Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-05

the urgency of the case in the matter of this leyee we resumed our walk back to Sharp's Heading All along the line we passed within a few hundred feet at farthest from the edge of the water in the Alamo channel and made observations at frequent intervals. It was our conclusion that In the five miles there are few places where a raise of three Inches will start the wat CT to running across toward Number Seven, that there Is one mile of dis tance that six inch rise would cover and that a rise of one foot would cause lt to flow across the country to Num- Der Seven in body three miles wide. Out of the five miles or more of dis tance between inc Number Seven heading and the mesa there Is from 34 of mile to one mile that was built up by the dredger last summer and mile or such matter that Is possibly too high to require much If any levee to keep out the water. How ever Mir. Allison told US that 1t was their purpose to raise the evee all along the line to such height that there will be no possibility of danger. Upon our return to Sharp's Heading we were kindly given our dinner by Ms. Moore. This we rellshed very much as an 8 mile walk Is a very ap petzIng bltters.
 From Sharp's Heading we then drove to Holtvllle. following the Water Co, No. 5 main canal all the way down to where the power canal of the Holton Power Company leaves 1t then follow ing along that canal to Holtvllle This brought US down through what Is practically the heart of Imperial Wa ter Co. No. 7. We passed quite a lot of raw land. some of 1t uncleared and in state of nature, and almost all of it quite rough and covered with hummocks. When looking at the rough land we would wonder why peo- pie would settle on such lands and put forth the labor and expense necessary to level It and get it into crops but when we came to the improved land. and noted the magnificent fields of al- falfa, the answer was before us.
 These farmers are raising alfalfa and hogs, and are chuckling over their proximity to the big headgates at Sharp's Heading. One thing they count on and that is that no one else will ever irrigate with the water that don't get past their ranches.
 From Holtville we returned home on the Holton Inter Urban automobile on Friday morning. Taking our trip as whole, we are very much pleased with 1t, as we learned many quite in- teresting things and now feel, more than ever satisfied of the absolute safe ty of the works at Sharp's Heading.
 There Is only one thing that we did not see for ourselves, and we were in- formed that 1t would take two days trip from Sharp's heading to see 1t. and that is the place where the water goes across from the Alamo channel to New river. This must be quite a stream or else, if shallow. it must be very wide, for the volume of water flowing In New river is many times greater than that reaching Sharp's Heading. We are informed that there are several of these streams and that most of the water goes down the Pa drones river nearly to Volcano Lake, and then breaks over into New River from being backed up by log jam ob- struction. Prom the point where we stood on the high mesa in Mexico, where the Alamo river runs along its base, we could see for good many miles across the country The Alamo at that point Is not to exceed one- half mile wide and is not flowing nearly as rapidly as New river The country beyond it looked to be high grease wood land with quite few sand dunes and big mesquite hummocks. Away to the southeast is green fringe. on the horizon. and our curiosity was aroused to see what was going on down there. However, that isn't so import Nk u1bot 4bA u,ato. tn