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Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23
IMPERIAL PRESS

| suspension vastly greater burden of solids than will still water, and when the waters of the Nile and of the Col orado, each heavily charged with sol ids, came in touch with the waters of the ocean, the flow of the river was checked and the solids were precipitat- ed, the deltas thereby being built up. In the case of both rivers. there were portions of the ocean shut off from the main ocean by the deposits of silt made, and these were in part filled with silt in the long ages that passed.
 In Egypt there appears to have been an uplifting of the underlying sand stone, which brought the country above the level of the sea. In the Imperial Valley the case has been different, for the old beach lines around the valley, still as plainly visible as in the days when waves beat upon them, testify to the unaltered condition of the country during the thousands of years which have elapsed pending the building of the plain.
 The Imperial plain or valley, there fore, lies below the level of the sea, while that of Lower Egypt is slightly above sea level.
 Taking its name from the Greek letter delta, because of its form, the Nile Delta is of triangular form, while that of the Colorado river is of irregu- lar form and of greater dimensions. On the river, the northern limit of the delta is near Yuma, Arizona, where the stream takes an abrupt turn from a southerly to westerly course for six miles, thence turning to a course west of south to the point where it en- ters the Gulf of California. On the east side of the river, down through Arizona and into the main land of Mexico, there are tens of thousands of acres which are submerged annually with the regularity of overflow of the river, and the growth of vegetation on the overflowed land is so dense that travelling through it is very difficult. All that country is as much a part of the Delta of the Colorado as is the Imperial Valley, and the soil has been laid up in the same manner as that at Imperial.
 On the western side of the river, in Southern California and on the Mex ican side of the line, in Lower Calif- ornia, the delta consists of two trian- gles forming the Imperial valley, one in California and the other in Mexico.
 The California portion is approxi- mately right angle triangle, with its base resting on the international line, its altitude on the west extending to the Southern Pacific railroad, and with the hypothenuse on the east form- ed by series of sand hills between the valley and the river.
 Imperial Valley
 The Mexican portion of the valley is approximately an equilateral tri- angle, with its base on the north rest ing on the international line, the west ern border formed by the Cocopah mountains and the eastern border by the Colorado river. While the Califor- mia portion of the Imperial Valley lies below the level of the sea, that in Mexico is slightly above sea level.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

y Delta of the Colorado river, and the statement is made that the Impe- rial valley is almost a duplicate of Lower Egypt, it is interesting to com pare the New Egypt with that in which the seed of our civilization first ge1mi mated. In Myers and Aliens Ancient History there is given the following brief description of Egypt:
 Egypt and the Nile
 "Herodotus, who often used happy phrases, called Egypt the gift of the Nile.' Before historic times, what is waters of the Atlantic. Geologic changes at last lifted the rocky sea- foor-covered, for the most part, with heavy mantle of sand-and it became the Libyan desert. The Nile then flowed through a long, narrow, hill bordered valley to the Mediterranean, bay where now is Lower Egypt. At each annual rise of the river, caused by the tropical summer rains among the Abyssinian mountains, thin lay CT of sediment was deposited over the narrow strip of submerged land along either bank of the stream. Not until from forty to seventy feet of sediment had been laid down upon the lime stone floor of the valley did it become the seat of that wonderful civilization whose monuments have come down to us; although from fragments of pot tery found in the very lowest strata of the river sediment, we believe the val ley to have been occupied by man many ages before that time.
 ''Besides covering with a deep soil the bottom of its narrow valley, the Nile has built up at its mouth a great delta, through which it now seeks the sea by several different channels. This delta country was known to the ancients as Lower Egypt; while the valley proper, reaching from the head of the delta to the First Cataract, distance of six hundred miles, was called Upper Egypt
 Inundation of the Nile
 Through the same means by which Egypt was originally created is the land each year still renewed and ferti1- ized. The Nile begins to rise in its lower parts late in June, and bv the end of September, when the inunda- tion has attained its greatest height, the country presents the appearance of an inland sea, with the villages of the natives, which are built upon artificial hills or protected by dikes, rising like little islands above the water. The ordinary rise at the first cataract is about forty feet, and at Cairo from twenty-four to twenty-five feet.
 By the end of November the river has returned to it's bed, and the fields, over which has been spread film of rich earth, presents the appearance of black mud-fats. Usually the blow is run lightly over the soft surface, but i'll some cases the grain is sown upon the undisturbed deposit, and simply trampled i'll by focks of sheep and goats driven over it. In few weeks the entire land, so recently flooded
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

