Imperial Valley press., 1919-01-17
L VALLEY PRESS

p CzTTP7TP74- -BRATLEY- -CALEXICO AD
The columns of The Imperial Valley Press t3
carry today an advertisement paid for by the
P,oIylav Calipatria and CaleXico Chambers OF
Commerce White space is a newspaper SLoch
in trade the sale of which constitutes ITS pIln-
cinal source of revenue, and without when II
conno+ exist. But under no circumstances goes
+he nevspaper vouch for the truth or autheh
ticitv of the matter printed IN Its adVerIslHg *
columns. fo1lo,,.S -
o,,+ in i+s statements one of the commonest
forms of deceit in that it attempts to lead the
,,,;c +o tehFye that it can vote itself under the
Reclamation Service.
There are at least two parties to such q
nronosition. and the consent of the Reclanatlon
Service is the first step. Then at least oo pei
cent of the property owners must sign sil asl
roon+ to subject their lands to all charges ana
expenditures of the Reclamation Servlce-Wnat-
ever, that may be- It took the Salt River proJec5
three years to secure so per cent OF only Zoo,Uoo
acres Who knows how long it would take I'm,
ne,iai Valley. with its land owners scattered all
over the nation, to get the required 81 per eehV
of signers for an acreage OF oo4,Ooo acres; -,
made to rislead the public by the talk OF Vot-
inc for the "second proposition lhere IS no
second proposition. The Federal GoVefnmeht
hes made the Valley only one proposition, ana
that is the present contract. During more IMAM
a years negotiation the government has refused
to make ImUerial Valley proposition enlOiao-
ING the Reclamation Service.
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who IS also
boad of the Reclamation Service, has expressly
I,rqed the people of the Valley, through tele-
Gram to the Ell Centre Chamber of Commerce.
to ratify the contract. M
statement received today from W. r. NC
Clure. state engineer, who is REQUIRED by law 10
4IO iooh1
contract is as follows:
Assuming that the suggested 9,0oO-secono
feet capacitv canal be adopted and provided Tor
and the cost chargeabe to the Imperial Valley
he token as S29, SIS 082 and that it be estimated
that this canal will water 100000 acres OF laho'
then the additional burden to the present I'M
,-o,.;al Irritation District because of this work
,Torl5 he slightly less than $33 per acre. This
amount. in my judgment, would not be at all
lylrdpnsone to the lands of Imperial valley now
included in the Imperial Irrigation District
MARCHING ON GERMANY.
With an army organized in German-Polano
said to consist Of perhaps 4OOOO men wen eiluip W
ped, marching on Berlin, and Yesterday oiny oQ ~
miles distant. we have q striking Illustration OF
4ho Obstacles living in the way of such peace as
has been so eIoquently urged by president w
r., renewing hostilities in this fashion peo-
1lle have more at stake than almost any oVheT
subject nation and dependent upon lIs own <
behavior as we'll as the benevoence OF us heIgn-
oore for the realization Of its dreams Of indie
pfn%6S5 9f %6ic6 no p one can see the end After all that
Europe has suffered since 1914 it is difficult 70
believe that a repetition Of the quarrel among
the Balkan states in 1913, after their victory over
Turkey. IS possible, and yet this movement Dg
- ,eonlo as INTELLIGENT as it has been patient
seems to foreshadow something even worse.
There can be no hope for the liberated ma
tions unless they await and abide by the peace
which depends so largely OF their good conduc''
Disarmed and distracted as it is, Germany can
not be expected to submit to this violation oI lIs
territorv. A renewal of the war on any scale
or for any pretext can be viewed only as calam-
ity Plainly enough if there is to be peace in hu
rome It must come quickly, as President wilson
hes insisted and it must be a peace both Just
and generous. even though some Of the Victors
now seem to have forgotten those ASPIRATIONS