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Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
Missions

Long, long before Imperial valley, or
even San Diego had taken on name,
the missionary fathers found their way
rorthward from Mexico, thence acress
this valley and those mountains to be
gin the career of mission building, and
the long chain of missions resulted.
There are three of the old missions
in San Diego county alone-those com
monty known as San Diego mission,
San Luis Rey and Pala. San Diego
mission is within few miles of the
city. Today it is a mass of ruins that
gives an idea of the grandeur of days
gone by 1t shows to the thousands OF
tourists that visit it every year that
civilization, religion, law, medicine,
justice were in San Diego county, the
Place of First Things, when the colo
MES of the Atlantic coast were strug.
Cling for light in the wilderness
One can roam through and about old
San Diego mission for a day and dis
cover new things, think new thoughts
every minute of time. 1t has such a
wonderful meaning! Standing as it
does today without a thought of the
history back of it, it expresses to the
person who looks the personification OF
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

cial centers of the world upon the
completion of the Panama canal. The
time has now arrived when we must
face the question of how best to at
tracts and provide for the ocean trade
which we have so often been told be-
longs to us and which is to make us
great city. AS city our harbor is
our greatest asset. We believe thai;
only through municipal control can
the harbor reach its best development
and that the bond issue under the
Capps plan offers the best and quick
est method through which we can
reach the much desired development.
THE state of California, by an act
of 1911 granted to the city of San
Diego full control of the city's water
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

condition that this city shall before
May, 1912, issue and sell harbor i'm
provement bonds of not less than ST.
100000, shall commence such work
within six months thereafter and with
in two years from May, 1912, expend
not less than $1,000,000 on bona fide
front and tide lands, upon the express
harbOr improvements. The state in
tends that we shall secure the muni-
cipal control only through develop,
ment of the harbor for all commercial
purposes. for the act provides that:
The said harbor improvement work
shall be SO done and performed that
accommodation will be furnished and
maintained for ocean going vessels OF
the largest class, and depth of water
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

San Diego has three daily newsps.
pers and several weekly newspapers
San Diego has fourth-ctty place in
population in California.
San Diego is headquarters for the
Worlds Theosophical Society.
San Diego has an Art League.
San Diego has nine improvement
clubs and federation.
San Diego has fourteen state soci-
eties and federation. :.
San Diego has an Areo Club. largest
and finest aviation field in the world
San Diego has % square miles of
anchorage ground in its harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

have readiusted itself in new chan
nels OF trade and transportation, new
centers of distribution. San Diego
must awake to the situation and real
ize that we have no time TO lose in the
work of preparing TO invite this COM
merce TO our port, in the development
of our water front, in providing COM
mercial convenience at minimum
cost.
ALREADY San Diegos ocean com
merce has grown 10 such proportions
that we are criticised because of our
limited facilities for handling cargoes
and the high cost OF doing business at
this port. Many have been the fond
predictions that this. the first Ameri-
can port north Of the Panama canal,
would be one Of the greatest CONNER
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

the struggle of mankind to reach
broad fields of endeavor to construct a
civilization in a spot where justice
would abound and peace and content
ment be found for the asking.
Besides San Diego mission there is
San Luis Rey, five miles inland from
Oceanside, where Father O'Keefe is in
charge. This mission has been recon
structed partially. The ruins are vast,
wonderful. One can sit within a short
distance and dream of what occurred in
times long since dead One knows
this gigantic structure was built for
naught, that it was the center Of a
beehive of industry. Horses and cattle
roamed the hills, acres gave forth
crops, sweet bells rang out over the
land calling the faithful to worship,
civilization struggled upward.
The San Luis Rey of today is i'm
pressive. The new arches look rath-
er out of place. The little burial plot
beside it tells a tale of ages lost to
memory but for the saving grace Of
history. Pigeons hover about the
towers and belfry. Yet today these
ruins give an air of peace to the sur
rounding country, and near the old
mission walls one feels the spirit of
peaceful industry and contentment and
happiness.
The famous old days are gone, the
great power once exerted by this mis-
sion IS gone, yet there remains the
breath of it to influence men of the
present day. And in this old mission
the regular religious services go on
day by day, an example of the world
force that never dies though centers
of population may move and times
and manners change from year to year.
Then there is Pala mission, 26 miles
out from Oceanside on old Ell Canine
Real (the kings highway that con-
1ected all the II missions in days gone
by. Pala mission is also in ruins, vet
part of it is preserved. There is a
general store in one end of the old
building. The chapel remains, and
Father Doyle, who is in charge, holds
regular services there, where, GEN.
turtles ago, other priests held services.
/ There are the old mission bells that
yet call the faithful to worship. There
is an Indian agency at Pala, and the
| Indians attend divine services regu-
larly.
Pala mission is picturesque in the
extreme. 1t is a reminder of dead age,
an age in which romance predominant
ed, when men and women loved with
out thought of commercialsm, when
every man was the brother of every
other man, and women were charitable
and children played happily beneath
the glory of the sun.
Then there is the mission of San
Juan Capistrano, just north of the
county boundary. another old mission
that casts a shadow of romance over
the present times. 1t is much the
same as the others, save that it has
a somewhat greater history There
were calamities in San Juan Capis-
trano in days gone by.
These mission buildings as they look
; at the present time, teach a wonder
full story with wonderful moral
Every student of history knows the
tale of how men sought peace and hap
piness in new world among a new
people. how they toiled and suffered
how they triumphed. They conquered
new land in the name of peace
those old Spanish fathers.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

