Imperial Valley press., 1918-12-16
Nelus in Brief

Thomas Hester of Calexico is reg
istered at the Casa Rey hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noteworthy of Hebel
were in town Friday on business.
Mrs. Vaughn Of Seeley is ip/El
/ Centric on business for the Red Cross.
Miss Mary L. Taylor, teacher in
the Rose district, was an Ell Centre
visitor Friday.
Mrs. L. P. Alexander and child,
who are visiting in Riverside, where
they were taken with the 'flu," 'are
Il reported much better.
A. A. Cox of San Bernardino is
registered at the Hotel Oregon on
his way home from trip into Ari-
zona.
Deputy Sheriff R. w. Scott, who
has been confined to his bed since
THANKSGIVING with the "flu," is at
/ last able to be up. He expects to be
| back on duty Monday morning.
John M. Pulsey, the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Pulsey of Impe
rial, who passed away last Tuesday,
was buried yesterday in the Ever
green cemetery of this city.
! Pleading not guilty to charge of
forgery, Joseph McCaffey of 1mpe-
rial, through his attorney, Mr.. Bar
| ry, asked for jury trial. Judge
\ Cole set the case for hearing on jan
uary 13.
/ Mrs. M. H. Whitley, teacher OF
Seeley, and Miss Elberta Stephens,
a teacher of Coyote Wells, were reg
istered at the Barbara Worth hotel
Friday. Thy are here on short
| business trip.
Harry Kessler, wife ehd son. of
San Diego, who have been visiting j.
w. Wolfe of Ell Centro, returned to
their homes Saturday morning.
Thomas E. Magee and wife OF
Brawley have finally found loca-
ton in this city, being now nicely
domiciled at 819 Euclid avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Morgan of Los An
geles returned from Yuma last
night. where they went by motor
They report the roads very bad by
4 wav Of INLAND, but, returning by wa!
of the plank road, they found thai
route very much better, making th'
j trip in little less than four hours
4 They will leave for Los Angeles Sun
day morning.
Private A. w. Hill, for the pas
3 ten months training at Camp Lewis
4 arrived here alst evening after re
ceiving his discharged some ten DAY
4 ago. Private Hill was a former I'm
perial Valley boy and is well know
locally. He is brother OF Dor;
4 Hill and is visiting his parents. Hill
/ states that he is glad to be bacl
home again and that the men a
Camp Lewis are being inducted int
private life at the rate of 500 pc.
/ day.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. r. Barton. accom-
panied bv Mr.. and Mrs. D. Thomas
reristered at the Barbara Worth no
tel Friday on their way to the Coast
where they expect to spend the win
ter. They left their hoem in Ripon
Wis, abou six week ago and Travelled
by auto. They report very eoo'
trim. with fine weather most OF tn
way. and good accommodations, eX
ccpt one night when they were force
to stay all night in the coal house o
a new schoolhouse. All are in tn
best of health and report good road
most of the wav. They came by wa,
of Phoenix to Yuma and will go GU
by way of San Diego.
\ The funeral Of J. A. Walton. pio
neer rancher of the East Side. VIII
rassed away Thursday night. vic
tim of influenza. was held this after
noon at 1880 from the undertaking
parlors of Mulligan & Bowen, inter
ment being MADE in the Evergreen
cemetery. At first it was planned t.
take the body to Kentucky, but tn
family wished the burial to be made
where, where Mr.. Walton had bee,
we'll and favorably known for man.
wears. No inquest was held over tht
body, as was intimated yesterday, al
from authoritative sources came tht
the information that the beating in
flicted upon Mr.. Wilton some few
weeks ago by G. S. Thor'ns"7 ais ne
contribute to his early demise.
Fl. J. Smith, of Toledo, o., is maxim;
/ the Valley a visit this winter.