Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-16

Twenty of the leading merchants Joined the other day
in publishing something about the dawn of for Ell
Centre Imperial county 1t was the day following
bond election these twenty seemed worth while
define the significance the proclaim to the
world. We are living wireless age These set in
motion mental force and broadcased" the fact that Inn
pera Valley has taken an important step toward conso
dating effort in unity of interest
Soon we shall make decision point which to
will unmporant and yet to the extent that
will define the Imperial Valley attitude mind and broad
cast for all time standards of taste and refinement
shall ever do
We refer to the court house A certain part of our
people already saying that should spend
folderos but build plain building strictly for its utility
with no time or expense wasted upon ornamentahon.
Ussft these folks nothing f''sy but something
Always, everywhere there have been people to whom
the strictly utitarian the main consideration
not the ONLY considerations but the Press inclined to
favor those Impractical" folks who find in beauty
sentiment the real forces of the world No one
eed deserts climbed to mountain tops to
spend fortunes to see and enjoy the beautiful.
On the whole the Imperial Valley of today is an
example of utitaransm to seed Lawns and park
ng beautiful flowers and trees and shrubs USE
say these people You can't pasture COWS on them or any
thing therefore why have them? And we live in shacks
and let the premises grow up to weeds.
But it is mistaken dea 1t isn't true that the useful
is the principal or important thing 1t Imperial Valley
the beautiful shaded garden that could easily
bemore easily than place on arth-t would attract
twenty people, perhaps hundred to the one who comes
because of material advantages Real estate
report that great numbers Of investigators go away from
Imperial Valley and refuse to purchase property here be-
and productive which does not bear outward
evidence of the in its farm and municipal improve
mens people had really flourshed in Imperial Valley
and loved it, they would make it beautiful they and
they say it, we believe, with fair basis of logic.
The Imperial county court house is to be symbol
of our civic consciousness It will stand for what
1t will represent state of mind What is that to be? Is
true wish to be understood that have part
the beautiful in culture and refinement and the things
for which people of the world striving? Do we
scorn all this desire merely the material things with
nothing stir the finer impulses? Is it true that all we
of house to ncose many square feet OF
space that ching of beauty and JOY forever would
have no appeal for practical folks?
We are just asking questions but the Press does not
believe that the sordd and represents the best
that all that is in We believe that public SEN
tinent will not begrudge few thousands of dollars ex
pended merely make the Imperial county court house
beautiful We believe nay KNOW that there is culture
refinement and enough of the beautiful our
people to find oyment in contemplating stately public
building and that they will take pride in pointing out to
visitors and potential residents that such building ypfies
the public And if they do that who shall say that
the suggestion furnished by harmony and unity of class
cal outline contemplated day by day ideal may not
inspire us to give ideal expression in our more
practical affars-a consummation just very much to
be desired.