shall be obtained and maintained at
the piers of not less than 50 feet
THAT the state appreciates the
value of our water front and does not
intend to lose control thereof unless
San Diego proves herself alive to her
advantages is shown by the following
provision of the act: If said bonds
be not issued or said work be not
prosecuted and completed as and in
the manner herein provided, then the
lands by this act conveyed to the city
of San Diego shall revert to the state
of California
The San Diego harbor bill met
with considerable opposition in the
legislature at first on the part of the
San Francisco legislators who opposed
the development of all harbors but
their own, and at all times by the rep
resentatives of the interior counties,
who believed that the state was too
generous in thus parting with its val
liable tide lands and water front
sites. Fortunately for us, Oakland
and Los Angeles were at that time
asking the state for municipal control
of their respective harbors, and
through combination of municipal in
terests each of the three cities was
successful. Oakland has voted $6,OOO,.
coo for this purpose, and Los Angeles
has followed by voting s3,OOO,0OO avail
able Immediately, with a pledge OF
more to follow.
with the able assistance of City
Engineer Capps the city council
adopted a plan for. harbor development
which involves the reclamation of land
at the foot of D street and the building
of pier and other necessary improve
ments. We quote from Mr. Capps as
follows:
The pier proposed is located in
the axis of. ID street and will be 130
feet in width, 800 feet in length, con-
structed of steel and reinforced con.
crete throughout, being fire proof, yer
min proop and earthquake proof Up
, on this pier there will be built a steel
frame building 80 feet wide and 770
feet in length, the D street front OF
which will be of reinforced concrete
mission style of architecture, and pro
vided with municipal offices for the
use of the harbor officials Three rail
road tracks, one on either side ant
one up the center Of the pier, will bt
provided to facilitate the handling O.
merchandise. The bulkhead will bt
constructed of reinforced concrete ant
| gravity design of the most moderr
construction. This bulkhead will ex
tend from the south side of d stree
for distance of about 26O0 feet, re
claiming between the bulkheads ant
the mean high water line approximate
| ly so acres of land
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
From Nine Millions Nineteen Millions in Values in Two

THE MOST AMAZING RECORD
ANY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
EVER MADE IN THE COUNTRY IN
INCREASE IN VALUATIONS OF
PROPERTY is THAT OF IMPERIAL
COUNTY, WHICH WAS WITHOUT
ANY VALUE TWELVE YEARS AGO
AND WHICH TO-DAY HAS PASSED
THIRTY-FOUR COUNTIES IN THE
STATE AND NOW RANKS AS
TWENTY-FoURTH IN VALUATIONS,
WITH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN
NINETEEN MILLION DOLLARS.
IN TWO YEARS ALONE THIS
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

YEARS AGO WAS A DESERT WHICH
NO ONE WOULD TAKE AS A GIFT.
BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS
COUNTY HAS MORE THAN
DOUBLED IN ASSESSED vALUA-
TIONS IN TWO YEARS AND THAT
JUST NOW 1T is MAKING GREATER
STRIDES THAN EVER, AND IN ALL
PROBABILITY 1T WILL WITHIN
FOUR YEARS REACH THE VALUA.
TION OF FIFTY MILLIONS, AND
WHEN 1T SHALL HAVE DONE
THAT 1T WILL HAVE PASSED THE
PRESENT ASSESSMENT OF ALL
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

COUNTY HAS INCREASED FROM
NINE MILLIONS Of VALUATIONS
TO NINETEEN MILLIONS.
1T is CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED
THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR THIS
COUNTY WILL RISE TO VALUA.
TiONS OF TWENTY-FIVE MIL
LIONS, PASSING FIVE MORE COUN.
TIES IN THE TWELVE MONTHS
AND TAKING NINETEENTH PLACE.
IN FACT, BARRING THE THREE
COUNTIES HAVING GREAT CITIES
AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN
WHICH A GREAT CITY is BEING
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
EDGAR F. HOWE.

