Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-30
PRAISE FROM The
OLD HOME TOWN
BACK in VERMONT
Vermont Editor Tells of
Estimation in Which
Davis Is Held

The following communication has
been received from the editor of the
old home town paper, back in Bar
ton, Vermont, where George Herrrk
Davis lived before coming to Califor-
mia. 1t merely adds confirmation to
the Judgment which local people have
formed concerning tie next assembly,
man:
"a copy of your paper has come to
hand winch tells Of The nomination of
George H. Davis tosrepresent Imperial
county in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ana
| am prompted to believe you will be
interested to receive, and perhaps pub
lish u few lines about Mr. Davis and
his public service while a resident III
this town, previous to taking up his
abode with you. Please feel at lib
erty TO scrap this entire communiea-
tion or edit it rs you see fit.
'sFor % years George IL. Davis was
connected with Baricn in a most vita,
way, having been one of its leading
merchants and always interested in the
progress and advancement of his town
as well as of his own business.
Gone of the greatest of public en-
tcrprises in which Mr.. Davis played a
leading part was tine establishment of
a municipal electric plant for Barton
back in the 80 S when such things were
new. The proposition met with mucn
opposition but George, with his usual
energy, was one of the leaders to carry
the matter through, and was one of a
committee named to select and purchase
a water power site FOR the generating
plant, Is miles from town and then
considered a very. long distance to
transmit electric energy. The wisdom
of the move is well demonstrated by
the fact that the Barton plant now
pays the municipality a handsome profit
each year, furnishes light and power to
nine different community centers in
Southern Orleans county, and gives
the citizens of Barton light, power
and heat rate far below the average
in the east.
Was A Booster
"Barton needed a good hotel and
George Davis was one of dozen men
to put his shoulder to the wheel and
build Hotel Barton on cooperative
plan. While the financial rteurn to
boast about Barton has since had
hotel of which it is proud and from
which the town has derived untold ben
eft.
''The county fair grounds are To-
Gated here and about 1900 the eondi-
dition of the buildings became such
that the whole exhibition fell into dis
repute. Through the engineering and
influence OF Mr.. Davis the grounds and
buildings were put into the finest shape
at an expense of ten thousands of dol
lars, the half-mile race track being ac-
knowledged the best in the state if
not in New England, and the fair was
brought back into beng as n great
asset to the town and county.
"The hand of Mr.. Davis was mani.
fest in securing for TIE town while he
was "A resident here, a wood working in-
dustry, the securing Of a new passenger
depot and locating the same in a bet
ter place, the establishment of muni
cipal water system which is a paying
proposition, and the establishment OF
a cooperative telephone line which was
the neucleus of what is today a strong
independent system.
''Many other matters in which Mr..
Davis worked for the interests Of his
town might be mentioned but the fact
that he built the best and most modern
business block in town, or in this sec
ton, for his own use ought not to go
unnoticed. In this block, constructed
under the most trying circumstances
and handicaps, he conducted a modern
dry goods and furnishings store earn
ing for himself a modest competence
and wide reputation as "a hustler.
SIT could not be said that everyone
loved George during these years, for
anyone who has vision and moves to-
ward the goal with swift and sure step
as George always did, passes by ana
| around those vino object and OBJ
struct, creating jealcusies. But even
the enemies of Mr.. Davis admit that
he was a man who accomplished things
and many persons today say these
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