The Parker post., 1913-12-06
APPEAL TO
GOVERNOR
PARKER BOARD OF TRADE IN A
LETTER TO GOV. HUNT ASKS
PEELED TO FURNISH JAIL
HERE.

SION at the IUS0IlHS Ol tHo DOol
of Trade last Saturday night. w. II.
Tharpe appeared before the board and
asked that the organization recon-
mend to the board of supervisors of
this county the granting of an cleo
trio street railway franchise to the
Parker Improvement company.
Mr.. Tharpe explained that his COM
pany is to issue bonds to the amount
of $4,000 for the construction of an
electric lighting plant and in making
other improvements. Active work
on the new electric plant is to start
just as soon as the bill now pend
ing in congress relative to the
opening of the reservation lands be-
comes a law. The board passed
resolution complying with Mr.
Tharpe's request
Demand Jail.
The unanimity with which the
board of trade approved a resolution
to the board of supervisors and a
letter to the Governor Hunt asking
that a Jail be constructed here in
dicated that the people of Parker
have become tired of waiting for the
action of the Yuma officials and
have decided to bring the matter d1-
rect to the attention of the governor
The resolution to the supervisors
adopted Saturday night was as fol
lows:
ITO the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Yuma County, Ariz.:
Whereas, The people of Parker
have patiently and persistently pc
titioned your honorable body for 2
period of about five years to con
struct an adequate jail for Parker,
and,
Whereas, No jail of any kind
has yet been constructed, and Par,
ker is yet without a jail of any
kind whatsoever,
Therefore, Be it Resolved, That
the people of Parker, through thei1
Board of Trade, address a letter tc
Hon. G. W. P. Hunt, governor Of
Arizona, asking his advise as t:
the necessary course to pursue to oh
tain this necessity to give the
peyers of Parker much needed police
protection, and,
Therefore, Be it Resolved, That a
copy of these resolutions be forward
ed to the governor with a letter tt
him.
The above resolution, signed by the
Parkn~ Board of Trade, has been for
warded to the supervisors. A copy
OF the resolution, accompanied by an
explanatory letter, has also been sent
to Governor Hunt The letter to the
governor is as follows:
Governor Geo. W. Hunt, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Honorable Sir: The people of Par
ker, through their Board of Trade,
wish to bring a grievance to your
attention with the hope that you may
able to show us a way to secure
the construction of a much needed
jail in Parker, as we believe We have
tried all ways known to us to obtain
recognition from our honorable super
visors in this matter without any sue
cess, except unfullfilled promises Gov
ering a period of about five years.
We are located in the extreme nor
thern end of Yuma county and have
to go to our county seat (Yuma) via
Phoenix and Maricopa, a distance
of about 400 miles via railroad, which
makes a man hesitate before bring
ing any complaint into court.
Many law-breakers are not molest
ed here on account of the fact that
we have no Jail to place them in, and
for this reason it might be made to
appear that we do not have much
need for a Jail ON account of the
small number of arrests, but this is
not the case, for We do need jail
badly and have for number of years
but have refrained from making ar
rests which should have been made
because we did not wish to make the
county any exhorbitant expense, and
expecting justice at the hands of ouI
honorable board of supervisors.
The railroad, known as the Parker
Cutoff, is now assessed which brings
the taxes from the Northern end
of Yuma county to more than a $780,,
100000 or perhaps nearly 5000, 100000
altogether, while it would prove the
merit of our contention to have our
Honorable Board of Supervisors sub
init statement of expense showing