Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-18
Outlying Places That
viii Be Interesting To
All San Diego Visitors

VIZ We HuIuFeuS OF motorists
from the Imperial Valley who will
take the trip to San Diego starting
today, to attend and view the mid
summer carnival which opened TODAY
ana VIII continue until Monday next.
The program of entertainment for
the five days of the carnival will per-
maps keep everybody too busy to make
sightseeing trips, but if one is inter-
ested IN the growth of San Diego
county, outside Of the city and wants
TO Know what the opportunities are
IN the county, the following story
OF an automobile trip to the outlying
sections will be of interest:
>, Our FIRST stop was East San Diec,
! inns place was incorporated in 1912
as city of the sixth class, at that
time having less than 300 people.
Ioday 1t has grown to almost 700a
1t has three large schools, with ad-
d!uons to be added soon. 4 bank,
50 business concerns, Is minute ca"
service and is on the main highway.
ihey have live progressive citizens
There were 336 building permits is
sued for the first seven months of
this year. A new sewer system is be-
ing installed and the fire policy pro-
lection is seldom eQualed by city of ,
its size. There are free camping
grounds kept by the city. With the
exception of San Diego, it is the fast
est growing city in the county. A
large armory is under way, second .
story is to be added on the city hall |
for lodge purposes. The town is about
400 feet above sea level, has five
churches, large public library and
a municipal band furnishes an excel
lent concert every Saturday night,
which is becoming very popular with
San Diego and East San Diego people. +
From here we went into La Mesa.
This popular little town is coming a. /
long in great shape. Full of pep"
some excellent farms nearby and beau
tiful homes make La Mesa an ideal
place to live in, having good schools,
churches and paved roads La Mesa
will be bigger and better as time goas
on. 1t is easily reached from San Diegal
over a fine highway, dotted on all :
sides with money making chicken and
fruit ranches.
After La Mesa came the wonderful
Ell Cajon valley. Here is one of the
most fertile sites to be found in the
state Rich heavy soil, excellent for
grapes and peaches and several other
fruits. The ride along the highway
is attractive as are the big orchards
and vineyards, showing that money
is always coming to the valley.
Several substantial business houses
are in the main part of ,town. New
homes are being built and the whole
valley takes on an expression of con-
tentment and prosperity. Ell Cajon
is known all over the world for its
fruits and products and with the gem
eral "get-together' spirit prevailing
throughout the valley the United
States will hear more of it.
We turned off the highway where
the Auto Club sign marks the road
for Dehesa, but kept to the right
and followed a long winding road CT
good dirt into Lemon Grove. The ride
this section is interesting as
is taken through noun
famous county with no grades to pull.
At Lemon Grove every one was too
busy TO give much information We
looked over the immense lemon ware
house where thousands of tons of le-
mons pass through each year. nile
there are many farmers on the near
by ranches that raise other things the
principal products is lemons and lots
of them.
Lemon Grove is not very large but
its yearly output of lemons puts it on
the map in big letters.
From Lemon Grove to Chula Vista
is a pleasant ride, following paved
At Chula Vista we called on War
ner Edmonds. Of the bank. He is
a big booster for the town. He told US
to drive around and look at the new
the streets being paved, see
the general condition of the orchards
and the poultry farms and look the
people in the face and readily under
stand why they are happy and doing !
u,eU Chula Vista is only seven miles