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6 Imperial Press AND FARMER Published every Saturday at Imperial, San Diego County, CaL (zdfijr T. tjoivt Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION: One year .... $1.50 Six Months - : • • - -73 ADDRESS: Imi'KKIAI. PkKSS, Imper ial, San Diego County, Cal. Kiitrrni at urn Imi|>.m I*l, California Poitoflico .in si-i , l.iss mail matter. ; SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1902. THE GREAT ISSUE The Press and Farmer has been confessedly derelict in commenting on the greatest issue which has been before the people of Southern Cali fornia for many years if one can judge by the amount of newspaper sp. lie devoted to it. This neglect is probably ilue to the fact that the Issue is itself about as old as the progressive em of Southern California, though each year the issue is growing into greater prominence in the puss of Southern California. Briefly stated, this question is: Is Majoi-deneral Harrison Cray Otis a suitable person to edit the I,os Ange les Times? It might be considered thai this is an issue for the press of the State to settle according to personal feeling toward the Times and its editor, but in reality the question is a greater one. The opponents of General Otis have opposed him so vigorously and so per sistently that they have beyond all question elected him to the chief cil i/.cuship of Southern California. He is the man of whom all men have heard and the one whose character most men have discussed, often with little opportunity for knowing his true Character. Personal feeling to wards the Times and its editor and the acceptance or rejection of the opinions of the Times and its editor have no relationship with the real issue, foi" ; men may disagree and yet respect or even admire one another can even re spect and admire characteristics which are above the meaningless glad-hand order When they are associated wiih strength of character enabling a man to lift himself from the dead level of average life to the almost commanding' position which (General Otis has come to occupy hi Southern California. There are but two men living in Cal ifornia who, by the sole force within them, starting with little or nocapital. have built upgreatand powerful news papers. M. 11. DeYouug did that 111 San Francisco and H. ti. Otis did the same in Los Angeles. In San Krau cisco the editor of the Chioiiicle is a leading citizen, but he would probably n6i be selected as the one imposing peisonige in that city in the same de gree that iJeneial O is would be in l,i>s Angeles. Herein, one would nat urally think, there is ground for the newspaper men ot Southern California to manifest some pride in the fact tl at a follower Of their profession has won the high place which everybody ac coids to General Otis, even though they may occasionally have lound the Times" vigorous ESllglisll gnawing like a till 1 upon their own opinions anil wishes. . ■ The one charge against the Times and Us editor which has been made to stick is that their Opinions are ai bitra rv. which is to say that tlieir opinions are of the same character as those of every newspaper ami every editor that ever got above the dead level of medi ocrity. The wi iter who feels thai he must about the highways aud hedges with explanations of or apolo gies foi the ■•policy" of his newspaper is lost, anil the Times and its editor have never got lost in that way. 'The Press and (farmer realises that both the 'Times and the general public have been waiting with some auxutv for this deferred expression of its opin ion on the real live issue of Southern California, but now it w ishts to record its \erdict and 10 declare its pleasure and pride that tbecliief representative ol journalism In Southern California la also able to maintain his place as the chief citizen of the section of the country under the influence of his pen. IMPERIAL VALLEY SCHOOLS Tin- preaencc <>t Hiiffh J. Hauiwin, county superintendent of schools, and Bnperriaor Jasper ( daring the present week, has opened the way for inter ested parents and the school directors to preacnt local school questions to them for some additional information, and as .i result of conference* some important steps are beintf taken. The most encouraging fact for the Immediate future is that Superintend ent Baldwin has arranged to have the present school continued for the full school year of nine months. The plan lias •heretofore been to have a six months' term, but outside of regular ways money has been provided to con tinue the school for the lull year at its present quarters. This is good for the present, but it does not meet the requirements for the COming year, when there will be sev eral hundred children anxious to at tend school, but scattered over a wide si nteh of country, for which reason it is considered uecessarj to have four school districts under the Imperial irri gation system for the next year, while even that number will necessarily be greatly increased within the next few years. The schools to be provided for the Coming year will be located at Imper ial. Caiexico, at or near Parillgtt and ai some point about three miles east of Hlue Lake, the exact location of the two latter schools being determined by the center of population in the dis