Imperial press and farmer., 1901-11-16
N IRRIGATION LAND.

reads as follows.
 Editor of the ojai Having taken some interest Co the project that is nou under way. but which has not been extensively advertised. especially in Ventura county. until rcccnuy. decided few days ago Co take trip down here and makp a thorough in- vestigation. Accordingly. ! took the train for los Angeles. where ] went Co the office of the Oakley Paulin Com pany, and Eoi all the information l needed in rckard Co the train Co take and the way to get there.
 I itft Los Angeles at . pm. on the Southern Pacific overland toward Yuma HAvlpg passed Pomona. On tario. Colton hic.. ve sped up through the pass. and down Co the now much ialked-of town oi Indio. where we ar. rived in time for supper. which cost me. as ii does all passengers io the Imperial country. 70 cents. instead ot 15 cents. the regular price. Here they are developing a little spoS. the rich ness of which Is hardly surpassed. and the extent of which will only be limit. e. by their water supply.
 Leaving lndio. VIC ran down into Salton Sink. over 20 feet below sea level. and then went up and out 10 Flowing Wells where we were to stop and In the morning take the stage for the little town of Imperial.
 On the way down became very much interested in a man who occu- pied the seat with me. and who it proved. had spent some time here a year ago. and was now on his way back 10 improve the property he had obtained al that time. He was from Kansas where he had held large in- terests. and was in the stock business. He said be had become interested in this project about five years ago. and he had so much faith in it that he had disposed of his holdings in the East and had come here with hts family. While he was going down by train his two sons were driving their teams overland 10 settle on 8 large tract of land the family had taken up under the desert land act l wondered all the way down if people were really be- coming interested In the project 10 the extent that was reported for up in Ventura county we had heard very little about H. but as l sat in the car l observed several well-dressed, nne-looking gentlemen with tickets in their hats punched with four holes the same as mine. and l reaIiEed that I was not the only passenger bound for flowing Wells. When the train stopped and we got on. there were thirteen of us bound for the Imperial country. and found that they were prepared to take care of us. for In the morning they brought around three rigs h which 10 take us down
 When we took the stage and had fairly started. the driver said. Boys. I believe we will make time by walk ing" The rig was in sand up 10 the hub. and the team could hardly pull it We alighted. some of us rather re- luctantly for as far ss ws could see the sand was knee-deep. and it was twenty-eight miles: but the driver as- sured us that we would make time. and as be was jolly good fellow and would walk some himself. we tack led it.
 We had walked about three miles when the driver said We are out of the sand. ana we can ride now" and sure enough. the sandy desert that the train passes through all the way from Salton to Yuma had been left in a distance Of three miles from the track. and We rode out on 10 a plain the like of which l have never seen. although l have been from Winnipeg to New Orleans. and from York State to the Pacific. IL became more won derful as we tried to think of that vast tract of land A0Yz0 miles aE rich aR