Imperial Valley press., 1912-08-08
CORFMAN ANSWERS ARTICLE.
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mantainance being cheaper than the
assessment on us, l think dollar is
only a dollar, no difference how it is
raised. and will clean no more silt out
of our canals if raised by toll than by
assessment.
You said, July 27 at Imperial, that
if we let you and Mar Carberry run
the system another year you would run
it on a accent toll. That is still less
than 60 cents, is it not? And you say
60-cent toll is less than we have been
paying $1.50 4 share If this is true
why DO you say through the Press that
the 81 assessment has come to stay ,
! can't understand how you figure this
out. l. can only scratch my head
and think and think But, blame it all,
any way, we are only farmers and
may know how to raise alfalfa. but
have no business to figure and think
anyway. We want to say this,
though: we have never objected to
paying our assessments for the pur-
pose of keeping our bitches clean and
ii you need the dollar call for it. We
want seySice, aud the best of it, too.
Now, our water system, | think,
should be like our public road system
owned by all, kept in repair by all
and used by all. Each man should
have his land fully stocked at a ratio
of to ,, and pay maintenance on the
same The company should buy the
delinquent stock in and shut water off
of that much land until the owner re
deemed the stock, with small penalty
added to its cost
Now, Mr. Willard and | are not the
only ones who can think and write.
Let us hear from others. / believe
it would be a good plan to have mass
meeting of the water users of No | at
Water Company han quarterly, to taif
over affairs with the officials and pre-
sent grievances, if we have any. We
don't get much in the annual meeting.
only the political end of the game.
And | want to say right here, that n
spite of all we could do. Mr. Willard
brought politics into our meeting July
p, when he practically announced his
candidacy for reelection to the office
of director and president of Water
Company No. l. No doubt Mr. Willard
did this unconsciously when he said
IF | and Mr.. Carberry, if allowed
to run the business for another year
| would run it on 40-cent toll, instead
| of 60 cents"
! Now, | want to say right here thai
We have no crow to pick with Mr.
| Carberry at all He is attending tC
| business and is not using his office
| for political power. He is doing JUS
what good employe should do, ant
just what We think Mr. Willard should
do. | wondered some time ago wha
a certain man in the S. S. compan,
meant when he asked me if | did no
think there could be a little mission
airy work done with Mr.. Willard.
said | don't know. | wondered Wha
! part OF the Scriptures could be quoted
that would have any effect on one il
water company affairs, but after tn
meeting of July 27 at Imperial, il
which Mr.. Willard announced his can
Gidacy, it occurred to ME at once tha
1t might be that part of the tent
verse of the fifth chapter of Secon,
Peter, which reads like this: Civ,
diligence to make your calling an,
election sure: for it you do thes
things, We shall never fall"
] Ais'' cVo' slictI cS vi SIOCh WOul
carry 10000 votes and would sure hel,
some, but we need the assessment OF
that stock, or, better yet, let us hav,
II locatedNin our own territory.
! Now, in regard to that free stocl
water. We have always paid for on
stock water. 1t is paid for out of on
| assessments and not out of the presi
dents pocket. We did not object t,
paying for it, but did object to order
ing little head of water for "a hour
when we need it for only a few hour:
need about 100 inches for fifteel
minutes that will go down my sand
ditch in a hurry. little strean
would never reach my reservoir an,
would only serve to silt my ditch il
and then Mr.. Willard would again sa
why don't you keep your ditche
ciean? Now, | hardly think there i
10000 acres being irrigated in th,
present boundary of No. |. ] thin
that includes the South Side also, doe
it not, Mr.. Willard?
Now, a little more regarding nv Ian,
not being in Water Company No. l.
want to ask Mr.. Willard if he in
tends to try to force Mr.. Stevenson
Mr.. Thomas, Mr.. Neagle, Mr.. Shel
bourne, Mr.. Golf, Mr.. Otter. NJ,
Eoulds, Mr.. Booher, Mr.. Pruitt an
myself out of No /?
we all get our water from the Aa
| mitos and are on the east side of tn
Alamitos, above the cutoff line. Df
hvery has been made to all this Ian
and it will not cost No. one cent t
continue to deliver that water. You
zanJero rides the ditch and can tur
water on the east side just as well Il
the next
Now, Mr.. Willard. we had no grie,
ance against the other directors. Yo
practically admitted that you were tn
one who is running the affairs of tn
company. so that relieves the other
or the responsibility. We enjoy reaG
ing your articles in the Press yer
much and hope you will come again