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THE IMPERIAL. PRESS PUBLISHED SATURDAYS AT IMPERIAL, CAL.. BY. IMPERIAL PRESS -PUB. CO; F. O. HAVENS, Editor & Manager SUBSCRIPTION One Year r : -" rv - $1.00 Six Months - - - T- • .50 Three Months - - - - .25 Single Copies - ".'""" - 05 #9r-\Vatch the subscription date on your paper. The number of our paid circulation will be furnished on application ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1905\ AN IMPORTANT MATTER Ever since the earl y days'in the settlement of Imperial Valley there has been trouble and com plaint concerning-, the cattle and hogs getting into the ditches and fouling 1 the water. As everyone knows, the ditches are our only sources of supply for water and we must perforce use water for domestic purposes out of the same canals we use for irrigation. The natural condition of the water in these ditches is muddy. It comes from the Colorado river, which is a notoriously muddy stream, and as this water will not clarify itself except by set tling and cannot settle as long as it is in motion, At lollows that the water arrives in our Vallej 7 and flows through our ditches in practically as muddy a condition as it flows in the Colorado river. The muddiness of the water can he easily remedied by putting it in a tank or barrel and letting it settle. The muddiest water will become perfectly clear in about 12 hours. It is then, to all ap pearances, as clean and whole some as any water need be. But it is possible for the clearest of water to reek with disease germs, and while water in which cattle have stood or hogs have wallow ed, can be settled and made per fectly clear, it is by no means clean and may be vile and filthy. It is this condition of things that has been a prolific source of trouble atid hard feelings in the Valley irom its early settlement. Careless and indifferent people would turn their stock loose and they would naturally seek the ditches. The Water Companies have made regulations against the practice, the Farmers' Club discussed it and tried to find a remedy for it more than three years ago, the Chamber of Com merce took up and tried to miti gate the evil and when Imperial was being: incorporated, one of the arguments used iv favor of the move was the protection af forded to the people residing in incorporated cities and towns againat the pollution of their water supply. So when Imperial was iucorporated it was felt that a step had been taken which would insure the cleanliness of the water itiat^leas't'one^Uch in the Valley. Since the incorpora tion of the town, very .little, if any improvement in' the matter has been noted, conditions con tinuing about in the same old wayl ; From time to time cases of pollution of the water have been investigated, but as there was aiways.more or less of the element of accident accompany ing the presence of the offending stockman's -^kumals in the ditch. No action \iias been taken; the officials preferring to give the of fender the benefit of line" doubt, rather thati ; be in haste to bring a prosecution^ But^was in evitable that this' state of- affairs not last always and when, on August 29th, three men drove a herd of nearly 800 head of hogs for several hours in the ditch from which Imperial's water sup ply is taken, it was felt that the time for action had come. So warrants were issued, the parties were arrested, and on last Wed nesday were haled before Justice Banta for trial. The evidence adduced otrfk>t%£ides ,was v very auch alikev .there bein g practic ally no difference . between ■ the testimony ojfH^e^tttiess ori^ei tsi£ er side. On/Thursday the Jus tice made %is ruling, dismissing the complaint* and /setting forth that inasmuch as a publicly trav eled road paralleled the canal and the defettdapt^Aiad a legal right to drive'thetr stock on this roady; tKer^ras ao obligation: on H their j>art:±o -travel a more youndabout way m order to keep their hogs out of this ditch. Also, that as long' as the defendants did not drive the bogs into the ditch, and made an effort to get them out, when they went in of their own accord, any pollution of the wat er which resulted was accidental and defendants wereiiot' respon sible for it. -The results of this decision are far reaching in the extreme. It means simply that not onlj- must Imperial drink whatever filth the farmers send down, but also that the farmers themselves must stand for what ever their neighbors higher up the ditch, put int-> it. There is a public road running alongside almost every ditch in the Imperi al Valley. The ditches cannot conveniently be fenced, for they must be accessible to the zanjeros and employees of the water com panies. Every man's stock can "accidentally" foul the water and the owner be blameless. The in evitable result \vill.be, hogs and cattle iv the ditches, ad libitum. The dilemma in which this state of affairs places the people of Im perial is a serious