Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-11
POUND AND ATEN
SEEK REELECTION
AS DIRECTORS
Barry and McIver to Be
Candidates for Asses
sOr and Treasurer.

Formally calling an election i'll
the five divisions of the Imperial IT.
rigation district, the board of di-
rectors this morning announced the
expiration of terms of office of two
directors and of the treasurer and
assessor and collector. The election
date is Wednesday, February =.
Vacancies will occur at the end of
February in the offices of director
of division number two and division
number four, at present occupied by
Ira Aten and Earl c. Pound respec-
lively. Both directors have already
announced they will be candidates
for reelection.
f. II. McIver, secretary and treas
urer of the district, has likewise an
nOunced he will be candidate for
reelection for the office of treas
urer The position of secretary to
the board is an appointive office.
Charles w. Barry, assessor and
collector. for the district, will be a
candidate for reelection also, it was
stated today.
The election in all but the Ell Cen
tro and Brawley divisions will af-
feet but the two offices of treasurer
and assessor, collector. In the FL
Centre and Brawley divisions voters
will vote on the position of director
for their respective divisions in ad-
dition to the other two offices.
Polling Places
The voting precincts were also an
nounced today and are as follows:
Calexico, including all five of the
county election precincts in that city
with the polling place at the city
hall: Heber, with the polling place
ut the postoffice: Mt. Signal, poll
ing place ct Mt. Signal store; Alder,
polling place Jasper school; Seeley,
polling place Seeley pOstoffice; Me
Cabc, polling place McCabe school
house; Silsbee, polling place Silsbec
schoolhouse; Dixieland, polling place
DiXieland store; Meloland, polling
place, Meloland school house. The
foregoing precincts are all i'll divis-
ion number one.
Division number two precincts and
polling places are: FL Centre pre-
cinct GA" including county clec-
tion precincts one, two, four and
eight, polling place at city hall: Ell
Ccntro precinct "B', including
county election precincts three, five,
six and seven, polling place Harding
school house; Imperial, polling place,
city hall; Mesquite Lake, polling
place, Coon ranch; Dogwood, polling
place McCollum s residence on Dog
wood canal and Main street; Date,
polling place, Eucalyptus school;
New River, polling place, J. w. Poor
ranch house.
Division number three precincts
and polling places: Calipatria, poll
ing place, city hall; INLAND, polling
place Gateway garage; North End
polling place, North End school
house; lockwood, polling place,
Wcist store.
Division number four precincts
and polling places: Brawley, polling
place city hall; Lavender, polling
place w. H. Best rancn house;
MaSholla, polllhS piace, hdSno
school house; Tamarack, polling
place, Spruce school house; West
morland, polling place, grammar
school.
Division number five, Holtville,
city hall: Sunset, Griffin's ranch
house; Eastside, Eastsidc school
house; Alamo, Alamo store; Verde
Bond s Corner store
The polls will be opened at s
o clock in the morning and will re-
main open until 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon.
Indications thus far point to a
quiet campaign in the two divisions
electing directors and predictions
are that little or no opposition will
be registered against the incumbents
While it is too early to predict the
outcome of the elections throughout
the district, there is no organized
move to elect new officers in any of
the positions in question.