The Imperial press., 1905-09-09


 Christian Endeavor have their prayer meeting, at 8 promptly, after a song service, the sermon on "What is the Value of Man. The people are most cordially invited to these services, espec- laIly the young people to the evening services.
 Bids for Re-Survey Rejected
 It has been learned that the Commis sioner of the General Land Office at Washington has rejected all the bids offered for the re-suryey of the lands m this Valley and that they will all have to be readvertised and gone over again. The reasons given for this action on their part is that the four bidders to whom the contract was awarded by the General of this State, all had contracts with the govern ment for surveys, and that by a recent order of the Interior Department no one cal secure s contract for surveying if he has one on hand already. This action of the government IS certainly very disheartening to our people. It gives rise to the fear that from some sinister cause the government IS op- posed to the development of our Val ley and is delaying the work of com pleting this survey in order to work hardstlips on our people. It IS -lncUn- ceivable that it would naturally take all this time to bring this matter up to it's present status. There has been un- warranted delays and now this last turn in the affair puts it off till no one knows when. Our people should get together and send a strong man to Washington when Congress meets to work on this matter. We have no doubt but that he could be speedily effective, for when Congress is in session these department clerks are more mindful of the public welfare than at other times. The Inn perial Valley people have borne this matter in silence long enough. If 1t IS the puIpose of the Surveyor General to harass and injure us, we should tai action to protect ourselves and an appeal should be made to Congress as soon as it convenes.
 Water Measurements
 The measurements of the water in the Colorago river and that going to waste in the Salton Sea for the past week has practically borne out what we predicted last week. The drainage Ot water from the overflow still keeps the amount going into Salton greater than the amount being diverted from the Colorado by the Imperial intakes, but the amounts are decreasing i'll both ir stances. On August 31 the total amount of water flowing in the Colorado at Yuma was 7,500 cubic feet per second of which 56O were flowing in the river below the lower Imperial intake and 6,940 being diverted and coming to the Imperial Valley. On August 30, Mir Hardy took the measurements of water wasting into Salton Sea and found the total to be 7,074 cubic feet per second or l34 feet more than the total diversion from the Colorado river. Add to this approximately ,000 second feet for the flow of the Imperial canals and the result shows the difference caused by the drainage from the overfowed lands On September ,, Mir. Hardy measured the water flowing in New river at Cal exico and found 3,S30 second feet and on September 6 the measurement O Alamo river at Redwood showed 2,ll5 second feet. The waste from the canal system was 270 second feet. These make a grand total Of 6,2l5 second feet as against 7,074 one week before Latest report from tl,e Salton Sea states that the water has risen four and a-halI inches during the week and the rail road people are building their third "shoo-f1y". When done, this will make about 20 miles of new track. Neither Salton nor Frinks are on the railroad now, the new route consigning them tn their fate ii: the bottom of the sea.
 The Drinking Water Question
 Tle absence of City Attorney Shaw is expected to cause the hearing in the case of VanHorn and Fuller Bros. for driving hogs in the canal and polluting the water supply of the town, to be car ried over for week We nYte quite a strong protest from the people living on the Elder ditch and hear of quite gen oral cnmnlaiut repardinU this sort Of