Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-04

The town site OF DiXielands is
owned by the Westside Land Com
pany of San Diego and comprises APP
proximately eight hundred acres OF the
richest land in the Imperial VALLEY.
The success of a town depends great
ly upon it's promoters. The members
of the Westside Land Company repro
sent some of San Diego'S most prom
inent and successful men. They feel
that San Diego has a prior claim on
Imperial valley as their back coull-
Try" and realize that all effort TO en-
courage and extend the resources Of
the valley will stimulate and incrcaS"
the healthy growth which san Diego
is now enjoying. For years San Diego
has been cut off from this immensely
productive section by the absense of
railroad connection. but with the com
pletion of the San Diego and Arizona
railroad. now under course of COnStruc-
ton. San Diego will be th" direct
market" for the output OF the lmpe-
rial valley and the valley will be al
forded one of the finest harbors ON
the Pacific coast as their "shippinS
point,
Tie Location of Dixieland.
DiXieland is situated sixteen miles
west OF FL Centre, the county seat CT
muerial county. and eighteen miles
due east of the boundary line OF San
Diego county The San Diego and Ari-
iona railroad now under course Of con
struction and completed six miles be-
vOnd DiXeland runs directly through
the center of the town site east and
west. A throe-hundred-fOOt right Of
way has been reserved by the railroad
through the town and a fine siding
2O0O feet in length has been built here.
All this seems indicative OF conSidera-
bic anticipated railroad activity, for
this section. The depot site has also
been graded and fine station is as
sured. With the completion of this
road DiXieland will be the first town
in and the last town Out Of the lh-
perial valley. This fact will also make
il the "faVorite stopping point fo'
travel going to and coming from san
Diego on the mountain highway,
which is being pushed AS quickly a|
possible from the east 10 Imperial
county =. ne com pltliOl VI it' c''i
Diego and Arizona railroad will mean
a great reduction in freight TO the
coast and will afford DiNieland "dl-
rect market and shipping point
From scenic point Of view DIN
leland is unQuestionabIy the most beau
iifullv situated town site in the nm
perial valley 1t is almost entirely
surrounded by mountains, How
wclcon'e these mountains look in
the summer time, Just think-iho
foothills Il these mountains are only
Ten miles distant. Only short ride
takes YOU from summers neat To
cool and comfort
The Westsid Main, one OF the larg
est irrigation canals in the valley, runs
north and south through the town
bringing more than 10000 acres OF
this fine land under cultivation and
tributary to DiXieland, an immense
area to draw from. With further eXten'
sion Of the irrigation system, which IS
being given much present consldera
tion and is not far in the future, an
other vast area of this unsurpassed
land will be opened up which Will more
than double the present resources oi
Dixie" Those who have settled west
Of New river the deep channel caused
by the overflow of the Colorado river
find the new town a most convenient
base of supplies. In fact, DiNieland IS