Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-03

Engineer, Mexican Division 4,800
Under Paris Management,
per year ...............................S sic 300
Changed Management, 1920:
C. N. Parry, Chief Engineer Sc 900
P. Dato, Assistant Chief En-
gineer a. 800
Under Perry management
during 1920 ...........................Sl0 800
Changed Management, 1921:
c. N. Cronholm Management
during 1921 ...........,...................S9 $4,000
Changed Management, 1922 to
1925:
Ray S. Carberry, Chief En-
gineer 50 900
Paul Roth, Assistant Chief
Engineer Observation-Disclosures. 5000
F. D. Pyle, Irrigation Engi-
neer .............................. 5400
Total .............................. SIG 200
You must remember up to 1922
the District did not have any of
the Mutual Water Companies to
operate which came first under Mr..
Carberry, 1922-1923.
Changed management in 1925:
M j. DoWd, Chief Engineer and
General Manager -.......................S6 $4,000
In 1927 Mr.. Dowds salary was
raised $4,000 per month.
During all this time Mr. DoWd
has had under his control all of
the operation of the Mutual Water
Company, Mexican Division, and
the entire river control without as
sistant.
The Chief Engineer and General
Manager Of the Salt River Project
in Arizona, where there are less
than half the land that is in I'M
perial Irrigation District, receives
S25 900 per year for his services.
Last night my radio opponent
stressed the lack of surface drain
age canals in Ell Centro- Imperial
Division. When the mutual water
companies came into the District
they came in with the understand
ing that the District would not build
surface drains. Holtville and Cali
patria Divisions had put in surface
drains when their system was built,
also the eastern one half of BraW-
ley Division. El Centro-Imperial
and Calexico Divisions was the first
lands irrigated when the water first
came in the Valley and no surface
drains were built as the people then
did not think they would even be
needed.
I was surprised last night when
I heard my radio opponent be-
moaned the increase in his irriga-
ton district taxes; kept him poor.
Calvin G.. Mousseau's name does
not appear on the Imperial 1rriga-
ton District tax roll.
There is another matter that 1
would like to mention and explain,
which my opponents have given
prominent mention on the streets
and over the radio. That is Mayor
Rolph's memorable trip to the In
perial Valley after the primary cleo
ton.
The first time I knew that the
District was obligated to pay those
expenses was when it was told to
the people in the City park by
Mayor Rolph himself and again at
the Banquet at the Barbara Worth
Hotel. At the first meeting of the
beard of directors, thereafter, l no
titled the Board that l would not
be party to paying those expenses
out of District funds, and when a
member of that board said, they
will have to be paid, I said: Sure,
and would contribute freely out OF
my personal funds to pay them.
After the board meeting 1 begged
Director Brockman of CaleXico to
get some one from there to enjoin
the District Treasurer from pay
ing them and try it out in civil
suit to see if the District Board has
that authority and l said, if we can
do that we can do anything. / then
asked Roy McPherrin to do the
same thing and he said he did not
believe the board had right to pay
Rolph's expenses, but he thought
the money well spent. 1 did not
stop at that but asked Stanley
Starr. l. w. McGrew and j. d.
Adams to bring a suit. No suit was
brought and the District board paid
ST ,560.23 on Rolph's expenses. My
radio opponent has guessed it as
high as $1,000 That is in line with
his guessing.
l have been accused by my op-
ponents of doing Mark Roses bid
ding. 1t is true that l have sup
ported Mark Rose in the Boulder
Dam and All-American Canal leg
islation. Will either of my oppon-
ents say Mark Rose was not right
in this legislation?
Can you name one thing that the
people of Imperial Valley have de-
manded of your Board of Directors
to get from Congress in the past
eight years that has not been got
ten? 1t is we'll known fact that
did not agree with all of the eX-
penditures of your Board, but the
question remains: Is it worth it?
Boulder Dam is now under coma
struction, and the All-American
Canal will be within two years if
you elect Board of Directors that
is favorable to its construction.
l will be on Radio Station KXO
tomorrow night at 9:20 p. m. and
again at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing to answer any last minute mis-
statements.