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4 Imperial Valley Press Official Newspaper of Imperial County _. . : PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Editor Allen Kelly Business Manager Lewis Havermale SUBSCRIPTION One Year SI 00 Three Months 25 fix Months 60 Single Copies 06 WATCH THE SUBSCRIPTION DATE ON YOUR PAPER Entered as second* class matter March 3, 1906, at the postofflce at El Centro, California, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. DISTRICT OR STOCK COMPANY? Give the colored gentleman in the woodpile time enough, and he will disclose his presence by sticking out his head to see if anyone is looking for him. The frantic opponent of an irrigation district and proponent of the great scheme of catching a new generation of suckers with water stock says it is "hinted" by advocates of the district plan that all claims against the C. D. Co., except the Southern Pacific's are to be resisted, and he gravely denounces as an enemy to the valley anyone that opposes payment of the salt works judgment and the Boaz Duncan bond claim. , Advocates of the district plan are not considering these claims at all, knowing that the litigation growing out of, them must be settled by the courts, or by compromise, before negoti ations for acquisition of the water system can be begun by a district. It is up to the Southern Pacific to get a clear title to the system and then sell it at a fair price to the people of the valley, and the best thing the people can do is to keep out of that tangle of litigation and let the railroad attend to it. ' Possibly the salt works people and the bond-holders think they could get more out of a company of farmers than they are likely to get in a winding-up of the affairs of the C. D. Co. by a receiver. Their journalistic ally figures the price of peace to the farmers at "a million or so/ which would allow for some very pretty commissions. : : Should the Southern Pacific, after settling all claims and buying in the system at receiver's sale, place ah excessive valu ation upon the property, an irrigation district could invoke the right of eminent domain and have the price determined by the courts. -A private corporation could acquire the' system Jonly on such terms as the vendor should see fit to exact. An ample supply of -^vater is as vitally necessary to every other inhabitant of the valley as to the irrigate)^ and it is just that all ~ should be taxed to acquire the system. The whole burden should not.be borne by the farmer,; nor should the farmer alone have a voice in the management of water business. The voters of the county as a whole probably are as competent to select district officers as to choose county officers, and certainly better rtsults have'been secured by the votes of citizens in county government 'than by the votes of stock in, mutual water com pany government. . ,- r j r __It is for the people of Imperial County to determine whether they want such management as that of the old C. D. Co., and of Number One, t continued in water* affairs by a stock company, or are ready to take control of the irrigation business as a public utility and manage it as they manage other public business through elected representatives and servants responsible to the people. ROOSEVELT ON SPECIAL PRIVILEGE. Mr. Roosevelt has said in one of his recent speeches that he believes the great issue now before the people is the doing away with special privilege in all its forms. Presumably he thinks he believes that special privilege. in all its forms should be abolished, but we do not think he believes anything of the sort or that he uses the term "special privilege" with accurate Under standing or careful regard for its definition. Private ownership of land, the essence of which. is the poWer to exclude others from its use, is the greatest of all special privi leges; the term land being 1 used in its broadest meaning and in cluding all natural sources of wealth. An individual or a cor poration "owns" great tracts of jjoal land and neither uses nor permits others to use the coal. The power to hold that coal out of use is a special privilege created by the law and protected by the state. Proudhon defined property as "possession plus pri vilege" and proved irrefutably that property so defined is rob bery. The abolition of privilege connotes inevitably the aboli tion of the state. Mr. Roosevelt does not believe government should be abol ished. On the contrary he would extend the scope of the state's "interference with the individual for the benefit or protection of society. That is the essence of state socialism. "'Abolition of privilege is the basic idea of philosophical anarchism. Mr. Roose velfc is, not an anarchist, although we have heard him called that in private and with vitriolic vehemence by some malefactors of great wealth, -who honestly, believe