Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1916-01-06
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 ''Then, why not keep Judge Thacker in the presidency" I asked.
 "He is not aggressive enough; that is the only reason" replied my friend, who wants the salary raised
 The Yuma Daily Examiner has no desire, and most assuredly I have none, to even attempt to interfere with the water users in their efforts to bet ter their condition. If they think they can best do this by saddling a seem ingly unnecessary burden upon their own over-burdened shoulders, why, all well and good.
 But the Yuma Daily Examnier would be recreant to public trust, and 1 would be false to my friends of the Water Users Association, for every one of them I have a high personal regard, if they were not warned to look long and well before they go back to the old salary grab game. They can heed the warning or not, just as hey please. The warning>is sounded
 Ihe very kindliest spirit, and I hope
 ey will take it that way.
 AS for my friend who gave me the
 information, he knows that I esteem him very highly; not only that, but ae knows I regard him as one of the lost painstaking men on the Boaro J. Governors. The only possible fault
 can find with him lies in the fact that he is now permitting his friend nip for one of the prospective candi- dates to prompt him in fighting for a raise in the presidents salary, on the 5roUnd that ''the right kind of man oan not be induced to accept the presi- dency at salary of $500, for we want an aggressive man, a man who will be Jn the job all the time," as he puts it.
 In my opinion, that's just the kind u man the water users do not need at Ii5 particular time. There is noth- ing at the present time to justify az gressiveness; nothing to justify the
 ater users in elevating a man to the ] Presidency who would always be walk ing around with chip on his shoulder, and daring anybody connected with the J. s. Reclamation Service to knock 1 it off; nothing to justify the water | users in disturbing the present friend | ly relations that exist between the two 1 organizations.
 In fact, after having attended many of the meetings of the Board of Gov ernors during the past year, I can see nothing that justifies any sort of a | change in the present efficient set of officials of the Water Users Associa- tion, and, unless some better reason Is given for raising the salary of it's president than the mere fact that my riend's friend can't afford to take the job at the present salary of $500 per year, 1 shall continue to think that the water users are voting against their own best interest when they re-enter the salary grab game. Better stop Iong enough to think it over before this extravaganza is incurred.
 Under the present set of officials the water Users Association has more money in it's treasury than it has ever had before. Economy has been the watchword all along the line. Better let well enough alone The day may come when that money can be used to much better advantage than pay it out in salaries to men "who can't afford" to work for the salaries now paid.
 Here is a list of the members of the Council, the legislative body of the Water Users Association, who will be called upon to raise the salary of the president
 First Precinct:
 J. L. Chandler, Yuma.
 J. B. Smarr, Yuma.
 Second Precinct:
 H. H. Harmon, R. F. D., Yuma U