Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-02
COURT HOUSE
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TODAY
Dust Clouds Sweep Struc-
ture from End to End j;
Banging Doors Annoy
Court; Remainder of I'M
perial County Offices Are
Spread Over Community.

A Press reporter wading
through the dust-ridden offices of
Imperial county's ramshackle
apology for court house this
morning, managed with the aid of
a three -meshed gauze veil, to
make the rounds of the building.
This article carries no reflection
on the janitor. He does the best
he can.
The front door was as usual, wide
open. This, of course, was ostensibly
for the purpose of ventilating the
building. Instead, however, and by
reason of brisk west wind, cloud
after cliud of pulverized real estate
in transit from the north to the south
side of town, dropped in to spread it's
mantel over the persons and books,
furniture and counters of the officials
and offices of the building.
In the office of County Treasurer
Barton and the farm bureau it would
have taken six janitors four days to
do a haf-hour's cleaning, SO thick
was the dust which had so literally
spread itself over everything there.
County Treasurer Barton is popu
larly known as the champion fly
swatter and dust-dodger in the court
house. The various creYices and in
terstices bordering his department
makes it the most popular rendezvous
fcr any lighter-than- object that
happens along. Even at that he keeps
it fairly clean.
Upstairs the rattle-trap structure
gave one the impression of haunted
house. Doors without proper locks
banged shut with every passing
zephyr. The swinging doors Of Su-
perior court department No. l, swung
wide, admitting clouds of dust, while
the door of the adjoining lavatory
kept up it's ceaseless banging, while
court was in session, causing the court
and jurors to crane their necks and
cock their ears in an effort to see and
hear what was transpiring within
arms reach of them.
People were registering their names
and addresses on every office counter
in the building. 1t has come to be a
common practice now for all male en-
ployes in the county's pet domicile to
don mechanics jumpers when serving
patrons of the place with written or
other instruments of their respective
departments.
If there really is any "boss" super
visor in Imperial county who really
has enough political prestige over his
fellows to control their actions in the
matter of building a structure suitable
to the county's needs, the tax payers
would doubtless erect bronze monu-
ment 80 feet high to his dear, de-
parted memory-while he yet lived
were he to pass enough hokus- -pokus
before their mental eyes to cause
them to "jar loose" on the PROPOSE
ton, and give Imperial county what
she rightfully deserves, suitable
capitol building.
Here's chance for Supervisor Beal
undying fame.
AS things are now the county Of
| fees are strewn over half of MAR
street, besides having a number OF
them conveniently CD located jim
garages and out-buildings, where any
visitor from the county's remote pre-
cincts might easily find them by tn,
aid of San Francisco Chinese quar-
ter guide and few Roentgen rays
The visitor would first, however, hav,
to shovel his way through the mail
"rotunda" of the first floor. through
mountain of the city's most tran
sient character of debris, carrying
formaldehyde disinfectant in one han,
the while.
Verify it is proud day in this yea
Of our Lord. 1920, when a county o
the boasted dignity of Imperial ha
to transact her official business i
tin shops, abandoned garages, boile,