one. Can we risk our health by using the foul ed and " nasty water from the ditch for drinking and domestic purposes? We say, No-. What then? Get clean water, pure and clear. A here from? The ninii canal, 9 miles south of Imperial This water can be brought in a pipe from a protected settling ba sin, and will" be clean and pure, will be under pressure and there will be no danger or possibility of pollution. Water brought to Imperial in this way will have pressure enough to generate suf iicient power to run the ice plant, electric lights and creamery and the cost ol the pipe will not much exceed the cost of the steam pow er plant and fuel for a year thai is now in use. Let the Chamber of Commerce think this ovrr. For a New Creamery and Ice Plant Daring the past week there lias been more excitement and a greater stir in creamery and dairymen circles Jrlian has ever been witnessed in tins before. For some time there Las beei. talk ol the farmers and (jairymeu in the southern part of the Viilley putting in a cooperative creamery. This proposition cajtne to a head last Monday when D. 11/ciiaplin, on behalt of the I£l Centro Town company, offered to give tiie dairyJn. n a lot and \n»< them the money to build their creamery if they would put it kt El Centro. This opem-d tne ball an d\ caused the Im perial busine-s men to vsit up and tak notice" more than anythiiiir we have i-ver seen. A meeting <» f "the Chamber of Commerce was held Tue^du-y evening a<>d the matter discussed with tin result that a business men's meeting was called for Wednesday evening. At this meeting there was more spirit shown and more of a d'tennination to get in and d<> something for the town than has been witnessed in this place for many a long day. Th*V meeting dis cussed the matter from B"versil stnn<l . p- >ints and it was decided that whatever i lducements were offered el*ew I »ere to encotmige the building of a co-operative' creamery, would he duplicated by Im perial and whatever cut price or offe» of rates on ice was offered by anyone else must be met by Imperial. This 'brought tip the question to tlte>>P°int of facts and and it wan^hown that it would take about $20,000 to build the creamery and ice plant ,that will he required to put the town in position to meet any offer from any other quarter to take its business away from it. A committee from the dairymen >yas present and statet^ their position, which is that they f- are; going :-to pntin a co operative creamery and were open for propositions, the ?>est ; one to -wjh. "And gentlemen*' said the spokesman for the dairymen j "yon know it is the man who comes -to town every other day with hia milk cans in the back em( of his wagon who pays cash for hi* goods and supports yonr business,: The $5000 a month or more paid \ to the dairymen by., the creamery- nearly all passed over y°» r counters and yon know what that .means to you, even now, when the industry isn't fairly started." Several of the business mpu spoke- in like strain and Messrs. Steveuson, Var ney, Shaw and Banta were appointed-a committee to meet the- dairymen and find what inducements they would re quire and report at another busing men's meeting to be held on Friday night at the Imperial Land Company* office. The business men of Imperial are fully aroused to the importance of hay ing the new creamery located in their town and will see. that no effort is lack ing or inducement wanting to bring it here. It is just such occasions as this has produced: which bring our people together -un(l builds up the spirit of loyalty to tlie town and devotion to its interests which is so essential to the welfare of any place. .>:/ -' By pulling together Imperial will continue to l»e the Hub City as Brother Lawrence puts it, the capital city of the Imperial Valley and county seat of the future Imperial County. Let no -one Jose confidence and let everyone heli» and Bu'i>|»ort^tlie' : ."^ Chamber of Commerce in 'their, efforts for the city's p^»s(reHß. -Vr^ Virgil Patterson will buy your fat hogp. NO. 5 AUTHORIZES BONDS Era of Great Prosperity at Hand for the Entire Eastside Country The' stockholders. meeting of Imperial ■Waier C0.N0.0, held at Holtville last Thursday partook more of the nature of a love feast than; any tiling which lias Happened there-abouts for many a day. Tfie questions biibinitted to the sto'ck iM.luera lor decision were first { the issu ing of bonds of the company for $100,000; second, the disposition oi the assess ment that hau been called for by the board of directors to raise funds for immediate repairand construction work, and third, to decide upon what kind of a canal system they wished to have built, with the proceeds to be derived from the unsold stock of the company. In marked contrast with recent meet ings, there was an entire absence of dis cord and inharmony, t'.ie serpent of dis trust and gloom havingapparentiy been banished from the Eastside Eden, and the, spirit