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Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
The Water and POWer Act--
An Analysis
By CHARLES L. CHILDERS.

individuals or corporations. We have
no quarrel whatever with the private
power companies. The power companies
of California are great and valuable
utilities They have done much toward
the development of the state and they
have developed into corporations at
this time of tremendous proportions and
what they will be in years to come can
only be surmised.
Must Make Profit
1t is proper for these private cor
porations to make profit from the
They must make profit or capital
would not be available for their exist
ence, let alone their proper develop
ment. We may cOncede that the price
they charge is none too high for them
to charge The fact remains that the
power company must pay for the money
it uses and pay profit to its stock
holders. This profit necessarily must
| be taken from the rate payer or the
consumer whom it supplies. If the state
can operate this utility and without
profit to anyone save the low interest
rate it pays on its bonds then the addi-
tional profit goes to the multitude of
industries who are rate payers to the
utility and to that extent encourages
these various industries.
The question is whether or not the
state wants to encourage and develop
few public utility corporations and
only such other industries as can sur
| vive under the rate charged, or whether
at the sacrifice of these great public
| utilities to encourage and develop the
multitude of industries which are now
clamoring and will clamor to come to
F; the Pacific Coast provided an abund-
, ance of cheap power can be furnished
! them. If the state by, eliminating a
small fraction of the cost of power can
establish in the state great many more
! industries than are here at the present
| time or than would come under present
| conditions, then it would seem as purely
an economic measure that the purposes
and policies of the act are sound. If
the purposes and policies of the act are
sound, then it is only Il matter of dc
| tail in working out those policies. II
| will be borne in mind that no power
granted in the act can be performed
/ except to carry out these purposes. The
act as Il whole has been carefully pre-.
pared by experts and apparently every
detail has been covered that will fully
! and completely carry out the Purposes
| as expressed in this first section.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

| Section | of the so-called Water and
! Power Act provides:
| It is hereby declared to be the
| policy and purpose of the state to
conserve, develop and control the
! waters of the state for the use and
benefit of the people.
] This section clearly and concisely
states what is intended to be accom-
| plished by the act The thing to be
| considered then is, first, whether or not
this purpose is fundamentally sound,
and second, whether or not the act is
properly constructed to carry out this
purpose.
e, No community can survive Industrial
| " without an ample. supply of water
and power at reasonable rate. 1t will
| be observed that the industrial centers
of the world are located at those points
where these commodities abound. We
| find the big steel mills and other fac
tories located in the coal fields of P,Sm-
sylvania and of illinois. We find the
big industrial plants at Niagara Falls
and the Great Lakes. In other words,
where power is abundant and cheap
| is where the industries are bound to go.
| No one would be SO. foolish as to es-
tablish a great factory on the Pacific
Coast and depend for power upon coal
| from PENNSYLVANIA. Other things being
| equal, the industrial life of any com
munity will survive Or perish just in
proportion to the amount of power OBJ
tainable and the price charged for the
same. Then it must be conceded that
| if California is to develop industrially,
two things are necessary:
Quantity of Power Needed
First. Abundance of power. In this
state it must either be fuel oil or hydro
electric energy. Since fuel oil is ex-
pensive and will sooner or later become
| exhausted the natural source of power
| is hydro-electric energy. 1t resolves
itself to one point-that If California
will develop industrially the hydro
electric resources of the state and of
the public domain adjacent thereto,
must be conceived and put into form foi
use That is not the only requirement.
1t must be sold to the consumer at a
price which the industry can afford to
paw in competition with Niagara Falls
and with the coal and oil deposits in
different parts of the country. We must
then admit that the state is right in
conserving and developing these re-
sources.
The question then remains whether
the state should do it for the people OF
whether it should be left to private
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
Borrowed Editorial
ISSUE is CLEAR

