Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-22
STATE SURVEY
INDUSTRIALLY

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artificial cream from cocoanut oil and
skinned milk.
! Woodland-20,0 acre irrigation
project near this city, well under
way: nearly S1,OOO,OO0 will be eN-
pended.
Several western states are enact
ing laws that no socialist shall teach
in the public schools, and teachers
who were not one hundred per cent
patriotic during the war period are
| barred.
Turlock county grow
ers produced S20.3SS,5O1 worth farm
produce in 1918. Dairy products
brought S5,352 900; alfalfa $4,125,-
500; fruits brought over S2,500,oOO.
Los Angeles. Exports through
this port totaled $9S,952 ,652 in 1918,
against S69.553 ,S73 for 1917.
Redlands shipped 1873 cars oranges
for the week ending January 2S.
nFrancisco-Robert Dollar Co.
% build 100000 steel vessel 1seet
to ply to orient as soon as prices de-
cline.
Suisun.-Highway planned to con-
meet this city with Rio Vista, a dis
tarce Of twenty five miles; to cost
approximately S35O,O0O.
General strikes seem not to be in
favor as all efforts to call one have
fai,ed Tie general strike for Moon
ey and the general strike at Seattle
were both dismal failures.
Visalia.-Tulare county to adver-
Use leading industries by road signs.
At Oakland a strike was voted on
fifteen hundred members of the boil
olmakors' union by twenty-seven rad
ical members.
California Fruit Distributors Com
2anT handled q, 7,428 cars in 1918.
Los Angeles January bank clear
ircs SZ3,137,478 above any former
year.
Stocton.-Besides interest charges
Western Gas and Electric Company
earned S275,930 dividends.
San Francisco carpenters voted five
to one for arbitration and against
striking.
Eayeka-Ten miles road to be built
VITO Somcs Bar country will open up
Kalarath river wiIds to tourists. Kali
amath river Indians still live amid
p~ineval surroundings in this section.
Why not be just in the matter and
give private utility company the
same consideration as a government
monopoly, namely living rates fer its
product.
Yu6a City-$150,00O steel bridge
over Feather river at Nicolaus to be
opened for traffic March 1st.
San Bernadino to hold Ninth An
nual Orange Show from Feb. 1923.
Hemet.-Monmouth Copper Com
panv keeping up war production.
VI 7 d.-Agricultural section
around Atwater developing rapidly.
Necdles.-County wants S500,000
Balstow. We as a people in a sparce-
y settled and only slightly developed
section must learn to think in terms
Of industry and must make up our
mind to swat the agitator and legis-
lative crank who would experiment
with our very bread and butter.
Rer Rluff-Two new bridges near
here costing $38,OOO await State High
way.
San Pedro.-Two steamers launch
ed from local shipyards during week.
San Francisco.-Tahiti and Mariana
ard three freighters to be restored to
San Francisco-Australia run.
Sacramento.-Stat butter produc-
ton decreased 100000 pounds last
two years.
Weed-Highway from here to
YreLa to be put in first class con-
dition.
San Pedro.-Financial supporters
Of Southwestern Shirbuilding Com
pany to establish steamship Company.
There seems to be no trouble in the
legislature to raise any old salary
but when they are asked to appro-
pirate money for an industry like the
fisheries that returns five dollars for
one, to invest in propagating salmon,
an international food supply, they
talk economy.
San lancisco.-Two modern $4,000
ton steamers costing $4,000,000 each
to ply to Yokohama planned by Jap
anese lire.
Oaklaad.-The actual construction
work on $2,0OO,0O0 county hospital to
start