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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
(J. W. flothwell of Knntiidr was
over last Friday.
Dr. HeflrriiAu came down from I*o*
Angeles last Friday.
Mrs I*eroy Holt and Master Jim of
Kcdlauda, visited her husband here
this week.
C. K. Kockwood and Dr. Hcfferuau
went to I,o* Angelcn Wednesday to
«pcnd the Fourth.
Mesum 8. \V. lirown of San Bernar
dino and W. S. C irwin of Highland*!,
were here this week.
Wesley I'attou left here forsLosJAn
geles Tuesday to spend the Fourth and
recuperate a couple of weeks.
I*. C. Vickrcy, who has been doing
carpenter work her several weeks, left
for his home in KcdlaiuU Tuesday.
The population of Imperial in some
what reduced this week because of
many going out to spend the Fourth.
The construction of the Christian
church has sufficiently progressed as
to be turned into the hands of the
painter, and work has now commenced
on the parsonage.
Of the Grand Cao)oa
Oil the brink of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river, about 50 miles
north of Williams. Arizona, the Santa
Fe railroad, accordidg to report, will
erect a splendid hotel overlooking the
huge chasm, which is one mile deep at
that point. It will be made one of the
show places of America, and local
railway men believe it will rival Ni
agara Falls as an attraction for tour
ists. A first-class extension of the
Santa Fe will be built from Williams
to the canyon, and it is probable that
the station on the precipice will be in
cluded in the main line overland.
This would necessitate some extra
time on the transcontinental trip, as
trains would have to run out to the
canyon and back again to reach the
main line for Califoria, but railroad
men believe that the additional time
would be welcomed by the public if it
afforded an opportunity to see the
Grand Canyon. The hotel on the edge
of the canyon will cost, it is naid,
$2,000,000, and will be one of the most
unique hoMtclriea in America.
AVERAGE FARMING
From Texas Farm and Ranch.
There is a big difference between
farming as it is done and farming aa
it might Im* done. Reliable statistics
prove beyond a doubt that farming
generally is not profitable. Nearly all
farmers "make a living," or rather
manage to exist from the proceeds of
the farm; but to do no better than this
js failure, lor people who labor as per
sistently as farmers do, should be bet
ter paid. They should make at least
as much clear profit as a carpenter or
brick-layer who works eight hours per
day. Reports of the Department of
Agriculture and of the Cinsus Bureau,
giving the average yield of the various
farm crop* show that average farm
ing does not pay, and that a large ma
jority of farmers belong to the average
class. Farmers who contribute to the
lowering of the general average yield
are probubly farmers from necessity,
not being able to make a living at any
other dullness, for it in a fact that
farming is the occupation in which a
bare living may be moat surely made.
Any man who ha* enough native men
tal ability to avoid aitting down on a
hot Move, can plow a furrow, plant
the need and kill the wrckn, and thua
make nn "average" crop,.or something
near it, and thus be enabled to exi»t
from year to year. A* an illuMratian
of the fact* herein stated, about 170
pound* of lint cotton per acre in the
nvcrage yield of the great Maple, and
u« many farmer* make twice or three
three times a» much, it follow* that a
majority of farmer* make leu* than
the average. Similar reasoning will
apply to each crop *eperately and to
all the products of all the farms col*
lectively. If average farming i* un
profitable farming how about the great
Immlv of farmer* who make even leu*
than the ridiculously low average?
And yet there are many farmem
throughout the country who go right
on making profitable crops, and utiliz
ing them in a way to largely increase
their value, and they are making their
farms pay, and are accumulating
wealth, slowly, perhaps, but surely.
No man should be natisHcd with an
average yield of any crop; and in case
«»f unavoidable calamity cutting one
crop abort, he should have others from
which to make up the loss. But no
calculations can be based on accidental
contingencies that visit the foolish
and the wine without discrimination.
The farmer who makes above average
yield* s*eadily, year rftcr year, is evi
dently a better farmer than his neigh- j
bor who makes lens than the average
for four years, and only reaches the
average once in five years. And if he
is a better farmer, it i» because he
known better how to farm, audtactually
putH his knowledge into practice. The
reputation of agriculture as a field of
human effort in scriosly compromised
by her incompetent devotees, while the
fact is, that for normal intelligent
men, there is no occupation that sup
plies ho fully all the conditions of a
happy, contented and enjoyable life.
An IlliiiiMs man wanted to goto Ar
kansas and wrote asking if his life
would be safe in the state and if there
was an opening for an "honest
lawyer." He wan told by return mail
that the game law would protect him,
and that he would be absolutely with
out compctiton.— Comauchc Exponent.
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DUUinces From Imperial to the Following Named Places:
Flowing Well*- 28 mile*
Blue Lake - 8 mile*
Cameron Lake Camp 16 miles
Monument 220 16V miles
Salton River 20V miles
West Mesa 27V miles
Bast Mesa m 28>i miles
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I iffl Coming this way? g
IK «i|i * then you are interested g|
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I"" Imperial Settlement, |
I ™ New River Country I
5 Take the 5. P. train %
6 to Flowing We 115.... %
fjR At this point you get first class accommodations at the McCAUL- -3»
« LEY HOUSE. G. W. McCaulley, the proprietor, runs a regular
stage line from that place to Imperial, leaving Flowing Weells at Cn
fjij 7:30 a. in. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, returning the follow* g5
ing days.
Ifs Special teams and rigs are also kept in readiness for any other day, HI
Iss and will take you to any part of the country. R*
£0 The only direct route to the Carritto Creek oil fiilds west of Flowing Jf|
Ss Wells. This stage line is equipped with rigs and teams that are CM
Alomo Mocho 30# miles
Gardener** 36^ miles
Seven Well* 43)* mile*
Salton Groaning 47# miles
Cook's Well* 51X miles
Dos Alamos 59i» miles
Hanlon's fo'/ miles
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