Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-18
FARMER CALLED TO
SERVE COUNTY in
THE LEGISLATURE
Man of Force and Action To
Watch Imperial Interests At
State Capital. Import
tant Matters Pending

1t is eminentiy proper that
Imperial county should be
represented in the legislature
by farmer. If it is really a
settled tradition that laws are
to be made by lawyers, at least
we disagree with the plan and
and propose to send to Sacra-
mento someone who has an I'M
derstandug of the thing to be
done.
1t is not the province Of this
page to enter the sphere Of
prophecy, but reports from ev-
cry corner of the country make
it apparent that George II.
Davis will be the next Assem-
blyman from Imperial county.
In other words, the people Of
the county having called him,
will complete their work and
establish him in the place to
which he was called.
Seldom has so noteworthy a
compliment been paid to a cit
izen Of Imperial county as that
offered to Mr.. Davis in sum-
moning him to accept the re-
sponsibility o f representing
this great county in Sacra
mento. In the past, Mr.. Davis
has taken strong stands on pub
lie questions in a very positive
way and not every one has
agreed with him at all times,
and yet when the suggestion
was made that he should be
drafted to attend the legisla-
ture in our behalf, nearly ev-
eryone of those who have found
themselves in disagreement
with him at any time fastened
to sign his petition and to sig
Nifty their endorsement of him
for this particular place. All
who have an acquaintance with
George H. Davis recognize in
him a man of initiative and of
extraordinary force in putting
through to a successful con-
summation any project to
which he may have committed
himself. If a man of such quail
tiles is available, all have
agreed that his potential value
at the state capital is too great
not to make use of him in the
guidance of the questions OF
very great Importance which
are certain to come before the
next session of the legislature.
OF course it is not now clear
in Just what shape the ques-
tions in which Imperial valley
is interested will come before
the legislature; but their ap-
pearahce in some form is GER
tain. An important part OF
the unfinished" business is
the road proposition. Out IN
the desert in the eastern sec
ton of the county the state has
a fortune invested in a road
which at present runs up a
tree, if there be any there, and
stops. To capitalize that road
fully, it must be completed on
through to Yuma. And when
that is done, it will be the most
important single Improvement
that has ever been undertaken
in behalf of Imperial county.
1t will direct as much wealth.
into the valley as an important
crop, for to be on the line OF
the great stream of transcon-
tinental traffic which has Cali
fornia for it's destination is to
be in connection with the magic
power which has converted
Southern California from a
wilderness into an empire:
Transportation is the life OF
trade-and of everything else
in these practical days-and
to make us link in nation
wide transportation system is
to put us in step with the force
which is remaking the state:
1t is probable that leglsla-
.ture will be proposed involving
the status and the practical
functioning of the Irrigation
district. The thing has never