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The Imperial Press.
VOL. IV.
Published at th# c#nl#r of the frr-ir.i Irrigated lcrrit#.r> In AmrrU*. In ihr hrart «il lh« Oiiormiin titter I. Han lllr«o vmnty. Southern California, A 7 lect b«low Ihe level of the Ma. Xlntor pr«««
•fit tmnml%. 2l«.OOOacr«t: uo«l«r Irrlxatlon ■yatvm »hen compWttd. 400.00.1 mete: Adjacent l» irrlgalrd land In KrXttmm *><! tan 4to be IrrlgaUd by lh< NatJonaJ Government from the tarn*
grand Colorado rU«r whkh » 111 m«v# a combined bmly of mmre than ■ million Irrigated acrti.
FROM CALEXICO TO YUMA
Southern Pacific Will at Once Commence
Building Connecting Link
Large Force of Workmen to be at Work on Ist of October — Benefit
to Imperial Valley. /
Any doubt* that may have IMM-'n «»i}-
Ccrlaiurd an to the future of the Imperial
Valley may how bo net at rent. If the
Southern Pacific It. It. Co. were not
certain il»«? material development of
ibid country would continue, they would
not at this time l>cgin the conntructioii
of thu link connecting Calcxico with
Vuinaf which, ouceoomplulcd, will In?
juart of the main line and enable the
Cruvelem on the transcontinental trains
to travel from Yuina to <>!•! lieach — not
acroini a de»ert, but through an agricul
tural coiniuunitv fit retching away for
mile* on either hand and unsurpassed
in the world for producUvenww.
The Southern I'acilic now liua a right
of way from Cali'xico to Ytliua, ami i
emli'nvorini: to itectire a l»etter arrange
ment, which adjustment in ex|tecte«l u>
Imj ctMixumated in a few "layn. I'eudiiig
thin, prejiaratioiifl an* b<*ing made to gu
at lilt) work with a ru-h.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
City A Rain Assumes a Live Appear
ance — Sew Structures
Now that th* wnU-r question is practi
cally nettled ami cooler weather ap
proaches-- building o|>crations that have
for hoiiu; 'lima boon at a standstill aru
once more resumed. There an 1 m«verul
brick blocks to be erected in tliu near
future uiul it number of frame structures
are at present under way.
Ainonu those started or to Iw started
thin Week «r«« a butcher shop on North
Itu'perial'Avuiiiio for U\ H. M tig ford ;
it it addition to the residence «»f l»co.
Thing «»ti Imperial Avenue: two lent
)iou*<m fur (Jeorge M. Kit* li e cm Ninth
Street noar the, who* i| house; Con true*
tor I. L. Jettsup ban the fullowiiig'iiiicloir
his charge: llurU»r *hop. llfxl'O, on Im
|M«rial avenue between 7th ami B,h for
Pate <k Downing ; » cottage V2x\ I, • ard
wi>«l flniiliT'curiu'r J and loth Htreets,
fur Mr. I 'miff of the New York Store;
n ■U*mom cottage; 44xlt, hardwood
Hiiihli, («»r J. <>. Ono|M*rr corner Imperial
aveiiiie and 11th iitrvet; a four-room
cbitatfo f**r It. \V, Richardson, corner J
ami 1-th itrout*. These three cottages
will l« plastered Inside and outside and
will !••• iinndsoino a IdiUons to the city.
<}eo. A. Carter will alto onset a Nublitsii*
tiul rctidouce costing neveral thouiuud
dollars.
ThoMit Iniprovomonti are • l«***i« l»-«l 1 \
uncnuragiug and only a furctaHte of
what in to como.
Around the Circle
Ju<l««> Farr rotiiriiod Tliosday from a
huttiucMM trip to tltn MiiHt, in which he
vUitod St. lioiiin, Chicago, Philadelphia!
Washlugtoiii New York, San Kraiicitco
mid la* Aittfeles. Hosavs ho \* tired
of travoliuu mid u'lnd to be buck in the
imperial Vi»U".v "P«i»-
••Water U King Here in Itn Klnjcdom."
•mrrwt rmson «w jtjs *j. ■— m— i iwniim n \ \t i i w
IMPKIUAL, CM... ha'IIHDAV, PKITKMBBK 10, 1004,
Tuendav five carloads of hor*e« and
mule*, the |»r«»|M»rty of Shnttiick d. Iv*
inoiid. tlit! well-known mil road con
traciniH, were brought t»» tliV* Valley
and are pastured :it V. Ciaut's ranch,
one mile north of Ca'cxico.
