The Imperial press., 1904-09-24
Le,ter From W. A. Edgar.


 werv face to face vith the blackrst, meet threatening cloud that hms ever appearrl Ou lnpctialr sunny horizon. They were also nearing the rcky paints of the entrance to iic surging, tuaui ig and trcacherus sea ut litigation into which thc radicals, a- they call them selves, insisted upuu steering the bark of the Imperial Valley Water Users A-~rrinti0n
 The "righl" had to chuosc between two courses, namely: Leave thc trlm iu the hauu~ ui the "thrcr' aud allow them tn ryckl,'s-ly set u- airilt with all our lelluw -mcu iu the Imperial Valley. or remembering the fate ut Turluck, M" sis.s,o aud many others Wltu have sui- icr,'d un that terrible sen ut litigation, wrrst the helm trm the "tiIrrc' and heruicaly steer past and out into tlv more calm and more certain sva ut bust ness aud diplomacy. We chose the lat ter course and We believe the great ma. ioritv oi t.e peuplc oi our Valley are heartily thankful that We dtd su.,
 Tie meeting at Las Angeles was uoth- ing more nor less than cutCus Ot men who could agu.e and who honestly aud earnestly sought tn du the wIsv-i thing for the welfare oi the greatest number. IL was well that the three" were not at that caucus. for II the last indicates anything for the future they surely would have thrown the N hole matter intn hiscurd and disruption
 IL i- hintcsl that the Reclamation Ser vice was oppressed ,o th- proposition. The truth is. one member of the service whom we interviewed the very eve of our caucus and before we has! arrived at our agreement seemed not io favor the proposition, bat offered us mo alierna- tive and declined giving u- the slightest assurance tl,At the department would take up our cause even though We did not submit proposition. which, how ever. they had hitherto always insisted upon, as you we'll remember from the ideas cDny.yeI by different members ui the Reclamation Bureau Ut our public meeting at Imperial. and which they conveyed tr different members oi the Imperial Valley Water U-..r- As-os-ia. tiou Therefore We took just one step farther in ,he direction We had been gu- ing, according to the best ideas We could get of the desires ot the Reclamation Bureau.
 lt is said We gave the California De- NelH pflEnk Asr. v ttUb O fBstff.iVl ti u=., on the U S Guy.rnn cut. vi hiI- ihr truth i- we broke $I ,5O1. .OU0 or g. OOO. .OOO off the club the C. D. C.. had bc,-u using on us and then recommended them to the L. S Reclamation Burau for further consideration, fully believing that the proper price necessary tu pur. chass. the system together with a'i tie details, including our damage claims would be judicinu-ly and satisfactorily arranged for by some of the noblcst men of the best government on the face of the earth-the men oi the Reclamation Bureau of the United States
 IL Is said that :hr preliminary propo- sition agreed upon arraugc- that the government millions shall la paid to the C. D. C., after which the people may fight for their damages. If this be true, ". would even then he iu ju-t IA good or even far better condition to fight for our damages, for the reputation of our Valley wOuld be far better and the stability of our enterprise br far greater in the eyes of the world because of the great value shown tO be tn it, while a fight at this present time with the present suspicion of our enterprise by the business world would mean ruiua- tion for a great many of us and a dor mant state for the whole Valley for years. The latter two conditions can not Well b- after the government puts th. vatua nf rutitiuus iutu tltig sstst.ruria..