The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-07
CANAL DIRECTORS
ARE SUGGESTED

The committee selected by the
landowners of the district to organ
ize the Kittitas Reclamation District
today gave out the following state
ment:
at the election on the 1lth in
slant, three directors at large are to
be elected to serve until the first
regular election of officers on the
first Tuesday of April, next. These
directors should be men of standing,
integrity, and in perfect harmony
with the district project. No idea,
other than the highest measure Of
success for the district, should enter
into the calculations of any one. 1t
is important that the first board
should be selected with a view of OBJ
tanning unity of action and careful
and conservative management.
The law does not provide any
method for holding primaries, eau
cuses. or nominating officers in the
election for the organization of the
district. The voters will vote for
such men as they see fit at the time
of the election. 1t has been urged
upon the committee by numerous
voters that the committee examine
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proper persons for the office of di-
rectors, and make recommendation
along that line to the end that there
may be unanimity of action and
safe selection of these important Of
ficers, it being urged that it is not
important who the persons are so
long as they are fit men for the posi-
ton.
THE committee has diligently
and carefully gone over the situa-
ton, received and considered vari-
Gus suggestions and many names,
and has unanimously agreed upon
recommending TO the voters of the
district the names of three gentle
men who are fairly representative
of the three geographical divisions
Of the district, namely. the upper
end. the middle. and the lower end
Of the district These men are
Thomas Haley \ C. Spalding and
j. c. Boedcher.
These three men are landowners
and farmers in the district, are men
of the highest reputation, are care
full and conservative. are we'll known
to the committee, and the affairs of
the district can be safely entrusted
to them. Mr.. Thomas Haley diving
in the lower end of the district has
been a resident of the county for
more than 40 years. and is too well
known to require further reference.
Mr.. A. c. Spalding, residing near
Thorp, about the center of the dis
trict, now engaged in farming, has
been a leading business man in the
city of Ellensburg for many years,
and his business training will add
great strength to the board. Mr.. j.
c. Boedcher, now residing near
South Gle Elum, in the upper end OF
the district, has lived many years in
various portions of the county, is
we'll and favorably known, and will
make most desirable member Of
the board.
These men do not seek the office,
would prefer to have others serve,
and only consent to serve out of a
high sense of duty to the great un-
dertaking. In fact. no man is seek
ing the Office, and no one has sought
to be a candidate, but every person
with whom the committee has talk
ed has only been actuated by the de-
sire to obtain the best material pos
sible This is as it should be, be-
cause the Office carries no salary,
there should be no contest to fill it,
and only the fitness of the person
should be considered. 1t is a case
in which emphatically the place
should seek the man. and not the
man the place, and that is the rule
which the committee has sought to
follow in making these suggestions
and this recommendation to the
voter"
Contractors Brunt and Berry eX-