Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-04
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(FrOm the Press of October 4, 1902

tFrOm the Press of October 4, 1902
Ten years ago this week a force
was being organized for the construc-
tion of the irrigation system east o.
the Alamo river. In this connection
the Press says: "This work includes
the main canal for the east side head
ing down to the north line of town
ship IA, range Is, distance of nearly
fifteen miles from the headgates This
work also includes laterals so as to
irrigate all the lands now filed upon
east of the Carter (AIamo) river. The
California Development Company is un-
der contract to complete this system.
There has been some delay in the work
in consequence of the difficulty of get
ting work forces during the summer
months and also on account of the
! large force that has been required to
grade the railroad from Old Beach t.
Imperial. That railroad grading con-
tract now being about completed, d
large portion of the force can be spared
| for the east side work.
Under the caption Egyptian Cot
| ton" the Press of the above date SAYS.
II. J. Weber, the government expert
| who was here Thursday to examine g
| the Egyptian cotton, informs us that
| as yet it is too early to decide whether
' or not the cotton on the experiment
! farm will prove a successful test. He
| was astonished at the tremendor.
growth of crops here and was much
| interested in the rice field"
Referring to registration in the val
| ley, the Press says it has been unable
| to secure the total figures for the three
| voting precincts in the valley, Impe-
| rial, CaleXico and Silsbee, but claims
| the total will run not far from 200
| William T. Heffernan one of the ear
! hest settlers and an officer of the Cali
| fornia Development Company, is adver-
| tisinS to make final proof on land in
! section IA, township IT, range IA
The Blue Lake school, situated near
Silsbee, opened Monday of this week
| with IA pupils. They are "comfortably
| housed in tent house IL by u feet
Thursday Leroy Holt drove more
| than 700 head of cattle into the corral
| mile north Of Imperial, having
shipped them from Deming, N NJ, to
! Flowing Well (the first station east of
| the present junction and at that time
the transfer point for valley ship
| ments)
| r. Mead and son, Harvey, accompar-
led by Ed Morris. Guy HasseI and
! VIII Rosson, arrived during the week
| from Winchester. Mr.. Mead has land
| on the east side and will soon leave
| Or that section to put in his crop.
Albert Hart, a valley rancher, and
| Miss Estelle Griswold of Escondido
were married in San Diego the first
of the week and will reside in tn
| valley.
! The fertile tract north of Imperia
| known as the Braly tract now the
| city of Brawley) has been secured b,
the Oakley-Paulin Company and they
Will at once make preparations to put
| it on the market
l.. L. Cooley will teach the Van Horr
| school in the CaleXico district this
! year. Mr.. Cooley is said to be a fin;
teacher and we congratulate the trus
| tees upon securing his services
The Highland Messenger is quote,
| as saying: "John Larsen ana Joe Han
| sen left this week for Imperial The,
| nave formed a partnership and viii
farm GOO acres this winter. planting i
| 10 grain"