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that point the Bureau is silent. NO
one knows exactly how long it will
be before the canal is connected up
with all the arteries OF the valley
system and the ties with Mexico
are cut for the last time.
The changeover will be a steady
process engineers agree. The first
step will start this week when the
All American starts supplying water
for the Eastside highline, the east
ernmost canal of the valley system.
AS soon as engineers are sure OF
their ground, the present source OF
supply for the highline will be plug
ged and forever after the highline
will depend upon the All American
for its water.
The same procedure will follow
with other main arteries. One by
one they will be switched to the
All American from the present wa
ter source that flows through Mex
ican soil from the Colorado river.
Eventually, the last tie with the
Mexican system will be cut and a
single big ditch-the All American
will bring Imperial Valley its life
blood, and in SO doing will generate
electricity to pay for itself. 4.
Without that provision the All
American project would have been
impossible. There will eventually be
eight points at which power will be
generated: Pilot Knob, east of the
sand hills, five drops west of the
sand hills on the main All American
and two drops on the Coachella
branch Two drops, No. and No. A,
are complete and ready for work
Drop Four is located four miles east
of the point where the All American
enters the present irrigated section,
at the Eastside highline Drop Three
is located five miles to the east of
it.
These two will be the first to gen
crate canal power. They will be fol-
lowed by construction of other
plants at Drops Five, Two, Pilot
Knob and eventually One. Founda-
tions have already been built into
the canal itself at Five and Two.
1he drops on the Coachella
branch are yet to be constructed
but will be built as that canal is
developed.
So passes another historic point
Tor Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
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What they saw was the beginning
of construction job unparalleled
lin the history of reclamation. Dur
ing the next few weeks the Gala ;
han-G Guntfler-S -Shively company anG
the Royce & Igoe company will
carry on the work by seiading crews
into the field on six schedules con-
tracted at a total cost Of 50 1853 ,587!50
Other firms yet unchoseri will con
tract ot1Ier portions OF the canal!la
EaQAt, leasul III l mfles OF c0nstruc-
tion and the New River syl,hOn will
be undertaken by the Imperial 4rri.
CATION district under force account
supervised by United States re-
rclanlatton bureau engineers. The
cost of this mileage in the south
END o section of the valley will be
about 81 600 600 1T will start within
60 days, officials have estimated.
K When completed the canal will
be 80 miles long exclusives OF a pro-
posed branch to Coachella, will be
200. feet wide at water surface, 1874
|ifeet ewiae at the bottom and "a
feet Ncaeep. From aeif700-footl long
dam of the weir type,gto be known
|as the Imperial dam, about o five
miles above the present Laguna
dam, the canal wilnatake most OF
its $4,000 second feet diversion, 8 ,00O
cubic feet per second of which Will
he used at Pilot Knob for develop
ment of power. A maximum OF 60, :
600 kilowatts can be developed there
|ft has been estimated la2eG steCe,
i This power development, admin
istered by representatives of the
people, is expected to- repay to I'm
perial Valley the costrof the canal
whichVit must repay to the govern
inent. JaSy Fpa a itn -0aefu.
The canal will flow for 10 miles
through the sand hills, where the
deepest cut will be 100 feet. Veget-
alton and Oiling is counted upon tC
subdue drifting sand.
West of the sand hills is 1876, 5,431
acres of rich East Mesa land, unir-
rigated and idle at present, but
which in years to come will make
of this region one of the largest
agricultural empires in the world
just as the All-American canal will
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
Scanning Back Into The Hsforyd
All American Canal Development

