Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-17

| was financed through popular subScrip-
ton of S65,00O, constructed and pre-
sented by the citizens Of San Diego
| to those of Imperial County-an ex-
preston Of the spirit of pride in and re
gard for Imperial county that seems ev-
erywhere in San Diego to exist. Al
Mountain Springs monument. signal
| ling the meeting of the counties, is in
course OF construction. At Jacumba
Hot Springs we stopped to breakfast
and never was a meal relished better
/ than by our party of six. The hot
| springs here are of interest They are
| impregnated with sulphur and come up
in places too hot for comfort. Here
is place for a health resort. Some
time it Will be developed.
From Mountain Springs we entered
on the san Diego county boulevard
built by the san Diego Highway Com
mission. The whole mileage Of which
i IIS.O5. for which the county voted
one and One-fourth million dollars
/ bond issue. In this mountain section
is the POtrero Grade. six and one-half
road ! ever saw. wonderful piece of
engineering. 1t winds in and out
arund and abut. yer and under. cir
cling hills. spanning chaSmS. leading
sinuously toward all points Of the com
pass. reaching none, but ever advanc-
ing toward your deStination-San Die
go. This Is a. trip of marvellous in
tereSt.
The grandeur Of the mountains is
captivating. There are great bulks Of
solid rock, some with no coloring but
the cold gray granite. One such rear
ed its huge back above surroundings
and outlined itself against The blue
sky in form like the back of giant
camel. The black seams down it,
sides suggested harness trappings. The
fora gave its charm of brief coIorngs
here and there brilliant and vivid. in
places showing the underground OF
mountain shrubs. Places Of interest
could have afforded entertainment fol-
many stops.
At last the grade was left ana we
entered the valley. No one who can
drive well need dread this trip. II was
one Of joy. first to last. But let every
one who makes it first resolve to attend
strictly to the guidance Of his machine
and of looking ahead and sounding his
| horn whenever the roads wind out OF
sight. Mr. Curtis motOred up to Spring
Valley Heights and La Mesa. new res
idence suburban sections Of San Diego
atfording magnificent views of the sur
rounding country. Here are the homes
Of many notables.
From here we descended and reach
ed San Diego in midafternoon Not
at all wearied, and rich in the posses
sion of new memories that must afford
added pleasure in life's Quieter hours.
In the three days following were Won
derful revelations. Eight years had
passed since a visit to San Diego. To
herein portray. OF even outline the
change is impossible. 1t can be sum
med up by saying. San Diego is a new
city. built upon the solid foundation
Of past determination, sublime patience
and unquenchable faith, that her day
Of greatness must dawn is inevitable.
To see it all, to realize what the great
minds here have conceived and
wrought out, is too long to pay a
fitting tribute while words fail. 1t is
as if the great Author of all had seen,
and recorded. then in justice declared.
"Well done, enter in and possess thine
inheritance Certain it is that from
these gateways there must pass and
repass the potential forces of world.
Reward is sure to follow patient wait
ing and dutiful services.
1t were well if every business man
Of Imperial Valley could look in upon
the developments evident. To realize
the great force that is pushing steadily
and without OstentatiOn or blare Of
trumpet would inspire the desire to
joni hands at once for the united pros
perity of two counties. Each newt
ably holds an unfathOmed measure of
the others greatness.
San Diego and Imperial Valley can
yield each to the other what can no
where else be gained.
Monday morning Mr.. Curtis called
at the home of A. G. Goldberg, for
merly Of No. 8, and took Mr.. and Mrs
Goldberg and yours truly" for a tour
Of the beaches. Kaleidoscope visions
circle in memory as the names OF
places visited follow en- route. 1t is
too much to more than skim the sur
face. In general the developments ir
progress, speak for present and future
greatness. We went through Ole
Town and took in the historic noints nj