Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-05
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road every day, Bard residents
averred
The offer or Yuma and the con
tractors would be withdrawn, unless
the supervisors took action at the
Monday meeting. they were inform
ed
Bard residents also asked that the
road through the mderpaSS near
that city be made two-way high
way as a matter of safety. They
asked the supervisors to ask the
railway company to have certain
supports removed in order that the
road might be widened. This aid
was promised and residents said
they would guarantee to do the nee
esSary road grading if the super
yiSorlal road budget would not per
NIT expenditure of further funds.
BY agreement between the board
Of supervisors and the Imperial Ir-
rigation district, penalties were
cleared from 80 parcels of tax deed
ed land. This represents total OF
S29871 and will permit the resale
of the land and its replacement on
the tax rolls of the two political
subdivisions. Proceeds FROM the
sales are divided on a pro rate basis
by county and district.
Fifty Imperial county dairymen
crowded the Supervisorial chambers
and registered a complaint against
the county ordinance requiring all
market milk ana market cream
dairies to conform to specified uni
form building requirements by Jan.
|, 1887 Spokesman for the group
said they could not afford to meet
The building requirements as many
of them were occupying land on
short term leases. Others said they
did not consider it necessary to
meet the requirements Of certain
cities when they are not selling
their products there. Several said
the ordinance would put them out
Of business.
Walter Macdonald, county milk
inspector, said he had no intention
of forcing men out of business and
that the requirements were drawn
up from suggestions made by Cali
fornia dairvmer and were intended
to put the dairymen in q condition
to supply the markets when the OPP
portunity came.
Ike SChlatter. chairman of the
beard of supervisors, said that the
supervisors intended the ordinance
as a help to dairymen and it was
drawn up and passed with that idea
in mind
AS means of settling the diff
Guilty the following committee of
dairymen was appointed to confer
with DR.. Warren F.. Fox, county
health officer; Macdonald. and DR..
John Pace, county dairy inspector;
M. Zumstein; Earl Vencill, Len
Bucket, T. StockiIelfer. c. c. Smith,
Charles Bramkamp and Earl V. c.
Northrop. They arc to report back
TO the supervisors.
A proposition seeking the trans
fer of federal FUNDS intended for
the construction of two tranSitory
labor camps in Imperial county to
a recreatiunal center project. was
referred to Supervisor A. Y. Preble
The proposition is sponsored by
the American Legion and revised
and approved by the operating de-
partment of the Imperial Irrigation
district
1t calls for the creation of an arti-
ficial lake of clear water at Thomp-
sons crossing on New river near
Imperial by TIE building of a 1.00C
foot conduit, l25 foot spiliWay. ano
park and recreational facilities. The
vote was three opposed to the boarc
sponsoring the project and two in
favor of il. The dissenting men,
berS said TREY would be IL favor OF
the project if the government could
be persuaded to transfer the funds
Intended to be used ir builGing tran
STORY labor camps. Supervisors
Schlatter, Dave Vencill and B. M
Graham opposed the sponsoring al
this time and Supervisors Preble
and Hugh T. Osborne approved the
sponsoring
Suggestion that the county Gre
ate the office OF public defender tC
handle cases where the defendant
has no funds to provide an attorney
was discussed once again. D. B
Roberts, r2prc5 7atirg the bar asso-
citation, urged the board to create
the office for one year and note the
money saved in witness fees. Jury
ices ana subpoena service. The SUI
perviSors said they would rot decide
until Judge Vaughn ". Thompson
and District Attorney Elmer Healo
explained TO them where money
could be saved by creation of such
an Office.