Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-30


Diego counties are in session today
at the Cafe Cabrillo, San Diego,
whore they gathered in response TO
Invitations sent out by the San
Diego Realty board.
Each community in San Diego
and Imperial counties has number
Of things of interest to tell pros
pectivc homeseekers, and if the
thoughts are concentrated and
broadcast through mass action, the
effect viii be greater for all con
cclned, - said John n. G. Grif-
fiths, secretary of the San Diego
board, in explaining the purpose of
the meet.
Representing the FL Centre Real,
tr board at the gathering is Oscar
Sweeney. Mr.. Sweeney, who was
put on the program for an Fmpc-
rial Valley talk, gave "A number of
pertinent facts which were enthus-
iasticalIy received. Mr.. Sweeney S
talk, i'll part, follows:
From white Spot
Greetings from white Imperial
Valley to white San Diego county,
the two combined making the arg
cot white sp0t-the most prosperous
spot in the west today.
am asked to tell all about I'm
perial Valley in five minutes-how
gladly would swap jobs with Her
oulcs
Yesterday, Will Waters, formerly
of National City. told me that il
1902 he drove the [. 5. government
soil expert over the valley With q
team of mules. After his invc5tiga-
ton this soil expert reported TO the
government that most Of tho soil
would not grow barley. corn or
wheat, and ii the grains did sprout
they would not do any good. But
today Imperial is the third fastest
growing county in the United
States. The estimated population
is $4,000. The annual products of
the county are the equivalent of u
carload for every man. woman and
child Of the inhabitants. 1t is the
only county | know the annual
yaIuc of whose crops equal or ex-
coed the total assessed valuation,
ut present about S5l 100000.
Il is very discouraging to aa I'm
perial Valley reaitor to tell the
trath. It is hard TO get the people
to believe it. SO we Just give out
tic truth in what seems to us 10 be
homeopathic doses. Following are
u few pellets.
Saw Longest Train
Saturday meruiug the longest
train ] ever saw on the $. d. d A.
eamc into FL Centre. Among other
things the 81 cars OF this rain
Brought 1000 sheep, belonging to
Calvcr and Carlson, San Diego, to
f;,ttcn ON Imperial Valley alfalfa,
Of which We have 10000 acres.
Last year the number of sheep
brought into the valley TO fqttrn
was $4,000. The number OF stock
cattle was 29,750, dairy cattle 2S,-
49o. Ours is land flowing with
milk, Ioncy-and buttrrmik. Last
year the production of butter was
6.1Jo, 900 pounds and of honey $50,
Ur9 pounds.
Good land wcll farmcd will pro
Glcc from four to eight cuttings of
alfalfa per year running from half
n ton to Il ion aud half per cut
ting. On 40 acres near Meloland.
o. J.. Adams produced seven tons
pc acre. Il. +. Jeans produced
oyer 200 tons on 40 acres at one
cditiug. He spends his TING be
tween cuttings IN san Diego.
Last winter ranclcr west Of
ii Centre sold ten acres of lettuce
IN the field for $500 cash. The
m"u who bought it told me that hc
cleared $500 on the transaction.
$1,000 Per Acre On MELONS
Last cantaloupc season 90 acres
p;oGuccd $1,000 worth of melons
per acre. SO early were these mel.
ons that Il is said 5000 crate. of
them reached the market before
lite price dropped below s. per
crate. Such land rents usually for
r.jl to Si5 per acre. Sometimes the
rental is considerably higher. Land
that has been in alfalfa for term
of years is usually required. The