Imperial Valley press., 1916-11-30
CITY AND VALLEY

has been called to Riverside by tho
death of his brother, C. w. Waite, ono
of the old-time fruit growers of that
city.
Theatre Tulane--The Ed Redmond
Stock Company will present the dra'
matte hit of the season tonight at the
Tulane, "The Lion and the Mouse.
Three hundred seats will be sold at
25 cents.
Acquires H0tel-A. L. Bliss has pur-
chased the Hotel Lancaster, l2l North
Flower street, Los Angeles, and will
make it especially an Imperial Val
ley hotel. Mr.. Bliss is widely known
in Ell Centre and in the valley in gen
eral.
Petit Larceny Charge-Thomas o.
Campo is the latest addition to the
regular boarders at the county Jail,
having been sentenced to 100 days i'm
prisonment by Justice of the Peace
Hanson of Bard. Campo was convict
Ell on a petit larceny charge.
Benefit Matinee Success-Twenty-
four dollars is the amount cleared by
the Life Line Mission at the benefit
matinee held last Saturday afternoon
at the Theatre Tulane. The manage
ment of the Tulane presented an adap-
ton of Longfellow's 'Evangeline."
Three Months Release--Walter O..
Hamilton has been granted three
months release from the active busi-
ness management of the Ell Centre
store of Varney Brothers & Co., he
having asked for this to enable him
to give his whole time to the irriga
ton district work during the period
when the transfer of the irrigation
system to the district is being worked
cut.
Want TO Hold Rev. Baker-The of
ficial board of the Methodist church
have written letter to Bishop
Hughes, also one to Superintendent
Inwood and requested that Rev.
Baker remain as their pastor. The
church is unanimous in requesting that
Rev. Baker remain here, and that
else be appointed on the
Anti Saloon League work, and are
doing all in their power to keep their
pastor.
At L. & S. TOnight-"Love and
Surgery" q two-reel number introduc-
ing a new company for the first time
in slapstick humor of an uproarious
sort. Billy Richie and Henry Lehr-
mann make an immediate hit as a
pair of flirtations "ginks." The first
scenes are taken in park and the
latter ones in a hospital. "Hese Boun-
ty," a society drama, and "The White
Wolf" an Indian story, make up the
Coming tomorrow, the six
teenth episode "Perils of Pauline
Visited Volcano Lake--A number Of
prominent residents of the valley Wis
tied Volcano Lake yesterday to study
the situation there, among them beng
President Hamilton and Director Me-
Bride. of the Irrigation District; c.
N. Perry, county engineer; Superin-
tendent Carberry and Assistant Su-
Tilley, of Water Com
pany No. 1; w. A. Edgar, director,
md H. ]. Huff, superintendent, Of
Water Company No. u; Leroy Holt,
Galen Nichols, r. d. McPherrin, Joe
Treshil and w. II. Compton.
Important Telegraphic POini--El
Centro is numbered among the i'm
portant cities of California and Ari-
zona, Judging from the volume of
business, according to II. r.
Hancock, manager of the local West
ern Union, who left last night to at
tend a managers conference being
held in Los Angeles today. In speak
ing of the conference, Hancock said:
"Only managers from important Cali
fornia and Arizona offices have been
asked to attend and this city has been
included because of the volume of
telegraphic business transacted here"
Taxes Observation-Disclosures this is
the last day property owners can
make their payments to the county
collector without penalty, only 20S
persons had made payments up to ]
o'clock this afternoon. Deputies have
been busy all day taking in money,
but according to Deputy Tax Collector
Flyod Brown the volume Of business
done today does not equal that done
under ordinary conditions. City tax
payers are in less evidence at the city
hall, no more than fifty having paid
up to a late hour today. Just what
the cause of this is could not be deter
mined, but the addition of penalty,
it is said, will probably hasten delin-
o,antc Il, making their naymantS