tlOuS duu uOOuluS ldi SC idCtS Ol lduu annually are characteristic of a delta country, and make of this land par allel of the conditions which have made Egypt famous for its productive power since the dawn of civilization.
 It would not be difficult to follow up the Colorado river and find climatic and soil conditions which are not greatly different from those of Upper Egypt, but too great space would be required.
 Future Productions
 The delta of the Colorado has not been without population, though the prolific nature of the soil has left little inducement for the aboriginees to abandon the most indolent of habits, and the Yuma and Cocopah tribes are about as idle races of men as can easily be found. It is possible that prehis- toric archaeology will yet receive con tributions from the delta, but nothing of value has been revealed as yet. Many fragments of pottery are scat tered over the Imperial Valley, indi- eating that considerable pop ulation may have existed at some unknown period.
 Having seen that the de1tas of the Nile and Colorado have been construct through the same agency, each having been laid where once was the bed of the ocean, it is easy to comprehend the similarity of the soil of one coantry with that of the other. It can also be understood that the fertilizing power of the Nile, world-famous since the days of the earliest Greek writers, has ~N 4 kl>@ 4 which has created another Egypt in the same manner.
 It would not be strange, however, if the climatic conditions of two countries so widely separated as Egypt and the Imperial Valley should great ly differ. This is not the case. The cli- mate of the New Egypt is as nearly duplicate of that of old Egypt as is the Either is country of long summer seasons and brief winters, the min imum temperatu falling a few de grees below freezing, while the max imum rises to point which is saved by lack of humidity from being un- bearable, but which, on account of the dryness, is far less uncomfortable than the humid heat of older portions of the United States.
 As in ancient Egypt, the first in- dustry to thrive on the delta is that of raising live stock, and in the country in Mexico which is annually overflow ed there are habitations OH high knolls around which the nerds are gathered at times of flood, and from which they roam when the receding waters. have brought forth rapid growth of feed. But inconceivably rapid in contrast with the slow evo- lution of civilization in Egypt, change is taking place on the Col orado delta in line with that change in Egypt when the Shepard Kings were supplanted by the Pharaohs and the latter by the growth of Phoenician and Grccian commerce.
 The new Egypt, following the lines of old Egypt, is developing resources which promise to make of it one of the great food supply stations of the world, and toward that achievement progress is being made through sys tematic irrigation with such rapidity of development as the world has sell dom if ever known.
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23
Climate

''In Lower Egypt, near the sea, the rainfall in the winter is abundant; but the climate of Upper Egypt is all
 but rainless, only few slight showers
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23

