Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-02
Riverside Settlers.

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 The sales of land under the Inn pcrial system. made by l. W. Gleason who returned from Los Angeles on Tuesday. after locating a party. amounted Co iO95 acres for the month of Scptcmcr. lie has now made ar- arrangements to carry on the good work through the present month. and will soon start out with another party of home seekers for that favored land Riverside Enterprise.
 Give Baby Town Lot
 One of the first buildings erected In Imperial town site when the Colorado desert was started to bc reclaimed. was that of the Imperial Press, by Editor Reed Now that the desert is giving way to civilization and to boom and to bloom. the first white baby born in that section Is that of the cdi- tors wife. last week As pioneers Of a new civilization and promoters of progress. the editor should be given first place - Pasadena News.
 Furnishing Meat Supply.
 Mrs. Hector White of Phoenix Ariz.. who has been spending the summer with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. R. II. English. went to Rcdlands this Iucrn- ing to visit with her sister fOt a few days before returning to her home. Mr White will join her at Rcdlands tn few days and on reaching Phoe- nix they will move their effects to Inn perlal City. where Mir. White recently took up 320 acres of land. He has se- cured a contract for furnishing ein- ployees of the Imperial Canal Com pany with meat.-Santa Ana Blade.
 All Took Land
 A. w. Wohford. J. R Stevenson. Henry Mutton and C. w Donley. all of Escondido. drove into San Diego yesterday from Imperial where they have been for ten days looking at the land and water. both of which they report having seen In abundance. They were so we'll pleased with the prospects that each of them secured from one hundred and sixty to three hundred and twenty acres of land. and bought $4000 worth of water rights. They left Escondido a fairly good looking party but those who saw them on their arrival in San Diego. say they had greatly changed In ap- pearance To say that these gentle men are delighted with their new pos sessions. Is putting it mildly San Diego Union.
 Hog Weed Not Pig Weed
 w. $. Corwin and Pierce Coy re- turned from Imperial last Friday. They bring back almost incredible tales of the richness of that country. NIT. Corwin for instance. vouches for the truth of having seen with his own eye a pig weed. grown since June. that measured eight inches In diameter at the butt and stood thirteen feet high. Now. how's that for high9 No one doubts that Mir Corwin saw such weed and that it's prodgious growth Is an indication of the surpassing fer tility of this garden spot. The future of this large body of land and it's gus ceptIbility of irrigation with the wat CTS of the Colorado Is n problem soon to be solved by vast number of cap italists and home seekers who are rushing there-Colton News.
 Very Enthusiastic.
 !. II McKim was home from I'm astic over the prospects there as evi- denced by the fact that he and his wife have filed on $40 acres and taken $ acres with script. making n total of 720 acres. Mir McKim Is more en- thusiastiC every time he makes trip to Imperial and says he has It from a good source that railroad surveyors will begin on line south from Flow ing Wells within n few days. The