Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-13
Business Houses to Close in Honor of Phil D. Swing
June is Unusual
Month, Report is
Made by Engineer


June this year was The hottest
ever recorded at the engineering of.
fices of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict, according to the monrsIy re-
port for June rs given by Chief
Engineer Carberry at the meeting
of the board of directors yesterday.
Regarding rainfall for this
month -, the report said. cit is
interesting to note that rain has
never fallen in any June of record. =
"The weather was very favorable
for 'she growing crops aud they are
in exdellent condition. Comsidir-
able corn ground was planted, though
planting is generally several weeks
later than last year. The cotton
crop WAS we'll advanced and much
Of the volunteer cotton was in
bloom
There were only two days during
the month of June, the report states,
in which the maximum temperature
was less than 100 degrees, and in
addition to that fact was the fact
that the relative humidity during
the latter part of the month in
creased the intensity of the heat.
The average maximum tempera-
lure for June was 1857, degrees,
eight degrees above that of June
1928, and IL degrees higher than
the previous maximum of June
1917. 1t was 2.S degrees higher
! than an IL year June average. Th'
mean temperature this June Wa
rlso the highest of record, bein;
5S.9 degrees.
! The conditions on the Colorado
river during the month of june
were shown TO be fair. The dis
charge at Yuma in June was 1896,
900 acre feet, as compared to D.,
071,G00 acre feet in June 1923. The
average for June during the last
% wears is 4.424,479 acre feet. The
discharge for the first six months
of tl.s year was S,SS0,600 acre
feet: for the same period in 1928
it was 10,2ll,503 acre feet. For
the same period the % year average
discharge is 10,7779,067 acre feet.
Salton Sea was shown TO have
reached the highest level since June
1906, with the exception of Jan
uary 1928, when the elevation was
shown at 249,56 feet. In June 1924
L was 249.27 feet, and was II feet
above mean sea level.
The total revenue from water
sales to ranches in Mexico and the
United States during June was
shown at $2l6.H50.000. The sales
were the largest since July 1920
and the report states that they are
indicative of the prosperous condi1
tons that prevail in the Valley this
summei.
Employ 1,30S
There were 173 men employed in
drainage work, during the month of
June, costing the district $50 1880.
They excavated 243,213 cubic yards
of bitches as against 204,495 cubic
wards excavated in May. The total
excavations recorded to July |, were
4,720,133 cubic yards.
The total force employed by the
irrigation district during the month
WIS i.ooO dS dSdlhst iSiot VHipiVs
ed in May.
The expenditures of the district
for the first six months of the year
are placed at $l,62l ,S43.21, and was
distributed us follows:
Bond interest. 1898. 10000; dis
tribution, 1854, ,2O5.S7; drainage,
$3l5 5.306.50; work not included in
the budget; 76,766lS; general ad-
$26,442.S4; river protection, $42.
ministration. S49,1l4.90; board of
directors, t$35, 5,3SG.54; diversion,
045,46; storage, $13,3S9.00; drain
age maintenance, $3,3l2.52.
Announcement was made at
the meeting of the directors yester-
day of the consent of the Califor-
MIA Bond Certification commission
to ;he expenditure of $l,llS,6l9.95
for drainage construction wo.'i. The
projected drainage system is one
that has been planned for some time,
and with the consent of the com
mission obtained the work may be
started.