Imperial Valley press., 1907-08-03

ment taken from his record.
 w. F. Holt paid me cash for
 two years services. $22S0 co Cost of church and parsonage 1900 co Paid for lots. ............ 150 co Paid for seats of church, organ,
 music, books, upholstery about lS0 co
 Total. $385O. .OO
 Contra
 w. F. Holt received from c. D.
 Go. 160 shares water stock,
 whick was then valued at S10
 per share ........................... I6OO OO
 Difference. SZZ0U.UO
 This shows that during the two years w. F. Holt expended above value of water stock $2250
 After that for two years he paid per year for support of minister $500, which equals 5000, making total of $3250. They did not even give us the land on which they stand; we paid $150 cash for those two little lots that the church stands on.
 1 received from the California De- velopment Go. 16O shares of water stock valued at $l0. per share. have bought it since then for $5 so have lots of other people. We gave them credit for $l60O.0O that the Imperial Land Go donated; that left $325O.OO that I was out on that church matter over and g. bove that which the Imperial men gave.
 I do not like to mention these things except incidentally but of course this thing has brought all this out. That is quite different statement from that which Judge Farr and Mir. Wentworth and MT. Howe have been making where I cleared 5000 on it, seeing that I was out over $30OO on the deal. There is the letter with Bro. Hays signature to it :; they can come to me any time and see it. do not believe anybody in this valley would care whether 1 made 50 cts. or $5OOO out of the deal. l don't think anybody would care cent about it. It is simply another lot of false. hoods to make capital and throw dust in the peoples eyes about this county seat matter. They have not produced a contract, or signature or anything of any kind.
 Here is contract and will read it to you if you want me to. They have been claiming that MT, Heber and the Gal Development Co. did everything about this railroad matter and 1 after ward held them up. It struck me funny-what they have said. MT. Heber was no fool and he would not have gone and put me in position where did not do any but absolutely controlled everything. He was too shrewd man for that. Here is the whole business right here Tn black and white, the contracts with the California Development Go. will state in general way that made four or five or six thousand dollars out of that deal, Il don't know exactly how much did make out of it, or how much they made.
 (Reads contract between c. D. Go. and w. F. Holt.) That shows what was to get out of the railroad deal. simply bought AND PAID A GOOD PRICE FOR TT. We thought we swOuld make some money out of the railroad stock but we did not.
 After the deal was made with the So. Pacific MT. Pauiin and MT. Redwood had the gall to ask me If l could afford to give everything l had in that to get the line in here. demurI ed and said that had to have my money out of it. I will say tc the credit of MT. Heber that when he came back he said that was not a square deal; that l had put all of the money into it and had right to get my money out of it, instead cf being held up for tl6,OOO. Here is ex- actly the deal and anybody who wants tO can read this contract.