Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-17
GAS DEVELOPMENT
IS OUTLINED FOR
CHAMBER MEMBERS
Brawley And Caiexico
Members Pay Visit To
Local Group.

"The Romance of Gas was the
subject of an interesting talk given
at the Ell Centre Chamber of Com
merce dinner meeting last night by
f. f. Bartlett, of San Francisco.
general business manager of the
Inland Empire Gas company, h. +.
Aitcheson, VICE president OF the
company who had been scheduled to
speak having been called back to
the coast by business matters
Bartlett stated in his opening
words that he was very favorabiy
impressed with Imperial Valley, its
richness and progressiVenes and
gress with the eemmnnit9i. tie then
told of the expansion of the Natur.
al Gas company, of which the IN
land Empire company is a part, in
Washington, Oregon and California
and plans for 262 plants in these
three states by 1882.
The speaker then told of the dis.
covery of natural gas, the CON
-sternation in communities were they
found natural gas and did not un.
derstand ats origin or the uses to
which it would eventually be put
and the superstition surrounding ma
tural gas outlets. Eartlett then
outlined the development of gas for
household uses until the present
day, when il means so much to the
housewife and completed his ad-
dress by offering the cooperation. of
his company with the valley kaevel.
opment and asking that the public
feel free to offers suggestions which
will assist the Inland Empire Gas
company.
Brawley Visitors
j. c. Fluke. MAYOR of BraWiey,
then introduced "a number of visit
ors from that city and told Of the
splendid work.,which the new gas
company was doing in Brawley,
where 100 miles of pipe have been
laid. In connection with the visit
of the Brawley representatives to
/ Ell Centro Fluke said. "The people
of Imperial Valley cities should
visit each other more often than
we do. We should work together
for the betterment of the communi-
ty and all pull together for better
and bigger Imperial Valley"
A few words were said by Ira
Aten, director Of the Imperial Ir-
/ rigation District on the contract to
/ be submitted to the secretary of the
interior on the All American Canal
which is almost completed and, il
accepted. will be presented to the
people of the valley. Aten was
followed by Judge |. Mayfield who
/ told of his recent vacation and ex-
pressed himself as pleased to return
/ TO Imperial Valley.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Watts, repre-
senting -Calexico, were thefr- intro
duced and Watts, secretary of the
/ Calexico Chamber OF Commerce
welcomed the new gas company to
the valley. Mrs. Watts, who is prin,
cipal of Rockwell school and can.
bdldate for county superintendent OF
schools, then spoke on education
and community mindedness. point,
ing out that the chambers of COM
merce and schools of Imperial Val
ley have similar aims in growth and
progress and that both are depend
ent upon the farms for their devel-
! opment. The speaker stressed the
Importance of home owning and
stated that she has found from per.
sonai experience with both city and
country communities that "the peo-
pie who are happy are those who
own their own homes and lands and
who are building for the future In
perial Valley, not the renters"
After the dinner the board Of
directors held a short business meet.
ing for the purpose of discussing
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