be the largest irrigation canal In
the world. Only two other canals
are larger, and both are ship cam
alS. .atFC-' Lii Ecbn Atg stt0 'f
Most of those who witnessed the
start of construction yesterday had
driven over the barren East Mess
to reach Pilot Knob and Station
ll40. They had seen THE present
and viSioned the future They began
Aafriving on the south side '0ii; the
knoblitwo 1h0ars before tire time set
for actioaA-8 O'Clock. fag t4ne
1gE Groups clusteretl on the hill above
the Diesel Shovel while aeorkMen
went nahout putting the machinery
fmto readiness Directors ofiathe
Imperial Irrigation district, othe fun
personnel rofa the poard of county
supervisors, county officials and
totNers vitality interested h, the prof.
ecttwer on hand 10. Westeii,ouse,
reclamation "a lblireau engineer in
charge OF the canal pfcject.e super
vised proceedings Cliff Bong, Grif-
fifth company engineer, was directly
In charger eEgiaeert S'4S 5iFe9
T Cameras, from small box affairs
to I numbering lnews macisineS, re-
corded every step of the .pYoceedings.
Three Of Imperial Valleys fOnr daily
newspapers wefe represented They
were atises Brawley News, the I Cal
1exfco Chronicle and the Morning
valley Farmer. aad etss .&pnt'S
Supervisors and Irrigation district
Officials were photographed. p Then
canie word to lelear the Held All
spectators retreateti to the lfIsi above
the shovel Mark sRose was boosted
into the cab aof the maCiairfeeEvan
t. Hewes; and ira DasAteh, dfrec-
tors; M. j. Dowu, district aengii1eer
and B. M. Graham; Hugh G osborne,
A. Y. Preble, Dave Vencill end w.
y. Best, supervisors, clustered IN the
shadow of the earth-digger, with q
small group. ft
There was chug. O blast OF
black smoke, and the shovel vibrated.
another moment and it sank It's
teeth into Pilot Knob The load was
raised, then held stationary while
cameras clicked the story onto mega
tives. The shovel moved on, and the
job was started. !. .
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-09
sWR6ltJHEjoB OF bl66iN6 6tAYAHEAD-

Work on the All American canal was scarcely
under way-just getting under way when these
pictures were talser. The long, six-yeaf grind lay
ahead then, as it lies behind, now.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
MACHINES VS..
MAN POWER
(Ontario RepOrt)

Senator O'Mahoney OF the temporary
National Economic committee asks that
employers who use too much machine
power" be penalized with a special lax.
Employers who obligingly turn the clock
back to the 18th century and use as much
man-power as possible are to be paid
a government bonus.
What the senator needs is a trip to
Mexico. There he would find para
disc" of hand work He would also find
that 90 per cent of the people (the ones
who furnish the manual production) have
absolutely nothing. 1t is a common say
ing that anything produced by machin-
cry south of the border is expensive, while
hand-WOrk can be had for a song.
The fallacy in Senator O'Mahoney's
scheme is that it fails to look beyond the
machine True, the machine inevitably
and temporarily does displace workers,
but where it eliminates 100 Jobs it creates
200 new ones.
Nor is this all. The machine lowers
production cost and hence the cost Of
what the consumer buys. In consequence,
the consumer makes a saving. He has
more money to spend on goods produced
by other industries, and thus he Sustains
markets and 1ooS thal would not oIhef-
wise exist.
For instance, so Years ago, when the
linotype made its advent, l36,83G persons
We're engaged IN the printing trades.
Since then our population has doubled,
but the high-speed, low-cost linotype has
opened up jobs for three times as many
workers in those trades as were employ
ed in 1890. The automobile threatened
the wheelwright and carriage maker, but
today it is direct job-producer for near
ly half a million men in auto plants
alone, while in the new field Of highway
commerce, motor transport provides sup
port for 100000 employees and their
families, at the same time generating
hundreds of thousands of other Jobs with
its large purchases of fuel. tires and
equipment
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
EASIER FARM CREDIT
A REASONABLE REQUEST

Secretary Of Agriculture Henry Wal
lace was entirely within reason in ask
ing congress for legislation TO ease farm
credit restrictions 50 that thousands of
farmers i'm the United States may oper-
ate on Il system comparable with that
employed IN other phases of business.
The government. of course. is not the
most desirable medium through which
To bring about less strict credit rules
for farmers. But. thus far, private bust
ness has not shown any inclination 10
help the farmer out.
The farmer asks nothing more than an
even break with other business mentor
he is a business man, producing goods
and selling them. But, until he gets an
even break, he will be a drag on the eco
uomic progress If the country.
Nobody would have any reason to COM
plain if the farmer could obtain the same
credit terms from private lending inSti-
tutionS as can the operator of store or
some other business establishment. Rea-
son for complaint is that the farmer can
not obtain the same terms.
lie borroWS money at the same inter
est rate. There the similarity ends. He
cannot get Il loan on the same long terms
that are extended TO other businesses.
lie cannot get the same valuation for his
property. comparatively. that another
business man can get He cannot obtain
the same extensions that are granted to
other business men.
If the government can even things up
for the farmer. other businesses have no
reason to complain. 1t is the fault of
private business that the farmer is in
need of relief. Private business can and
should remedy the situation on its own
Initiative II it fails to do so. it will have
to blame itself a. well as the government
for Whatever hupptuS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
Among Our Yesterdays