of mutual confidence and respect to have taken its place. In this sane and hopeful attitude the good peo ple of Number Five met. the questions submitted to them and disposed of them in an orderly and harmonious manner. In a short time a sufficient number had given their assent to authorize the issu ance ot the bonds Then the Hoard of Directors wen"; authorized to cancel ns sessment No. 5. The matter of the kind ot canal system and waste way they wanted built, and the disposal of the un sold stock was a longer task, and albeit a pleasant one to dLcuss. For the first time the Board of Directors were in po sition to assure everyone that the rights of the Company to this unsold stock would be respected. They have an agreement direct with President Ran dolph regarding the matter, in winch the ownership of the stock by Number Five is continued and the possession of the stock and right to sell and locate the same and retain all the proceeds, is agree* i to. It is provided that, if, after Number Five has constructed a canal, irrigation and; drainage system to the satisfaction of all her stockholders, should there then remain any money on hand, derived from the sale and dispos al of the siock over and above what it has cost to build the canal and drainage system, then the moneys so left shall be div t\"(\ equally between Number Five and the California Development Co. Number Five and all its peop'e are to '»" congratulated on the outcome of the whole matter. It has been a long, hard i»ujl for the Board of Directors and no les.s lovalordetermined set of men would iiuve stood np and bat tie! 1 for the rights of their people under such bittei- and 'liscou raying conditions. Now, however; that victory is theirs and a united and harmonious people are behind them, a Orr at and ulorious future opens before the Ea-tside. President Randolph hws given the Number Five Board his per sonal assurance of support nnd help in marketing their bonds- This means that the bonds will be quickly sold and without disc- unt. The money thus available will be used to put in first ••las« order the present canals of Num ber Fiv«* and to build others to the new lands om which stock will be sold. The proceeds of the new stock will, be used to build more canals as needed and to pay off the bonds at .maturity. All this means that Number Five will take on new life almost at once. There will be work to do and money to pay for it. The teams will go to the ditefces-. again, land will be leveled, new homes will be established, business will revive and the old time era of bustle and activity will retiirp. The harmonious spirit shown by the people of Number Five in the final outcome of this matter bodes well for the future of the Eastside. United in one grand! purpose, as they now are, and *vith th- best Board of Directors of any Water Company in the valley as they now have, there is no reason to fear for the future of Eastside. -To the .rest of the people of onr vaHey the action of Number Five is a great benefit, too. Business activity, such as they will speedily h«re, will quickly spread? over the whole valley for the spending of $100,000 in any part of oar valley will greatly benefit the whole. We BarP the outcome in Number Five as a gla& ©men of the fefme wheiii onr Water Companies will become the great force in ©rir v»Vfey and the people will be united and har-. m onions and otir development uninter rupted. ' . • 10 Imperial, Cal ., Sept. 21,. 190&. TT 111 1 e t e w ill beam eeti ng on Monday , 25, at 1 p. m. sharp, to con biiler iv plan i and location of a coopera tive creamery/ for the Imperial Valley. All those interested in the dairy busi ness or planning. on starting are invited to attend. At office of Water Co. No. 'l, Imperial. H. R. Kyle, Secretary, -■. Imperial Valley Dairymen's Asso'n. The maximum and minimum temper ature registered by the Government thermometer as, given by Weather Ob server Dyke for the week ending Sep tember 21st was as follows: Date Maximum Minimum Sept. 15 109 68 16 107 63 17..........:. 104 :!* 62 18 103 ..59 19.;.: 105 59 20.... 109 .................. 65 2i 108 ..:..:.......::... 67 Attacked' by a Mob and beaten, in a labor riot, until covered with sores, a Chicago street car conduc tor applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, arid was soon sound and well/ "I use it in my family," writes G. J. Wjilcli, of Tekousha, Mich., "and fiijTd'it^perfect." Simply great for cuts andHburns.pOnly 25c, at all druggists;^ ■ : -" : ■-' - . :^2f-r:?v >.- :-'.: ■ ■..-*-■-•:??:-■ i-:-"^^^^ Leave v (foil r -orders ; f ors Al fat fall Seed and Strawberfy Plants with E.R; Fair banks. : BRAWLEY Happenings of the Week From the North End. AY. 11. Best ■ returned Friday from Santa Ana bringing with him a car load Dr. J. L. Titneiy the Henry Clay of Southern California Methodism, jueach e«.l Sunday night to a full house. Some of the townspeople were held up at Indio for several hours last Mon day by a wreck of a freight train. Dr. Miller has moved into the house former!