Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-15

On Tuesday last, at noon, water was shut off from the canal supplying the Holton Power Company, in obedience to an injunction served on the officers of the California Development Com pany, and the power and light plant was put out of business for an indefi- nite term.
 An order directing Epes Randolph, H. Ts~Cory and F. c. Hermann, offic- CTS and engineers of the c. D. Co.,, to appear in court next Monday ard show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt for failure to obey the injunction against allowing water to flow from the canals into Salton Sea, was made by Judge Wellborn in the United States Circuit Court last Mon day morning, and General Manager Cory thereupon instructed Engineer Herman by wire to shut water out of the power canal entirely, stop the overpour at Sharp's heading and re- duce the supply of water in irrigating canals.
 Although officers of the c. D. Co.,. positively denied last week that the injunction had been served, and de- clared that the situation was precisely as it stood when the decree in favor of the Liverpool Salt Company was given, it appears that the injunction had been served on Manager Cory and that he had not informed some of his associates. Manager Cory unbosomed himself to others, however, and caused the story that the power company was about to be put out of business to be circulated in manner which cast doubt upon it's accuracy and mis- led other officers of the company into denying it.
 What is behind and beneath the turmoil among the corporations hand ling Imperial Valley affairs nobody seems to know, but if there is any straight way out of the maze of vex- atious litigation, perhaps the courts may discover it.
 Threat Made Good.
 About two weeks ago a representa- tive of the Liverpool Salt Company was in the valley, and he said the injunction would be enforced literally in order to raise a howl that would force the c. D. Go. to pay the judgment awarded by the court instead of pro scouting an appeal But it was not believed that the United States Cir cult Court could be deluded into mak- ing the Imperial Valleys prosperity football for litigant corporations, and the Salt Company man s sinister threat was treated as idle yaporing. It seems that he spoke with knowledge of the moves in the game however.
 It is singular coincidence that the attorneys for the Salt Company, some of whom are attorneys for the South ern Pacific, moved for enforcement of the injunction against the c. D. Go. on the very day when the Court of Appeals made public decision oust- ing the Southern Pacific from control of the O. D. Co., declaring the agree ment between the s. P. and the 0. D. Nap and void, restoring to the stock holders of the latter control of their own property, and denying to the S. F. the right to recover $2O0,OO0 which it loaned to the c, D. and then spent for it's own benefit, as the court blunt ly asserts.
 Every Wheel Stops.
 In consequence of Manager Cory's order to Engineer Herman, every in- dustry and operation in Imperial Val ley dependent on power and light, came to an abrupt halt on Tues day noon. Probably the court had been told that the power company has an auxiliary steam plant and is