Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-05


handles only a small number o.
telephones in that section; the cable
on Third street, which handles only
a small number of telephones, ani
the cable running south on Seventh
street. The San Diego line was al
so out of commission due to :
, break near Tccate. During the
morning san Diego calls were re
layed by way of Los Angeles. The
I line was again working by noon.
See Little Damage
The rain caused little if any
, damage to valley crops. according
to Horticultural Commissioner Har,
I ri9Gn. 1t was not heavy enough to
do material damage to what lettuce
has been SET out. Cotton bolls may
! hc stained somewhat but the plants
will not suffer to any great extent.
While the rain was the heaviest
that has fallen in several wears. it
WAS not as heavy, nor did il cause
/ the damage that the two record
breaking storms of 1927 did. On
August > of that year rain fell in
torrents all over the valley, the
Press files showing that over two
inches were recorded. The east
side canal was washed out near
INLAND, causing considerable dam
age and the west side canal went
out near Seeley, flooding that sec
tIcn so that traces of water remain
ed for several weeks. Roads in all
parts of the country We're blocked
20 traffic and We're .iust becoming
pasSable when another storm two
days later, blocked them up again
for several davs more.
Recall Storm of 81
Christmas, 1921, was the occasion
for another heavy storm, which
lasted the greater part Of three
days. This time road travel between
tho valley cities, except whore pave
mgnt existed. was an impossihility
fpr the greater part OF a week. 80
bad was the road between here and
Uoltville that the Holton Power
company carried people travelling
between the two cities without
charge in order to enable them to
ge+ them TO thir destinations. The
lettuce crop WAS also seriously dam
aged by this storm and business in
the cities was paralyzed for the
gr,Gter part of week. For two
days the Los Angeles train was uu
able to come through due to the
roadbed being flooded and washed
out near Whitewater.
Report made by FL Centre resi-
dents travelling to this city from
San Diego this morning, stated that
The roadway s passable throughout
though several large boulders were
on the Mountain Springs
grade. rolling down into the high
way where they Were dangerous to
trafeI. No reports of ears having
trouble on the grade were reported
up TO noon.
Ia ut least one respect, the mud
and dirt which abOunds in FL Cen
tro today, is likely to prove useful,
rs il will make it necessary for res
id1nts to clean up their property,
thereby reminding them of the
cleanup campaign which IS 10 be
conducted here in connection with
National Fire Prevention week,
which is being observed this week
throughout the country.
The FL Centre Chamber of Com
mcrce is cooperating with City
Engineer knights and the fire de-
partment, in fostering the cam
raign, and Fire Chief Ferguson will
bc the speaker at the weekly lunch
con of the chamber on Wednesday.
Get Gut Your Trash
Commenting on the present c0ndi-
tion Of RI Centre, Secretary Car
michael of the FL Centre chamber
said this morning, There Is always
It large accumulation OF trash aud
rubbish around most FL Ccniro
homes after the summer season, and
the present cleanup campaign af-
fords an opportunity FOR people to
get rid of it. Much Of this rub
bish constitutes fire hazard, which
should be eliminated in order TO
keep our fire losses down TO 4 min
lHiUil. bOou flllItHS Viii i'l ph''
DC doing themselves a benefit by
cleaning up their property, but
they will also be cooperating with
the fire department.
." As the city 3 condition at the
present time is very unsightly, due
to Sundays storm, it will behoovc
us all to clean up the mess that the
storm has left. 50 that FL Centre
may present the good appearance
that usually exists here.
Chief Ferguson supplemented the
secretary : remarks by stating that
survey of almost any home here
will reveal rubbish or little used
goodi stored away in cupboards
or closets where they are "A positive
danger at all times.
City Engineer Knights has ar
ranged for collection Of all rub
bish and trash on next Saturday
and if citizens will see to it between
now and then, that their property Is
/ cleaned, and the rubbish set out
/ the city will do the rest.