San Diego and Imperial Counties, California: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 2Samuel T. Black S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913 - Imperial County (Calif.) |
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Page 127 - A LATE lark twitters from the quiet skies ; And from the west, Where the sun, his day's work ended, Lingers as in content, There falls on the old, gray city An influence luminous and serene, A shining peace. The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires Shine, and are changed. In the valley Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun, Closing...
Page 192 - His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he has labored earnestly and indefatigably for its success yet not with the hope of being rewarded with official preferment.
Page 166 - In the acquirement of an education he attended the public schools of his native...
Page 534 - He is a corporate member of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, a director in the Young Men's Christian Association and a member of several charitable and philanthropic organizations.
Page 480 - He passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school and then entered the building business, eventually becoming a contractor.
Page 187 - Angeles, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the United States west of Chicago.
Page 408 - Iowa and remained in that state until the outbreak of the Civil war. when he enlisted in Company M, Third Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, under command of Colonel Bussey.
Page 221 - Swayne has always been a republican but not an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs and his church work.
Page 105 - He likewise belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a past grand of Four Cricks Lodge at Visalia, and a past chief patriarch of Damascus Encampment of Visalia, California.
Page 8 - Louis called upon to shoulder responsibilities differing materially from those which rested upon their predecessors. In a broader field of enterprise they find themselves obliged to deal with affairs of greater magnitude and to solve more difficult and complicated financial and economic problems.