Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1912-06-06
THIS IS WHAT THE
 EXAMINER SAID


 article headed "The Siphon Tunne Is Visited by Many" the Examiner commented on the fact that it wa: the first time that human beings hat visited under the river at the Califor nia end of the 900 foot tunnnel ''as guests of the Project Engineer" wh;.i was only another way of saying tha: tae Siphon was sufficiently advanced tO permit of such a visit.
 Now, if there is anything the matt-l with that plain statement The Exam iufr doesn't know what it is. Possi bty il is our ignorance that makes Us sL blind.
 The Examiner was very we'll aware that the Siphon builders, or Sand Hogs" had been all over the Clnne' and then some, because we've Teen dcwr there and actually seen them. but somehow we stupidly overlooked the possibility that these splendid ftl lows, (human beings, if you please), were Mr. Sellew's guests-just like a newspaper reporter to be so stupid. We always supposed that Sand Hogs" were salaried officials, and prospective owners of the project
 Though we came from Boston, the home of the Sand Hogs," it was so long ago that our memory has evident ly slipped a cog, for which we humbly apologize to any Sand Hog" whom We have innocently offended
 A little fun had been poked at us by our Siphon friends, who for the fun of the thing cut our remarks in two and made us say that the Sand Hogs" were not human beings.
 This should be sufficient, but for fear that these remarks might be mis- understood by some fussy person, we will go a little further.
 Remember, The Examiner said these human beings were MT. Sellew's guests and here is a reply from a Sand Hog:
 While we are from all parts of the globe, of many nationalities, Hitter ate, ignorant and not n a class with ordinary mortals, only fit for prey of petty town officials; while We are nothing but common work men, who in the following of our particular lines of work, are called upon to endure what ninety-nine per cent of the so- called men of today could not stand, either through physical weakness, or through cowardice; find death in many forms, as has been shown by the death list up to date, in addition to working in almost unbearable tenn peratures, foul air and dirty waters we have to put up with the most eX- ecuting and incurable diseases known to the medical professors, namely, the caisson disease, commonly known as the bends"
 "Yet with all this we are not entit- led to be called human beings even though we are cast the same as the rest of the human race.
 ''The Yuma Examiner of June 3rd comes out with the statement that for the first time in the history of Yuma human beings passed under the Col Orado river
 "There were, say, about 200 men in the Siphon These men drew about $24,OOO00 a month, the large part of which was spent in the city of Yuma if for no other reason than commercial ones. We are at least due to some consideration. We do not claim to be human. To endure what We are daily called upon to do, and still be alive, with part of our health, one must be superhuman.
 No we are not human beings.
 LUST SAND HOGS"
 The Examiner is indeed very sorry to have caused any Sand Hog" a | needless worry and the mag lificent piece of work now in evidence 10 feet below the Colorado River bed us to admit that Sand Hogs" Ire really not human, but truly, super human.