MODoC, MONO, NAPA, NEVADA,
PLACER, PLUMAS, SAN BENITO.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA CRUZ,
SHASTA, SIERRA, SIskiYOU, SUIT
TER, TEHAMA, TRINITY, TUOL-
UMNE, YoLO AND YUBA.
THAT THIS COUNTY WILL AD-
VANCE TO TWENTY-FIVE MIL
LIONS IN VALUE IN THE NEXT
YEAR is MADE CERTAIN BY THE
FACT THAT THIS YEAR THERE
WAS NO ADVANCE IN THE AS
SESSED VALUATIONS OF FARM
LAND, AND SUCH AN ADVANCE IS
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

SURE FOR NEXT YEAR. IN MAX
ING THE ADVANCE TO THE SUN
NAMED, IT is INSTRUCTIVE TO
NOTE THAT THE FIVE COUNTIES
WHICH IMPERIAL VALLEY WILL
PASS IN THAT GAIN ARE: BUTTE,
RIVERSIDE, SOLANO, STANIsLAUs
AND VENTURA, FIVE OF THE
COUNTIES OF THE STATE MOST
FAMOUS AS AGRICULTURAL PRO.
DUcERS.
AND YET THIS COUNTY, SURG.
ING AHEAD WITH SUCH WON
DRoUS STRIDES, BUT A DOZEN
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

BUILT, IT is CERTAIN THAT I'M
PERIAL COUNTY WILL WITHIN
TEN YEARS BE AT THE HEAD OF
THE LIST OF CALIFORNIA COUN.
TIES.
THE COUNTIES WHICH I'M
PERlAL HAS ALREADY PASSED IN
VALUATIONS MAY BE STUDIED
WITH GREAT PROFIT. THEY ARE:
ALPINE, AMADoR, cALAvERAs, CO.
LUsA, DEL NORTE, Ell DORADO,
GLENN, INYo, KINGS, LAKE, LAS
SEN, MADEIRA, MARIN, MARI.
PosA, MENDoCINO, MERGED,
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

The FIFTY-EIGHT COUNTIES OF
THE STATE BUT EIGHT, TAKING
NINTH PLACE.
IT is ONLY BY APPLYING SUCH
STANDARDS OF MEASURE THAT
ONE CAN FORM A CONCEPTION
OF THE RATE OF PROGRESS OF
THE COUNTY, THOUGH, OF
COURSE THE TRUE TEST is IN
THE HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
OF THE PEOPLE, FOR WHICH
THERE is NO AVAILABLE STAND
ARD OF MEASUREMENT.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15
San Dtrgn, tt|f An,pl1ttt1fatrf City

is FROM THIS
AMPHITHEATRE UPON ARENA WHERE ARE
TIE DIVERSE ACTIVITIES THE SCENIC SETTING is GOOD
HILLS PROLIFIC VALLEYS,
MOUNTAINS
BEFORE is LAN0LockED, PEACEFUL YET
ERoAD AND ENOUGH COMMERCE OF
TIE NATIONS GATEWAY HENCE LEAD THE ROUTES OF TRADE
THOSE
OF Rome STEEL PATHS REACHING OUT TO TOUCH
THOUSANDS INDUSTRIAL cENTERs
TOGETHER THE
TO ICE CAP,
OCEANS WESTWARD THEY RUN, ACROSS SEA TO OLD
AWAKENED
YEARS SET ALIVE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY PROPHETIC OF
woNDRoUs '"~- =. r. =. W
THE AMPH1HEATER LET IT STAND At THAT, AND LET
TIE ACTORS WHO WILL PARTICIPANTS
THE COMMERCE PACIFIC, BLACK
MEN BROWN RUDDY,
mLLENNIUMs AND CHIEF ACTORS IN THE
TRANSFERRING
ATLANTIC TO THE
HISTORY DEAD
MOVEMENT THEIR CENTURIES
WESTWARD EUROPE, PICKING
INFINITE LABOR ELEMENTS CIVILIZATION AND AD
vANcING TRAVEL FROM cANNRALIsM CONCEPTS
HONOR DUTY ANo oPeeRTuNTY THENCE THE NEW WORLD,
THE EXPERIMENTATION OF THE GLOBE BY THE ADVANCE
CIVILIZATION COMPLETED AND WE STAND
AMPHITHEATRE, INCIDENTS
coNsUMMAToN cENTURIEsLoNe STRUGGLE
BEGINNING he
WE'D, OCEAN,
AMPHITHEATRE
MILLIONS OTHERS UPON THIS ARENA WILL
PETTY INDIVIDUAL PARTS SPEAK OUR PuNY PIECES
AGGREGATE THESE
BECOME INTERVIEWER CONSTITUTE MOST HEROIC
DRAMA WHICH
THE SEGREGATION PASSED.
FUTURE,
HUMAN INTEREST, TRIUMPHs,
: WITH AMALeAMATIoN
But WILL BEAR THE oLDTIME MESSAGE,
DOES, ARENA,
EvERMoRE
F.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06
A WORTHY CANDIDATE

