Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-05
POWDER MILL EXPL OSION KILLS FIVE
Taxpayer on 1000
Acres Urges Court
House Bond Votes


are invariably the earliest and strong
est opponents of any possible waste of
public funds in extravagant and unnec
essary expenditure. Judged on this
basis, the proposed erection of an I'm
perial county courthouse is sound and
desirable economy rather than burden
upon property, since various OF the
largest land owners in the county are
giving time and effort in aiding the
county courthouse committee campaign
to carry the 100000 bond issue for a
courthouse at the election to be held in
this county June ~.
| Evidence of this sentiment is forci-
bly, given in the following statement
by ID. r. Crawford, who pays taxes on
| 1000 acres in Imperial county. He says:
| Greater Valley Day Ahead
| "For many years / have been watch
ing the destinies, the ups and downs,
trials and failures and the successes, of
this county of ours-an empire of un-
told riches reclaimed. from desert
wastes. Always hopeful, if not al
| ways certain of the ultimate destiny
of this great Imperial Valley, have
waited and worked, succeeded and fail
ed along with the rest of our people. At
last l. believe we are in the light; on
firm ground and our hopes justified.
81 believe every citizen and taxpay-
| er of Imperial county is to be congrat-
ulated on the result of the special IT.
| rigatiOn District bond election of last
Thursday. L believe the success of the
issues of that election is the turning
point in the history of Imperial county
At last on hn riu nd
if we all get together and stay together
nothing can stop the onward march Of
! progress.
s. 1t seems to me waste or time and
energy to have to make an argument
in favor of issuing bonds for the con-
| struction of new courthouse and to
provide funds for a county fair. This
is part of our progressive march and
must be dealt with as we go. 1t seems
so entirely obvious, so openly apparent
this need of the county, ! for one be-
Heve that to urge the citizens of I'm
perial county to get behind these pro-
positions borders on insulting their in
telligence.
"The necessities of the county are
so well known that L am sure no
thoughtful citizen and elector can
possibly be ignorant of the facts. There
can be no opposition to these bonds on
principle. On merit it must be that
every voter will recognize the necessity
of the projects for which the county
board of supervisors have asked us to
vote bonds. If that is so there can
be no legitimate opposition to the pro-
jects on principle. The only arguments
that can be urged against them must
be based on Misunderstanding or mis-
directed economy.
Sectional Jealousy Out of Date
An argument based upon the first of
these premises is not in accord with
the spirit of progress now dominant in
the affairs of Imperial county, has no
place among our people, and should not
be harbored or given expression by any
thoughtful person. The writer has
watched the trend of thought as ex-
pressed in sectional jealousies in I'M
perlal county, for long time, and is
convinced that now is the time to for
get all our petty, selfish notions and get
together in long strong pull for Il
greater Imperial Valley that will 90
straight ahead to it's ultimate destiny
of unlimited prosperity and full leader
snip among the richest agricultural see
t1ons OF the richest nation and most
progressive people the world has ever
known.
,'Together we can do this. Divided
our ultimate success undoubtedly will
be delayed indefinitely. The people of
Imperial county have an opportunity on
June IL to wipe out once and for all
time of tba
have been blight upon our progress
ana prosperity ever since the county
was organized. Let us get together and
lay this ghost of sectional strife and
discOrd.
IF such a result were to cost us a
huge sum of money it would be well
worth the price paid. But it can be
attained without material cost. and
with the attainment of this most laud-
able objective the county NAV be saved
millions of dollars of expense. Local
economists have said that the building
of new courthouse at this time will
result in an actual saving of money to
the taxpayers of the county, instead of
increasing the burden of public ex-
pense.
Their arguments appear sound bus.
mess sense, ana l for one am willing
to accept them without quibble. Even
IT they are wrong, the good that will
be accomplished through the success of
the issues in the forthcoming election
will balance the cost, whatever it NAV
be, many times.
81 pay taxes on approximately 5000
acres of improved land