Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-28
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no fiction "a al
an unvarnisha atemenc
a statement showing the wono.-4,.
possibilities of the great Imperial
Valley and what it is capable of pro-
ducing and what men with little
means can accomplish if they have
the will and the energy, backed by
a little common sense.
Jones came to the Valley last
April. He came. as the result of an
advertisement in newspaper. It
might have been The Press or it
might have been some far-away met
ropolitan journal. At any rate, he
saw the ad of the Imperial Valley
Farm Lands Association and he came
to Calipatria and saw Mr.. Clark, the
general manager. That was in April,
less than year ago. He finally
bought 73 acres of land not very far
away from Calipatria, paying $100
an acre for it. Then he seemed to
fairly disappear from the face oil
the earth. No one saw him in town.
No one could hear of him except now
and then neighbor would pass and
see him working away in the field,
whether it was hot sunshine or mur-
ky Indian summer 1t was a COM
mon report that he was industrious
and some of the neighbors saw that
the old idea that people from the
South are lazy was incorrect insofar
as Jones was concerned. Jones did
work, to say the least.
Time went on and one day last
week Jones came to town. He went
straight to Mr.. Clark's office, loaded
with a bundle of receipts.
"Mr. Clark, you certainly did hand
me package when you sold me that
land last April and | want an ac-
counting" said Mr.. Jones', II didn't
think you would do any one that
way" ,.r4 Ta
Mr. Clark at once assumed an apol-
ogetic attitude. The company has
the reputation of making things right
at all hazards. They do not misrep-
resent things. They sell the land
on its merits and they have some A.
900 acres of it. They do not praise
it, but they know pretty well what
each tract will do Mr.. Clark thought
he had been fair with Mr.. Jones,
but he was ready to do the right
thing if he had unintentionally
erred. ~He told Jones so. Jonesl
seemed hard to pacify. Jones didn't
ask for his money back, but he left
that impression and Mr.. Clark was
beginning to think that he would
have to do something of that kind, |
for the Association has yet to make
an unsatisfactory sale to both sides
of the deal.
The argument continued quite a
while, and yet Mr.. Clark seemed to
make no headway and seemed unable
to draw out of the perturbed Mr..
Jones just what the trouble was.
Then the receipts were laid upon
The table They were cotton ware
house receipts and showed that they
mad been transferred by Mr.. Jones
for $500 cash--just $1,000 moret
han he paid for the land last April.
Mr.. Jones had done every bit of the
work himself, except when picking
line came around, and he paid out
5000 for picking. He planted only
sixty acres of the seventy acres, ex
that he couldn't quite ham
lie the whole tract. He has paid for
lis land off the land in less than
year, paid his help and has 500
,ver-enough for any conservative
nan to live on if he is ranching and
aises number of by-products such
IS chickens and a hog or two, as Mr..
ones does.
Mr.. Jones of Tennessee is quite
veil pleased with Imperial Valley,
hank you.