The Imperial press., 1905-08-19
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19. 1905.
PROSPEROUS IMPERIAL VALLEY

ume of business to rise and fall with the seasons, to be at high tide in winter and to reach low stage during the heated term of summer. This is especially ac- cepted as the program to be ex- pected in the interior Valleys and away from the coast resorts. Imperial Valley and the Imperial Valley towns are amenable to this rule and just at this season our business men always have and perhaps always will ex- perience a spell when business is quiet. There are so many fami- lies out spending the summer at the beaches, and so many of our summer widowers out on their vacations that a quiet spell in business lines is the unavoidable result. However, that the re- turn of cool weather will bring back all the wanderers and many, many more is as certain as the seasons. There are d number of certain signs and any number of hopeful indications that the coming fall and winter will be one of extraordinary activity in this Valley.
 There is now no longer any doubt but that Imperial Water Company Number Five will issue S100, ,000 in bonds. This sum will be expended in the construc- ton and completion of their canal system and aside from furnishing this company with the best water facilities in the Valley, it will, by expending at least SIS, ,OO0 for labor, make the Eastside a hive of industry and a very much sought for place. Following the expenditure of the funds realized from the. bonds, Number Five will sell its unsold stock and apply every dollar of the proceeds to furthur construc- tion work on its canal system. Thus 1t can be seen that great activity will result on the East side.
 The new capital invested in the B1awley Bank will contribute to the development of that part of the Valley and no doubt the fruit and vegetable industry will grow to vast proportions in that fortunate vicinity within the next year. In Water Company Number One the farmers are generally preparing to SOW i'm menSe areas to alfalfa, to fence and stock their ranches aud get ready to operate them to the very best advantage. New enter prises are being planned, and new improvements, made. Co., operative creamerieS are talked of, milk condensing plants, and like enterprises are receiving attention, and the outlook isl bright that within the coming year an immense stride will be made in the work of trans form ing this Valley from grain fields to dairy ranches. The work will require the introduction of new capital to some extent and the performance of an amount ot labor by our people, but as the returns for both the capital needed and the labor to be per formed will be the largest that could be secured ill any country there is the greatest incentive that both should be forthcoming.
 Very shortly the inflow of wa ter will be under control and the great and magnificent plans of the Southern Pacific and Cali fornia Development Company for the development of this Val ley will be apparent. Tn a short time the feeling of fear and the era of eXaggeration concerning the Salton Sea and conditions resulting from it will come to an end and homeseekerS and in- vestors be busily prospecting our rich lands. The future of the Uo11o- io Ir1or1,4