Imperial Valley press., 1907-08-03

and the railroad Co., That IS the whole railroad deal that is where got the 1920 shares of water stock. bought the stock myself and other people bought it for s5 a share; they were claiming that it was worth tII.75 a share. vas out nine or ten thousand dollars on the deal, so did not make any great thing out of it; although do not think it would cut any ice anyhow. It was a square deal on every side. It is absolutely false that held mp any deal when Mi. Heber came back we fixed the deal in 30 minutes. This is all talk. There is another thing being said that the Southern Pacific, the Cal ifornia Development Go. and the com panies which represent are allied to- gether for the purpose of doing mp the people down here. Which one of these papers are you to believer The Imper- ial Standard of June 4, 10 and IA, all three of them, MT. Howe tells you the s. P. is going to take the railroad away from us and build it up to Imperial. We fixed it up pretty quick, for on July 24 and 29 the s. P. is in "cahoots" with me; we are all in bed together and get ting along finely; This only illustrates how the Imperial push is putting things together to fit the conditions. 1 will leave it to you to believe if you want to. One statement is true. The little road to Holtyille is feeder of the s. P. On the other hand, l am under no obliga- tions to the s. P. I have nothing to do with it. As to being allied with the S. P. we are on good terms with them, it is true, but we are on good terms with every business in the valley. They have never paid me single cent and 1 will defy any man to produce the proof. have never been paid one single cent by either of these companies for services that have given them. Howe made statements about getting rates on ma terial. It would be so easy to get the truth at any of the railroad agents here. Those rates are open under the law, to the inspection of anyone. l have never asked the s. P. for rates. All ask for is fair even break with all the balance of the people. I want the s. P. to treat me just as good as anyb body else. Ihave never asked for special favor. They have never given me any special rate. Mir. Howe publishes that statement without even going to his own agent there to find out whether he was right or not.
 They quote that have been getting right of ways. have gotten several for the s. P. company and have gotten several for the c. D. Go. l have re- fused to take single cent for them. 1 did it as an arbitrator, not as right of way agent. You can go to the people of Calexico and ask them if they haven t been treated right. I have never been hired by the s. F. Go. or the c. D. Co.,, but they have asked me, as an arbitrat- or, to go and settle these matters, which I have done, but have never taken a single cent from either the c. D. Go. or the S. P. Go. am just as independent of them as any man in this country. l told Mir. Cory that if they did not treat me fair I would not hesitate to break with them. told Mir. Ingraham that the only tlring they had ever given me was pass and that would send that back if they thought they could hold any strings for it.
 Outside of the l5O shares of water stock, not one of these corporations has ever paid me single cent for these ser vices. If they would come to me to hire me the salary they would pay me would not induce me to leave my busi- ness. There is little matter that has been getting a good deal of talk-about the nomination of the delegates at Ca lexico. They are trying to make it ap- pear that they are all o. D. men. If any of you know them, do not think there is any use of talking about that matter. Mir. Cant and Mir. Record were among those nominated and anybody who knows anything about them knows n n ,I hso ;e os.