Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-28
EDITORS IN TIE
VALLEY WELCOMED
(Contiruo,l from PAGE Il

pot shortly after 0 clock, prepared
to 5e"art Fcur tons Of watcrael-
onS, which had been ICED for two
days, were placed ON each section Of
the train. Previously the newspaper
l.cn had cuiovol small sections Of
Iaclou. but with eight toms aboard
they planned to h#so a=req' melon
feast such IS maur of tbcm admit
ted they Lad not eaiovod in yeas.
Minnesota had the largest delcoa-
ton aboard The train. numbering un-
wards of 25>e5itere and their Fam
lies. The Vermont delegation bad
the distinction Of coming the long.
/ st distance 70 attend the ruoveatioH
and the folks from that
state were photographed again
and again, Tie dnlega 10 "
again and again. The dclcgaj ion
from Nebraska. With we'd laid plans
to bring the convention 80 Omaha
next wear, sportod vividlv colo"al
! jsftcamors hearing the caption
Omaha. 1927. These they had
distributed among the other state
,delogations and members cf the train
crow. Apparently CuaAa has the
1907 convention ''snWcl up. HS
one editor expressed ii
Many local residents found friends
amou& the various delegations. Gal
MousSoau was swapping yarns with
friends in the Mimcso,a contingent.
rs was G. G. Jenkins. $. G. Soreu-
son Of the Calipatrja Herald al-,
found former comraG,. i'm the fourth
estate among the MiaaetotauS.
Upon arrival ut the hota's ;he vis-
itors were given "rouv liz 'ho
form of two articles. one 4 strictly
,lowS dispatch COVERING this part OF
the cditors trip, the other being a
more personal account OF lrn"riai
Valley Both articles contained
plenty of facts and information rn-
aardiHc the development ~l ir-
dustrjos Of the valley and ,tJmn.,
eavc'one was furnished tp cpa1le
the editors to send the articles homie
to their papers,
Editors Want TO KNOW
In addition to Tire WaromclcuS
placed aboard the train. 'lc nov~n9-
permcn were plcntifu'r supplied
with Imperial Valley arap.e. SOM
ching that made a distinct hit with
thcm Scores of pnot.rra,hs were
taken by ;he visitors a' tn, depot,
in each of which cranes or watcr-
melons figured coaspitulusiv.
With the usual alcrtur,r ot news
papcmcn the editors asked umog-
Gus questions about the ,H'lc- -
they stood Whiting for r't'.ir trains
to pull out, Those who drove thaw
about the valley reported thHt they
tee were asked about lo-.l ,Jati~tj,,
sNd were surprised at tln interest
shown lv the visitors i'm tlo joingS
Of Imperial Nallov.
The "aco' Of the visitors, ladies
excluded, was j. +. C,m~tock ot
Cgarstan, Rhode Island, WHO accom-
r@ui"d his mother, publisher If tine
C1auyton News. Ruilt .1mg the
roly poly lines of va-rnn.'ou. the
lcwgs'"r radiatcd good "'uo and
vas tlc epntcr of ia adu's thrurg
at the station rs lo eHho' ri oo the
Ia'w>, "rao@eor ana r...aesiro.
1ese of Rhode (sqnd. wti.b lr i
ciarcd to be ;hc chest of t'n ~ +
''nc champion Caijtorn.a
would ll,2 to take bal .e'. on.e
!. =. WAS launched on bs ayag.t.
topic.
Knows LIis Bhodv
i ,ITo knows his atato tho9ugh'vy
las multitude Of facts ami figure,
about it, and/boastol tina although
lie has heou/al over the wn.'l, h
. Is alwavs glad to return to ''Li..N
Rhody." As the second section o..
( the train pulled out, his ha'.N fow
/ was on thc observation rla.t H's =
'faco sporting q wide grin as 2. WAY
Cd farewell. His last aet s,ns to
toss Off a pamphlet telling "I o..
! wonders OF Provjdeurc E T.. se.I"A
with a big Providence button
Frank O. Edgec.mbc, for of
the Geneva. Nebraska Signal and