East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-29

in every form and this not because
they have done wrong hut because
they have done right They have been
prosecuted because they have stood
firm and faithfully for gravity water
for Pendleton and have refused to be
bluffed. bulldozed or beaten into Civ.
ing up the struggle.
The question for Monday is whether
this water board shall be sustained
and left TO complete the project ii has
underway or shall be driven from of.
flee for the qualification of men who
have always opposed bonafide efforts
to- secure mountain water for Pen.
dleton and who would like to humil-
ate the water commissioners because
of their fidelity to the cause of good
water and for their fidelity to the vel
fare Of Pendleton.
Sustain the water board by voting
against the commission charter and
10y voting for Mr.. Colesworthy to take
DR., Best's place upon the water board
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Judge Lowell's insulting attack on
DR.. McNary superintendent OF the
Eastern Oregon State
An Uncallef Hospital marks the
For Attack. climax of the blunder,
1 land campaign against
the water board and for the new char
ter.
| DR.. McNary had a distinct ana emf
nent right to inspect the work on the
new water system and to pass judg-
ment on that project and on the men
connected with the work, if he saw fiji
to do so. No man in Pendleton is
more vitality interested in the water
| question than is the hospital superin.
tendent The State Hospital is the
heaviest local water user and pays
$500 a month to the city for water
There are 400 unfortunate people un-
der the care of DR.. McNary and his
staff and the welfare of those people
demands good water supply. The
state hospital was brought here under
the promise of such a supply and DR.
McNary is justified in taking an in
telligent interest in any question re-
lating 10 the fulfillment of that pledge
portant duty We're he to fail to take
proper notice OF the subject.
| The report which DIR. McNary along
with several other men made public
| Thursday was an extremely moder-
ate statement. DIR. McNary could
have made a much stronger statement
than he did and still have been within
the bounds of propriety. The water
board and the Thorn Hollow project
are under attack. If the water board
is thrown out of office by the adop-
| tion of the new charter no one knows
what will happen to the gravity sys-
pass in to the hands of men unfriendly
to gravity water the system might be
materially altered or delayed. There
fore the state hospital superintendent,
was thoroughly right in taking some
| notice of tho Situatinn
| Judge Lowelrs attack on DR.. Nc
Nary was uncalled for ana absurd.
II is an attack that will place Pen
dleton in bad light with the rest of
the state unless Judge Lowell is re-
| pudiated by the vote Monday
Every man and woman in Pendleton
should vote against the new charter
and by so doing uphold our water
board and say to the people of Ore
gon that Pendleton means to keep its
pledge to the state hospital and to
keep that pledge in good faith, with
out delay and without palaver.
Having entered the race for water
commissioner at a time when his can
didacy was needed and demanded c.
r. Colesworthy is entitled to the sup
| port of everyone favoring progress
for Pendleton and decency in public
| office. Mr.. Colesworthy is fitted IN
every way for place on the board.
He has the business experience need
ed and is friendly to the cause of grav-
| ity water. He has had experience
here as businessman and as a mem
Der of the city council II elected he
will work harmoniously with the
other members of the board and will
do nothing to disgrace himself or the
| city. Vote for Mr.. Colesworthy
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The women of Pendleton have
particular interest in the coming cleo
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