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Jmperial Press PnblUhcd every Ha! unlay «l Imperial, San Dltqo Ceunty, C*!. fjrnry C. Httd, (Idlter ami tOsasgtr StBSf OirTIOS: One )C ar .... %\SO 5U Meniht . . . - J5 AI>I>RKSS: iMrSNtAt r»K?i«5. Im|»er ial. San Dicir** County. Calif. Kr.irrr.i at \h* lapjrUUCallfoniLa l\mi*»f# »» Mvm»d<UM mail maltrr. Sal unlay. Oct. 2h. l«*01. RAPID DEVELOPMENT WORK TMKKK are several remarkable in* stance* of the profit made in farm- Ing on the Imperial land*, and of the rapidity with which cjv>|** have been brought to the marketing point. To Mmply select a few illustration*, points important lesson*. Engineer F. F. Hall hired men to pat in. cultivate and harvest 6 f teen acre* of M»rghum, the crop running to 75 tons. The entire expense wa* $125, and the crop wa**old for 55.50 a tou giving: a net profit of $297.50, or 519.17 an acre, the crop being lev* than three month* from needing to marketing. W. A. and I*. M. Van Horn moved on their property July 4th. Within sixty day* they had millet in stack, and had tine crop* of *org hum. corn, melon*. pumpkin*. squash, and many other vegetable* maturing, while at present they have a half section of laud which look* a* though it had been under cut* tivatiou for a generation. Cattle and horses are being fed in abundance from the products of the land, and many ton* of feed are ready for mar- T. P. i lain a ha* a tine ranch a* a re mit of about sixty days work, and ha* brought in a drove of forty cattle, (►hipped from Arizona to Flowing-well and thence driven to the farm, where they were gladdened by a luxurious growth of sorghum, Mr. Hants has in his brief occupation of hi* ranch dem onstrate .; what can be done with the Rockyford cantalope, which never ac quired a more pleasing; flavor in it* native haunt. As one of the early products of the valley, when railroads shall have been built, the Kockyford cantalope is one of the certainties. Another crop which Mr. Banta has put in is alfalfa, which has already ap peared above the ground- Mention might be made of the crops of J. E. Evans. W. F. Gillett, A. W. Patton and a num*>er of other* who have been demonstrating the pruduc* tive character of the land, but the idea is now mainly to call attention to the fact that in a number of instances farmers have had crops rcadr to mar ket at from sixty to ninety days after moving on land which never had been touched by grader, plow or other agri cultureal implement. The striking contrast between thi» experience of settlers on the Imperial tract and that of the pioneers of other portions of the continent, who labored for many months or several years be fore they had a product to sell or mar ket within reach, is such as must lie noticeable to everybody. Arthur E win* returned the tribe day from an extended vUit to the cua»t country, accompanied by Mr. and Mr*. C A. Scott and Mr. and Mr*. Kider, of Ban Diego. ...._ Mr. at id Mr*. Geo. Thing ha ye gone to the mountain* (at a time. IRRIGATION FROM THE COLORADO RIVER WK lake lioni (he N, Y. Tribune the following extract* regarding the Imperial country and the Colorado delta in general: The mot! remarkable »eric» of irri* tr.ui.'ii project* ever w rough out in the United Slate* U rapidly taking form on the delta of the Colorado river, the preatc*t stream in the *outhwc»t, which carries »nft»cient water to irri pa te B.(W,OCV acre* of land. On the California wide of the river U the vast Colorado desert. Aero*.* the the international line in Mexico, on the peninsula of Lower California, the de*ert extern!* to the nwthward. On the eastern, or Arizona aide of the riv . er. the de*ert extend* from Yuma to the head uf the Gulf of California and beyond. The *eric» of projects now being ex ecuted, and which has led to the pro dactiou of crop* thi* year for the fir»t . time, include three irrigation canal* in Arizona, leading from the river, for the irrigation of about 150,000 acre* of land, i a considerable portion of which ha* been brought under cultivation during the last few month*. Another project is that about Indto, where some sixty well* have been drilled in an arte.*iau belt discovered a | little over a year a ro. and which has | led to tilings being made on about j IOO.OiW acre*, several hundred of which' territory i» under cultivation at pros j ent. The greatest of the project*, howev er. i» that of the Imperial company, which ha* entered the gigantic tank of irrigating s* •».<••> acre* of laud in San Diego county, California, and 300,000 acre* in Mexico, and which delivered it* ur< water in June of the present year. The water now deliverable to the Im l*erjal !ami- is equal to the irrigation of over 10O.(*X> acre*, and to thin ad ditions are beinp made rapi<lly. Sev eral hundred acre* were planted in | June on the arrival of water, and fully 150,000 acres will, in all probability, be sowed to alfalfa and other crops during the coming winter. Before water wan placed on any of the land under this nyMem. over 80,000 acre* were filed on last year by *ettlera under the desert ! land law and the homestead law, and hundred* of people arc not* runtime into the country anxious to take ad vantage of the opportunity held out by the government to acquire cheap land under that insurance of crops provided From the present rush into the coun try, it tkecms probable that within a year or *o the entire area of irrigable land on the delta in the United States will be taken up. The average holding will be about 100 acres, implying that borne 7,500 farailien will find homes on the delta vrithing the next yearor two. An illustration of the productive power of the soil is shown in the growth of sorghum, planted in June, and harvested in September, the stalks being nine and ten feet in height, and the yield running nix tons to the acre during the less than three months* growth. The earliest melons grown in the United States this year were planted in February at ludio, a few miles from Imperial, it being the first year of ex tensive cultivation of land there, and growers realized from f 100 to 9400 an acre for their crop*. While this delta is known as the earliest producer of fruits and vege table* in the United States, the major ity of farm* will find other utilities because of the limitations of the markets and the immensity of the tract. Imperial prcoo I A. W. Pattoti I <£} doei Ulacfcsmlth ami Wagun work in all of its branchc* on short no- * » <$f tier. Cteueral repair work a specialty. ¥ t * f f HEIGHT OF ALL KINDS j; J7J 7 as«)f;ne<l to Patton will l»e handled with the uttnoMt care. He has : x. ♦> » T^ freighting outßti to hnul anything from a water bucket to a locarn- JU tive, and if you arc coming to the Imperial country you will find It to £ » £r you interest to correspond with him. f » | CROPS PUNTED t • ? If you have laud in the Imperial country that you want planted to t * J7J 7 alfalfa, barley, or to anything else, don't forget that he is in the ;: ! ' bu»iue»A. and that he knows how it should be done. His address is 2 ]* Imperial, Col. *[ 0 f | Ktrckbotf'Cuzner % | Will & Lumber (& | if • i g WHOLESALED I M |W| RC R SSltoi™' f <Q RETAIL DEALERS IN LiWIVIsWImI I ••• MILL WORK £} # i X YARDS AT 2; san pedro. whou.ui Main Office Cor. Alameda & Macy Sts LOS ANOEtES. Maim 0"iC« /£* POMONA. PASADENA. > A«.i^^«— ■ A\ * ■ LAMANDA. AZUSA. COV.NA. LOS ANGELES, UAL. g |Leroy Holt* j£ Imperial, California, $fc Dealer in^^ tfc I General | | Merchandise | % See us when you want to buy anything * S Before placing your next orderf P STEXAS PARLEY, Wheat. 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