Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-28

| private corporations over Which ohe Poo
ple have no control whatever. Inc
power companies are building today
and have in their power to puild, thc
greatest possible political machines that
have ever been devised. Our own lheo'
dore Roosevelt 20 years ago warned the
| people against this very thing ana TO-
| dav we are beginning to see the power
/ Of this machine even i'll the propaganda
| that is going out ON this very hct.
/ Ninety per cent of them had not read
the net and knew nothing about IT cN'
cept that the power companies had told
! them that this was an act to create
II great political machine and to bona
! the state for $500,000,000 and ruin
the credit and industrial life of the
state They thought that was true and
therefore they imagined they were OPP
posed to the act.
, Sell Stock Broadcast
The Southern California Edison Com
pany in the last several months has IN
stituted Il stock selling campaign with
n manager ut IFS head whose business
| it is to sell small blocks of stock to as
many people in California as possible.
They don't wan I to sell a million dol
lars worth of stock to any one-thcT
want to sell 800 worth of stock to 10
600 people, which means that instead
of having one advocate i'll Il community
they have 10000 advocates spread ovct
the state. The power trust is now
advertising that they have l,6O0,ooO
stock and land holders in the state.
! Il is wise political move aud its effect
today is very apparent. If the power
companies, small as they are today com
pared with what they viii be in 10 or
IL wears from now, can exercise the
influence they are now exercising III
the way of political propaganda when
thcv have reached their maturity few
wears from now it will be virtually i'm
possible for the people III any way to
defeat their purposes
This bourd will add just that much
to the political machine which was so
easily defeated on the twenty-ninth OF
last August.
Outlines Section Three
Section III of the Water and Power
Act, outlines the powers of the board
to be appointed Hereunder and are rs
follows:
Tho board shall have power:
(a) To acquire by purchase, lease,
condemnation, gift or other legal
means, land, water, water rights,
easements, electric energy and any
other property necessary or con-
.yenient for the purposes of this art
tcle, and likewise to acquire, and
also to construct, complete and
operate, works, dams, reservoirs,
canals, pipelines, conduits, power
houses, transmission lines, struc-
lures, roads, railroads, machinery,
and equipment. ana to do any and
all things necessary or convenient
for the conservation, development,
storage and distribution of water,
and the generation, transmission
and distribution of electric energy.
No electric energy shall be pur
chased by the board at price to
exceed one-haif of one cent per
kilowatt hour at the power plant,
based upon a so per cent load fac
. tor, except for standby service as
provided by Section IL hereof,
(b) To purchase, acquire, pro-
duce manufacture or otherwise pro-
vide facilities, materials and sup
plies, raw or finished, and any
property or thing necessary or con-
venicnt to the accomplishment 'of
the purposes of this article;
(c) To supply water or electric
energy or both to the state, political
subdivisions and users, and, subject
to the provisions of this article, to
prescribe the terms of contracts
and fix the price therefor and col
lect the same;
Would Aid Districts
(d) To use the waters and tho
lands of the state, or any material
therein or thereon, and to require
the reservation from sale or other
disposition of such lands and mater
ial as, in the opinion of the board,
will be required for the purposes Of
this article;
(e) To require tho reservation
of water from appropriation for
such periods as it may provide;
(f) In the name of the state to
apply for and accept, under tho
provisions of the laws of the United
states or of any state grants, per-
mits, licenses and privileges in the
opinion of the board necessary for
the accomplishment of the purposes
of this article;
(g) To cooperate and contract
with political subdivisions Of this
state and, with the approval of the
governor with the United States
and other states, concerning the
conservation and use of interests
and other waters and the genera
tion and use of electric energy and
the acquisition, construction, com
plction, maintenance and operation
Of works necessary or convenient
for the accomplishment of the pur-
poses Of this article;
(h) To acquire or construct for
political subdivisions distributing
systems for water or electric energy
bought from the state upon terms
that, in the opinion Of the board,
will repay to the state within 25
years the cost thereof with interest.
Tho title to or interest Of tho state
in such systems shall vest in the
political subdivision when paid for;