Alto, Tucjjdav n h: lit al>oiit twenty
liw additional laborers caiiiu to afwi'gt
in grading, ami others arc rapidly Inking
add« d t<» the number. It i- ntat'-d on
good 'authority thai 1,000 men will be
ut w r ork on the new cut-off by the Ist
of October.
Detention d«»jM>t.* are U-iii^ construct
ed under the charge of .luck Cnrrillo^
ono oij each M«le of the liiii% with a plat
form cbniu'ctiiig. There are for the
tine of the custom ofllcen?.
The completion of this link wiM lien
great Iwm to the lui|>erial Valley.
Not only will it be a go,wl advertise*
nient; but the added convenience in
|tAß*en&er ami freight s-rvjee Ih*iw<>«mi
thf Valley ami the c»nM l»y having the
main line run through will' mean much
ttuviiig of money an<l timu.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
Will be Me!d Scptcmt>cr 14 anJ 15,
ConduclcJ by J'rof. A. J. Cook.
Tin; Farmers' Institute to l>o held in
liuj-erial Friday and ."nt unlay, Sept.
II and l'\ will doubllead \*a given the
attention it «*o richly deserves by the
farmers of the Valley an«l their wives.
I'rof. A. J. OKik, of Pomona College,
who ban l>eeii here before ami hua beeii
conducting numerous iiiHiitiites through.
out Southern California recently, will
!»•• in charge and that ineaiia enthu.-i
ustic and successful mecliugn. A warm
welcome will be given this <ii.>tinguished
eduaitor.
Among the subjects and speaker* an
iiounced are "Talks on liiu hairy," Mr*.
Minnie L". Shetinan, of Tr. sn«»*; * T.ilkr*
on Silo, Water and Insect-," Prof. A. J.
(..'••ok, wi i'oinoua Collfgo; •'Talks on
Poultry. 1 ' Mrs. A. Basiey; "Talk« on
Him >oil and Alkali," |*rof. |{. ||.
Doiighriilgo. Mrs. Sheruiau will give
information about the itairy, and Prof.
Wicksoii ami Hon. F. Au»tni, llorticiiU
tural Coiiiiiiittsiouer for San Diego
county, will make adil rc^es . Un-iil
|Mk>plu will present papers on topics of
general intercut t«» the Valley.
Thtt firvt gathering will be Wednes
day, Sept. 11, at 10 ii. ill., in the big
tent; which bus been hocurcd fur the
occajNiou. The the oi mi »ev»ioiiN will
be leplete with information of iuteiVHl
in uveryoiiu in the Valley. l^«t every-
Ixnly go, carry their lunch ami enjoy
the treat
i:\perin:entnl I arinlnt.
W. S. Corwiu ingoing to ex|teriinunt
with China niltspii his Iliublaud ranch.
Ho tin ii L»« a^paritgiis would do well here
mid muko an (*N|HH'ially protilable crop
Kunt ban nearly destr'nyetl it in other
1 call ties.
AN ORATOR'S TRIBUTE
To the Imperial Valley. Willis George
Emerson's Glowing Eulogy
At the Harvest Feast Celebration in this City September I
Mr. ChniruiAii, LadieSi and Gentlemen :
This i«« indeed a day "f thanksgiving,
a day of rejoicing, a day of ratification.
Tliih assemblage suggests sincerity
• and earnestness — I might say the high
lest iwtriotism, jjecauso the most ex
alti^l Heiitiineut of things teniftoral in
i the human heart i- the love of home.
Yon are here, as I understand it, to
j ratifiy the adjustment of a problem^
j which means more to the individual
j fireside and home of the uckkl people of
j thin Valley o! wondrotH prophetic
j |>o*Bi bill tics than any other one question
! which con Ul inissiblv claim our at
»tentiou*
It might l>e aftkinl, why am I interest
ing myself to such mi extent in this
proposed adjustment. If any one
should ask me this question, I would
answer by saying that while it i* true
• I have no stock in the California De
velopment Company, and equally true
I that I have no land in the Imperial
Valley, yet I am a business man, and
have the same iutere-t, by rautnu «»f
mv connection with the t<»w»»» of tbi-
V alley, that any other business man
ha 1 * in his particular avocation or
calling.
