Imperial press and farmer., April 26, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

About Imperial press and farmer. (Imperial, San Diego County, Cal.) 1901-1903

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HOW A BUSTED RANCHER
MADE GOOD AI IMPERIAL
lii March, 1900, a very much discouraged man was
driving through the Moreno plain, thinking of his hard
luck. Ile had bought Moreno land and water rights at S ( )o
per acre. The water rights had vanished and Bear Valley
bonds had borne down upon him and squeezed out any pos-
sible equity he might have had left in his home property.
With all, he was feeling, if possible, like a man who had
been killed twice.
As he drove over a very familiar bridge his attention
was drawn to a new sign placed upon the bridge, which
read: "Good land with abundant water right in the Colo-
rado Delta, $10 per acre. For particulars, address I. W.
Gleason, Corona, Cal."
He turned away disgusted, thinking who could be fool-
ish enough to want any more of a desert than this very
Moreno plain. Every day he crossed the same bridge and
the sign set him to thinking.
The following year found him in the Imperial Valley
freighting between Flowing Wells and Imperial, and last
fall he put in a crop of barley on another man's laud. He
has already been offered #1000 cash for his crop on 4o acres.
He now has a contract with the McConiue Machine Com-
pany, and is handling machinery for them in Imperial.
Last month he wrote home to his father as follows:
"Father, go down to the bridge and get that sign about
Imperial lands. Don't mutilate it, but pull out the nails
carefully and take it home and frame it. That is the beacon
light that led us out oi~ financial darkness. Here we are
selling machinery in Imperial, and who knows but what in
a few months we may own stock in the Imperial National
Hank. '' — Riverside Press.
Archibald Edgar of Imperial is the gentleman referred to
in the above extract.
IMPERIAL PRESS