Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26
AROUSE DEEP
INTEREST IN
WATER BONDS
Active Campaign Is
Open
Quarter Of Million Press Agents
Boost Owens Rlver-PrImer
Tells All About Aque-
duct Plans

The past week opened one of the
most remarkable campaigns for one OF
the most remarkable projects that any
city, ancient or modern, has ever un-
dertaken.
A joint committee chosen by the
chamber of commerce, the Merchants
and Manufacturers association and the
Municipal league, last Monday opened
headquarters in the Chamber of Com
merce building and began active opera
tions to educate the voters on the
Owens river project and the necessity
for every citizen to cast his vote in
favor OF the $2S,0Oo.OOo bond issue which
will be voted upon Wednesday, June IL.
With all the aspects of a great po-
litical battle, it is campaign without
a personality.
Other campaigns with which Los
Angeles is perfectly familiar have dealt
with men; opposing parties have de-
voted their time to the laudations of
their candidates; money has been de-
voted to this purpose; this campaign
is dealing with facts and it's object is
to place them before the public; 1t Is
being sustained by voluntary contri-
buttons from citizens and the cam
paign committee, the ward lieutenants
and all others engaged are working
without pay or thought of pay.
Every One a Booster
"a city of 250,OOO press agents." said
a famous journalist the other day
when asked to give his opinion of Los
Angeles. That this was right can be
shown in no better way than to point
to the work of individuals and civic
bodies in this effort to insure the
futu-~ growth of the city.
Almost as remarkable as the cam
paign itself is the merging Of all po-
l.tical, iactional, religious and COM
mercial differences which are repre-
sented in the fight for more water and
a larger growth.
Democratic, Republican and non-par-
tisan organizations which less than
seven months ago were engaged in the
greatest political struggle the city has
ever known are standing shoulder to
shoulder in urging that their partisans
shall vote for the bonds Wednesday,
June u. Labor and capital are work.
ing with the same sympathy. Pro-
hibition and anti-prohibition organiza-
tions in this are fighting for the same
end. Almost every ward improvement
association in the city has passed reso-
lutions indorsing the Owens river
project The five great newspapers are
daily hammering at their readers
through editorial columns that they
must vote Wednesday, June H.
Those watching the campaign close
ly and who are familiar with political
battles assert that it is one of the most
remarkable that any American mu-
nicipality has ever witnessed. They
predict that it will bring out the larg-
est vote on election day that has ever
been registered in Los Angeles at a
bond election.
Estimate $4,000 Votes
Estimates of the vote are of course
problematical, but the general estimate
not more than 5000 of these will be
against the bonds.
Members of the campaign committee
are not making estimates. They are
too busily engaged in taking care of
the campaign at the present moment.
Next to that of educating the public
their chief aim is TO make perfect ar
rangements for election day, so that
the full vote of those in favor of the
bonds can be brought to the polls and
registered. For this they are in need
of automobiles and have issued a call
for these conveyances on that day.
At the campaign headquarters daily
hundreds are registering, promising
that they will go to the polls and vote
''yes" when the time comes.
The committee is ready and eager to
answer all questions and for this pur-