Riverside Press: Republican state
convention adopted n strong law en-
forcement plank in its party platform
and urges support of law, no matter
whether the law is popular or unpop-
ular; and the Republican candidate
for governor, Friend w. Richardson,
is known as Il consistent and outspoken
"dry.p
The Democratic state convention
maintained a discreet silence on the
question of hw enforcement but the
party candidate for governor declared
himself as in favor of "A wine and beer
amendment to the Volstcad act and in
opposition to the. Wright enforcement
law in California. The party will have
to be Judged by the silence of it's plat
form and the outspoken "weto dee
laraton of its candidate.
That makes the issue very clear and
it also makes it impossible for any adj
vocate of temperance to vote for
Woolwine and be consistent. Wool
wine is bidding for the liquor vote and
his party by its silence stands back
of that bid.
The talk of "light" wine and beer
is ridiculous. If what is wanted is
the juice of the grape, that we can
have now in dozen forms, all palat-
able and healthful. And if what is
wanted is the bitter, tonic effect of
beer, that can be secured in the near
beers which are being put up by all
the leading plants that formerly made
real beer. What is really wanted is
| some kind of stuff with sufficient al
coholic content to make people drunk; !;
| and that is what the beer and wine
advocates are trying to bring back.
| 1t is true that the Volstead law
might be amended to provide for n
| higher alcoholic content in beverages
than the present one-half of one per
cent; but that legislation must be fed
eral, no state has right to mass any
| such a law. 1t is very doubtful more
over, if an amendment to the Volstead
act providing for what the "wetsD are
pleased to call "light' wine and beer
] would pass muster before the supreme
court because the 18th amendment
prohibits all Intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes; and there is nc
question about the Intoxicating char
acter of the alleged eight stuff that
the liquor interests are trying to leg
alize.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
AN ENLIGHTENING DISCUSSION

In the archives of the Press there IS bale or two o
propaganda the so-called Water ana rover Ac.. l
Some Of is favorable of it is unfavorable but we
will have of it.
10 be of any value for u.s. the water ana rover act
moods Ia be anavzed by some one who willing to discuss
what in it and merely furnish US with his own con
cusons We have asked Charles L. Chders TO 40 inns W.
believe that he has discussed his subject with ability and
better than that done fairly The article IS long
because he has attempted to discuss the ac
but II attempted to discus the act secoh
by section II will be given Press readers in Instruments
not too long to be absorbed at a session.
Mr. Childers conclusions in general favorable 70
the act In publishing them we are not committing tne
paper to this point of view They the views OF capap
and respected citizen and attorney and such we are glad
To give them theeaders Of the Press II the arguments
are not convincing they will be enlightenlng
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
One Minute Essay

Our own experiences and the liter
aturc with which we are most familiar
combine to give us the impression thai
thunder and lightning arc more or less
universal But such is not the case,
The humid regions of the tropics con
stitute the real home. In some regions
in the torrid zone there are as many
as 200 days year when thunder
storms occur. These disturbances arc
quite frequent in the semitropicaI
areas and in the temperate zones. In
fact, it is in the latter that the great
est damage results from lightning.
In general, the frcnquency of thunder
storms decrease as one moves away
from the equator, until within TIC are
ic and antarctic circles they seldom oc
cur. The lightning flash and the rum
BILE Of thunder are unknown to many
Eskimos, says the National Geographic
Society. When the katmai volcano o,
the Alaskan peninsula erupted in lM:
some of the natives were more ierrif
led at the Lightning and thunder that
accompanied the dust clouds than al
the possibility of being buried by asl
because they had nothing in their life
long experience by which to judge Tx
binding and deafeniEg noise from th'
skies.
There are virtual "blind spots" TO
thunder and lightning even in tn
United States, mostly along the Facif1
coast. The extremes are Tampa, Fla
which has an average of more thai
| 90 thunder storms a year, and San Fran
| cisco, with an average OF less than on
such storm Il year. At no place alon
| the Pacific coast do more than thre
or four thunder storms occur year.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
Continued Tomorrow

