Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-07-04
WHERE NATURE IS KIND

Millions of men have ardently
wished they might command the
rainfall For drouth is the farmers
enemy more dreaded than any 9TH
er. A land of corn and wine. milk
and honey may be reached. but what
does it avail if there be no rain.
The Imperial Valley has rain
fall of only one to three inches a
year, desperate situation, II there
could be found no remedy. But they
have found one. Without cloud or
rainfall. without anxiety or waiting,
they make their own rain.
At any moment day or night, Win
ter or summer the same, you may
control the needed moisture. You
may suit yourself as to the amount,
the time, the acreage. You just
call up the superintendent OF irriga-
ton, and in a trice your exact needs
are supplied. at any point you wish
to reach. At your convenience, your
order is given and you receive just
so much and no more.
There is no drouth or flood or
wind or lightning connected with
the watering of Imperial Valley
The water supply is believed to be
absolutely reliable for years to
come Boulder Dam. or Hoover
Dam as they call it here. cost 22S
million dollars. 1t stores up at all
times water enough to last five
years in case of such need. 1t Is
not only a great irrigation enter
prise but great source of power
The federal government reports fol
1899 show return of generated
power sales at $4,321, 900. Oh. L
Ickes, secretary of the Interior.)
The papers here in rather anus
I ing way report every turn for the
worse in Ohio weather, and soft
] pedal any such conditions in this
area They have bad weather here
too But for the most part it is
100 percent good weather most Of
the time The average miXimum
temperatures in winter is about 81
and in summer about 81. Sunshine
is almost constant in the Imperia
Valley. No rain, no food, no frost
no winter, no ice5 no snow, no crop!
destroyed by frost. y Who can ash
more?
There are 100000 acres irrigablt
in the valley, nearly the acreage o.
Rhode Island. However $4,000
acres east and north of Brawley
will be added when the AllAmeri
can Canal is finished and ther
Rhode Island will be smaller. The
canal will be so miles long, 20(
feet wide at the top, and will have
$500 miles of bitches. The I'm
perial Dam north of Yuma has {
desilting apparatus. which insures
it's long life.
The following estimates are made
! by the state authorities: $4,000
sheep are brought here annually
| from dry areas to be fattened, ant
$4,000 cattle Some cattle are
brought from Old Mexico They arr
inferior in size, of ancient Spanish
4 type, but they fatten we'll on The
lush alfalfa. The valley produces
10000 hogs. Grass is green th'
year around, and barns are needed
scarcely at all.
Chickens thrive, and one fanciel
has as many as 10000 under ons
fence. The morning paper an
nounces four kangaroos are here tt
be turned loose for propagation
Stories are told of wild camels il
/ the mountains, descended from
some introduced here in 1853, ant
still roaming around! Use a grain
of salt here.
1t is February 8, and fax is
blooming, pretty blue flower in
$4,000 acres. 1t is raised mainly
for the seed. which is made into
paint, varnish and linoleum. The
straw is turned into fine writing pa
per and cigarette wrappers. The
beets of 5000 acres will be made
into sugar An odd crop is milo
maize, used for provender, and it is
ripe in 90 days. There are $4,000
acres of this, and $4,000 acres of
barley. There will be 10000 car
loads of cantaloupes, grown on "a
600 acres. These will be shipped
from April to August. $4,000 acres
of winter lettuce will be shipped in