Imperial Valley press., 1908-12-05
TO THE HEADGATES
 BY SPECIAL TRAIN
An Interesting Excursion To the River For Imperial
 Valley People

The announcement comes that the rloOked for excursion from the valley to the Upper and Lower Headings on the Colorado River is now an assured fact The date is set for next Thurs day, the 10th of December.
 A ten car train will start from Cal eXico at 7:16 Thursday morning and will reach El Centro at TAO a. m., taking on the local load of people who will want to go to the headings. The train arrives at the first point on the river about Il o'clock, the crowd is given until 3:20 to feast, see the sights, including ball game between picked valley team and the Yuma sturdies, when the return trip will be made, landing the people home in time for their evening meal.
 The Imperial Valley Agricultural Park Association, with headquarters in Calexico, has charge of the eX- curSion, and all the funds derived from the event, over and above the ex- penses, will be put into permanent improvements in CaleXico. Fair grounds are to be improved for the use of the entire county and the work has already commenced.
 This excursion gives an opportunity to see the things that are important and interesting because of their pc culiar relation to the valley. Although almost 100 miles away by rail, the controlling system operated at the headings by the California Develop ment Company is the very life of the Valley of the Imperial. The great cement headgates, the largest in the world, let in the requisite amount oI lifegiving water to the sands of the desert; the seventeen mile levee, which prevents a recurrence of the floods of 1906-7, is the costliest, per mile, of any levee ever constructed in a train on top of the levee the en- tire distance.
 And then there are the scenes of the gigantic task accomplished by the engineers, the closing of the Colorado River breaks. The Hind and Clarke dams are to be inspected, and those who have cameras should be able to get some fine views at these points. Yuma is coming down en masse to see the baseball game that will be played between picked valley nine and the Yuma Giants on specially pre- pared grounds at the lower heading. Game free to eXcursionists.
 Those intending to go should pre- pare an ample luncheon. Coffee will be served free.
 Every one will have time to see everything that is of interest on the Colorado River. The trip will be made in comfortable day coaches all the way. The extremely low fare, $3.00 for the round trip, is really less than a one way fare to Hanlon Junction S'iiN 'D AiiNNN WI iOW puA liOoNiy tO dlf low as large a number as possible to become acquainted with conditions at the headings.
 A special request is made of the school boards of the county to allowIa vacation on the day of the excursion to allow the teachers and larger pulp ills to take the trip, It will be of great educational value. The Calexico schQol board has already ordered a holiday on this occasion.
 The tickets are to be handled e&. clusiyely by agents of the Imperidl Valley Agricultural Park Association and will be placed on sale saturday or Monday in each town of the valley They are for sale in El Centro at the. offfce of the Holton, Power Co. BH ROO tickets are availahla for fhie tr1