Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-27
JUNGLE GEORGE" FISHBAUGH BREAKS INTO PRINT AGAIN AND DELIBERATELY MISREP- RESENTS ACTUAL FACTS IN CONNECTION
 WITH THE DRAINAGE PROPOSITION

| en into print again in vicious attack on Yuma Palley drainage and on Direc- tor Davis in particular, going just lit tie bit further in his misrepresenta- tion of facts this time than he has ever gone before. His last attack was printed in the esteemed Morning Sun of December IS, taking up two 1 full columns of reading type space and marked Adv" which shows that he paid for the space so much !, per line or per inch as the case may be, which makes it all the more repre- hensable and disreputable on his part when his misrepresentation are of such character that he is required to pay for it before it is given publicity. It is passing strange to me, and to many other loyal citizens of this com munity, that Uncle George" Fish baugh has money to throw at the birds" when it comes to tearing down our government, but hasn't single cent to contribute to help save our country from the Prussian hordes, of which class he seems to be a bright and shining light, for there is nothing he could do to please the kaiser more than to pursue the course he is now pursuing. If he can tie the govern ment's hands, and thereby absolutely ruin every acre of ground in Yuma Valley, that would mean the United States would lose approximately $5,- 000,000 worth of foodstuff per annum and that item alone would go very far towards helping the kaiser win his unholy war
 Another strange @ thing about this fight Uncle George" Fishbaugh is waging against the government is that nearly all his packers are men who are in his class, relative to help ing to win the war, for so far as have be
 SINGLE CENT has been contributed by any of them to "help win the war" And yet they have the audacity to ad vocate the complete stopping of work that Uncle Sam says is necessary to save our beautiful valley from utter ruin and annihilation for lack of drain age.
 This last attack" of this deluded and misguided old man consists of etter from Congressman Carl Hayden to Director Davis, the latter's reply and then followed by comments rom the facial pen" of 'Uncle George" Just who he employs to write his "stuff'' is not known, but it is known by every one who knows him that he cannot write himself He dishes out the general idea and then his paid understudy does the quill slinging." But that is neither here nor there The man who does his writ ing may be of the same calibre of the misguided man who directs him. That does not matter The name of George Fishbaugh' is signed to the article. That is all-sufficient to stamp the en- tire story, as printed in the Morning Sun, as emenating from the worst enemy the government has in this To- cality. He should be suppressed for the general good of the community. and suppressed quickly, before his ti- rade of misrepresentation becomes contagious-before a regular hOtbed of disloyal individuals in this commu nifty plan to do greater mischief.
 Take this paragraph. as an example of the willful and malicious misrepre- sentation of facts:
 His statement (Mr. DavisO that the people generally appreciated the drainage ditch is untrue, as we had shown him, when here, that 909t of the people were opposed to it, as just a few days before we had petition circulated which showed this amount
 That is an abominable and bare faced falsehood, as the records will show. That the people approve of the course being pursued by the Reclama- tion Service in this drainage matter was conclusively proven before the board of governors when Director Da- wis addressed that body and other water users when he was here some weeks ago. He plainly told those as sembled exactly what his plans were, to drain the lagoons and tap the lands now threatened with ruin and then leave the question of comprehensive drainage system to special board ot engineers. With one voice those pres ent at this meeting agreed that that was the proper thing to do. Uncle