Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-10-10
GEORGE \. HOOVER,
democratic Candidate for Representa-.
tive, Declares His Views Upon
Important Issues.

o' Dcei"Ees MS views Upon
er Important Issues.
10 1he Electors Of Ford County:
MISUNDERSTANDING been nom
mated for Representative, the time fo
the election is now near at hand, an
soiicltating your support, feel it M
duty to define my position upon tn
e various interests and issues that s,
much concern the people of our coun
3 ty, and upon which their welfare ani
prosperity SO much depend, that all
may cast their ballots intelligently.
} desire to say:
am earnestly in favor of the State
Soldiers Home, its maintenance by a
proper appropriation, and its continu-
ance at its present location, for the
reason that believe it will benefit a
class of men to whom the Nation owes
debt OF gratitude that, do what it
may, 1t never adequately repay; that
II continued at its present location it
Will be of incalculable benefit to the
farmers, merchants and mechanics of
our county.
THE FORESTRY STATION
Located near Dodge City, which can
now be claimed to be fully established,
has by its benefits more than justified
Its projectors, and should have the
continued support of the State, and
promise You that 1 will, if elected,
give my ablest efforts to secure the
appropriations necessary for its con-
tinuance and proper development.
IRRIGATION:
Our irrigation enterprises have at
tanned such magnitude as to attract
much attention-they are yet in their
infancy. That they can be made bene-
fetal to the agriculturist is conceded
without being at the same time oppres-
sive, and it shall be my earnest en-
deavor, should be elected, to have
such laws passed that will not crush
these important enterprises; nor allow
them to crush the people.
l shall favor law which exempts
from taxation all bitches or canals
constructed and used for the purpose
Of irrigation, that do not furnish
water to sell or for revenue; this to
include lateral bitches or canals con-
structed by the farmer to convey water
from the main canals to their farms:
also private bitches or canals con-
structsd by neighborhoods for their
own use, and not for profit, which
under the Law as it now stands, can be
taxed.
shall endeavor to secure the pas
sage Of such law, or laws, as will re-
quire all canal and ditch companies that
furnish water to sell to keep their dams
and embankments in such repair as
will secure water for irrigation when
there is water in the stream, and to
prevent its being wasted, and in case
the volume of water in the river shall
be insufficient to satisfy the demands
ofthe entire irrigable territory through
which the canals pass place the dis
tribution and control of the supply into
the hands of some officer of the county
or counties through which the bitches
may pass, so as to secure to each farm
along the whole line of the ditch its
proportion of water.
That owing to the scarcity of water
for irrigation the wasting of water by
consumer as well as ditch companies
should be prevented and law that will
prevent such waste will meet with my
support and approval. Water should be
measured by the inch and a price at
which water should be sold should be
fixed by law, and if elected will en-
deavor to secure the passage OF such a
law. The price should be fix ed SO that
the growth and development of the en-
terprises now being or hereafter to be
pushed forward will not be crippled and
at the same time be just to the consumer.
The success of the ditch company is
wholly dependent upon the success OF
those who purchase and use the water
and the success of the farmer or pro-
ducer depends upon the success of the
ditch company. They are mutually de-
pendent upon each other, and what is
to the success IF both industries is the
success of one. would be grateful for
suggestions at any time SHOULD l be
elected) from both the canal companies
and their patrons as to Just and equita-
BILE price at which it should be fixed.
RAILROADS.
wish to state with regard to railroads
in their relation to the people, that am
in favor of so amending the present law
that the railroad commissioners shall
have ample power to adjust all differ
ences between the roads and the citizens
and regulate and fix rates and tariffs,
and have the commissioners elected by
the people and not chosen by the COVER
nor and other state officers, making them
directly and not indirectly responsible
to the people.
REDEMPTION.
am in favor of q law that will allow
two years after judgment of foreclosure
on lands in which to redeem, to extend
to all persons who occupy their homes
or Hands, or who have, though absent,
not wilfnlly abandoned them.
TAX SALES.
The high rate of interest charged by
law for the non-paymento of taxes, which
is twenty-four per cent, when the law
WA nassed xaa intended al a PENALTY to