Arizona sentinel., 1917-06-28
TEIJ, THE TRJJTH-HURT WHOM TT MAY

There are certain lot of croakers and graters in Iu ma who content except when they are trying TO bette the honest efforts made by the editor o this paper in fighting for the best interests Of the city ot Yuma the county of Yuma and Yuma Project Their whole stock m trade consists wholly in trying get the doar matter how disreputably.
 Iii to this class of cattle that make this reply with the hope that it will be plain enough for blind man to read and with the additional hope that day after have surrendered the of this paper that the people this section will that they will be gouged to death by these cOrmorantS.
 Since my soiourn in Yuma have devoted my entire time and best energies upbuding this community At no time have thought of self-nteress Had this latter motive mpeed me there is question but what my bank would be very much larger than it is at the present time Whatever have done said has been done or said on my initiative without consultation with any and often opposition to those whose advice most es teem. But have my notion about public affairs l have my ideas about what is best for the community in which reside My actions here but replica of what they have been wherever 1 have lived. am ashamed of nothing that has appeared in the columns of this paper would say it all over again occasion presented itself am grafter space for sale in this paper to a tack anyone If there anything of that kind to be done will do it myself, not for much per lne others do but do because am afraid to tell the truth let hurt whom it may.
 don't like to brag about myself nor to boast of what
 
 along these lines may set certain lot of magnerS to think ing honestly which admit will be rather hard thing for them to do at any time.
 Let's go back the record and what the editor of this paper has done he Yuma three agoFSt because of the chaotic condition then prevailing the project made up my mind that positive de rment to the project for things drift along they were drifting without fear favor turned the project upside down. with the result that great changes brought tha hanaf fo11 he uyhile few of the Reclamation officials got sore yet have the satisfaction of knowing that thought doing right and today they all my personal friends The project is in better shape than ever before.
 1 fought Ordinance Mo- 4" with all my power and hoped that time would be repealed least that diSgracefu part of it that fee from the fallen of the city, much per month This law is still in existence and this is the only city the American con nent that has such disgrace
 Single-handed and alone fought the Imperial Valley grafters until they all kicked out of power
 l fought the Southern Pacific Railway for its lack of depot facilities until have every that the actual plans ready for depot and dscontnuance ot switching on the main streets of the city
 have fought the idea of the water users bringing suit against the government in protest of the payment of $5 per acre. The suit has not yet been brought but probably will be- and will result in the people of the valley being bled to the tune of $25 GOO for good whatever
 Single-handed and alone 1 fought the injunction sought against the Warrene road from Yuma to Some- on The road has long since been completed and just good as claimed it would be- in fact it has literally made Somerton.
 went to Washington on behalf of the city and the pro- ect at time when Yuma had anything but bright future As result of that visit have the Yuma Mesa Aux Hilary Law under which the scheme rrgate the 10000 within the project under full sway and in all human probability the land will be sold this and Yuma will then grow by leaps and bounds Incidentally urged the appropriation of the $4OOO obtained for recon