Brawley entered the Imperial r.
rigation District row over the pro-
posed resignation of j. S. Nicker
son. president of the board, and
northend representative. 20 years
ago by filling a protest with the
board and urging Nickerson to re-
consider his intention to resign.
The BraWley protest climaXed a
two weeks battle in which Nicker
son gave notice of his intention
to resign because of opinion diff
ferences in regard to the canal
question.
Meanwhile another stir over the
All-American canal deal was raised
when Nickerson. comforting in Yu-
ma with Arizona officials, notified
valley officials that Arizona would
fight 4 plan to construct Il weir in
the Colorado river.
Still on the water question an
other story advised the use of La
guna Salada in Mexico, as a reSer-
voir for impounding storage water
for irrigation of lands in the Impe-
rial valley.
The reservoir, officials pointed out,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
CONGRESS STILL HAS
THE PURSE STRINGS
lOroNille Mercurv-RegisterD

Dissatisfied with rapidly expanding
bureaucratic control. the house appro-
priations committee has cut the Prcsi-
dents budget estimate for the National
Labor Relations Board and the wage and
hour administrator. The former Was cut
by more than one-Srventh and the latter
by about one-ninth.
Members OF congress. who are a lot
closer to the people than are tine men
appointed TO enforce the laws congress
have enacted. watch with alarm as the
bureaucrats write more and more drastic
interpretations into what ii first scrm-
ed rather simple laws.
They must have been surprised when
the wage and hour administrator drew
up and announced regulations governing
highly paid and well organized groups,
thus forcing liberal employers To add
heavily to their bookkeeping labors. Con-
gress was trying to shorten the hours
and raise the wages of the SWeatSh0p-
type of employee The law was used To
its utmost to take another grip ON the
employer who hadn't been in mind At
all. Congress was greatly surprised at
the NLRB'S procedure. which involved
it in an unforeseen labor war.
But congress always can tighten up
on the purse strings and thus curb Il
bureau that has taken advantage of Il
situation. and obviously that is what CON
gresS is going 10 do in these instances.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

would relieve pressure in both
drought and flood periods.
The San Diego and Arizona rail"
way put an extra train on the run
between Ell Centre and san Diego
because of increased travel. THAT
was 20 years ago Today the valley
is looking forward to q regular air
route from the Imperial Valley
to Washington.
Huge hats, that could serve as
SunShadeS were in style for the
women of 20 years ago, as contrast
ed to the present style that men
talk about when they finish discuss
ing politics Dresses of the day were
considerably longer than the pres
ent style, reaching almost to the
ankles
Sen. Borah of idaho created some
what of a sensation when he charg-
ed that large financial interests
were attempting to buy the ma
tional conventions of both parties.
There is increased evidence, Bor-
all said that certain factions are
attempting to control the conven-
ton through the use of money.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
THE NEWSPAPERS ROLE

"A newspaper editor in northern Cali
foinia community this week dropped as
Sault charges against a man who had
attacked him. explaining that Il can SYM
pathize with his reaction, even though I'd
have to print the story again if it hap
pened
The editor had printed story after the
mans Younger brother drunk, was in
VOlNed in an accident.
The incident demonstrates Ss we'll as
anything else thu role of newspaper
in its communicative the unpleasant
tasks thai often face the editor and his
staff Il demonstrates, too. the reaction
Of many people to newspaper stories.
The man in northern California was typi-
cal Of many He was not angry at his
brother for drunk driving that caused
near-fatal accident. He was angry only
II the newspaper because it printed a
story about the accident.
4 newspaper IS not responsible for
what people do, II merely reports their
actions
The editor. often. would like to keep
the story out Of print. 1t has happened
often that reporters have written and
editors have printed stories unpleasantly
involving their best friends. If they did
not. they would BE guilty of an ineXcus-
able breach Of ethics-and without an
ethical policy, no newspaper can survive,
The point is currently demonstrated in
Imperial Valley, in the Richards-Little
cmbcZZlement case. and the grand jury
transcript filed this week. This news
paper would give much if the thing had
never happened. 1t did happen, though,
and il was of such vital Importance to
the public that il deserved searching re-
portorial analysis.
II is the sort of story a newspaper man
does not lik>, to Write-yet must, if he is
L. retain his own self respect.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
You re Telling Me-

