Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-01


the government s offer to conduct
It date experimental station, accord
ing 10 n. resolution passed by the
Imperial CouBty Farm Bureau, and
endorsed at last night s meeting
of the Associated Chambers of
Commerce at INLAND.
The resolution, which was printed
in the Press columns in full recent
ly asks that the county supervisors be
asked to appropriate $4,000 this year
and a similar amount next year, III
order that the date experimental
station may be established. In the
event that this cannot be done, 1t
is urged that mother effort be made
by tho supervisors to sell the north
20 acres of Ian at the county farm,
the proceeds TO be devoted to the
establishment of the date station.
The concensus Of the meeting at
inland was that prompt action
should be taken with reference TO
the experimental station, in order
that the county may not lose the
government 5 offer to donate the
cost cf maintaining the station each
wear.
The suggestion that the Associ-
ated Chamber Of Commerce chal-
lenge the Farm Bureau to a contest,
to see which Organization can bring
the most new members into the
Farm Bureau, was discussed at
length by speakers from each of the
chambers represented.
The Farm Bureau desires to in
crease its mem lbership to 5000 and
it was pointed out that the contest
presersed an excellent opportunity
for the Associated Chambers to do
something practical to prove that
it desires to foster more friend
" relation between the ranchers and
the merchant. Upon the recon-
mendation of President Cuff, of the
Associated Chambers, it was decided
to handle the contest through the
local organizations, instead OF
through the Associated Chambers.
Letter on Border Inspector
II. ?. Meyer of FL Centre read Il
letter advocating placing proba-
ton officer or inspector at the Mex
lean border, to prevent minors from
crossing into MeXicali unless prop
erly chaperoned. The letter out
lined the success of this plan al
Tijuana where it has been in oper-
alton for a year. The letter stated
District Attorney Utley is in favor
Nof~ the plan, and it is desired than
the sentiment of the various com
munities be expressed to the super
visors, to get them TO take action
on this matter. No action was tax
en- on the letter except to refer It
to the attention of the various
chambers.
Al, tho suggestion Of j. L. Tray,
crs, treasurer of the Associated
Chambers, the bylaws were amend
ed so as to place the treasurer un-
der $4,000 bonds, to be approved by
tho executive committee, and the
premium to be paid by the organiza-
ton. Travers explained that at the
time he took the office several wears
ago, the organization was without
funds. At present it has over ST.,
100 on hand, and he believed good
business principles demanded that
the treasurer be bonded. The sug-
gestion was carried, and the by
laws will be amended accordingly
Adoption of the bylaws, which
has been hanging fire for several
months, brought forth discussion
relative to the question of payment
of dues, and it was explained that
the maximum sum to be paid inSo
the Associated Chambers by any
of the chambers in the organlza-
tion, is $50. A section relative TO
mower to levy assessments being CIV
en- to the association and not 80
the executive committee was also
amended so that it would not read
ambiguously, and with these two
changes, the bylaws were finally
adopted.
Aten Tells of Meeting
Ira Aten, president of the lmper'
ial Irrigation District, reported ON
the recent. conference at Phoenix,
Arizona, and stated that very cor,
dial rela, ionship has been created
between the people of Imperial ana
Coachella Valleys and the residents
Of Yuma and Salt River Valleys
in Arizona.
c. II. Pease, of MeAllen, Texas
upon the invitation of President
Cuff, addressed the meeting and
was listened to with great interest,"
1t was surprising to many of those
present to learn that there is an
other section of the country that
has problems similar to those thai
confront Imperial Valley, including
water question, necessity of colo
nization and Mexican question tc
be considered.
Pease is secretary manager OF tht
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water
Users Associations which operates
through Is separate water com
pgies, and a move is on to unit(
them under one system, similar tt
the consolidation in Imperial Val