Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-14
Political ADVERTISEMENT
Evan 7. Hewes Announces
He Will Stand for Reelection
On Merits of Past Record

On Merits OF Past keCOT0
On the request of many of my friends and con-
stituents in Division No. 1, irish to announce my
candidacy for reelection in the Imperial irrigation
District election, February 3rd 1887.
Ny qualifications are best expressed oy my rec
ord of the past four years and upon that record
stand for reelection. -
In enun,erating the accomplishments and actirt-
ties of the Board of Directors of the Imperial HTtgd
ton District during my present ncumodncy "St
the foiiOCing:
We secured the appropriation for The All Amer
ican Canal and pushed its construction in eUeIy pos
siie rrdu until fodau our people hare the entire dp-
preparation to complete the Canal and 'rIh me as
surance that it wiH be completed in the early part
of 1888 .
As chairman of the board hare guided the poll
ces of the District as outlined by the Board of d.
recfors We hare fulfilled the express Uishes OF the
PEOPLE of the District in successfully Launching our
p0Iuer program and hare defended your constuution
al riqIfs in eUery attack made on the District
The legal departments outstanding record OF ac-
c0mpishnents is best understood by enumerdtmg me
foIIocing activities: Against the NeUCdi ana Soutn-
ern Serras companies they prepared many thousands
of pages of briefs and other legal documents ana
made "a appearances in court to finally lcn sfrik
ing Uictories for pOUer program 1hey ciosed 80
quiet title actions, putting idle land back on the
assessment rolls handled 2O5 cases cOuering nus
ceIl0neous matters for the District made court ap-
pearunces and held many conferences UHh oonaho!a
ers during the preparation of bankruptcy peti-
ton; six conferences during the negotiations Wlh
Arizona ouer the Colorado RUer question; wHh Pdto
and mith Coachella Valley directors reatire to the
canal contract.
We successfully negotiated an agreement with
CoachelIa Valley which resulted in dismissal OF Hti
qation pending against the All American Canal con-
tract and made possible the starting OF construction
of this project During the disastrous Udter shortage
of 1884, handled the situation uith minimum
loss to the farmers of this District We secured fed
eraf aid in the delivery of uaer, in cleaning OF canals
to the extent of $4,000, at the time when the farm
did not hare any money to Fay for this rork ana
I1L fund rffb fetIc In dn II
reason of haUing no Uafer 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 faUOr before the United
States Supreme Court lrich prohibited Arizona from
forcing reduision of Colorado RiUer Uaters We in
creased the efficiency of the operations of the District
BY the of neU and different types OF equipment
and operated the District for approximately s6OOOO0
year less than being operated during the per-
Od of time lchen the demands for Uafer Were com
parable TO those of the present time.
We carried through to a conclusion the refHnding
of 94% of bonded Indebtedness Uhich created
sauings to the Taxpayers of Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict of million and kali dollars in interest, during
period of time When lcere UttOM funds to meet
that obligation We secured the approval of a loan
from RFC to refnance our aresent bonded indebf-
edness for IS cents the dollar Uch the bOndhoid-
ers rejected.
Ne hare diligently lrorked to restore thousands
of pieces of property to the tax rolls thereby spread
ing the cost of meeting our obligations oUer broad
y base
We hare secured the appr0UaI of SI,5IS, 900
PWA pOper loan and hare had the approval of di-
rect gift from PWA of SI,2f2,0OO for the peoples
p0icer Development as peU as S70O,OOO from the Ru
raj EfectrifcdfOR Administration. We secured The
approval of the Department of the Interior for the
installation of foundations for pOrer plants on the
All American Canal lcith nterest-free money!
take this opportunity to express my gratitude
to the people in DirisiOn No. WeH as to all the
people of The Imperial Irrigation District for the
wonderful cooperation and support they hare giUen
during my present term of office and uhich has
made possible the accom- psi1ents of the Board as
outlined ADORE, and only trust that am reflect
ed may be Orthy of their continued confidence and
support.
III reelected pledge to- the people of DiUisOn
No. of The Imperial Irrigation District to protect
their interests TO the best of my ability in eUery Uay,
inst as hare done during my present term.
EVAN It. HEWES.