Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-19
WE ARE THE PIONEERS

Imperial Valley having passed its twentieth birthday,
begins to think of itself something of patriarch. The
pioneers occasionally banquet themselves and thereby
create occasion discuss od times coming to the
valley today introduced to the oldest inhabtant who
years ago TWENTY YEARS! Just think Of it! what
tremendous space that covers in human experience!
Time is merely invention of the human mind for
the purpose of defining relative things AS soon as
OF think of time it to define the
events elsewhere at that Imperial valleys old
est lnhabtan but babe In arms The entire of
from the beginning of things until but the tick
of watch in the unfodnent of history. We the
And especially are the pioneers when one
ignores time and thinks only of the fundamentals which
ment The Imperial valley has in yet attained its
full stride We have not yet found ourselves nor
gmpsed our full destiny Our men of vision are beginning
little of what is for has
adequate comprehension of the place which Imperial
valley is occupy in the development of California and of
the nation.
There is in Ell Centro humble resident who has just
completed 10000 mile trip the country the
the quarres of Vermont the cotton fields of Alabama
the grain OF the great plains He examined
industrial fabric OF the country at its foundation The
other evening when in idle half hour he compared
the writer the conditions elsewhere with those in the i'm
could not help but feel sense of chargn and humiliation
that here should have doubted It
statement that opportunities here exceed those in
other part of this wide country Beneath feet lie
touched resources The things that have been done but
nothing compared the things that shall be done the
futureand in the near future too The first twenty
that behind have served for the part
merely the things that ought not to do The first
two decades have cleared the which perhaps
could have been avoided but they been and
really ready co. 1t is for this and
not lose time pushing forward to the harvest
which is before
From time time it will the pleasure of the Press
bring to the attention of the people concrete form the
opportunities that exist here They many and if
do this adequately shall be very busy indeed We expect
be very busy that there will be little time give
carping criticism 1t isn't necessary
people to agree upon unessentals We may well indulge
neghbors in the enjoyment of all their pet theories
long they agreed upon fundamentals There
just few things really necessary down here. When
have agreed upon few things which at the bottom of
industrial structure may permit and encourage
full flight of the imagination the which
gress will take Just the thing to be with the
wranging become conscious of unity of interest and
PULL TOGETHER.
pull together spirit mountains. 1t has Of
ten been remarked that way there is
for Los Angeles than for Downey for Cotton except that
gether In this particular respect they surpass any people
the world and that spirit of achievement that constant
keeping the main objective in mind has brought being
the brown and barren plains of Southern California
of the ten greatest cities of the country We we'll make
the most of this example In real richness of
the things that the Almighty has furnished Los Angeles
is not to be compared with Imperial valley We have not
their consciousness of unity Of interest however,
least have not had in the past 1t is the thing which
must acquire Our ideals and purpose
must be to ea the builders and smother the desroyers
with optimism We still the pioneers We here in
time Tor all things. The need of the
our inspiration by broadening the vision and then apply
of purpose to the work before