Arizona sentinel., 1917-07-26
CITIZENS OF YUMA VOTE AGAINST BIG HE HIGH prNnER sANc111NETu-EWING ORDINANCE
 WINS AT POLLS
PROPOSITION TO INCREASE MUDDY WATER RATES EIGHTEEN HUNDRED PER CENT "THE
 BLOW THAT KILLED FATHER"

It's all over except the shouting. .....%..,sI
 The bio He Highbinder got it where the chicken got the axe. Al
 Al +b nos last Thursday the of Yuma expressed ,,,s in m uncertain manner and it will be we'll for both the City Council and the Corporation CommSSoh
 with the Attorney General thrown in for good measure TO heed the voice of the people. ..s
 By vote of almost two to one the people emphaoss declared that they Sangunett and Ewing 10 nave rieht to connect their plant with the Sierra gh fo"e line so that power always hereafter be used as aost exhorbitant rates that have heretofore been charger by the local light and power company eI
 Bv this same overwhelming vote they declared they are unaterably opposed allowing the big lie hlgnoinoe o charge the City of Yuma and the citizens of Yuma El ZEN HUNDRED PER CENT MORE FOR MODD1 WATER than the original franchise calls tor ana II e orporaon Commission does not heed this advce the ne will demand to know all the why's and wherefores
 The battle at the polls friendly, though spirited The blow that knocked the big He hghbnder galeywes1 andcrooked was the circular gotten out about noon gV the details of the trick the hghbinder tried to pull o m Phoenix without letting the people of yuma know about that of filing application with the Corporation Commission t RAISE it's muddy water from ONE cent per front foot o SEVEN cents per front foot per month At rSt s;ob+ +bis anners to be ONLY SEVEN HUNDRED PER CENT but when it is remembered that at present patrons are a liberty to run the muddy each 24 hours at one cent front foot and then know that under the proposed rates o can irrioate but THREE HOURS in the morning and THREE HOURS in the afternoon it will at once be seen that the rates are raised FOUR TIMES SEVEN HUN DRED for six hours is but fourth of "A hours Ana then VOL can only use the muddy water through quarter inch nozzle which means that you could not rrgate fifty foot in the sandy residence part of the city in forty years o the sand would consume the water fast as could run out of quarter inch nozzle. ..s.z..ss
 The biz He hghbnder did not figure that this informa- ton would reach Yuma from Phoenix until 100 LAlE 10 use on election day However the editor ot the Arzona Sentinel got copy of the whole proceedings at O'CLOCK the morning of the election and within three hours there after he circular appsng the voters of all the facts was scattered broadcast over the city, The local hghbndeI forces were speechless It took all the fight out ot them They realized that this was he blow that killed father and so it proved for the SanguneEwing ordinance sal ed in 10 victory by almost twotoone carrying the prcpo ston along with it givnghe Council nstead ot the Cor poaton CommisSon the right to fix the rates on all public utilities in the city of Yuma. It glorious victory to the people, and my prediction is that the people will neve have cause regret granting this Sanguinett-Ewnt franchise.
 Goodbye big He highbinder Your dough is cooked ir Yuma.
 Now for Municipal ownership" That's the next thin' tu do.