VIM. b. Ogden, candidate for state
treasurer on the democratic ticket.
has been resident and citizen of
the state for many years, coming here
in 1889, and is the present commits
sloner of finance of Hoquiam, one of
the first elected under the Allen law
receiving the highest vote ever cast
for any office in the city of Hoquiam
He has been almost continuously
honored by positions of trust, and
has record, both public and private,
without flaw. In politics he has
been lifelong democrat, and al
ways insists on proper respect for
the constitution and laws Of our
country, and, if elected, pledges econ
omy, efficiency and honesty in the
administration of the office of state
treasurer.
He believes in the greatest good to
the greatest number and fair and
e4u;ta BILE legislation for the many as
against the few. AS the office of
state treasurer concerns only the safe
keeping and proper distribution of
the states funds, the only influence
it has is through recommendation
for economy. The creation of many
commissions furnishes opportunity
for squandering public funds and
paying political debts. A public Of
ficer should do his full measure of
work himself as well as directing
others.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06
AN OPEN LETTER
TO ALL DEMOCRATS
w. III. Dunphy of WaIla WaIla Would
fIe Strong Candidate for
Governor

In las much as it is generally CON
coded that the democrats have an ex-
cellent prospect of electing the next
governor of the state, it is very i'm
portrait that we nominate the best
qualified and most available candi-
date of the seven who have entered
the ria ce. While all of them may
measure up to the required standard,
for one of them | can personally
vouoh. For many years we have
been CLOSE personal and political
friends and | know that he has been
and is now a real progressive, who
has given freely of his time and
money in every campaign in fighting
for the reforms which the people Of
the nation and state have demanded.
He has never trimmed or lodged any
issue, but every two years has taken
the stump and poured hot shot into
the ranks of the grafters and ma
chine politicians, fearlessly denounc-
ing their methods, although by so
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06
REMEMBER SCHVELY's RECORD

Once again The Herald urges its
republican readers to remember the
record of J. H. Schively, candidate
for denomination for the office of
state insurance commissioner, when
they vote at the primary election.
He abused the trust reposed in him
so flagrantly that a special session
of the legislature was called to inn
peach him and he escaped by the mar
row m argin of two votes The evil
dence brought out during the trial
was sufficient to convince any fair
minded man that the denomination
of Schively would be a disgrace to
his party, and his reelection would
be a disgrace to the state. His OPP
ponent, for the nomination, II. o.
Fishba ok, has the reputation of be-
ing clean, honest, capable man, who
as state senator rendered good sery-
ice to the people. A vote for Fish
back is a vote to recall Schiyely.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06

Commoner in It's statement that "the
better element of Garfield, Rosalia
and other towns Is strongly favor.
able to the election OF Mr.. McCroskey.
Tho assertion, as the Nessly paper
we'll knows, Is as untrue as II is I'M
just, AS to the conditions that may
prevail in other towns we are not en-
tirelg familiar. but In regard to the
people OF this city we feel absolutely
safe IN the assertion that there is not
man in Whitman county who is
held In higher esteem than Judge
Neill \ The Commoner could have
stated with truth that some of the
best people In Garfield are favorable
to the candidacy of r. l.. McCroskey
In Garfield McCroskeys are numerous
and influential. aud il is to be ex-
pccted chat they will hold to the rule
that blood is thicker than water.
However this may be, we doubt thar
any of them the Garfield McCros-
keys will direct any criticism
against Judge Neill, either as a man
or an 0fflcial,--Garfield Enterprise.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06
IRRELAVENT AND
IMMATERIAL

