Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-28
Political Advertisement

Evan T. Hewes Announces
He Will Stand for Reelection
On Merits Of Past Record
s,,uemts in Diuison No. 1, I~lcish to announce my
condidncu for reelection in the Imperial Ari0dtton
District election, February 3rd' 1871. :. .o.-
MY qualifications are oest eSpressea ~ 10y
ord of the past four years Wiu "Po" '''"' 'S
IN enumerating the accom- lishments and actiUl-
lies of the Board of Directors of the Imperial Tgd
t;op District DURING my present IncHn0dncy HSt
the following: an A,,o..
We secured the appropriation for the AH Amer
lean Canal and pushed its construction IN every pos
sibe ,Uay until today our people haze the entWe op-
Dropration to complete the Canal, and IOh the as.
surance that it l0W be completed IN inc carry po''
of 1888. ,:
cies of the District outlined BY the Board OF ~
recf0rs We haze fulfilled the express Ulshes OF inc
eoni of the District in successfully launching our
po.oer program and hare defended you" n constructor
nj riohts in every attack made on the DistTlct
The Ie0aI departments outstanding record OF dc-
complistnents is best understood BY enuneratlng e
following activities: Against the NeU-Cdt ana oouu'
ern Sierras companies they prepared many thousands
of Daoes of briefs and other legal documents ana
made 81 appearances in court, to finaty Um strN
ing uictories for polUer program ihey coseo %
assessment rolls; handled 2O5 covering mis-
cenneOus matters for the District; made c0ut dp-
pearances and held many conferences Nth 0ondhoia
ers during the preparation OF our oankruptcy PEI.
lion: six conferences during the negotiations With
Arizona OUer the Colorado RiUer question; I0Hh fd0
Verde and Yuma officials during the Uater shortage
and Nth Coactela Valley directors relative 10 the
canal contract. -,
We successfully negotiated an agreement 'cuM
Coachella Valley Wlich resulted in dismissal OF UT
CATION pending against the AH American CanM con
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of this project During the disastrous Wdter shortage
of 1884, we handled the situation pith minimum
loss to the farmers of this District We secured TED
eraL aid in the deIUery of lUater in cleaning OF can0tS
to the extent of S5I3OOO at the time Wen the farm
ers did not hare any money to for this vork ana
the District lacked funds with Wiich to 40 so, 6y
reason of haUing no lUater to sell to raise reUenUe
We hare defended the District from numerous
attacks by the State of Arizona and secured clean
cut decision in Districts favor before the OnHea
States Supreme Court Uhich prohibited Arizona from
forcing redUision of Colorado Riuer lOatersA We in
creased the efficiency of the operations OF the District
by the use of and different types of equipment
and operated the District for approximately $6OOOO
year less than it being operated during the per-
od of time lUhen the demands for Uater IOere CON-
parable to those of the present time.
We carried through to a conclusion the refundng
of 94es of our bonded indebtedness Which created
savings to the taxpayers of Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict of million and half dollars in interest during
period of time Uten lDthOH funds to meet
that obligation We secured the approval of a loan
from, REC to refnance our present bonded irdebt-
edness for rs cents the dollar which the bondhod
ers rejected.
We hare diligently W0rked to restore thousands
of pieces of property to the tax rolls, thereby spread
ing the cost of meeting obligations broad
base.
We hare secured the approval of a $I,5ISOOO
PWA polDer loan and haze had the approval of d.
rect gift from PWA of S1,242,OO0 for the peoples
pOUer Development IceH 100000 from the Ru-
raj Electrifcati0n Administration. We secured the
approval of the Department of the interior for the
installation of foundations for pOUer plants on the
. All American Canal NTH interest-free money.
take this opportunity to express my gratitude
to the people in DiUisi0n No. as lveH to all the
people of the Imperial Irrigation District for the
wonderfM cooperation and support they hare giUen
me during my present term of office and Which has
made possible the accomplishments of the Board as
outlined above, and only trust that if am reflect
ed may be Uorthy of their continued confidence and
support.
If reelected, pledge to the people of Diuision
No. of the Imperial Irrigation District to protect
their interests to tl best of my ability every Uay,
Just as I hare done during my present term
EVAN r. HEWES.