Supervisors appoint veterinarian to
look after cattle in the valley.
Brawley section, noted for it's in
tensive farming, starts campaign for
Improvement of town homes, planning
for cheap water as means Of promot-
ing improvement.
A very large crop Of kaffir corn is
being grown in the valley this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
'Im-PRESS-ions
: Own Up

own Up
Why do you make excuses
8 For Il neglected deed;
Is it of any use
For you to pardon plead?
Why make apology
For any work undone
When plain psychology
Reveals the truth you shun.
If you truly want to
Any deed you IL do,
Nothing hard will daunt you,
You simply will it through.
Then excuse is futile
Just made to save your. face
Though it may seem brutal
Let truth stand in its place.
Confess you don't want to
Own up you'd rather not,
Then no lie can haunt you
Nor leave its ugly blot.
Ruth Crocker Hoffman
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
TEN YEARS AGO
c4-k f1ey 1nNn

Mrs. Helen Stoddard, woman candi-
date for congress on IRE Prohibition
ticket, is speaking this week in the
different towns of the valley and max
ing good impression.
Democrats are planning for a big
rally next week with Senator Ashhurst
of Arizona and w. P. Curry as orators
of the occasion.
Figures. show that Imperial County
has gained 80 per cent i'll school popu-
lation this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Day
in Past Years
TWENTY-oNE YEARS AGO
September 27, 1901

w. j.. Gillett and l.. NJ. Horne return
from a trip to Arizona with 20 head
Of horses TO be used on the canal work
They also brought back with their party
a number of men who wish to take vi
land in the valley.
w. f. Holt spent Sunday at the i. p
Banta ranch and is convinced that
everything one usually sees on a farm
home in any country may be pro, ,uced
in Imperial Valley Mr.. and Mrs. Banta
have fine garden with, fresh corn
and other seasonable vegetables and q
melon patch that cannot be beat.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

who, it seems, had little use for verse.
The title of the poem was, "Why Am
| Alive9'
The editor wrote, when he returned
the poem, because you sent your poem
by mail instead of delivering it by
person. Success.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

Editor Ito aspiring writer)-Yot
should write so that the most ignorant
can understand what you mean.
Aspirant--Well, what part of my
paragraph don you understand
Chicago Herald.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

The man who won t stop at nything
gets further than the man who won I
start at anything.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
Poor Oswald

A sorry man is Oswald Torr,
His life is one sad whirl;
He formed deep attachment for
A very shallow girl. "A. b. c
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

In the long run interest in the banl
will net more than it will in race
track bet, declares Starter Backstrano
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
september 27, 1907

New River flumc nears completion.
A dozen graders are at work on the
canal leading from the flume toward
No. 9. .------.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
Did YnII Know

Who H. G. Wells author, said were
the six greatest men? They were:
Christ, Buddha, Asoka, Aristotle
Bacon and Lincoln.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
The Curiosity Shop

! Candles were used as clocks in the
time of King Alfred of England.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

1t is not true that Guy Oyster,
Gomper's secretary, is good only dur
ing months with an 9r'.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

Women VIII Speak ''-hcadline.
This, however, is not news.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

The weak minded man allows
Trouble to drag him around by the
ears, but the sensible man hainesse,
Trouble and makes it work for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
About Some Woman or other

To keep appearances up to New
York business standards, "a girl must
spend at least $3.50 year on clothes.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
The Bachelor Maid Saws

Yes, Babette, it was cruel of Cleo
patra to kill off lover every morn
ing, but perhaps she didn't turn her
thumb down until each man insisted
on telling her what the other women
said to him.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
A PNel,yism

A bird on the hat is often worth a
horse in the barn.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

We can forgive Noah for getting
drunk, but we can never forgive his
failure to take swatter aboard.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

The proper study of womankind ais
is man.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

Probably few real boys ever liked
their names unless they could be abb
breviated to "Bill.o
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27

AS the months pass, flyers break
fewer and fewer records. And necks.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
join the Droves

join the Droves
The New York Sun reprints the fol-
lowing church notice attributed TO the
Harrodsburg (Ky.) Herald: Saturday
the subject will be "Going to Hell in
Droves." Come and invite your
friends.
Flattery flavors life as salt flavors
food, but everybody knows there is
such a thing as too much salt.
with the Editors
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
Foolish Dictionary