The only arguments which have
thus far been advanced by the OPP
ponents of Judge Neill are that he
should be defeated because he be-
lieves in socialistic principles and be-
cause his opponent is a good lawyer,
| a good citizen and democrat. The
same arguments were used against
him two years ago, except that his op-
ponent was at that time a republican
instead of a demo crat They failed
TO appeal to a majority of the voters
then and will appeal to a far less
number now, because they have been
completely refuted by Judge Neilrs
record on the bench.
This year the voters can measure
his candidacy by what he has done as
Judge, not by what his opponents pre-
dict that he will do. Two years ago
lis supporters believed that he had
the qualifications requisite to make
a good judge, this year they know
that he has. Last time he was elect
ed on faith, this time he will be
elected on his works.
The argument that his opponent is
a capable lawyer and a good citizen
is admitted, but it does not prove
that judge who has made good and
given general satisfaction should be
ousted from office simply to crafty
the ambition of this other man. To
defeat an honest and capable jurist
for no better reason than this would
be an act of rank injustice, which
would prove that the people are not
to be trusted with the power to re-
call judges.
There Is one question and only one
in this judgship campaign which
should cut any figure with the voters
and that is: What kind of a recorI
has Judge Neill made during the past
two years? This question can be
most completely answered by sub
! dividing it into three questions: Has
| he been fair and honest Judge?
Have his decisions stood the test of
the supreme court? Has he handled
the business before his court prompt
| ly and economically?
The answer to the first of these
three questions is Yes" because Of
the general satisfaction expressed by
jurors, witnesses, litigants and law
yers, who have participated in cases
before Judge NELL. His only critics
are a few disgruntled litigants
against whom he had to decide be-
cause of the law and the evidence.
The attorneys of the county are prac-
tically a unit in praising his fairness
and honesty.
The second question must be an
swered in the affirmative because the
supreme court has sustained six Of
Judge Neiil's decisions and reversed
but two, which is a rem arkably good
record, equalled by but very few of
the superior court judges of the
state
The answer to the third question
Is undoubtedly yes" because the
records of the county clerk show that
more business has been handled by
the court at less expense to the tax
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06

doing he has sacrificed business and
clients.
He is able, honest and fearless,
just the kind OF man needed to put
on the brakes at Olympia and give
the taxpayers an efficient and eco
nomical administration. He is
self educated and self made man.
lIe Is not an authority on pedagogy,
but he understands the needs of the
laboring men and farmers. He has
no extensive knowledge Of ancient
or modern languages, but he has the
practical common sense to recognize
an extravagant appropriation and the
backbone to veto it.
He has won his way by hard work
from engine wiper to engineer. from
engineer to land office receiver. from
land office official to high posi-
ton in the bar of the state. This
struggle which he has made and
won makes him a peculiarly avail
able candidate. He is strong with
the laboring men because he was one
of them and still has their interests
at heart; he is strong with the farm
ers because of the services which he
flee in securing title to their claims;
he is strong with the business and
professional men because of his abil-
| ity and high standing as an attorney;
he Is strong with the democratic
workers because of the good work
which he has done as mem Der of
the national committee for the past
eight years, because of his close per-
sonal friendship with w. j. Bryan
and his wide ecuantance and in
fluence among the democratic lead
ers of the nation
bill" Dunphy was living in Te-
koa, running a locomotive between
that city and Wallace, Idaho, when
he was appointed receiver of the
Walla Walla land office by Presi-
dent Cleveland. He is really Whit
man county man and has always
worked with the democrats of this
county in state conventions. Every
democrat will have to express first
and second choice in selecting can
didate for governor at the primaries
/ urge those who give their first
choice vote to some other candidate
to give their second choice vote to
W. II. Dunphy. He deserves the sup
port of the progressive democrats of
this county. He has made good as
an engine wiper as a fireman, as an
engineer, as a land office official, as
a lawyer, as democratic national com
mitteeman. He will make good as a
candidate, If you nominate him. and
he will make good as governor, If
you elect him.
On the strength of an intimate
friendship of more than 20 years,
earnestly recommend him as in every
way worthy of the nomination, and
qualified to fill the office with honor
to his party and benefit to the state.
WIN. GOODYEAR.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-09-06
THERE'S A REASON

The Colfax Commoner seems to be
much annoyed because this paper is
not supporting any particular candi-
date for any county nomination at
the primary election except Judge
Neil. There's a reason and good
one. The judge of the superior court
Is the only officer who will be
elected at the primaries. Candidates
for the other offices will be simply
nomin ated. After the nominations
in fav or of some of the county can.
didates.