Scientist believes he may have
found a method Of removing all
Gust from coal, We read. He would
Just when spring arrives!
Chm"sr are supposed to be the
world most inveterate gamblers.
In ther never took chance as
b.. o. IL" Japs have in China.
Parting T. such sweet sorrow,
wrote I. poet He couldn't have
written that during the final biz
z:rd o. early spring.
Ju>t because q politician is I'M
pcrUOus to criticism doesn't mean
be- q Great statesman, Says the man
~ the nrX desk Baseball umpire
lave the same knack too
The louder man insists he is
absolutely right the greater it often
happens-is his doubt that hc really
j..
Now VIC know why Admiral Byrd
picked 1910 for hia latest expedition
10 the South Pol" he's going to
miss a lot Of the presidential cam
paIRn huilabaloo.
ode to RAINY April: "Europe's in
Il muGG' q, Americas puddle
How, ask a reader, is spaghetti
properly eaten 1t isn't eaten at
al rrtosi' Iadok Dumbkopf it's
inhaled
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
Ell Centr0 P sss;ss:;sss Directory
Stresses Quality
In Oriental and
American Dishes

Oriental and American dish
es of the best quality in Ell
Centre were pledged Wednes-
day by T. NaitO of 534 Broad
way, proprietor of Mikuni Low.
The cafe features Chinese
dishes, fried chicken, sukiyaki
and fried shrimp, served from
4 kitchen that has no peer in
the city. Other dishes also may
be ordered.
NaitO has been in Imperial
Valley for 25 years and before
going into the restaurant bust
ness was farmer. Eleven years
ago, however, ne turned to
food dispensing.
The cafe pays special at
tcntiOn To large parties and
patrons we're assured of fast
and efficient service as well as
comfortable surroundings. Plen-
ty of room exists for all needs.
Special dinners for parties
may either be ordered ahead
of time or arrangements made
upon arrival.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
Electric Shoe Shop
Oldest Business of
Kind in E|Centro

Eectric Shoe Shop at 1872
South Fifth street represents
one Of the oldest businesses in
Ell Centre. 1t is the oldest bust
ness of its kind. There has
been shoe shop at its lOca-
ton for more than 26 years.
The shop is locally owned
and operated by Mrs. Viola
IfigginbOttOm, native of Ell
Centre. The present owner has
owned the shop three years.
I'VE are equipped to make
old shoes new by two methods
repairing and shining Mrs.
HigginbOttOm said. I'm repair
ing shoe we use high quality
leather, good workmanship and
quick service
Having shoe Shincd pro
tccts the leather as we'll as i'm
proving the shoes appearance.
The shop also cleans suede
80 they won't rub off,.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
Barbs-

A southern mailman had a hard
time finding the postoffice and no
one wodld tell him where it was.
This is the season for resentlng
questions asked by government rep
lesentatiVeS
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

Chamberlain evidently isn't in
terested in Hitlers ll-point pro-
gram. He would rather read Punch
or Mem Kampf.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
THE STORY OF DEMOCRACY
BY Hendrix Wiem von Loon
Illustrated by the outhor
MonarchiaI System Grows Anew
From Union OF Power and Money

MS stress this point: in neither coun-
try had the introduction of more
elaborate system of parliamentary
government anything to do with
our mooern ideal of Democracy.
Those whom. a few centuries
later Alexander Hamilton was TO
describe as the rich and we'll
born" remained in complete con-
troll of the situation There was
only one element in the nation
they distrusted more profoundly and
hated more cordially than either
the nobility or the monarchy-and
that element was known as THE
common people
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

