Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-23

geleS, into close touch with that city.
But, as a matter of fact, ii will do
nothing of the kind. For Los Angeles
TO sidetrack Imperial valley from the
national highway will still further
arouse feeling against that city which
had been in course of development for
several years, but which was begin
ming to die out.
This valley needs the national high
way for advertising it would get,
and the traveller needs the valley, for
il will give him a farming country to
traverse instead of forbidding desert.
The spirit with which Los Angeles
approaches this highway is evidently
intended as an offset to the move or
san Diego in building highway into
this county, and undoubtedly it is be.
cause the majority of the people in
Los Angeles do not appreciate the sit
uation that they are led into posi-
ton of direct antagonism to the val
ley.
This is a case in which all sections
of the valley have common interest
for it is Just as much to the interest
of Brawley and Calexico as of Ell Cen
tro and Imperial and Holtville that the
highway shall traverse long stretch
of the valley, that the great resources
of the valley may be impressed on all
persons who traverse the highway.
This being the case. the entire val
ley should protest against the policy
Los Angeles is assuming in attempting
to deprive the valley of the highway.
The false conception of this road
held in Los Angeles is shown by the
following from the Examiner:
THE campaign for the raising of not
less than 500, 900 for the construction
of a portion of the ocean-to- ocean
highway, which was launched last
week by the members of the Los Ange-
les, Cotton, Banning, Brawley and Yu-
ma Oceanto-Ocean Highway Auxili'
ary, will be formally launched the
early part of this week.
president John S Mitchell of the
Ocean-to- Ocean Highway association
announced yesterday that the meeting
of the campaign committee will be
held tomorrow or Tuesday at the Los
Angeles Athletic club, when ways and
means for the conducting of the cam
paign, will be discussed.
Every business man in southern
California will be appealed to and
the appeal will consist largely of n
business proposition which Mr.. Busi-
ness Man will be shown how he can
cast the bread upon the waters
There is no question but what Los
Angeles will reap tenfold from the con
struction OF the road into the Imperial
valley which will connect that great
tract OF land with this city and connect
The fertile state OF Arizona ana the
salt River valley with Los Angeles. II
viii assure also Of the routing 10 Los
Angeles of the thousands OF automo-
bile parties who viii soon begin 10
Am erican continent.
mo time has been lost in getting
crews Of men on the Mammoth Wash
road. Three gangs of men under the
direction of Engineer Charles Bigelow
were started TO work Thursday IN orn-
ing and supplies were shipped the
same day. A launch has been chart
cred on the Salton Sea and instead OF
the former Is mile wagon haul of sup
plies the distance has been reduced TO
three mile haul.
Instead of paying 65 cents gallon
for water the association now will
have to pay only Is cents a gallon
for drinking water for the gangs OF
laborers who are toiling under the re
Ientless desert sun. The oil which is
to be used for oiling the Mammoth
wash will be hauled across the Salton
sea from the railroad in the launch.
instead of by wagon, as has been
neceSSarv before the $4,000 was voted
to the work at the meeting last We'd
nesday afternoon in the Chamber of
Commerce building.
"The Phoenix racing cars will find
when they make their trial spins over
the Salton Sea valley that the Mann
moth Wash now has been robbed Oh
its terrors. Citizens of Brawley will
direct any tourists out of the desert
town and will have them well taken
care of until they reach the upper end
of the Mammoth Wash which, in few
weeks at the outside, will be in fine
touring shape"