themselves to be benefactors of mankind and saviors of society. A TALE OF TWO RIVERS. I The, federal government has spent $250,000 to divert the waters of the Calaveras river away from the city; of Stockton, whose streets sometimes were overflowed to the great annoyance of the' inhabitants. \ The Federal government did not ask the people- of the city of Stockton to pay any part of the cost of the work? there was no passing of the Jiat by Uncle Sam. The Cal IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS averas river is a little stream of no national signiflcanfce, and the work done upon it was for the benefit of a prosperous city. The Colorado river is a stream of great importance' to two nations and several states, and it is vitally necessary that it be controlled. Congress has appropriated a million dollars for levees to prevent the river from doing immense and irreparable damage in two states, and Uncle Sam proposes to pass the hat among the struggling farmers of the desert to get his money back. RECEIVER FOR RENTALS. (Continued* from page 1.) suspended and the machines have been out of commission for some time. Engineer Clarke has advised Receiver Holabird that the Alamo channel needs Immediate attention and that dredging should be resumed. It Is possible; that $50,000 may have to 'be. expended to dredge the Alamo and avert another water shortage. Obviously the receiver cannot do the work necessary to maintain the canal system in efficient condition un less he has sufficient money to pay for it, and the only source of revenue available to him is the sala of water to the mutual companies, the sale of receiver's certificates being no longer possible. Upon the appointment of the. Re ceiver, on December 13th, 1909, he found that under agreements between the various Mutual Water Companies and the California Development Com pany, water was being delivered . at 50 tents per acre foot, and the bills presented on July Ist for all water delivered prior to that date, and on January Ist for water delivered during the last six months of each calendar year. Imperial Water Company No. 5 was an exception, as, owing to liti gation prior to the Receivership, col lections were made monthly in ad vance for all water delivered. i The Receiver did not know when appointed whether contracts for water sold for 50 cents per acre foot were profitable contracts or not,\ nor did he know that any' of the Water Com panies would refuse from any cause to pay promptly on July* Ist for water delivered! ! I Eight and one-half months have elapsed since the Receiver was ap pointed. During the first six months and seventeen: days, the exp«»ses for maintenance V and operation" were $173,724.52 in excess of the revenues during that period, the difference be ing met by the sale of Receiver's cer tificates. On August 26th, the accounts of the Receiver showed • that :' since July Ist extraordinary expense of maintenance in constructing 'a " temporary dam across the Colorado river and in buy ing and operating a dredge in the in take canal, and other necessary work, amounted to $84,298.25. Current expenses, which may be augumented by unexpected items, for the period between Aug. lj' 1910 and Jan. 1, 1911, are estimated at more than $100,000. There are structures also, : ' that should be rebuilt. Sharp's heading and the' five delivery gates west of Heber are temporary •wooden There Is One Who Can Come Back ; All sporting writers to the contrary notwithstanding. One who has outlived all past champions and who wiil'be going fine when the present stars are stopped. His condition is always "pink" and perfect; : his strength amazing; his endurance beyond all comprehension; his ability to assimilate punishment a revelation. His opponents find ex- perience, science, ring generalship and speed alike unavailing; to resjst him is vane; to oppose him is folly; to yield to. him is necessity: he will prevail; he must be served. — . One may feint him into position and swinfe to his jaw; one may use upper cuts, right crosses,' left crosses and jabs;, one may land on his solar plexus and jolt his slats; one may wrestle in the clinches; . use the shoulder or knee; one may knock him down and trample on him; one may drive a herd of Texas steers over him when down;' and after one has exhausted one's .sagacity, art and strength, he will rise and stand erect again. • AMERICA Hi than which thefeis no better hog feno- Edgar Bros. Company Imperial Calexico Brawley Holtville structures, likely to fall at any time, and In the opinion of engineers Bhould be replaced with permanent concrete structures, the cost of which was es timated by Engineer F. C. Herrmann at $80,000. Receiver Holabird is emphatic In his condemnation of the policy of building temporary structures, which opponents of the receivership have Bought and are still seeking to impose upon him. The only