Roosevelt says he never said any
thing nasty about jim Farley. just
GOSSIP over the tea cups probably
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
Thoughts for the Day

We fools and blind for whether Is greater the eift
or The altar that Sanctifiea the eft9-Matthew . ~
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
Famous Sayings

Presents which love for the donor has rendered
precious are ever the most acceptable Ovid
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
MEMBER:

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

An Oklahoma librarian thinks it's
a waste of time to read beSt-Sellers.
He's not sure even Uncle Tom S
Cabin" will stand the test of time.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

NEXT: From unexpected places
come the new ideas that begin TO
shape Mans destiny.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

Under those circumstances lne
men of the counting house eagerly
looked for some one who would
protect them against the menace
that came to them from the castle
of the ieudal chiettaln.
In order to do this they needed
soldiers and political henchmen'
AT last there was a class OF clu-
Gems who We're possessed OF READY
cash. A tacit alliance was formed
between the rising young capltanStlc
forces. struggling for greater m1lu-
cnce upon the government, and tne
EQUALLY Young and new monarchleS,
desperately trying to destroy the
teudal SqMrarchy which still STOOD
between these tangled maJeStleS
and their final grab for the supreme
power.
Durng the 18th and 10th CEN
tulies Il lew political dynaStlea
CLOSELY resembling our own big
commercial dynastieS i'll their mode
of operations and their complete
lack of scrupleSI forged ahead ana
gradually destroyed all competition
Having started their careers as
members OF the feudal system and
therefore being rich in land but
poor in cash, the monarchs were
obliged to go to the middle class
Tor that direct financial support
without which they could never
hope tc overcome the opposition
fol II
These ambitious founders of mon
archical form of government were
completely successful
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

After the end of the 10th CEN
turv the map of Europe was no
longer /? craZy-quilt OF three-Oy-
four little duchics, counties, baron
etcies and independent cities ana
villages ,eVen the sovereign village
existed IN those happy days.. II
began TO show those big blue ana
yellow and green patches when
represented the Kingdoms OF Such
famous families as the Bourbons,
the TudOrS. the Hapsburgs and a
dozen other familiar names.
AS so often happens when mu-
tually hostile interests are forced
TO make common cause for some
common purpose, the moment the
victory had been gained, the part
ners lell out among themselves.
Their majeStieG were liable TO Tor
Get to whom they owed their success
and those who had contributed 10
this success were apt to remind
them of their services at very m
appropriate moments.
There followed a period of dis
aStrOuS conf IlcLS UtL"ttIl IlltSt IOl
mer allies. These quarrel5 were
bound TO manifest themselves with
the greatest sharpness in those
countries where the middle classes
had accumulated more abundant
riches than elsewhere.
haze already told you of the
rebellion in the Low Countries.
when IN the year 1881 the mer-
chants. having duly abjured their
lawful master the king OF Spain,
established an independent repub-
llc of their own. The next outbreak
occurred in England in 1912 and
again in 1880
They led 10 a tremendous increase
in the governing power OF those
who derived their income, not from
She land but from commercial tram
sactiOns. II was, from our point OF
view. a decided step forwards. Let
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27
CHAPTER II

VIA had been begun by the
tcudal system was continued and
b,cu2ht to perfection by a rapidly
.yrea,'N- uamber of monarchieS
aW aud order Dand therefore secur-
ity1 VS. once more re-established
Ill OYER Europe.
Ii meant tremendous increase
III The wealth and prestige OF that
new elaSS of citizens which had
-.aduahy interpoSed itself between
the lordly sentry who ruled the
land and the peasants and SERBS
who worked it, As all history
shows US. no class of society VIII
ever Wilfully commit suicide for the
sake of another.
The aristocracy which IS mere
IL another name for old money }
strongly opposed therefore the
ambitions of those merchants VINO
to them represented the obnoxious
idea of new money.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

The Japanese, who don't like our
conduct in the East, may 90 50
far as To refuse to apologize for in
suits unless we mend our ways.
The earth. says biologists, is 3
600 100000 years Old, but certainly
doesn't act its age.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-27

ode to RAINY April. "Europe's in
Il mudG'e. Americas puddle