The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-10-30
EVIDENCES INDICATE THAT OTIS
HAS BEEN MISREPRESENTED
IN SQUARE DEAL CLUBS
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In this weeks issue of the county
papers, the sO-called Square Dea
Club" has been given several inche:
of space in trying to give demOnstra
lions of the methods in which Mr.. Otl.
has conducted his office of County
commissioner.
In order to show some of the mis-.
representations that are prevalent
all the way through the different ar.
ticles, few facts can be readily
disclosed to show the voters that the
article was written by a writer ig.
norant of conditions or who will
| facts.
Quoting from the article the fol-
lowing: in the Cascade Orchards
where there are about fifteen miles
of county road, there has never been
a cent of road funds spent by Mr..
Otis since he took charge of the Of
fice," letter from F. A. Drebis, late
candidate for Mr. Otis's position at
the primary election, has this to say
regarding it:
| Leavenworth, Wash,
! October "a, 10S.
Mr.. H. w. Otis, Peshastin, Wash:
Dear Sir-In an article written in
| the Leavenworth Echo, signed THE
Second District Square Deal Club
there has been misstatement made
in regard to the Cascade Orchards
road.
In the first place, there are not fiji
teen miles of road in the Cascade
Orchards. In the second place, if
the writer of this article will look
up the record of the county commits
sioner's proceedings, he will find
where you paid me $50 for work
done on roads in Cascade Orchards.
1 have never been in sympathy with
this Square Deal Club" for 1 made
the statement when we were running
for the nomination of county COM
missioner that | would support the
man nominated. You being the
choice of the people of Chelan coun-
ty for county commissioner of the
Second district, therefore | am for H.
w. Otis for county commissioner of
Second district. first, last and all the
time. Yours for success,
F. A. DREBIS.
Quoting farther in the article, it
has to say this regarding the Chum-
+io1- hn hy,r oil
which is about twelve miles long,
and is the main artery of travel be-
tween Leavenworth, Lake Wenat-
chez and Red Mountain, there has
not been a days work done in the
way of, repair this year. There are
fifteen bridges ana culverts. =
Condemned, by order of County
Commissioners; you cross at your
peril" This bridge to this day has
never been repaired, although Mr..
Otis has been repeatedly reminded
of it's condition. as we'll as the condi-
ton of the other bridges on this
road
We have not the space to quote it
all, but the facts are that each one
of the bridges was examined and
overhauled, and wherever any re-
planking was needed the same was
done, and the records in the audi
terials and labor was used.
Could we bat go through the
whole article and take up each and
every representation, or misrepre-
sentation, as it We're, the facts lead
ing up to the actual status of affairs
would show conclusively to every
fair-minded man that the sole desire
of the Square Deal Club is to give
Mr. Otis and his adherents anything
but square deal.
For instance, another part of the
article refers to the contract price
of the bridge at Sherman's saw mill,
as being S7,343 with extras ana
building approaches, etc, which they
claim will reach from $4,000 to
/ $4,000 As a matter of fact, the
contract price, s7,343, covers entire
cost of the bridge, including APP
proaches, etc, and Mr.. Otis is on
record as voting against the con-
struction of this bridge, while the
other two members of the county
board placed it there by voting in
| favor of it's construction.
The Square Deal Club" has skill
fully placed Mr. Otis article, which
was printed prior to the primary
election, in their ukase to the people
and endeavored to show that Mr..
Otis tried to deceive the people by
stating that the amount expended on
the Chiwaukum road was $50 in
stead of $500. This was the result
Of a misprint at the time and Mr..
Otis has so stated several times.
It would be foolish for him to