Arizona republican., 1902-08-10
LITTLE JAMES
CNarrow Escape of a Southern Cali
 fornian From Long ServitudeD

Tn Wotter WorX Cost at they tho arose agin an this time it's More Frite- fuller an ever. When tn New Council was lected Wun member come in on1 nite Brethless an he seZ, seZ he: 'Somethin's got to be done an done Dam Quick or tn first thing We know we wont have no Wotter WorX. We only got thirteen more yeers to Run an Gawd knows what we'll do then. T look forred with Morrow to tn end of tn Compny's Franchise. Tn only thing I see for us to do is to Inveegle tn Wotter NEorX into anuther Fra mt chse. If we only work it Rite we kin get Moses sherman Cinched Up agin an this time wa wont let him off so | eesy. We'll tie him up fer 15 Yeers. l. wont be any use to keep him bound han an feet fer a longer Period. We'll all be ded an gone then an we'll let our Posterities hunt fer anuther Sucker | like Moses. They say they's sucker Borned evry mint. If they kin bring wun forth like Moses Sherman Wunst evry 75 Yeers that'll be enuff'
 Anuther member of tn Council h2 sez: ''I been thinkin' about that My
 
 other day If I knode tn city was about to be tn victum of Fatle Negleck if they wasn't somethin' done. They said tn Wotter WorX was layin' low Waitip' | to Escape an it would Make Break | at tn end of Thirteen short Yeers if | they wasn't some move made soon | Tn Lawyers sez at they thinks they kin get up a new ContraX with Moses at II hold him fer tn rest of his Nacherl Life. an I tole 'em to go ahed an do it. I tole em it didn't make no Differnce to us how long they made tn Contrax fer time wasn't no objecll to us. They Drawed it up an I got it with me. We better not say anything about it till we get tn Cinch on Moses good an Tite. fer some fokes might think we was Crool to him.
 | Two other members of tn Council an tn Mayor sez they don't like that way of leavin' Moses Tide up fer so Ions q time an they cant give tn Contrax their Onqualiffde Approvie. Some of 'em spoke to tn Tender harted an Short Sited Tackspayers about it an they had a meetin' las week to discuss tn ContraX. Tn Tackspayers was in dignant- They sez: ''Jist to think 'at we have two sich Crool Monsters in our Mist. They was fixin' to make q Slave O Moses Sherman fer tn neX seventy five yeers. They was goin to make him pump all tn water FeeniX could use all that time an they wasn'; goin to let him have any help. Evry time anybody wanted q hydrant put in Moses'd had to do it an tn City wuddent even let him have tn Privi- ledge of payin fer it. They fixed UT tn prices he had to charge fer Wotter an made 'em so high at People wud
 a kicked an disliked Moses. Th' Only Conseshun they was gon' to allow him was at if they felt like it after fifty Yeers they'd take tn Wotter Worx off his hans but then they was goi~' tc put anuther Burden on to him. They was goin' to make him fix his own price an they wasn't goin' to allow tn City to help him. We wont let sich a Hijaous thing be done to any man. Tn times past when q man kin be made a Huer Of Wood an a Dror of Wotter aginsr his will like tn Hebrews in Egyp was Les Pass a Resolushun thankin' tn Mayor an tn other two Councilmers fer preventin' this here Atrossity or Mosec Sherman" LITTLE JAMES.