Imperial Valley press., 1914-03-09
What One Visiting Editor
Thinks of Imperial Valley
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Crombie Allen, editor Of the On.
tario Report, thus tells of his visit
to the valley with the editorial party
Imperial Valley!
IMPERIAL VALLEY!
IMPERIAL VALLEY!
What Imperial valley, do you in
quire, Gentle Reader? Well, the
only Imperial Valley we wot of il
Imperial valley, Southern California
We scarcely see how there could be
another, and it is AN Imperial valley
The editor of The Daily Report re-
Gently left the orange groves of the
Ontario valley that spreads in splen-
did sweep at the foot of Old Baldy's
snowy summit two miles above sea
level and took a little journey below
the level of the sea in the Imperial
valley with the members of the Cali
farnia Press association and the
Southern California Editorial associa-
tion.
Right Location Selected
The fact has become so firmly es-
tablished that it is no longer ques-
toned that Southern California is the
most favored cline in the world, but
those palabra painters who would
paint the lily differ, somewhat about
which section Of Southern California
ranks foremost, although Ontario
seems quite secure as Choicest Cali
fornia. Fortunately locating itself in
Southern California the Imperial VAL
ley took the first step towards per-
fection and the writer's visit goes
far toward convincing him that the
Imperial valley is the Ontario Of that
part of Southern California.
Our trip was a moving picture sort
of an affair in it's rapidity, only
three days in the valley, but those
three days used to good advantage
in seeing every section of the new
empire and giving impressions vivid
enough to establish in every ones
mind the present wonder and future
glory of the new-old country.
Even as the trip was rapidly
moving panorama, so this little ac-
count will be but rapid fire story
of news and views in an attempt to
recount in a feeble way a few i'm
pressions of the writer There will be
some things said, no doubt that
should not be said, and many things
not said which should be said.
Painting the Lily 5
What's the use of any mereSnews.
paper man trying to write about the
Imperial valley after Harold Bell
Wright has written "The Winning of
Barbara Worth" and all the world
has read it. And, although the afore-
said Harold Bell Wright was in On
tario on his way to his new Foothill
home at the base of our mountains
while the writer was in the Imperial
valley, the latter is not going to take
that as any license for poaching on
the, literary preserves of the distin-
guished author by trying to win new
laurels depicting the wonders of the.
reclaimed desert.
1t was a trip of discovery and de-
light After brilliant banquet at the
Elks club and a sight seeing tour
of, the National orange shows splen-
did spectacle, the party regretfully
left San Bernardino at midnight
in driving rain, but warm
ed by the exhibition of San Ber-
nardino spirit exemplifed and daunt-
less at all times.
There was some doubt about getting
away, but the Southern Pacific turn
ed the trick without trouble. And,
if there is anything possible to be
done in railroading under Heaven
wet or dry-the Espee esprit de corps
will do it. And, it was finely fitting
that special train on the Southern
Pacific should bear the press of the
Golden State to this newest and
greatest section of California, for
the Southern Pacific railroad has been
one of the leading, if not the FORE
most factor, in developing advertis-
ing and making California.
Regretfully is was learned by the
crowd that f. E. Batturs,
the Espee's general passenger agent,
"the life of the party" on many an
editorial trip, was detained in Los
and could not accompany the
party. However, his chief assistant,
George A. Hazard, was discovered at
the orange show and urged to 60
along, but he had to stay with the
big top and it is believed he was
as sorry as the editor bunch that he
colIld not on alOnp