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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



Septembei 





most fertile land in the val 

 ley and is rapidly building 

 up. It has a progressive 

 weekly newspaper, 'I he Im- 

 perial ] 'alley News, and i 

 bank. 



Calexico is at present the 

 terminus of the branch oi 

 the Southern Pacific and is 

 on the United States side oi 

 the boundary line. Mexi- 

 cali is a town site laid oul 

 on on the Mexican side ol 

 the line. The Southern Pa- 

 cific is now extending its line 

 from Calexico to Yuma, anc 

 thefuturerouteof thetourisl 

 over this line will be via the 

 Imperial Valley. There are 

 two advantages that will be 

 enjoyed on this new route 

 when it is completed, the 



ON THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN CALI- tOUHSt Will have the Oppor 



FORNIA AND MEXICO. tunity of seeing the great 



"Imperial country," anc 

 The towns of Heber, Imperial, Braw- will go from Calexico to Yuma over the 



ley, Calexico, Silsbee, and Holtville 

 have sprung up, magic-like, upon the 

 desert and are making much progress. 

 Mr. Willis George Emerson, of the 

 Emerson Realty Company, is president 

 of all six town companies. 



delta lands of the Colorado instead o] 

 over the desert, as at present. 



Holtville promises to become one 01 

 the leading towns of the valley, anc 

 will have the electric power plant of the 

 Holtville Inter-Urban Railway Com 



The incorporated town of Imperial pany, where will be developed a 2,ooc 

 is the oldest and largest, .having been 

 started in 1901. - It is on the Imperial 

 Branch of the Southern Pacific, and 

 has a population of about seven hun- 

 dred, a national bank, ice and electric 

 light plants ; is connected with Old 

 Beach by telephone and telegraph, and 

 with the towns of the valley by tele- 

 phone. It has two weekly papers 

 The Imperial Standard &&&. The Imperial 

 Press, a two-story brick hotel, a large 

 grain warehouse, a creamer}', and a 

 piped water system. The Holtville In- 

 ter-Urban Railway Company has about 

 completed an electric line which will 

 run betw r een Imperial and Holtville, a 

 distance of about twelve miles. 



Brawley, the second town of impor- 

 tance, is located on the railroad, 9 miles 

 north of Imperial, and has many busi- 

 ness houses already established and 

 many more in the course of construc- 

 tion. This town is in the midst of the DATES GROWN IN THH IMPERIAL VALLEY. 