tricts. The growth of the towns of Imperial and Calexico has been such .is to (five permanency to the schools, and at each of those points school houses will be built. That at Imperial will probably be of brick, designed to be a wiiiK "• ;> larger building when required, and the one at Calexico will probably be on the same line. To maintain these schools an effort will be made to pfet t lie 7<> miles of the Southern Pacific railroad in the county divided between the lour districts. The reason for this is a logical one. The railroad has heretofore been di vided between the mountain school districts, and has been subjected to special taxes to build school houses in most or all of those districts, though none of them are in count ry tributary to. tjhe raijroad. The. rail road company h.iscx pressed I desire to peopleof this valley to be put ill districts in Imperial valley, which is tributary tb the ruad, declaring its Wjjllltifjuesa.to contribute to the building>of schools in this sjcc tion, where the toad would share the benefit 01 the schools. It is necessary to have the roads in these districts, be cause it will be some years before the land filed OIJ is proved up and is thus made subject to taxation. The moun tain districts are now provided for. j and the time has come for building schools in the valley. . What will be a surprise to many people is the fact. that Imperial is in.a union hitfh school district, and that | every dollar's worth of property here is subject to taxation for high school purposes. This district contains about 7.(HM> square miles, and is probably the largest school district in the United St.ites. The school house is located at ! Julian, about sixty miles northwest of I imperial. Any of our bright young people who so desire can walk over to Julian any morning and enroll them selves as pupils of the high school, re turning in the evening. The Julian high .school is a very prosperous in stitution, because it has every mile of the Southern Pacific road in the coiin»y on which to levy taxes, although the railroad run* from 60 to 125 miles . from the school house. Now it is oc curring to many people of Imperial and of the valley that since the va)!ey has within it all the railroad which supports the Julian high school, j since all the property in this valley is subject to taxes for high school pur poses, ajfd since it is impossible to get lice from those taxes, that it is a proper move to begin immediately to work for. a union high school district for the valley. The^eUool can „ Iki* provided and maintained in good shape without adding scarcely a dollar to the taxes of the people df the valley, and the question presented ?s whether impe rial valley desire's -l high school, inde pendent of the question of the cost of equipment and niaiVittMlHUCe, and of course that questfcou will Fn? answered in the atVn illative. 'Hie" class of intel ligent and progressive people who are settling the Imperial valley lauds are IMPKKIAL PKESS I Imperial Water Rights | S We have opened a branch office at Imperial, in charge I 2? We have opened a branch office at Imperial, in charge 2[ A of our Mr. H. C. Oakley, who is thoroughly familiar 0 with the whole v © - .. f j IMPERIAL COUNTRY. g # In addition to our DISTRICT AGENCY for the Impe-" 0 §In addition to our DISTRICT AGENCY for the any of <p rial Land Company, we arc prepared to handle any of g ,g» the early filings that the owners may wish to dispose of £|- >■ & at reasonable price; •• 9 .-, ® • ■ For special reports on lands or for general information, address g | dakley-Pauliii Co., | } IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA, | § LOS ANGELES, 304-5 Douglass Bldg. § 7m peri a I mercantile (& DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE HAY LUMBER and and BUILDING GRAIN HARDWARE Imperial, and Calexico, Cal *********************************************** I C X* dotel::7mp c r i a I I ♦ * ■Qtf v ■.. v • •.• ■; ;••.. r... •■; • ♦ | ...... ...... Imperial, California. % +._..". ■■..■■■■ . + f-vf -v ...•, Offers to the public % !"■■"'■■•'• . * ♦ •■.•*>■';.:'■ superior accommodations ♦ {. .., . . .... "•' ■ ■ % { Patronage of tourists and land' Seekers solicited % W. K. HOLT. Pres. A. H. HKHF.K. Vice-Pres. LKKOY HOLT, Cashier. Hirst National Bank ' of Imperial DIRECTORS ■""- :; ' "' ''V*,-*;: ■<;. " ' «• P. Holt, •• v. • .. '.rw-AU accommodations consist with conserva- I<erov Holt. ......,: A. H. Heber, ''* **Vive''ba,nking .extended to. natrons. H.C.Oakley,-. .-,*...,„„, ..;.,, . . ... * " ' 'f?.£%£ George A. Carter. : .+(>■■ : -. «x>. , , . of the class who wish their children to have all the modern facilities for get ting an education, and here is present ed to them a rare opportunity,' while there will be scores of high school pu pils provided as soon as the school can be built. A petition for, this purpose will be circulated and sent to the sup ervisors at once. Wanted to Buy The undersigned wishes to buy 80 or l«>0 acres of the early tilings near Im perial. Must be a bargain. J. H. HAYDBN, 6I4 east 2.m<l street. Los Aqgeles, Cat. Alfalfa and Barley Seed Just received from Utah a carload of alfalfa seed. Also choice seed barley for sale. Imperial Mercantile compa- ny. Calexico. p P. BLAKE, M. D. GENERAL PRACTITIONER Imperial. Cal.