matter of irrigation, Egypt became in early times the granary of the East. To it less favored countries, when stricken by famine-a calamity so com mon in the East ill regions dependent upon the rainfal1-looked for food, as did the families of Israel during drought and failure of crops ill Pales- tine.'' r
 The New Nile
 Turning now to the Colorado, or the New Nile, the conditions are in some respects reversed. While the Nile flows to the northward, bringing to Old Egypt water from tropical Africa, delivering it in greatest quantity dur ing July, August and September, the Colorado comes from the north bring ing to Southern California, Arizona and Lower California water from scores of mountain chains through Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colo rado, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali fornia, the greatest flow of water be- ing during May, June and July, or considerably earlier in the year than the flow of the Nile.
 As in the case of the Nile, by tra- versing more than thousand miles of latitude great diversity of climatic conditions is encountered by the Colo rado, making it highly improbable that the normal rise and fall of the river will ever be disturbed. As a re- suit, the two rivers flow on their course year after year with an almost clock like regularity of rise and ebb of the waters, each stream delivering the most water during the season when the most is needed.
 To speak of the Nile, is only to refer to the history of the human race Four or five thousand years of Egyp- tian history carries us but back to the day when the Egyptians were already well advanced in civilization, but the Imperial Valley may be much older than Egypt, for there is on the whole earth no formation in view so ancient as the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river, from which the material for making the Imperial Valley was ob- tained, and if at Thebes the ground has been raised but seven feet ill 17OO years, who shall determine what ages have elapsed in the construction of Imperial Valley, where well has pen etrated 600 feet of alluvial soil without finding the bottom? At the same rate of soil deposit as that noted at Thebes, it has taken the Colorado river at least 145, 800 years to make the deposite of the Imperial Valley, but as matter of fact, far greater or lesser period may have elapsed.
 Valleys Contrasted
 As in the case of the Nile, the Delta of the Colorado river has been con- structed where once was the bed of the ocean. In Egypt there was bay of the Mediterranean sea. In Califor- mia there was an extension of the
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23
Valleys Contrasted

As in the case of the Nile, the Delta of the Colorado river has been COIL structed where once was the bed of the ocean. In Egypt there was bay of the Mediterranean sea. In Califor- mia there was an extension of the
Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-23
THE NEW EGYPT
Great Similarity Between the Delta of the Colorado and that of the Nie-Formatons of Land Made in Same Manner Similarity of Climatic Conditions Some Evidences of Lapse of Time in Building the Valley

falling throughout the year. This dryness of the Egyptian air is what has preserved through so many thous- ands of years, in such wonderful fresh ness of color and with such sharpness of outline, the numerous paintings and sculptures of the palaces and tombs of of the Pharaohs.
 ''The southern line of Egypt only just touches the tropics; still the cli- mate, influenced by the wide and hot deserts that hem the valley, is semi tropical in character. The fruits of the tropics and the cereals of the tenn perate zone grow 1uxuriantly. Thus favored in climate as we'll as in the matter of irrigation, Egypt became in early times the granary of the East. To it less favored countries, when stricken by famine-a calamity so com mon in the East ill regions dependent upon the rainfall-looked for food, as did the families of Israel during drought and failure of crops ill Pales- tine.' =
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 The Mexican portion of the valley is approximately an equilateral tri- angle, with its base on the north rest ing on the international line, the west ern border formed by the Cocopah mountains and the eastern border by the Colorado river. While the Califor- mia portion of the Imperial Valley lies below the level of the sea, that in Mexico is slightly above sea level. On account of it's topography, the Mex ican portion is largely overf1owed each year, and the rank growth of vegeta- tion there is similar to that ou the east side of the Colorado river. On the California side of the line the land has not been subject to overflow for many years, though it was doubtless submerged annually years ago.
 The Imperial Valley, on both sides of the international line, has been one of the least known regions on the con tinent, and that part south of the line is practicalarly an unknown country.
 Seven miles below the international line the Padrones river breaks off from the Colorado, as a separate channel, and from this the Carter or Salton river branches off, leading to the westward through Mexican territory for some sixty miles, then entering California and carrying it's water to the northwest through the Imperial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12
TIMELY VACATION HINTS.

