Front:
2000 Miles of these Ditches
in the Imperial Valley.
Back:
DHA
5"
History of the Imperial Valley.
Fourteen years ago–Nobody. To-day-10,000 people
Fourteen years ago-Nothing. To-day- Property alued at $65,000,000.
Fourteen years ago-Sage Brush. To-day - Annual crop Valued at
$25,000,000
Fourteen years ago-A tent in the desert. To-day-Ten thriving cities
and towns, with El Centro ranking as the third
freight center of California.
Fourteen years ago-Not an irrigated acre. To-day-350,000 acres under
irrigation, producing valuable crops.
Cotton production in 1907 ...,. 10 bales.
1914 :. 80,000 bales.
What are the reasons for this phenomenal development ?
Read the Cotton Bulletin, which will reach you shortly.
JUAN FELIX BRANDES,
400 SAN MARCOS BUILDING,
SANTA BARBARA, CAI