1 claim it my business to look after
1 the things which concern myself and
my family in a financial way, and it is
every man's bu-iness, whether he is
sowing the seed in this fertile land and
harvesting bis cro|tg therefrom, or run
ning the snialle*>t or the biggest mer
cantile house in the Valley, that this
question of all questions, has been set
tled amicably, and along lines that will,
we hope, insure public ownership of
the Imperial canal system , and a nettle*
iniMit forever and forever of a question
that has bevn |»crplexiut: and aggravat
ing tlie people.
I feel honored that you have invited
me t<> address you, because it means
something to have an opportunity to
meet the rugged, brown-faced men of
the desert— a desert where the piti
less sun looks down from a parched sky,
but where, thanks to a wise providence,
the thirsty laud is slaked and quenched
by the intervention of the hand of man.
!Vt>otially, I regtiid it as something
highly complimentary to be permitted
Ito meet with this Spartan band, who«o
each individual mime will probably in*
severally carved »»n thu tablets of the
futuie an "one of the tiist settlers."
You froutiertuncii have Indeed wreut
led heroically in helping to change the
desert of denotation into a modern Val
ley of Duutagcuii, anil evinced a chiva!*
rolls daring and deteriniiintiou that no
fatigue, bevuiiu^ly, could daunt, ami'
i certainly a courage uever «urpassc«l in
tlit* history of coiiirnuiiitieft.
Tliis^r««ait Valley is an Empire of but
partially developed resources, and preg
nant with untold agricultural, horticu
ltural and vitictilturul possibilities^
You are h«*re fron tie ring it in all that
th« world implies, the nturdy repre
iontativ--.«, if you please, the exposed
nerve of a hardy, progressive, uncon
querable civilization.
This great Valley has an iudividu
•fiity and a uniqueness all its own — ii
neAle* in the bosom of the earth be
low the (light of the sea guild, wher»* in
'every direction the horizon stretched
away fur many miles, until the purple
and created edges of the hiih and moun
tains Been) pinned to a turquoise aky.
I have unbounded faith in the pres
ent onward step of a thorough under
i .Htauding between the California Devel
opment Company and the citizens of
the hti|*Tittl Valley, and it fills me
with unwavering continence in regard
to the future, which, linked with your
proverbial industry a* successful tiller 9
of the goil, clarities the atmosphere,
and no longer |>erniits it to bristle with
iiiterhigutiuii |oints. In short, it dis
|hU doubt, and not only inspires, but
establinhesi confidence^
I venture the prophesy that with
public ownership of the Imperial canal
system, hucli an awakeiied interest will
obtain in thin Valley as even the most
optimistic hat* never dreamed.
It meant! much to you people — it
means much to the valiant men who
have planned and built the canal sys
tem — iljiieaiis that the entire Valley
will become a mighty tower of possi
bilities from which will Hash otit to all
the world the beacon lights of invita
taiion, while the inviting prospect here
presented will challenge every gale that
blows fr«un the vastness "f opportunity.
Thy ethVient effort of your directors,
of you people in ratifying their acts in
taking this great step of adjustment,
thereby insuring absolute harmony of
all interested m the Valley, will un
doubtedly be etuphasizt-d by the most
biilliaul victories upon these earnest
battle fields uf honettt industry.
The lesson taught, perhnp^ more
itronouncfdly here than in any other
locality in the I'uittd States, if not the
world, is that "water, indeed, ia the
gtnl of the harvest," converting thene
BUii'Uarched lauds into a region equal
ling in fat and forage the ancient valley
of the Nile.
My friends, let me admonish you to
let by-gonea Ihj by-goues, and let the
word harmony !>♦• your shibl»«»l««th.
Let local pride for the Imjerial Valley
vet more abundantly permeate your
hearts. Let it ride every tr^eie that
blows from Old Beach to Calexico and
from Sii|>tMHtition Mountain to Holt
ville, and bo breathed into the rugged
breasts of aii undannted citizenihip — v
cltizeiifhip that ban oven been prompt
in every duty, uimwed by muniico, and
untainted by cowardice.
1 tN'live every citizen within hearing
of ihv volet*, will agr«M< with mo when I
8;lV that Hi intll Velt'U«Ue»*S of our ie
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