Vacuum Cleaning Spring house
cleaning, in which woman has at last
found "a sucker to do the work.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-27
with the Editors

A writer sent q poem to an editor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-06

two walks. He waved q greeting 10
Aunt Emme1ine, and plodded on To-
ward home. As he passed Rose Mary
gate a loved voice--how long since ne
had heard it-called him Anthony
Tony, stop, please.
He whirled about. The watching
aunts saw his eager, bewildered face
beneath his lifted cap. Thank YOU
Tony. for clearing my walk" she said
Yes. Rose Mary had spoken to him
again after the bitter years
For clearing your walk? he re-
peated That is very httle-thaL l
can do" he said humbly. for he did
not understand.
''Tony-there is so much to tell you
forgiveness to ask-Will you come
in and have some lunch with me-
She was blushing now as he opened
the gate and. followed her up the
funny wriggEy footpath she had
cleared from the front door. Amos
is sick-and-when L saw you-you
clearing the snow away from my
waikiki was sure that the snow on
your heart had melted and that per-
haps''-she turned on the doorstep
with outstretchedi hand. Coming
Tony2" she faltered.
FOR always!" he said boldly, as
he followed her into the light ana
warmth of her home, and her love
Copyright, 1922, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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LITTLE BENHY'S NOTE BOOK

Mr. and Mrs. Hews came to see pop
and ma last mite. and they was tawk-
ing about things in genrel sutch as
how mulch different things cost, and
pop sed, o by the way, made some
remarkable home brew the other mite
from a wonderful recipee, so in case
you people care to indulge Ill be glad
to supply the wet material.
Wy Willyum you don't meen to say
you'd offer Mr. and Mrs. Hews eny OF
that terrible stuff ma sed, and pop
sed, Well. I admit it wasent enything
to have about wen you tried 1t, but it's
had severed days to age sints then, and
that proberly all it needed, a little
age.
well, its days old, If you think
that's old enuff to be introduced in
public, ma, sed, and Mrs. Hews sed,
Rely Mr.. Potts, don't trubble on our
account.
Its no trubble at all, I assure you.
on the contrary, I'm RELY anxious to
have your opinion, pop sed. And he
went down stairs and came back with
ma saying, My gOodniSs. its changed
eolor, its mulch darker than it was, is
it Supposed to do that?
Wat, certeny, pop sed, looking at It
as if he wasent sure. And he pored
some out in glasses and everybody
looked at everybody as If they dident
wunt TO be the ferst to taist it and
then they all TASTED it together. Mrs.
news TWISTING ner noun up ana her
nose down and cawffing in her han
kerchiff and Mr.. Hews looking as If
he was swallowing the last half of his
taist agenst his will. pop saying. Now
RELY wunt your honest and candid
opinion, of corse 1t proberly needs a
bit more ageing, but wat do you think
of it?
Crate. Mr.. Hews sed putting his
glass down and leeving it down, and
Mrs. Hews put hers down saying. Very
nice I'm sure, of corse I'm no judge.
And pop put his glass down and m
put hers down and nobody took an
other taist and the Hewses kepp look
ing as If they was sorry they took
their ferst taist, which after they went
home I took a taist and dident blame
, them.
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JUST FOLKS


Il
Some Of them point it out to me
SIN and shame where 1t shouldn't be,
Hurt and pain a little cheek,
Strong men profiting from the weak,
Base men driving their bargains cold,
Struggling only to have and hold,
And they FAY: You're fed and you sleep
And you tell yourself that the worlds all
right"
It's hard to answer the cynic's sneer,
Because it is true there is sin down here,
It's true some suffer and some go wrong
And the weak must bow to the brutal
And it's also plain and it's also true
There Is plenty of work for the brave to
But some of the wrongs men bore have
And the signs are clear that we're getting
God takes time when He shapes man,
And ages are only a moments span,
And thousands live, as they think, in vain,
Yet surer and Eurer along the way
We see the dawn of better day
And a kiadlier world to dwell upon,
For the signs are clear that we're getting
on
Not by one man nor a single age
Can we .hange the record OF history's
Not By one day nor a single year
Can we change the current of life down
There are sin and shame for us all to view,
And selfish deeds which the people do.
But the wrongs are being righted, one by
And slowly. but surely. we're getting on
Copyright, 1872, By Edgar A. Guest-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-06

