Imperial Valley press., 1909-02-27
Significant Advancement In Importance of Town of
 MexiCaIi.
Court of First Instance, Barracks for Troops and Other Government h. stitutions Provided In Border Town Governor Vega Makes Tour,

fOrnia dream long cherished by res idents of that portion of the Imperial Valley lying below the international boundary line, may become a realty Movements of the past two weeks in- dicate that this may not be far in the future.
 At any rate, it is reasonably cer tain that Mexicali will become an i'm portant point in Mexican official cir cles, as Governor Celso Vega, who has been visiting the frontier town, has become deeply impressed with it's ad vantageous location and the certainty of it's growing into point of van tage as the location of certain gov ernment offices and will send rec ommedation accordingly, to President Diaz.
 Gov. Vega, with his corps of attend ants, spent several days in Mexicali and vicinity the past two weeks, mak ing a thorough investigation of the situation. He has now gone to Los Angeles for brief sojourn, and there, it is said, will prepare his report to the President of the Mexican Repub lie.
 While no official utterance has been made to the Governor of Baja Cali tornia regarding the removal of the capital from the little seaport town of Ensenada to Mexicai, it is said that he is really favorably disposed 1 to the movement and realizes that with the development of the thous- ands of acres of rich land lying in the district to the south of MeXicali the interests directly represented at this town will far exceed those of all the balance of Lower California, and that for ease of access Calexico's next door neighbor will have many points of advantage over Ensenada.
 The first step taken toward making Mexicali a town of importance in Mexican official circles was the es- tablishment of a court of the first in- stance there This was accomplished about two months ago.
 Lie. Mariana Rivadeneyra has been appointed to this important post, and has established his court in a new building erected for this purpose on the main street of Mexicali, near the ! Custom House
 Within this short time several cases of importance have come before this judge for trial or adjudication. At the present time the docket has three criminal cases and a list of civil fil. ings that involve valuable property in- terests. G
 Heretofore all of these cases had to be tried at Ensenada, and litigants were forced to make the long trip around to Ensenada, by way of Los Angeles and San Diego, or to hazard the more or less risky overland jour- ney across the mountains to the sea port town.
 Gov. Celso Vega, during his recent visit here decided that it is of espec- l ia! importance that MeXicali be pro- vided with the proper equipment for handling official matters independent of the Ensenada officiary and to that end, it is said will formulate in his report to President Diaz recommenda- tions for numerous changes at MeXi- cali
 Plans have been prepared by the engineer in charge of the Mexican governments surveying party now in this field, at the instance of the Gov, ernor, for a general administration building for Mexicali which will pro- vide many conveniences. It is to have commodious court room, private quarters for the judge of the court | Of the first instance and his court Of flcials; a prison for the incarceration of persons receiving jail sentence | from this court; a hospital for the care of persons within this jurisdic- tion who require emergency treat ment; baths, etc.; and residential quarters for the superfecto of the dis trlct. a position somewhat similar to that of Lieu4enant Governor, to which senor Gusta Eo Terragas has been ap. pointed.
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