Arizona republican., 1910-05-31
On Which Side Are You.

are eligible to register and vote in the sewer bond Election, To date less than 200 have registered. and the reg istration closes Saturday of this week
 Of the voters so far registered, 1t is certain that considerable proportion are opposed to the bonds The sewer proposition will fail. unless the public spirited citizens of this town bestir themselves and see to it that the vOt- CTS who are in favor of making a city Of Phoenix are registered. The mossbacks don't need any stirring up; they are always alert to register and oppose at the polls any project which means taxation.
 If one will take the trouble to get the opinions of the first hundred men he meets on the street he will find that not more than ten of them are op- posed to bonding the city for a sewer 
 system; the other ninety will express themselves as heartily in favor of the proposition. Each of these ninety men will say that 1t would be de- plorabie thing if Phoenix should re- ject this opportunity to get sewer system; each of them will say that an adverse vote on the bond proposition would be a staggering blow against the prosperity and growth of the city. Why, then, this indifference about registration2 It is due largely, we think, to the general belief that the proposition Is certain to carry. and it is not necessary. therefore, for much interest to be taken in the registra- tion
 But defeat stares the sewer propo- sition in the face, unless there shall be a lively registration during the next five days.
 It is not pleasant to dwell on the predicament we shall be in if the sewer bonds fail to carry. But now Is the time to think about it. The news will go out to the world that Phoenix, notwithstanding all our boasts of the present and future, is such an utterly jay" town that it does not want sewer system. Our alleged induce ments for homebuilders will be laughed at Men of intelligence who, having the means, would be glad to build here expensive homes in order to enjoy our incomparable winter cli- mate. will refuse to come. Men who care for the health of their wives and children and of themselves. will not voluntarily make their homes in a town which has formally declared against a system Of sanitary drainage. Many have built here because they had faith In our public spirit and in our intelligence and in our promise that we would provide the ordinary conveniences of city life. But a vote against sewers will put up a bar oif-4 ht.il hu Thal class of men who make prosperous cities.
 A vote against the sewer bonds would be an announcement to the world that we prefer to live in a country town, and in a town at that which. having grown to the size of city. has voted for bad smells, pesti- lence and death. The live physicians of the city say that if present con- ditions are continued we are bound to have deadly epidemics of diphthe- ria. scarlet fever, typhoid fever, and all the filth diseases that bring death in their train. They also say that if, on the other hand, an adequate sewer system Is provided, Phoenix will be one of the healthiest cities of the world It is for the people to decide within have.
 We may as well face the fact, dis { agreeable as 1t is. that we have large property owners, typicaI misers, who propose to do' nothing to build up the