COLORADO VENTS ITS
WRATH EACH SPRING
ON IMPERIAL VALLEY
LOS ANGELES, May 28.—(/P)—
The broad and fertile Imperial Val
ley in the southwestern corner of the
United States, from whose 2,000
square miles the earliest fruits and
vegetables speed by express to all
parts of the country each year, anx
iuslv awaiCs the orgy of the Colora
do River as spring turns into sum
mer. Each year the mighty Colora
do, accumulating the melting snows
and spring freshets of seven states,
courses high above the floor ot the
valley, threatening to restore to the
map, in part at least, a great sea
that once was 320 feet deep, known
as the Salton Sea.
The Colorado, once emptying its
tremendous flow of water into this
sea, now flows behind levees over a
changing delta into the Gulf of Calif
ornia. It is a great river of sand
and water, its muddy stream trans
porting enough sediment in one year
to cover about 100,000 acres a foot
deep.
El Centro and Brawley, cities of
the Imperial Valley, are 50 and 110
feet, respectively, below the sea lev
el, while the river, near Yuma, is
125 feet above sea level, and at the
head of the delta region the Volcano
Lake region, south of Imperial Val
ley, the river moves onward at an
elevation 300 to 400 feet higher than
the lowest portions of Imperial Val
ley.
If not restrained by artificial bar
riers, any overtopping of the river’s
west and north, or right, bank would
send its mass of water in a flood down
a slope into the Imperial Valley. This
would inundate one of the richest val
leys in the country, the land of the
date, the avocado, cotton, lettuce and
fruits and melons. All this is the
Salton basin.
The region is known as Palo Verde,
Coachella and Imperial Valleys. The
Imperial Valley proper comprises the
sum of 515,000 acres of irrigable land
in California and 255,000 in Mexico.
All this highly productive area lies
below the low water level of the riv
er and much of it is below’ the sea
level. More than 400,000 acres in
California and 170,000 acres in Mexi
co are cultivated. Water is diverted
for irrigation from Rockw’ood heading,
about a mile upstream 'from the Inter
national Boundary running through a
canal known as Alamo River through
Mexican territory and back to the Cal
ifornia side.
The valley first wras protected from
floodw’aters by headworks of the ca
nal and by an embankment of the
river side of the canal. This em
bankment nowr forms a secondary line
of defense consisting of levees of the
California Development Company and
Sais levee, extending from the canal
intakes south along the river about
ten miles, then bearing west for six
teen miles. Other levees were built
at Volcano lake, about twenty miles
below the border, and at Pescadero
Cut, about 23 miles south of the line.
The Yuma, Arizona, side is protected
by the Ockerson Levee.
These main levees, about thirteen
feet high, are surmounted by railroad
tracks so that rock may be rushed
quickly for revetment fills of any
breaks.
Some seven million dollars has been
spent on flood protection for Im
perial Valley, and annual mainten
ance, engineers say, amounts to $200,
000 to $600,000.
Palo Verde project on the west
side of the river in Riverside, and Im
perial Counties, above Imperial Val
ley, is protected by the levee 28 1-2
miles long. There are 78,000 irri
gable acres in this valley, of which
more than half is irrigated.
The flood menace increases each
year owing to the enormous deposit
of silt, in the river bed, which raises
its level annually.
Famous Sailing Ship
Comes to Tranquil End
iLIVERPOOL, May 28. (/P)—The
four masted steel bark Buckingham,
known in ports throughout the world
as “The Queen’s Ship,” which was
taken over by the United States Ship
ping Board during the war and re
fitted at a cost of $270,000, has had
all the wind taken out of her once
proud sails, and is to end her days
as an ordinary barge for carrying
coal in placid waters. The passing
of the old wind jammer, the only
merchant vessel ever christened by
Queen Victoria, was announced re
! cently in Seabreezes, a Liverpool
shipping magazine.
According to advices received here
from Newcastle, New South Wales,
the bark has been at Double Bay
since December( 1922, and has now
been purchased by the Waratah Coal
Company of that port. The sale
price was ten thousand dollars.
The Buckingham has had a ro
mantic career since her launching
here 36 years ago. She was one of
the earliest steel sailing vessels of
the modern type to sail the seven
seas, and was known from Halifax
i to Puget Sound, in Honolulu and
the Orient and the South Seas. She
is of 2,660 tons gross, and her figure
head was that of a beautifully carved
image of Queen Victoria. At the
christening the queen broke a bottle
of wine against a statue represent
ing her own person.
Dr. Fach and Dr. Fredericksen, Se
attle Eye Specialists at the Overland
Hotel May 28-29-30. Eyes examined, .
glasses fitted.
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IT THE
METHOD OF
MAIL ORDER
MERCHANDIZING
Mall order concerns de
mand cash in advance. They won’t
take a chance. They won’t trust you.
They are the “fair weather friends” of
merchandising.
If a local dealer treated you in the
same manner you would be madder than
a wet hen. But he doesn’t. If you desire
credit and are worthy of it, he will extend it
gladly. Then why not
Favor Dealers Who Will Favor You
Spot cash trading is of course the best
policy of purchasing. There are, however, times when
even those well heeled financially must resort to “credit”
buying. You may see the time when it will not be convenient for
you to “come across” with the cash. And when that time comes
the local merchant is the only one who will “accommodate” you. The mail
order house would turn you down cold. They want your business only when
they have your money in hand.
Unless you trade with home dealers when you have the
ready cash—don't ask for a “credit lift” in a pinch. It’s not just. It’s
net even common decency to expect your home town dealer to bear
the burden of your bills—when you refuse to do business with him when you
can do it on a spot cash basis.
By every reason of right your local merchants are entitled
to your patronage—every penny of it. They cater to your best inter
ests with the best brands of merchandise. Their quality standards are the
highest. Their lines are fresh—clean—right up to date in every particular.
Their prices mark the extreme limit of economical buying. They deal fairly.
Every dollar you spend with them buys actual value. None of it goes for ex
orbitant mail order expenses—costly catalogues—high salaried office workers. They don't
attempt to lead you on with merchandising “lures”—with low prices on one or a few articles—
then high prices on all other goods.
They want your business. They will do everything within
their means to earn your patronage. They must handle your account
with care. They can’t stand to lose trade—because their field is limited.
Even if they were inclined (which they are not) to employ underhanded methods, they couldn't
afford to—because it would kill them commercially.
Turn trade to the dealer who in turn will treat you right. Put your con
fidence in merchants who have confidence in you.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.
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