Arizona sentinel., 1917-07-12
HIGHBINDERS DETERMINED TO DEFEAT SAN. OVERWHELMING ORDINANCE, NO MATTER
 THE COSTS

There is every evidence that the Los Angeles high binders will leave nothing undone their efforts defeat the SanguinettiEwing franchise ordinance which gives the latter the right erect poles and string electric wires along Ga street from the Colorado river to the ice plant From the talk going the rounds of the street money large quantities will be used in attempt debauch the voters of the city of Yuma Whether the people will tolerate this remains to be July 9 will tell the tale and less badly mistaken the Los Angeles HE highbnder will get in the neck again just he has three differ ent occasions very recently.
 First he appeared before the State Corporation Com mission and tried discontinue his muddy system In this he was given knockout blow by Judge Frank Baxter.
 Second he tried get the Corporation Commission to permit him to issue stock his old ratrap when as of fact he had already issued this stock violation of law and should have been severely punished for his fragrant violation of the law In this he also knocked out for the Corporation Commission refused permit him the stock until that honorable body ascertain the phys cal value of the old rat traps
 Third he tried to get the city council to refer the ref erendum of the Sangunet- Ewing franchise ordinance in this he again knocked cold wedge It whispered the night after the council knocked him that he would seek injunction restrain the city clerk from printing the Sangunet-Ewing franchise the ballot bat up the time this article written he had made no such attempt and the threat looked upon another of his buludozing methors to thwart the will of the people,
 The truth of the whole matter is the Los Angeles high binder has electric light franchise in the city of Yuma
 His plant is operated in direct violation of law obsuctng streets and otherwise violating the law simply on suerance at the hands of the local authorities It only few years ago that Hiram Blaisdel tried bor money from certain bank giving the electric light plant security The bank had the question of fran chSe thoroughly investigated by of it's experts who very wisely reported that there franchise in At this point Mr. Basde tried every way his pow obtain franchise but the city council simply refused grant and that exactly where the stands today The big HE hghbnder is operating his plant here without any right whatever violation of law just he issued his S179OOO worth of worthless stock
 And yet he is dead bent on defeating franchise per- hitting Sanguinetti and Ewing the high power line their ice plant and later be otherwise utilized on the whenever the people the juce-not 6 cents per XVIII, the hghbinder charges but at the ACTUAL COST of production That the great reason why the people of Yuma should vote soldly for the Sanguinett Ewing ordinance It will be Gods send to this community in the years It will in no manner interfere with the city lights but will be ready all times for the city to use the power if goes into the electric light business It will help deveope the mesa without which Yuma can nev hope be what the city should be-a city of OOO with in the next ten years or less.
 Go to the polls and give the hghbnders another black eye by voting FOR the Sanguinetti-Ewng ordinance