Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-22

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VALLEY DYE WORKS
Expert Cleaning and Pressing.
Work Called for and Delivered.
534 Main Street. Telephone 169.

Mr.. and Mrs. Austin J. Durand ant
Mrs. S. H. Lockett, of Seeley, wer'
visitors in Ell Centre today.
| On account of the Masonic meetins
tonight, there will be no meeting o
THE board of directors of the Ell Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce.
F. w. Hechel, charged with petty
larceny and given a sentence of 81,
months, was brought to the county
Jail last night by Officer Smith Of
Imperial.
The remains of L. G.. Ogburn, pio.
ineer cotton grower in Imperial Val
ley, who died at his ranch home Sat-
urday, were taken to his old home
stead in North Carolina yesterday.
City Health Officer DR.. w. L. FL
lis of Calexico is enforcing the sewer
connection ordinance and threatens to
have the city do the work and charge
it against the property owners in event
that connections not promptly made.
Did you see those new Chrysanthe-
mum Braid and Bancock Straw Hats
in varney Bros Millinery Depart
ment? 2-2s
C. C. Cassidy, for the past year
manager of Barney brothers & Co.'s
store at Calexico, has\ been transferred
to the main office in ri Centre. Har.
ry w. Krotz, credit manager for the
chain system, succeeds Mr.. Cassady
at the Calexico store.
The Coachella Valley Bee, E. H.
Brown, manager and editor, makes its
initial bow to the public today. 1t
is >an eight-page paper and bristles
with news of the busy Coachella val
ley. The publication appears with
plenty of advertising and all in all is
a very creditable looking sheet.
W. H. Brown, deputy exalted ruler
Of the Elks, was the guest of the To-
cal lodge last night, at which time
banquet was rendered by Phil D. Swing
at the Barbara Worth hotel. Mr..
Brown is making touA of the Valley
today tod his home being IL SAINT" Mon
On complaint of Frank Reading,
deputy county health officer, r. w.
Johnson of Calexico was taken into
custody and it is said he will be
charged with misbranding packages OF
cutter, alleging the product to have
been manufactured from pasteurized
,ream.
Tomorrow County Recorder Frank
1rzinger and his deputies will be in
heir new quarters. being engaged in
roving today. The County Farm
eureau will occupy the old recorders
'oom after it is altered. Large plate
glass windows will be installed so as
% provide better light for display
Il farm products and devices.
Aren't they just a dream, girls
this wonderful little creations of Mil
linery in Varney Bros Millinery De-
partment. 2-23
A trunk containing whisky and al
eged to have been shipped from I'M
perial to Yuma, was confiscated yes
terday at the latter place. The con-
s:gnees proved to be T. H. McDowell,
Friest Drex and Jack Campbell, all
Of Yuma. They were held under $500
BAIL in connection with the violation
Of an Arizona statute which prohib-
it's the importation of liquor into that
state.
The curtain \at the L. & S. Theatre
tonight will rise promptly at s:15 pm.
Calexico is sohewhat agitated over
the Sunday closing law, movement
having betn startedNo close the butch
er shops on the sabbath. 1t was
pointed out that MANY poor people
could not afford to buy\ ice and were
compelled to make their purchases of
meat on Sunday in order thet it might
not spoil. The trustees laid the pro-
posed ordinance on the table,
On Saturday afternoon at Calexico
the Imperial Valley Interscholastic
field meet will be held with Brawley,
Holtville, Imperial and Ell Centre par
ticipating. In 1911: 4he Imperial High
School won out on total points.
Mesdames J. B. Ttoler, Fred Mas