Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-11
Rain AT
LAST IN
VALLEY
Coast Storm Pays Visit
With Generous Down
pour This Morning.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED
Storms North And West
OF Here Tie Up High
way Travel.

Residents of Imperial Valley and
particularly of the FL Centro sec
tion, sang, yodeled, warbled and
cussed in the rain which visited the
valley intermittently during the day.
Starting just after o'clock this
morning a heavy downpour soon
made the streets of the city n regn
lar skating rink, and it was most
interesting to watch those who ordi-
narily 90 along the street at swing
ing gait, mincing their steps and
trying to hold on to everything and
anything when slip threatened.
Motor traffic lacked its usual
carelessness and everyone was most
careful when making turns at cor
ners to go slowly enough so that ae
cidents would be avoided. Up to
noon today no accident caused by
slippery roadways had been reported
TO the traffic or police departments
This rain coming in from the
north and west, is the tailend of n
storm which has been raging along
the coast ever since Sunday. Early
this morning the black rainclouds
were seen bearing down upon the
citv from these directions.
Southern Pacific train number 4e
from Los Angeles was half hour
late in pulling in this morning, due
to the storms and SHOWS north of the
valley. Automobile traffic has
been seriously hampcred by road CON
ditions in the mountains. Produce
which ordinarily has been brought
into the valley by truck. was com
mittcd TO the care of the railroad
tins morning. Outside bakery pro-
cucts were carried to the valley by
train and redistributed by truck as
heavy traffic over the highways in
The mountain regions was taboo.
Traffic Halted
According to word received at the
traffic office this morning, motor
traffic to Los Angeles and San hi
ego is prohibited unless the ears are
equipped with tire chains as the
snow and ice which cover the roads
made ordinary travel impossible.
Eafly IN the morning officials Of the
automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia issued warning to motorists
that travel over the mountains was
not to be hazarded unless il were alb
soiutely necessary. Later reports Of
snow at Boulder Park were followed
by the dictum of the traffic depart
inent that traffic would not be al
lowed unless the ears were propcrlv
equipped, and even then many cars
are reported having been turned
hack at .Jacumba and also at the
northcrn end of the Imperial Valley
road
The Southern Sicrras Power com.
pany lines are functioning due to n
hook-up with lines Through San Di.
ego especially for Imperial Valley.
Severe storms in the San Bernardino
mountains put one line out of com
mission entirely and the other is
used to supply power to points north
of here. This hook up with San Di-
ego will give the valley all the pow
or it needs until the other regular
line can be repaired. Local inter
ruption of power have been slight,
according to the power officials and
the valley will not suffer in this
respect.
The telephone company was hav-
ing its troubles, with only one line
operating this morning between here
and Los Angeles, and communication
direct with San Diego being entirely
!. discontinued. Gangs of repair men
were out making repairs where posi-
BILE and it was hoped to have every
thing operating by tonight or tomor-
row, officials of the company said.
Damage to crops will be negligent,
B, A. Harrigan, agricultural commits.
sloner said, unless the weather turns
warm after the rain. In that event
bursting heads and slime would dam
age the lettuce crop considerably. If
the weather remains cool, little or
no damage will be done.
RIVERSIDE, Calf, Jan. II. U.P)
Blocked highways and broken
power and communication lines
marked an unusually heavy snow
fall in this district last night and
today. As much as two feet was re-
ported in spots.
Capt Raymond King of the state
motor patrol at Riverside TODAY or.
dered the Jack Rabbit Trail closed
to traffic. This road is the main
artery from Riverside to the Sun.
kist Trail at Beaumont.
The Sunkist Trail itself, between
Redands and Beaumont, also was
closed to travel. From Is to "a in
chcs of snow were reported on the
paved highways at some of the
higher passes, snow was still falling
today.
) With the blOckinp of those two