Background
Pound, Earl Clifford was born on July 14, 1876 in Wamego, Kansas, United States. Son of Mandeville M. and Mary (Lyons) Pound.
Pound, Earl Clifford was born on July 14, 1876 in Wamego, Kansas, United States. Son of Mandeville M. and Mary (Lyons) Pound.
Graduated from the high school, Neosha Falls, Kansas, 1896.
Engaged in farming and investigating farm practices, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakot, Idaho, Washington and California, 1896-1901. United States land attorney, 1904-1933. Also engaged in farming and developing irrigated lands since 1904.
Member Pound & Plush, grading contractors, 1909-1916.
President Imperial Water Company Northern 8, 1913-1914. Vice president Imperial Grain Growers, Incorporated., 1922-1923.
President Imperial Irrigation District, 1924-1932. Mayor, City of Brawley, California, 1911-1912.
Member California Arizona, Colorado River Regulation Committee, 1912-1914. Member California, Colorado River Commission, 1927-1931 (chairman preliminary commission January-July 1927). Member Executive Committee Boulder Dam Association Progressive Democrat.
Club, 1938-1939.
Mason (Shriner), Elk.
Married Erna M. Sacre, October 21, 1909. Children: Harold Sacre, Raymond Lyons, Marian.