Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-05
Los ANGELES TRIBUNE SAYS
HIGHWAY MEN FAVOR VALLEY

Enclosing a clipping from the Tri-
hune of this date, Albert Miller, news
editor, is kind enough to write the fol
lowing note:
e. F. Howe, The Press. FL Centro.-
Dear Mr.. Howe: Enclosed find clip.
ping from the Tribune of this morning
that l hope will be responsive to the
suggestion proposed in the Press OF
September p. l think il represents the
situation with respect to the highway
exactly as il is. The Tribune is moved
BY very deep appreciation of the i'm
portance of the relation of Los Ange-
les to Imperial valley but l can as
sure you that it is not governed ex-
clusively by a spirit Of enlighten ed
selhshness. The Tribune would Lo
whatever it could for the benefit OF
the valley without regard to any ma
terial benefit Los Angeles might derive
therefrom. Yours truly.
ALBERT MILLER"
The enclosed clipping is by Wilbur J.
Han and is as follows:
Wilbur j. Hall in the Los Angeles
Tribune: BY long distance telephone
Yesterday Ed L. Boyd. one of the Holt
VILE Imperial valIey) highway enthu-
SlaStS- tOlu Ine IrlDune what Is Deln x
done on the road through the sand
hills east of Holtville His report IS
that - four horse teams were at work
Yesterday, and that a crew of Indians
Will so out Monday to begin brushing
the road.
I'VE are going to put the road
through and it Will be ready for the
Phoenix race" said Mr.. Boyd. I'VE
l.;
the line through the hills, passing
through two and half miles in one
place and through two and a quarter
in another. Aside from these two
stretches we can build and maintain a
fine highway with little or no expense.
For miles from the old beach line to
the edge of the sandhills the desert
il as sm ooth as a floor and as hard
as granite. From the Fastside man
canal of the valley to Holtville the
county will spend some money and
make The roads good. All through the
valley, far north as Westmorela nj
The county roads are excellent. ana il
they need Improvement the county or
The farmers will provide the necessary
funds
In an air line il IS about % mics
II Olll IlbilN I4lt 10 ! UNA. w e run lO'lI
miles south Of Ogilby ana directly into
Yuma. making This line considerably
shorter than that proposed runnin.;
northeast from Erawley. In every way
il is the prefera Bile route. and we are
going TO prove to the Los Angeles peo-
ple that we can put the line through
From editorial expressions in I'm
perial valley newspapers it is evident
looking with some skepticism on the
promises of the ocean-to-ocea high
way enthusiasts for a road through the
Imperial valley They are under the
impression that the road will run, as
il was first planned, east and northeast
from Brawley, through the Mammoth
wash, to Glamis and so to Yuma. They
insist that the only road that will real
~ serve the whole valley is the one
running BY way of Brawley, Imperial,
Holtville and the sandhills to OgilDy
and thence TO Yuma.
The plans of the Los Angeles men
working for this highway are apso-I
lutely definite on this point. They will
run the road through Holtville if the
Holtvile and other valley people will
build a road about 30 miles east Of the
valley, and if they can demonstrate
this road can be maintained. If Holt
VILE fails either in building Or in
maintaining this direct route the high
way leaders say that the Brawley road
Il the only possible alternative
The sand hills in question are form ed
in past generations by sand blown
from the face of what was form erly
the Colorado desert of southern Cali
fornia, but which has been partially
reclaimed and is now the Imperial val
ley with 100000 acres Of irrigable land.