Puck.
The person who tries to take up the
whole car seat generally ends by sitting
next to the window on the sunny side
with a Northumberland woman
Grumbling because front second-story
rooms are not available at third-Story
back room prices does not make the
straw mattress any softer.
A Decent tip will do more to make the
beefsteak tender than a week Of com
plants at the office.
flirting with the summer girl will do
all right until the Saturday afternoon
beau arrives and then there must be a
recess. For steady company try the win
dow.
Inquire not too closely into the fresh
country vegetables when they are canned
Instead of that, stroll out into the air
and work up an appetite.
Believe implicitly the man who tells
you he got thousand dollars a share for
MS Northern Pacific stock. He may treat
to cigars.
Always play progressive euchre 1t
gives standing with the old ladies, and il
affords preliminary training for the
worst possibilities of the future life
Beware of the delicate young woman
who wants to take a little stroll through
the hills. She can walk all day and pass
every ice cream place in the county
II at the seaside, always take the fat
test of the fair sex bathing. Al the very
worst that may happen she will float.
Don't speak to the proprietor of ex-
pected checks Or coming remittances. He
has troubles of his own, and 1t makes
him more weary. Only the hard, ready,
immediate and abundant cash talks 10
his hardened SOUL
Then, after It issall over, don't grumble
because you have spent your years saw
1ngs, but go home and rest up from your
laborS-and don waste any time writing
letters to the widow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12
GROWTH OF ST. PAUL..

Figures never lie, at least only except
where they are manipulated. On the
face of the directory returns it would
seem that st. Paul has gained some 1000
inhabitants, more or less, during the
last year This is a modest estimate
There Is nothing boomish about it, but
it does indicate a most healthful growth.
At this rate the next United States CEN
sus will show an increase somewhat
more than % per cent. But will this
ratio continue through the next decade?
Are there any signs by which we may
anticipate the city's future growth?
While nothing is certain but death.
from the present industrial tendencies
nothing but good can be argued for ST.
Paul
ITO him that hath shall be given, but
to him that hath not, that which he
hath shall be taken away" will be ex-
emplfied in the experience of the cities
OF the United States during the next ten
years. The disposition to concentration
VIII rob the smaller cities OF their in
dustrial plants and combine them in the
larger centers. This concentration is
now going on within the holdings of the
United States Steel corporation. 1t VIII
be followed in every other branch of
industry which is controlled by COM
bination. Not alone in Industrial mat
ters will this rule obtain, the com
munity of interests among transporta-
ton lines will tend to concentrate the
business of the vast systems in the
great centers at the expense of the
local divisions. Win St Paul profit from
this tendency? Most certainly. Our ad-
vantages as railroad and distributing
center will be emphasized
The great trek which occurred fif-
teen years ago, when the East hocked to
the West in droyes, will be duplicated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12

or the past success of the party has any
appeal to make they will see in the ac-
ton of the Ohio Democrats the only true
guide to intelligent and principled politi-
cal conduct in the immediate future.
William J. Bryan is a distinguished
American statesman and orator. He
has impressed his personality strongly on
the current Of national cvonts for many
years. He embodies in himself many
of the grandest virtues If the American
character. He has run his political ca
reer without thought of moral blemiSh.
If he believes III the doctrine of rarty
loyalty which he has so strenuous
propounded, he must now accept-as
WILL we believe. the great mass of the
American Democracy-the popular YER
dict which found expression in the work
of the Ohio Democratic convention.
Whatever betides the fortunes of
the Democratic party during this genera
ton, it can only fulfill the mission which
its illustrous founder in his sublime wis
dom foresaw for it by all its loyal adj
herents uniting to reorganize its af
fairs in every section of our common
country on the lines laid down by Ohio
Democrats in their stale convention at
Columbus on Tuesday last.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12
IN A NUTSHELL.

