Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-30
L. Train Has Booked 125
for Trip to Valley--Many
Women in the Party.
WILL BANQUET AT
THE BARBARA WORTH
Side Trips to All the Import.
ant Sections to Be Made
From County Seat.

All arrangements nave been COM
pleted for the Los Angeles Times
Imperial Valley excursion, which
will leave Los Angeles over the South
ern Pacific at 1855 p. m. Friday.
Every berth in the special train has
been taken and long list of appli-
cations had to be rejected for lack
Ct accommodations Those who do
not go with the party tomorrow night
will have the opportunity, however,
OF registering for a similar excursion
to leave on April 13, plans for which
are now being perfected by Irving R.
Smith, advertising manager of the
Times and manager of the ever-popu-
lar Times excursions.
One hundred and twenty-five in ali
have bough. tickets for the first ex-
cursion, fifty Of whom are women.
Included among the excursionists will
be men we'll known in banking and
business circles, as well as large
number interested primarily in the
American Nile section. Many cities,
towns and agricultural communities in
the vicinity of Los Angeles will be
represented, and there will be also
sprinkling of tourists from the East
and Middle West.
Every possible preparation has been
made by the people of Imperial VAL
ley to make the visit of the excur-
sionists an enjoyable one and to af-
ford the members of the party an
opportunity to see the wonders of the
section. Fleets of automobiles have
been mobilized at every town included
in the itinerary to whirl the visitors
out among the farms and orchards
and ranches of the rich domain that
has been created out of the former
desert wastes of the Imperial basin.
The visitors will dine on the fat of a
land that is famous for its food pro-.
ducts. At every turn they will be
greeted by hospitab.e. people bent on
making their two days stay so pleas
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By Military Band.
The excursion will arrive at CaleX
: leo Saturday morning at 7:3O o'clock.
Following breakfast at the Calexico
hotel, the visitors will be taken by
automobile for trip of Inspection
among the various fine ranches on
the American side of the international
line. The journey will end with 1our
of picturesque Mexicali, just across
the border. Lunch will be had in Lu
Sings Cafe near the Mexican fort OF
Mexicali and one of the treats IN
store for the party will be a sere-
made by the famous military band OF
Governor Esteban Cantu of Lower
California.
The Times special will leave CaleX-
leo at 2 o. m., arriving at Ell Centre
half an hour later. Automobiles will
be lined up at the station, waiting
to take the excursionists on never
lo-be-forgotten trip through the rich
territory around Ell Centre, Holtville
and Meloland Saturday evenings
dinner at the beautiful Barbara Worth
hotel at Ell Centre will be one OF the
events of the entire trip. A special
menu of the Imperial Valley products
promised the visitors was received by
the Times last night. Here is the
list of good things promised by Pro-
pretor Richmond:
Whole chilled Brawley tomato-may-
onnaise, Calipatria barley soup, crou-
tons, baked Salton Sea mullet, ragl-
got; panned milk-fed Timken ranch
chicken, Holtville potatoes-julienne'
fresh McPherrin ranch asparagus hol-
landaise, new Heber green peas, hearts
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