL R. c. HARRISON, candidate for Republican nomina-
lion for congress- is in the valley accompanied by Mrs
Harbson The Press has heretofore had occasion say
that Harbsons newspaper the San Bernardno Sun, has
been the best friend the valley has had during its whole
history among the papers of Southern California For
that reason if for other Mr. HARRISON is receiving
support throughout the valley of every person who knows
the facts in this 1t is doubtful if any other
newspaper man in the state has done much he in
working the regeneration Of the Of his activity.
twenty-five years ago the repute Of San Bernardno
not good Today is par with the other inland cities
and it is mainly HARRISON who has wrought the change
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
HOTEL VENDOME

231 South Hill ST., Los Angeles
Clean and homellSe Right in shop
ping district. Half-block from Y. w
&c. A.
Per day. soc and up.
Per week, $3.50 and up.
Private baths.
Phones: Main SCOT HomeA66O1
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS

DIR. II. O. LUCKETT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office, Davis Building
office Hours, 10 a. m. to IL M; p. m.
to p. m. Phone 87W.
DIR. W. 4. HEFFERNAN
Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office In Davis Bldg, Ell Centre. Cal.
Telephone 233.
DIR. LYNN X. BLAKESLEE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Chronic and Nervous Diseases
Diseases Of Women
X-Ray and Electro Therapeutics
Hours, 0 to IL, 2 to
Rooms 1921, Sec. Bank Bldg. Tel. 199.
DIR. A. Il. ELLIOTT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Opera House Building
Office hours, 10 to 12 a. M; to p. m.
Residence, Barbara Worth Hotel
DIR. II. A. BURGER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
II and IS Opera House Bldg.
Hours: 10 to IL, 2 to s
Phones: Office SOW. Residence 89It.
DIR w. T.. LYONS DIR. AMY LYONS
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
14-16 Dunaway Building
Phone 145W.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
DIFFERING THE RECORDS.

L few weeks since Chief Engineer lockwood
presented report to the directors Of the irrigation dis
rct That evening the Press printed the report and then
it was accused of stealing it. Attorney Conking wired
the reclamation service that he expected to get the dis
tric to pay it's portion of Laguna dam this fall when he
was working with lockwood against the Laguna project
That telegram went into the district records and the
Press printed it. Now Conkling says it was pilfered
Whenever the Press prints anything from the district
records is accused of stealing it. and yet is claimed
everything in the way of district business is open.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
CIVIL ENGINEERS

KNIGHTS ENGINEERING COMPANY
Civil and Construction Engineers
Blueprinting Patent Drawings
P. w. knights Uicensed Surveyor)>
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-18
LAWYERS

JAS. W. GLASSFORD
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW
1O7-S-9 FIRST NATL BANK BLDG
Ell CENTRIC, CAL.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
T. r. GAVE THE Army
ITS FIRST WAR AERO
Aerial Age" Longs for Return
of That Patriotic Regime.

Theodore Roosevelt gave the United
States Army the first aeroplane ever
used for military purposes, according
to the Aerial Age Weekly"
an 1907" the magazine says, when
aereoplanes were not yet publicly
known 70 be capable of fight, the
Roosevelt Administration with remark
able foresight and progressiveness,
drew the specifications for an aero
plane, and gave the United States Army
an aeroplane years before any
other country took a similar step.
"The only hope of organizing the
air service needed for national de-
fence lies in another Roosevelt Ad-
ministration."
Secretary Baker plans to make the
United States Army rank thirteenth
in the matter of Rir-service. "The
Aerial Age" shows, by allowing this
branch of the service only Sl,00O,OOO.
The article continues:
What a far call from that broad,
progressive administration which as
sumed responsibilities instead Of
lodging them, had foresight and pa
triotism-that Roosevelt Administra
ton which gave the United States
Army its first seroplane! We were
proud of being Americans then; are
we now ?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
CAR REFUSES TURK
DRIVES NEAR ERZINGAk
Russians Take Many Prisoners in
Mountain Battles.

London. May 13.-The Russians ad-
yancing on Erzingan have been at
tackled by great forces Of Turks, ac-
cording to an official statement given
out in Petrograd tonight. The at
tacks were repulsed- and many pris-
oners taken. The report says;
an the direction of Erzingan de-
tachments Of our regular troops in con-
junction with territorial reserves, fol-
lowing q mereiless night attack power
fully organized by the enemy on =
lofty range dominating the whole ad-
Joining region, took prisoner in the
course of the engagement thirty OH
GERS and 365 soldier OF Turkish in
fantry.
"The troops forming the advance
guard Of our army easily checked an
enemy offensive movement in the re-
gion of Mamakhstun.
con the left wing Of our army one OF
our columns, having defeated the Turks
in an engagement which lasted two
days, made prisoners and captured an
unchanged gun, over 1000 rifles, many
thousand cartridges and a large guam
tity Of gunpowder and other material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
COLUMBIA VOTES CENSORED
Student Board withholds Results n
NoB-Fraternity Victory.

