Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-03
Dr.. tImendorf Writes from Imperial.

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 There is in reality town. or city if you please. called by the name at the heading of this letter; its location. If all the stories afoat in regard to its climate be true, Is somewhere in the neighborhood of the hot place mentioned in the Good Book, or I'm mistaken. It is composed of a col lection of roughly-made houses, ten or dozen in number, and as many or more cloth or canvas ones with an additional dozen or fifteen tents of various patterns. These are distributed mostly along Imperial avenue on its west side. In addition there is lumber yard where Arizona lumber Is sold at $40 per thousand, also the Newport Lumber Company's
 weary traveller can find bed and table board. three general merchandise stores; two bakerles; blacksmith shop; feed yards; telephone and one real es- tate office; bank; jeweer and re- pairer; a comfortable church edifice, a two-story brick in process of con struction, the corner stone of which was recently placed by young lady resident. This building is to be oc- cupied In part by the land company for an office Wilber Clark with a stock of hardware, and the postoflice. with Miss M s. Clark as postmistress, and the second floor for assemblages. The brick put in its construction was burned there and is pronounceu a sue cess as building material. The lmpe- rial Press is n bright weekly paper, a credit to its publisher Such at pres ent is Imperial, of winch it is predicted the near future will see populous and thriving desert city. Much life and activity is apparent on all sides, the farmer not In the least behind with his work. as the many green fields of barley testify-these too, on the worthless" land in many instances, which controverts the government ex- perts report. Since our arrival on the 18th ult.. the climatic conditions have been excellent, only part of one day being given over to n brisk westerly breeze. which was cool and refresh ing, but not rip shorter, blowing sand In our eyes and impeding travel with piles of it twenty-five feet high. It is not so. that we dine off horned
  On the contrary, excellent fresh beef, solid fresh ranch butter, green salads, the products of the ranches about Ca lexico. where water was first to be had from the big canal which taps the Col orado l well remember when all the flour used in the great and prosperous Tulare Valley came from Oregon, the butter from Goshen, N Y., potatoes from Pajaro Valley. and whisKey from the drug store, home made. This puts me in mind that Imperial is dry town and not even a drug store with in it's limits, chance for some enter prising man, to he sure General plans for public improvements are being worked up, among them water plant to supp,y the town with Colorado Riv CT fluid, It Is to be brought in through pipe laid from a point on the canal to the south, where a fall of fourteen feet can be made available. It will then be forced to higher elevation into tanks. There is but one doctor here, as yet but l understand 1t is contemplated to plot piece of lana on the east side of the cemetery and suppose will come in under the head of public improvements. As soon as an undertaken arrives, but heaVen' it's frightful to think of turning ones toes to the mesquites in view Of the costs of interment at the hands of that same undertaken. with lumber at $40 per thousand. We may be thankful we are practically independent of cem- eteries. undertakers and grave rinkers,
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