Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-03
SAFETY NOT COMFORT DEMANDED

SAFETY NOT COMFORT DEMANDED
Although is difficult to believe that any thinking
would make such charge it has been said in GER
tain quarters that the agitation for courthouse is
the expression of desire the part of county Off
Gals who work there secure comfortable
Aso it has been said that the of courthouse
is more than the taxpayers stand
This latter statement has been proved inconsistent
the former and has only visit the courthouse to see
that the o1clas are conductlng ner oepartmens u9e
tremendous handcaps and are working in quarters which
business house would dare provide for its employees
particularly where there are many women workers pro
not of itself be sufficient for court house and 1t
is not that which has prompted the agitation on the
foremost consideration in the campaign
The citizens of Imperial county correspond to the
stockholders of corporation and the board of supervisors
the corporations board of directors If board of
directors in the county allowed its records to be housed
under the conditions existing in the Imperial county court
house. they would be looking for jobs or II tney
forced their employees to work in plant similar to the
courthouse the authorities would be- their trail and
compel them provide sufficient natural light fresh air
and protection from the heat of the summer months and
cold of the winter doubtful whether they would be
able to the force at ALL
The tax collectors office received in the past year.
S25OOOO which equal the annual business of large
is forced conduct its affairs in space
smaller than ordinary chicken run and to work eontnu
ally under artificial lght-The tax collector handles
10000 accounts ranging in size from few dollars to
each of these accounts receipt must be
made out which given upon payment of taxes and in
addition of their voton and merely to give service to
the the collectors office sends out an annual
statement to everyone advising when DUE when
nsalment may be paid and other information which may
be of service Though the appropriation made Tor TINS
department makes it impossible to employ sufficient
number of clerks this done during the hottest
months of the by extra work the part OF the office
The records of the tax collectors office spread
during the day. tables and desks where they would
ha eso the tax rolls and re-
ceps which would require labor and expense TO
building it is nconcevabe that should accuse the
officials of seeking courthouse solely to provide more
comfortable quarters.
without seeing to that it in good mechanical ORDER
and would further protect themselves oy carrying nsul sur
the public of the county deserving OF equally
good protection which will be provided by passage OF
the courthouse bonds on June IL.
Floods are no respectors of persons communities
Whenever flood due it it descends upon the
just and the unjust alike. The village OF Ripley IN the
Pao Verde valley hundred miles the river has Just
undergone visitation that working extreme hardship
upon the citizens there the valley 1t takes lot of
courage withstand such adversely and is fine tnng
the Younger generation whose future spanned with
rainbows and with whom the element OF time does not
weigh heavily The citizens OF Imperial Vaey SYM
pathize in full with their northern neighbors
the grace to that Maryland minister from the
charge of guilt marrying thousand couples in single
That for the good of the particular served he
should another field If he should marry thous
he must move on If it is all right marry hundred it is
equally proper marry thousand so reasons ne mar
ryng He afford to move on ne can Keep up
that lick.
Los Angeles police judge had 82 cases OF drunken
before him in single day recently They must have
struck hooc of oil in few OF their wells on the
coast.
About the only things lacking now in Imperial valley
to make ideal wealth producer are few OIL wells OF
the gusher type Any other kind would fail to attract at
enton where much is being made out OF garden
truck alfalfa and livestock Well drilers will kindly get
busy
Some of his Detroit friends organizing political
club for the purpose of making Henry Ford president
One of the panks their platform is to be currency
plank This probably means tin currency for Henry has
certainly had mighty good luck with tn' which ne mas
already given a tremendous circulation.
The wife of the president of big motor company was
tho at hp mt n noO