Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-30
TO DISINCORPORATE
Strong Move AmOngPe0p of Imperi- al to Terminate Their Town Gov
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That the rank and file of the people of Imperial are getting awfully tired of paying exhorbitant taxes for no other purpose than to try and boom an alkali flat for the Imperial Land company is becoming more and more apparent.
 Ever since the town was incorporat- ed it has been a source of wonderment among the taxpayers as to what bene- fit it was to them and where they got any returns for the money they paid. The powers that be- levied a tax on everything and everybody. Every busi- ness man was taxed to the limit on his business, in addition to being taxed to the limit on his property. In spite Of such excessive taxes there was never more than just enough money to pay salaries. If any sidewalks were need ed the property owner must pay for them. If the street got dusty ana needed sprinkling the business men must dig up not only for that but for the water itself that was used in wet ting down the streets. If any public improvement was undertaken they either had to circulate a subscription paper and hold up' the citizens or else give a dance in the Water com pany hall. Matters have dragged along in this way till now the people of Imperial are thoroughly disgusted.
 A prominent citizen of that town told US few days ago that they were pay ing $234O per year for salaries and that all they got for it was few street trees irrigated. That a tax was levied on everything now even to dogs. Every Imperial dog must pay two dollars, the same as man. and every Imperial fe- male dog must pay four dollars, the same as g business man. Evidently the city government, despairing of sup port from the people of Imperial, have decided to appeal to the dogs for their salaries. This man told us that the sentiment for disincorporation was very strong and was rapidly growing. That the people were thoroughly disgusted with the farce and would soon move to overthrow it. This is no more than one could expect them to do. The people of Imperial are not the kind to sit still and be faxed in any such man. ner. They are the victims of a bad bargain, it is true, but there is limit 10 their toleration of the humbug and that limit has been reached. They were induced to invest in the town by the representations of the Imperial Land company that they owned town monopoly in this Valley and would re- tard the progress of every other town and force the building of the principal town of the Valley at Imperial, As part of this scheme Imperial was in- corporated long before there was any need of it. However, it is now appar- ent that the Imperial Land company can neither control a monopoly of the townsites of the Valley nor force the building of the principal town of the Valley at Imperial. Not being able to deliver the goods" they contracted for why should the people be expected to continue to put up good money to support city government that they get no benefit fromP Everyone knows how things have been handled in that town and who has done the handling of them. The parties doing it have giv- en the people of Imperial one continu- ous performance of "pipe dreams.