The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-31
COMMUNICATED VALLEY FARMER KICKS
Objects to High SalarIed Officers
 Who Have N0thiag to Do

To the Yuma Water Users Associa-
 ton:
 Of late we hear much Of this associa-
 tion, and from the pros and cons 1t ap-
 pears there Is lack Of harmony.
 President Bondesson, in his long
 winded dissertations, is calling upon the people to listen to the voice of reason, es Moses did when he excbang- ed the colt for gross of green specta. cles; but, like the vicar's wife, the people will not listen to Bondesson's s reasoning, while he continues to fleece the public out of il thousand dollars, of their hard earned money each year. At present we infer the treasure in his cotfer is getting low.
 As we Saw his manifesto in the pa- pers, that all should fill his public cof- fer with at least ten cents per acre for every acre they hold under the domain Of President jyondessQn, and should any become delinquent there shall be. q penalty of five dollars an acre assessed against each and every acre on which this ten cents remained unpaid. 4 very few years Of this penalty will be equal to couhscation.
 We fear that when President Bon- desson visited lis native home he must have gotten an inspiration of 'su-ze- rain-ty," not from the Swedish tnen- nrcb, but from the despotie monarebs of tic old world; and now he comes over 10 the American republic. where the voice of the people should be the law of the land, to itpsgianize 1t to bis 0wn liking. And SO far hs he has gone we must say he hts been very sueeess- ful, for be holds with all the dignity of sovereign prince slnecure Of D thousand dollars year, over the poor, oppressed farmers Of Yuma valley, and has secretary at twelve hundred | year, to keep track of his ideas of how much feecing these down trodden farmers can stand; while q legal ad- wiser is ut his elbow to inform him how he can bleed this starving community.
 Now, If our views on bis hum buggery be not correct, will he please inform the public, through the paper, from where he gets his authority to make and enforce laws; and what ss done with all the money that Is collected. How much Of it gees to work on the irrigatien system that he pretends to manage? Hew much for official ser vices?
 We leara that his secretary is busy on his farm, aud possibly he Is selling real estate when he gets lonesome in his siuecare office. So far as the pub. lie is concerned, it would be ss we'll for them if he would take g trip to the north pole.
 Yuma county Is cursed with parasites who reside in Yuma and study how to make living from tbe hard earbipgs Of the people. If tbere be not enough offices to pnss around they create more under the guise of water users and other humbuggery.
 Why should the people not call a meeting forthwith, and relieve these useless sinecure officers from service. Surely the people in the valley know more about their wants thsa these people sitting On their shady porches in Yuma. Why not t!.e farmers hold their organization together without sslaried officers? There Is compara- lively nothing to do, and why should men who are not earning expenses pay two men over $2,eG0 for doing abso- iutely nothing? If this be not true let them show whas service they have rendered the last three years. School boards do ten times the services and | receive TO pay. Then why not relieve these gentlemen from positions that exist only in name9 Aud if the people | feel disposed to have meetings at any time public spirited people would keep \ record of their meetings without ! charge.
 Therefore, we hope the people who | are living in the valley aud striving to make homes will relieve these town gentlemen from further services.
 4 Poor Yuma Valley Farmer.