}' occupied by Leroy Keener. He is expecting Mrs. Miller this week. Henry J. Wilson of Silsbee came up last Sunday to represent the Silsbee Methodists at the Quarterly Conference held at Brawley. Myron D. Witter of the News, accom panied by F. G. Havens and D. D. Dawrence, went to the heading on Saturday, returning Monday. John Brenners and George Stormer, brothers-in-law of Sauil Garber, came iii last week- from Sissna Tark, 111. They expect to locate here. A. H. Heber, accompanied by his eldest daughter was a Brawley visitor last week. He contemplates extensive improvements on hia Keystone ranch. C. 11. Frederick and wife are back from their trip to Campo. Mrs. Fred erick will teach the seventh, eighth and ninth grades in our public school for the coming year. Our new passenger station, though not entirely completed, has been draft ed into service. Agent Reid says it feels like an ice box compared with the box car where he lingered all summer. The festive Mexican was in evidence on the 16th inst, "full as a tick". He was supplied with whoops and hollers of apparently unlimited . capacity, if the number of bottles he emptied might be used as proof. William Malan, oldest son of It. Malan, returned for a yis't last week. He left, accompanied by his father, on Sunday morning for Los Angeles. Mr. Malan is studying for the ministry and expects to enter the University of South ern California. Ohv Yes; We Compound Prescriptions- That Is Our Specialty. Our Charges Are Always Reasonable :: :: :: :: :;; Drs. Holtzmati, kwgoists a>\d uptic^s IMPERIAL CALIFORNIA ■-.- CALIFORNIA COLONY IN VE.S'TMiENT CALIFORNIA c iPfhe A I | RELIABLE 1 I Colony M !^! M I ,__,. |BbBBBBbHI^BBBBB^HHHbIB Cj I Xl-v^x i* Acting as agent for the peo- 5 § lUVCptlXl^Xlt P le m matters pertaining to % iwsmmmmmmMMMmm&MmmmMM* the interests of Colonifts, S £ ... Colonization and Industrial c cv I Y\W%r\fWVWT Advancement of the Imperial | I V^Ullipany Valley nn:::: :: » * § 1 1 ri !• • !t^ 5 p Is the r phcy arid Desire of the Company i 3 •" rr ~ rr^ ~~^ ~~~~- '/.... • ■ ~ — 2 g "To Find Homes for tbe Homeless >< And to Locate Them Thereon 8 O 'Any one owning lands or town lots in the Imperial Valley > 5 in excess of their needs will do well to communicate with z O the company, with a view of listing the same rith the resi- ? I dent manager >I -• ,<? Those desiring to purchase lands or town property in 2 £ . the Valley will hest serve tlieir own interests by calling at £ < v any of the company's offices, and obtain bargains and a C a% ' m ' : m^lMol v . % g SQUARE DEAL .- a E D WARD POOL, Resident Manager | H Ca!«dco, :X:: X: .^ San Diego Gnmly, GJifornia z j|s^ ; -'? : 'ft^s§i^^^ : 'V^A^ft- : ''■ '"'^^z-riA Angeles, CaSfornia :': ' ■'..L '.IJI IlZl, ..,'u"l'"....n i. r ..'""" " \rAljll!\JnvHA. \j\JLAj2i I IIN VAoIMbM f COMPANf OAUFOKNIA^ * Mrs. Wallace and family have return ed from their visit to Elsinore. Rev. 11. H. Croco has returned from his visit to the north. He occupied the Brawley pulpit last Sunday morning and evening, in hia graceful way to show/his hearers that vacations were a necessity to a business man as well as a clergyman. The amount of drunkenness occurring in Brawlev is reaching alariring pro portions. This sort, of thine bids fair to continue till some one loses hia life, then the people -will wake up to the fact that the abolition of the dives rests upon them. The district attorney will not do his duty and it will be some time ore the Grand Jury can take action so that unless summary action is taken these gross violations of the law must continue. The bucket of tar and feath er bag will have a more deterrent effect than anything else. Those who were fortunate enough to be on our streets on last Tuesday even ing were treated to an exhibition of horsemanship and a display of ground and lofty tumbling such as has not been witnessed in our town for many a day. Editor Lawrence of the Im perial Standard was the star performer, Count Deßlois was ringmaster and Editor Witter eiidinan. The perfor mance was an unqualified success but the performer refused to respond to an encore. A meek-eyed cayuse with a blaze face ami an editor who didn't know it was loaded were the dramatis personae. Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks to all those who were so kind to us iv our berevement. Mr. C. T. Howard axd Family. Got off Cheap He may well think he has «:ot off cheap, who, after having contracted constipation or indigestion, is still able !to perfectly restore his health. Noth. in^ will do this but l>r. King's New "Life Fills. A quick, pleasant, and cer tain cure for headache, constipation, etc. 25c at all ilrnggiat; guaranteed. BERMUDA ONIONS A Sample. Representing Four Tons of *RED BERMUDA ONION" Sets, Grown By Johnson & Musser Seed Co., los Angeles, Ca!., Can Cc Seca At This Office.