permanent con crete structures in the system, except the gates at Hanion heading, have been constructed during the receiver ship, and Col. Holabird Bays it would be nothing less than criminal to waste money on wooden structures. ' The refusal of Mutual Companies 6 and 8 to pay for water delivered has impaired seriously the receiver's re sources. He states . that the unpaid bills of G and 8 amount to 12% per cent of the total water revenues up to July i,\* 1910, and that as he has no authority in law to sell water on credit, he is obliged to require pay ment' monthly in advance from all companies froni this time! It has been demonstrated that the water revenues at 50 cents an acre foot are insufficient to meet the expenses of operation and „. maintenance of the system, including the absolutely nec essary cost of putting the system In safe condition, and. therefore the con tracts between the mutual companies and the C. D. Co., are not profitable. The Receiver has been advised by his attorney that no contract or agree ment between the Water Companies and the California Development Com pany, is biadlng upon the Receiver if such 'contract or agreement , is • un profitable. ' .'"'.' " . • METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES. Regular church .services have been resumed at the El Centro! Methodist Church, ' with* Sunday at 10 o'clock a.' m.; preaching services at 11 o'clock; Epworth League at 7, p.m. and preachiag services at 8 p.m. To morrow '! Rev. D. K. Burnham will preach at [the morning service on the subject "of ''The Source of True Cour,^ age," and his evening subject will be "Pitching the Tent Toward Sodom." Epworth' League will be led by Forest Fisher. A. FINK BUILDS COTTAGE. A. Fink is erecting a four-room cot tage with bath and modern, conven iences, on Railroad avenue, between Seventh and Eighth j streets. _ He ex pects to occupy it as his home.' Mrs. Fink will come froih Los Angeles the first of October to spend. the winter here. i Saturday, September 10, 1910. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TAX COLLECTOR Having received the Republican nomination for Tax Collector of Uie county, I respectfully solicit the sup* port and votes of the citizens of Im perial county at the general election. PAUL BOMAN. rOR AUDITOR. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Auditor of Imperial County, subject to the approval of the voter* at the November election. • S. M. BIXBY. FOR SUPERVISOR 1 hereby announce myself an independ ent candidate for Supervisor f.r the Sec ond District, subject to the decision of the voters at the November election. A. H. MOFFHTT. ' I hereby announce myself an independ ent candidate for the office of Supervisor for the Second District, subject to th« will of the voters at the November election. s U. S. HANDLEY. FOR SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself an Independ ent candidate for supervisor of the third district, subject to the app.-oval of ttM voters at the November elect/on. CLARKE IX. BRADSHAW. COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR. I hereby announce myself as an Inde pendent candidate for the position of Tax Collector of Imperial County, subject to the will of tile voters at the November election. • HARRY B.^MILLBIR '. J.S.LAREW Democratic Nominee tor District Attorney of Imperial County. Election, November 8, 1910. ********** # »'* * * * • # S J.l TRACERS S *> PIONEER CONTRACTOR J * AND BUILDER ♦ a. ■ • ■ . '■ * ♦ *i" T Superintended and erected. * n* . .'■■"''. :f-. many of El Centra's most lm- * * portant buildings. . * * - . , ~- - ■* * Estimates Furnished * *'. , ; ■ ' .♦ ************* ***** WEWANTyOUR Grain insurance And any other Insurance you- may have to give. Many of you are hold- ing your crop for a beteteer price— lf you want to be on the^safe side, you will Insure. And we have no heslta- • tion in saying that the peace of mind following such a; safe-guard will more than outweigh thj premium. We are prepared to take care of everything from the cow to the har- vester in the field, from the soup spoon to the piano in the house, tb> house itself and the barn, everything that it costs money to replace. A call from yofi or a 11. le will be much appreciated,' so let us hear from you. > , Salisbury-Parazette Realty Co. [ ':li vs» v if^ERIAL, CAI. Central Hospital (Incorporated) )^ t - EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA ■/■'■'■ Thorough equipment for any Medical or Surgical Case. Lat- est equipped operating room. Rooms exclusively for Maternity \ Cases, where the patient baa ev- ery convenience for comfort and quiet. ■■* New two-story building, with spacious Bcreened-ln veran- 95 daa. 30-bed capacity. Graduate Nurses. RATBB: Ward, $15.00 /per week. Private Room, $20.00, j $25.00, and $30.00. Por other In- formation address Central llos- | pltal, or Dr. Virgil McCombs.