Ian dissents." The story says that
the law school method of obtaining
advance information was dropped.
Another extraordinary case of .
leak is that regarding the cotton re-
ports from the department of agri-
culture. The condition of the crop in
fluences the price on the cotton ex-
changes. Information OF these peri
odical reports is guarded care
fully. Five minutes advance informa-
ton sl1illfully used will make a man
rich. There was an employee OF the
department who desired to get rich
quick. He was one of those who, in
a guarded room. compiled the tele-
graphic reports. He carefully laid his
plot with cotton brokers and agents
on the outside. When the compila-
ton was ready, showing a sharp
change in the condition of the crop
which would make the price jump
several points. he stepped to win
dow of the room and lowered the
shade as tho TO keep the sun out of
his eyes. But that was signal and,
by Encouragement, had been seen by
a man across the street, who sat at
an open telephone connected with
an office which, in turn, was con-
nected by telegraph with the cotton
exchange. The information thus was
transmitted five minutes before the
public announcement was made.
This employee was fined 1000 and
discharged from the government. but
his plot had made him 100000. It
is not likely that the trick could be
worked again. Every such leak is
followed by an inquiry, and when any
irregularity is found, steps are taken
to close that avenue.
1t is indeed difficult to organize q
leak from washington in these times
The principal bulwark against the
practice so far as newspaper men are
concerned consists in two factors:
first, very few newspaper men have
any interest in stock speculation or
any knowledge of how to play the
market, and second, and of more i'm
portanee, a high standard of ethics
obtains among the news writer's of
Washington which inhibits such prac-
tees more strongly than any law or
regulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-06

Representative Sidney Anderson
chairman of the joint agricultural
committee of inquiry, in The Nations
Business writes that it costs more to-
day to transport, sell and deliver COM
nodfties produced in the United States
than it does to produce and manufac-
ture them. Apparently, the middle
men are the leeches that are sucking
the blood from trade. The figures are
not surprising when it is remembered
that western cattle are shipped to
kansas City or other packing centers.
and after they have been slaughtered
the meat is shipped back to the point
OF origin over the same roNlte. while
somebody is taking profits and COM
missions all along the way. going and
coming. Wool produced in the west
is sent to Boston and the manufac-
tured product is sent west to be made
into clothing. The clothing then is
distributed to the country thru whole
salers and jobbers. 1t may be said
that all this helps business, but there
is entirely too great a waste of energy
and too many persons are being paid
for labor which is non-productive.
The system needs reforming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-06

Probably most persons will be sur
pr-sed at being told that conditions in
Mexico are excellent now and more
stable at present than at any time in
many years Yet this IS the state
ment OF John B. Glenn. who recently
arrived in New York from Mexico City.
Mr.. Glenn served as American consul
in Mexico from 1910 to 1917. He
stated that he has recently received
many inquiries from American bank
ers and business men regarding finan-
eiaI-and commercial conditions in
Mexico. due to the fact that many
people are anxious to open negotia-
lions with Mexican interests Bust
ness to improving daily and consider
that Mexico at present affords an IN
usual field for firms desiring to OBJ
tain export ORDERS" says Mr.. Glenn.
In the automobile industry alone,
Mexico is purchasing about 500 ma
chimes monthly. a volume OF consump-
ton probably larger than that of any
other foreign country at this time
Goods may be sold at all times, under
conditions entirely satisfactory to
American manufacturers. Mexico is a
natural outlet for American business
Railway service. both passenger and
traffic. has been much improved ana
freight can now be handled expedi-
tiously over all routes