Arizona sentinel., 1917-11-15
CITY DADS AND THE BIG HE HlGHBINDEh TAI TO COME TO TERMS REGARDING SALE
 OF PJIBIIC UTILITY RAT-TRAPS.

The Big He Highbinder is still highbinding. He was present the meeting of the city council last week ana tac ty agreed to sell his old rattrapS to the city for the pa sum of S25OOOO or he willing to leave to three eng neers he select one city one and these two agree on the third But there nothing doing on either of these propositions He wanted to meet the council the to lowing evening" but some how other the meeting did not take place and as result the Big He Hghbnder went back to his lair in the white city of Los Angeles there wait until he can pull the strings the forthcoming bond election to suit his wishes.
 In the meantime the Yuma Daily Examiner, the city official paper publishing the notice that the people will be called upon to vote on the question of issuing bonds for the purpose of erecting entirely set of public utility plants, gas water and light The question now is: Shall these bonds be issued?
 As stated in these columns time ago it is my per Sona opinion that the question should not have been SUD- mitted until get final decision at the hands o the supreme rate-Xing ordinance. However many of my good friends differ with me, and argue that H the bonds are issued the Big He Hghbnder will very quick y come to his milk and make the city decent offer as to the price of his old ckey brokendown ratraps; that the mere fact of voting the bonds does necessarily imply that the bonds will have be sold and the money used for the specific purpose for which they voted In other words It argued by of my good friends that if the bonds are voted the city can then successfully "dcker with the Big He Highbnder or else go right ahead and build.
 If that contention be true, why, all right with me, am willing go the limit put the the Big He High binder just he has been putting them the consumers of Yuma But if the bonds are ordered issued will be aeraby opposed paying $50OO0 for the ratrap plants that disgrace the city of Yuma Not only that, but would be unalteraby opposed of three fixing the value of the old plants if any of those to be named by the Big He Hghbinder This would hold out until the devil frozen death before he would agree 10 anything less than $25OOOO Of that you may sured If any three to judge the real value of the old ratraps they should be who competent judge what rat-traps actually worth, and not say they worth any old price that the Big He Hghbnder may de- mand
 It may be the best days work the tax-payng voters ever did to vote favor of the bond issue and then see the gentleman from the immaculate and white city of Los Angeles will say, He may possibly sing different In the meantime if the people do for bonds their actual issuance may be held back until after the preme court passes the ratexing ordinance If the de- cision favor of the city the council then go right ahead and actually FORCE the Big He Hghbnder to live up the rates If he should be buheaded enough refuse, why, there is always way to MAKE HIM DO IT orput him in ail
 Under the circumstances, therefore, and because the Big He Hghbnder opposed it. shall advise my friends and readers vote FOR the bond issue the bond cleo ton carries the council then get dnte offer from the Big He Hghbinder and if his offer is fair one they then submit the question back the people and ask he advice whether they buy the old rattapS whether they go ahead and construct entirely new plants
 If the supreme court would but validate our rateixns