The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-29

and reiterated on the floor that day.
that Unit No. 1 would get only the
flood water in 1910. and that our sup
ply of water depended on the compile
ton of the dam at Dumping lake. and
that the appropriation was already
made to furnish the dam, and hence
our assessments would not hasten the
water a day for Unit No. 1. Such
sophistTy in face of these cold facts
we say stirred up more anger Mr.
Editor, suppose / am working on
salary. | have no home. but have a
wife and children and am looking
forward to a time when think / will
have a home for my loved ones
have bought 10 acres and paid out ali
my savings of $500. / still owe $500,
which comes in payments. and after
water comes | Will have to pay $50 or
maybe $65 per year for the water till
is paid for. | have figured this all out;
the interest on my payments grow
less each year and if the water is de-
layed year or two years. so much
the better for me. | will be the nearer
paid out on the land before | begin
to pay on tho water. Myself and fam
lily regard that patch of sagebrush
as our future home. 1t is a sacred
spot to us. We are economizing rigid
ly, working hard and wearing old
clothes till we get that little spot paid
for. Now, sir, do you think ! want
some fellows to vote a mortgage of
$500 on that land to be paid next
May? 1t will be impossible for me to
do it. and as a result | a mliable to
lose my home. Now Mr.. Editor. this
don't apply to me individually, for my
land is paid for and is in unit No. l,
but this condition does apply to many
who have bought land in all those
units. They are not wanting water.
They are not in the business of build
ing government bitches and have no
funds to advance or loan the United
States, the greatest and grandest gov
eminent on earth.
In the opinion of these people the
government is quite capable of carry
ing out it's own undertakings, and as
to all us fellows in unit No. 1, we
would be a pack of fools to pay heavy
assessments that would not help us
ten cents worth nor get government
water a day sooner. According to the
able report of Attorney Parker there
legal shape. and we opine the trustees
will see to that. The matter of voting
should be differently fix ID. A man
may own $40 acres and sell it all on
contract to Ga men. or 10 acres each,
and yet as he holds the deed he can
vote a heavy burden on those ga men
and cause a lot of them to lose their
land, then he can sell it again At
least this seemed to be the idea at the
meeting Saturday. Certainly the man
who holds land on contract should be
the only man whose voice should be
heard in all matters touching his in
terest and referring to that land.
One man told us he had 40 acres un-
der the Tieton, so that gave him 40
votes, but said the former owner had
sent him a proxy for 2S0 acres or
votes and he said he didn't know how
much of that land was sold to other
parties nor how many of them might
be present, and he was at a loss what
to do. One man was at the meeting to
sign off 100 acres or votes, but got no
chance to do it. His land proved to
be above the ditch. All these import
ant matters should be in legal shape
portant matter. The Herald usually
stands on the side of the people, and
we regret to have it hoodwinked into
making such statements as it did in
sundays paper regarding this import
ant matter. 1t was very evident that
crowd of men and women did not
want any assessment. and we hope
there will be no further attempt to
foist any such scheme upon us.
Just why struggling poor man
should borrow money to loan to a
great national government is what
Mr.. Henry failed to explain. In or
der to get $500 to pay his assessment
he would have to borrow at least
$1100 in many cases so as to pay the
balance on his land and pay up in full
for his water right. Where can he get
it. and if he could get it, then of what
value would that patch of sage brush
be to him. with no money to improve
it. 1t will take $3.50 to buy stuff to
put out his orchard. 1t will take a
few hundred to put up house and
barn, etc. Where can he get it. 1t is
the merest bosh to try to make a poor
man see how it is to his interest to try
to do things with a rush that will
jeopardize his home. into which he has
already put all his savings, and l for
one will always oppose all such
schemes.
Yours for fair play and a square
deal JAS. F. ZEDIKER.