Examination of Minneapolis railway
receipts shows that grain alone explains
the boosted superiority of that town in
number of cars of freight received. and
that therefore the grain receipts incident
to the location of the elevators on the
Hennepin county side of the city boundary
is the sole ground of the Minneapolis de-
mand for the removal of the Omaha"
shops and Offices from ST. Paul to that
town.
Because railway freight receipts at
Minneapolis last year, for example, were
$4,000 cars as compared with $4,000 at
St Paul, Minneapolis says the Omaha"
railway should be compelled to move
from ST. Paul to Minneapolis, and that
if the Omaha" refuses to move it should
be refused terminal facilities for the eX-
tension of it's tracks and buildings at
that place.
Now comes the interesting denoue-
ment, that of the total of $4,000 car lots
of freight received at Minneapolis last
year, something like 134, 600 cars We're OF
grain alone leaving only 100000 cars of
general freight, as compared with $4,000
cars at ST. Paul. That is to say, except
for the grain which the Twin City roads
haul to the mills and elevators on the
Hennepin side of the city boundary st.
Paul would receive over half OF the Twin
City freight, to say nothing of the pas
senger business.
So the question arises-Does the location
Of the mills and elevators on the Hennepin
side of the boundary present any solid
cause why the general railway offices and
shops should be moved to that side? If
the location of the mills and elevators is
to determine that of the railway Offices
and shops, then, not only the Omaha"
but the Great Northern, the "Milwau-
kee," the Northern Pacific, the Great
Western" and the rest should be moved
Has the comparative number of freight
cars or pounds of freight received any
thing to do with the location of the shops
or general offices of a railway? Num-
Der of cars of freight rests upon bulk
alone, and not value of traffic. Grain is
bulky freight and so Minneapolis makes
the larger showing Is grain any better
index of the proper location of railway
offices and shops, than any other traffic
article? Were. coal taken as the index,
ST. Paul could claim superiority over
Minneapolis, for st. Paul received 1879
cars of coal last year, as compared with
16,6OO at Minneapolis. Indeed. the
Omaha" coal receipts at st. Paul were
1925 cars, as compared with 1924 at Min
neapolis.
But the fact stands, that because Min
neapolis received over SOOOO.OOO bushels. or
100000 cars of wheat and total of about
100000 bushels, or $4,000 cars, of all
kinds of grain, thus making a somewhat
larger showing of total number of cars
Of freight received, Minneapolis takes
the ground that it must have the
Omaha" shops and general Offices That.
in a nutshell, is the logic of the Mime
apolis contention The fact that. out
side of grain st. Paul receives some
thing like so per cent more cars of freight
than Minneapolis; or, that the railways
themselves prefer to locate their general
offices in this railway center, bears no
weight whatever.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12
DIFFERENT FROM DENVER

New York Tribune.
New York is different from Western
city, said Denver real estate dealer
as ne slipped a cooling drink on the Wal
Didn't you expect to find it so?" ask
town.
TO a certain extent: but I'm surprised
ahead Of you
I'm admit" said the broker. that you
Know now TO use up real estate out In
your country. Why, Denver takes up
about one-tenth of the population
ell, you haven't got a Seeing New
YORK car ike our famous Seeing Den
yer, said the Westerner
"A seeing whatr' exclaimed The man
from Wall street
mean car that takes visitors all
over the town without change. We have
one out IN Denver that makes two
lecturer to point Of the places of Interest
and when there is nothing of interest in
sight he tells you that Colorado is the
greatest agricultural state in the Union,
despite It's reputation for mines. He
springs figures of the fruit and potato
crop on you until wou want to buy
ranch and begin to make money
right"
''That's enough of your boom talk: you
couldn't sell me a foot of Denver prop
city or yard of Colorado RANCH" in
terrupted the broker. Tell RE more
about your car idea"
You could have the car start in the
hotel district and make frequent stops
to pick up the visitors; then send her
shooting down Broadway to the Bat
terry"
I'VE don't shoot cars on Broadway
during business hours; we snail them,
the broker said.
The Denverite went on without noticing
the interruption.
''Then you'd run it up the Sixth ave-
nue. line to Harlem. and across to the
East side at d-Hundred-whar-
ever it is. | always get those blamed
numbers mixed when they get ND as
nigh as that. JOG acknowledgements
street. Yes; that's the one I mean.
Then you'd go down Fourth avenue to
Cooper Union and back to the hotels.
That route would cover the best part of
the town"
You can make the whole trip every
day in an ordinary car said the broker
81 fail to see the good of a special car"
But think Of the lecturer and the real
estate you could SELL
My friend, New York doesn't need any
lecturer to boom It's real estate There are
twenty buyer9 to one who wants to sell,
and they fight for a chance to take the
one out in automobiles while they fill
him up with reasons why he should let
them have the property"
The Denver man was squelched.