Imperial Valley press., 1908-12-05

So many things have been demonsr,
 ted in such brief space in Imperia
 that one is almost inclined to loo for some mysterious Aladdin and hi
 wonderful lamp as the only explana
 tion. But listen for the darkies sing
 ing the next time he weaves the spell For the Texans who have been in I'm
 perial and they are numerous. de
 clare here is the one spot in America
 where Egyptian cotton can be growr
 that will equal the original, and that
 the lmperia lproduct in the market
 will equal that from the sea islands
 along the Carolina coast, where acre
 age is limited and the output there
 fore small.
 Four thousand acres are to be put
 to cotton next year. And while this
 is an experiment., it is not an expert.
 ment of the cantaloupe class Cotton
 is staple, the market is always ready
 to receive it, but the product can be
 Kept until the market is profitable. A
 cotton gin is to be built this winter. to take care of the first years crop and year hence, Imperial cotton will be put to the test in the factory. The experiment in growing has already been achieved. The editor folk were greeted with the samples at every stop we made. Of it's quality we could only judge by faith. That if will grow and mature, we had the evidence of our own eyes. If the fine grades of cotton are to be added to the great staples that Imperial shall boast, prepare to hear of a land boom tbe;~a that shall cover the desert from San Jacintn's slopes to the Colorado. for every acre under water or that can be put under water, has taken on ad- 1 ded value.
 Seeing is Believing.
 But why speak more of it's resour ces. Go and see. Go and see. There is no other way to be convinced. I might tell you that the irrigation ditches of the valley alone are $50 miles in length and cost $3,500,OO But figures are so helpless to carry of the real truth that lawns on one when he sees the mag 1iticent canals, deep and mighty. fiow- ng streams like rivers, to 175,00O lcres of irrigated farms, which latter . Ire 2,390 in number. 1 might tell you here are 75,000 acres in grain and i5,OO acres in alfalfa, but you appre- ;iate what that means only when you gaze over the green or yellow fields.
 could perhaps amaze you by saying hat 100000 trees have been planted, )ut you understand when you seek heir cooling shade while the deserts Jun beats at monday. The statisti- ,ian has it that more than 6,00O grape ines and over 5000 orange trees hrive, but we ate the fruit and were i persuaded.
 And yet, in the face of all this pro- uctlon, as l wrote it down a week go, outside of the livestock industry, 1uch is experimental. Why, they are lanting corn there every month in he Year, and making observations as ) the best season for seed time and arvest, and more than once were we egaled with roasting ears, the corn S full of milk and as delicious in avor as ever grew in an eastern field pr the epicure's table in July WGp uch possibilities and such intelIGS. ent evelopment, small wonder TAat one ere of the land which Uhcle. Sam sold or a dollar is now %TQ4til the cost f 100, or that ths itt&ple wno made his desert bIbs$}SA are buoyed up with coGddeTtA that Knows no doubt ng.
 { hha sA much that interested me in .he valley itself, its marvellous re sctf ces, it's limitless possibilities, it's growth from desert to garden, that | ,orget to write details of the welcome | which It's people showered upon the visiting scribes of the Southern Cali fornia Editorial Association. But it | was equal to anything else produced | in Imperial, and more than that could hardly be said.