Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-17
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Interesting and Informative.
Article by Don Bitler
Tells of Advantages of
Life in Imperial Valley.

Don C. Bitler, as everyone in the
valley knows is one of District Attor
ney Simon's mainstays in his office.
However, before Mr.. Bitter took up
the study and practice Of law, he was
a newspaper man. and he can't get
away from his first love.
Recently he prepared an article on
the Imperial valley which makes
mighty interesting and informative
reading for the general public and
which is here produced in part.
From a miniature green oasis. I'm
p erial valley before its nineteenth
birthday has leadup into foremost po-
Isition among Americas reclaimed
!, lands. Where formerly only family
marked burro trails led from water
hole to water hole, concrete highways
bear the traffic of 'many thousand
motors. Cava:caGes of giant ttusl;s
haul countless tons of farm products
to waiting trains. The one horse plow
has given place to the tractor and The
combination reaper helps quickly to
clear the way for the second crop In
proved implements and labor saving
machinery make possible the farm
ing of extensive areas of Imperial
Valley loan. Electric power turns
the wheels of every valley industry.
Fast railroad service connects the
farmer directly with markets ever
hungry for his abundant products.
Numerous fine schools and churches
provide the necessary uplifting agen-
cies for an intelligent and progressive
community. Cities and towns. equip
ped with every up to date facility, dot
the valley and amply meet the demand
for social and commercial intercourse
'of $4,000 people. The long distance
telephone and the telegraph vie with
daily newspapers in maintaining the
valleys constant touch -. out
side world
Imperial Valley is essentially food
producing district of unlimite pos
sibilities. All government experts
have agreed that the valleys hun
dred thousand acres continually grow
ing alfalfa provide an ideal feeding
ground for the livestock of the great
southwest. The feasibility of increas-
ing this acreage an rundred fold is IN
questioned. When droughts and freez-
ing temperatures make impossible he
pasturing of the rambling mountain
canyons, beef cattle. dairy herds, sheep
and hogs browse in Imperial valley
alfalfa fields and complete their fat
tening diet with milo maize and barley.
AS first aid to range stock, the I'M
perial Valley has for many seaaons
proved itself to be an indispensable
unit in the production system of Amer
ica.
Artificial coloring to make salabie
the butter product of the mpcr,al
Valley dairy is not required. jersey
Holstein, Guernsey or Durham-no
matter what the dairyman prefers
prospers on Imperial Valley alfalfa,
furnishes freely the greatest volume
of butterfat and the farmers purse
bulges in like proportion. In one
year Imperial Valley sent to the mar
kets seven million pounds of butter,
more than the combined production of
six other So Nthem California coun-
ties. The dairyman who seeks the
maximum butter production, with a
permanent supply of green feed to de-
pend upon, will find his highest am.
bitions fully gratified in this natural
home of the alfalfa.
Imperial Valley is an individual
thing. 1t must not be considered in
comparison with other farming dis
tricts of the world. Only by contrast
can the prospective settler judge this
lich area with proper understanding
of it's true advantages. This surpris-
ing valley stands alone from almost
every viewpoint. It's early harvests
make possible additional profits in
markets entered by none other. It's
heavy crop yields multiply the farm
er's dollars and make doubly certain
the payment of the income tax. The