Imperial Valley press., 1908-07-18


 responsible body in accordance with plans to be submitted for general ap. proval This should be done. he urged,
 before the property owners begin planting trees at random, which they probably will do early in the fall The work should be delegated to one ! agency, and the city should take con- l trol and pass ordinances for the pro Itection and care of trees in the streets.
 The club approved Mir Carters pro- position, and a committee consisting of Messrs. Carter Hamilton and Gris- wold was appointed to formulate plans. make estimates and devise ways and means for getting trees planted systematically
 Highway Commission.
 The committee on highways report ed that petitions for appointment of highway commission had been sign ed by 1S5 presons and presented to the supervisors but it was probable that some of the signers would be found not qualified as freeholders and it would be advisable to get more sig natures The deputy district attorney had expressed the opinion that owners of possessory rights would be re- garded as freeholders for the purpose of the petition. provided they were owners of record.
 Judge Cole said he had no doubt that land-holders who have made final proof, having done all possible to them to obtain full title, are free holders in the reasonable interpreta- ton of the term and would be so de- clared by courts.
 The president requested the com mittee to resume it's work of securing signatures to the petition and to get only the names of freeholders accord ing to Judge Coles definition. The committee was directed to check up the petitions already filed, and to facilitate that work Dan E. Shaffer. manager of the Imperial Valley Ab- stract Title and Trust Co.,, was added to the committee.
 Park Plans.
 The committee on parks reported progress in it's work of negotiating for land for a park near the depot, and presented a letter from MT. Bill of the Townsite Company, suggesting diff faculties in obtaining the location de- sired and offering to give a site east of the railroad. MT. Griswold thought the difficulties were not so great as Mir. Bill seemed to regard them, as the cOmpany's maps showed but two lots sold in the block.
 Mir. Holt favored the park plan. He said the park should have been pro- vided for in the townsite plat, but the matter was overlooked inadvertently when the townsite was transferred to the company. He believed the com pany would repair that oversight to the best of it's ability and he offered to aid the committee in presenting the 1 matter to MT. Bill. The committee was continued and will go on with its work of securing a park at the railway ] gate of the city.
 Street Sprnking.
 The president called attention to the condition of the streets of the city, | resulting from abandonment of the sprinkling contract, and suggested that the city trustees be requested to | take up as municipal duty the care of streets, which heretofore has been provided for by private subscription. the club adopted the fol lowing:
 Resolved: That the Fl Centro Ten Thousand Club respectfully urges the Board of Trustees of the City of Fl Centro to provide ways and means for sprinkling the streets and keeping them in repair, and that the secretary be directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the clerk of the board.
 The directors having reported that the Ten Thousand Club has been ad- mitted to membership in the County Chamber of Commerce and is entitled to be represented in that body by