with the election Of four nsn-frs.
ternity men TO the Board OF Student
Representatives at Columbia University
yesterday, undergraduates politics vas
struck so severe a blow that the an.
nouncement Of the results was no.
made public.
The chairman Of the present board,
Robert Watt. in answer 10 the tumul,
Of protest that has arisen since the
yotes were counted, will hold special
meeting as soon as the members, some
of whom are at present oct Of tOsh
with athletic teams. csn be convened
II is understood that the objection,
will be based upon the fact that some
Of the girl students at the School Of
cast ballots in the election.
and that In a recent class meeting ~
the same school the class presideR,
urged those assembled 20 vote Tor can.
didates from the journalistic depart.
ment. ElectiOneering and woman SUI
rage are forbidden in student elections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
the annual senior prom" is on. Their

the annual senior prom" il on. Their
entertainment began Friday afternoon
with Molieres Psyche" on the campus,
and will end tomorrow with a recep-
ton. The ball was held this after
noon and evening. Canoeing, stroliJng
by moonlight, hay rides and dancing
filled up tho rest Of the time.
The dance began at o'clock and
lasted until midnight. Forty-six col
leges and universities are represented
by the visitors. Alter the ball the
men followed an old custom Of giving
their yclls. Harvard. Yale. Columbia
Cornell and Williams tied for honors.
Among the New York men present
are Sherwood ID. Johnson, Albert 7.
Ulrich, Burton Judson Lemon, Roy
Belmont Loudon Swinton, Arthur
Crandall, Burch Foraker, Robert Ray
mond, Ralph Newman Slossmon. John
Stablor, and Kenneth /. NJ. callum.
The "Prom" committee consists OF
Laura MacNicol, chairman; Bertha
Pringle. Annie Hooker Keith, Marjorie
Arnold. Louise Csn6eld, Carolyn Good
rich and Josephine Congdon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14

est numbers 10 tho most recent ADD.
tions. This obviates the necessity that
existed under the old system OF re-
numbering the units every time addi-
tions were made to tho navy.
The new organization Of the heet
follows: .,
First squadron (reserve). first di-
vision-Alsbsma, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Kearsarge. Second division-Maine,
Missouri, Ohio. Kentucky.
Second squadron preserve, third az
vision-New Jersey, Virginia, Rhode
Island. Nebraska. Fourth DIVISION
Connecticut, Louisiana, Kansas, New
Hampshire.
Third squadron (active), fifth di-
vision Minnesota, Vermont, Michg iSi
South Carolina. Sixth DIVISION Della
ware. Oklahoma. New York, Texas.
Fourth squadron (active), seventh di-
vision-Florida, Utah, Arkansas, North
Dakota. Eighth division-Nevada,
Arizona, Pennsylvania.
The Wyoming remains feet flagship.
The last three divisions are composed
OF dreadnoughts. 80,
The cruiser division, equipped with
hydropanes and catapults, will CON
sist of the Tennessee. North Carolina,
Montana and Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
u. S. AND ARGENTINA
ON THEIR HONEYMOON
NoW's Time TO Make Affection
Permanent, Says Consul.

Argentina and the United States are
on a honeymoon, according 70 Bruno
Cittadini, Consul General of Argentina,
who stopped off in New York yesterday
on his way to Russia.
Americans should take their pres
emit opportunity" said Mr.. Cittadini,
"tc strengthen the cordial relations
which prevail between their country
and mine. Argentina is enthusiastically
disposed toward the United States; in
fact, might say the two countries are
now enjoying their honeymoon"
Better communications are needed,
according TO the consul general, who
terms the steamship service between
New York and Buenos Ayres inadequate
and the service poor. He thinks the
war has revealed a critical lack Of
merchantmen among the American ma
tions. 81 think" he says, that without
losing any time every American coun-
try, to the limit Of its means, ought to
contribute to the creation Of large
pan-American merchant fleet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
STATEN ISLAND TRAIN
RUNS AMUCk; 3 HURT
Hits Truck at Crossing
Up Two Blocks of Stapleton.

Three persons were severely injured
and $50 others cut and bruised IN
northbound Staten Island Kappa
Transit train which jumped the rails
at the Canal Street station, Stapletoh'
s. l.. last evening. The train struck Il
truck driven by Michael McDevit' at
the crossing and then ran wild for TWO
blocks.
The seriously wounded are; MISS
Emma Stanley. asa Sea View Avenue
and Mrs. Lucy Bonics. l4S burgne,
Avenue. Dongan Hills; and MiehSs'
MoDevitt.
After striking the truck the train
DESTROYED a two-story building at Ca
nal Street. carried away tho station
nlatform Of the Stapleton station ana
Tore the trucks away from the seoonu
coach before IL could be stopped sew
entv passengers in the coach were res
cued through the windows. Inc oain
ace will amount to about Sl2,OOV'
James VI. Silk, sixty-hve years oiu'
Of 26 Butler Place, the Aagman at the
crossing, was locked up at the STAPLE
tom Police Station, charged with GRIM
inal negligence and drunkenness. lral-
fic was stopped for three hours