Arizona sentinel., 1917-04-05
WAKE UP, CITIZENS OF YUMA, AND ASSERT
 YOUR POWER

WAKE UT, CIIILENS OF I UNA, AND ASSERT YOUR POWER
 EDITORS NOTE-Afer one side of Sentinel con- ainine conclusion of this article had been printed and
 this side ready for press, deuelops that the bony, through leak had contracted cold feet and the meeting lDh fhe corporation commission has been indefinitely postponeH
 The immortal Abraham Lincoln is given credit for saying
 "You can fool ALL the people some of the time, and SOME of the people ALL the tme but YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME"
 It will be we'll for the board of supervisors the city council and the Yuma Light, Gas & Water Company to memorize Abe Lincolns words as quoted for the people of Yuma are beginning to open their eyes their hearing becoming quite acute, in fact they rolling up their sleeves grding up their loins and otherwise getting ready for battle royal for they have been fooled just once too often. If matters not be mended in any other way they will express their sentiments at the ballotbox at recall election and if it comes that we'll good night and good bye to the city councilman or the supervisor who has al ready imagined or who may imagine that he can fool all the people all the time"
 At its regular meeting the early part of March the board of supervisors granted the Yuma Light, Gas & Water Company the right to operate throughout Yu- county At the same meeting two fellow townsmen, E. F. Sangunetti and F. L. Ewing, denied the right, thereby granting absolute monopoly to the Yuma Light Gas & Water Con- pany owned and controlled by Los Angeles bankers. Let it be said however in the interests of fair play and truth that there were but two members of the board of supervisors at the meeting when this inn portant matter was voted on, Chairman Ike Proebstel moving to grant the Sanguinetti-Ewng franchise, while Supervisor Elliott refused to second the mo- on, which killed the application or least put it in the waste basket until Supervisor Shanssey can be present to second the motion and vote with the chair man to place Sanguinetti and Ewing on an equality with the Los Angeles bankers.
 Will Supervisor Elliott try to fool the people again? am very much inclined to think he will not but time will tell.
 In the meantime the Yuma, Light Gas & Water Company has made application to the corporation commission as the official notice in the Yuma Daily Examiner will testify, to abandon its muddy water (irrigation) service, to get the commission to fix minimum charge for water and finally to permit that concern to issue and sell stock
 Not word is said about establishing rate for electric light power that being left wholly in the hands of the Los Angeles bankers to fix for them selves. They are now charging something like SIX TEEN cents per kilowatt hour, than five times much as they will be able to furnish the same power for when they connect with the Sierra High Power Company.
 What are the people going to do about it? Do you intend to let these outsiders come in here drive people out of business, and then gouge your very eye-bas out?
 And what you going to do with supervisors or city councmen who vote to give those Los Angeles high-binders monopoly of your public utilities Are you going to remain asleep and let them rob you for all time to come? Or are you going to wake up and show your power? Which is it?
 The statement of facts published elsewhere in this issue, signed by Sangunetti and Ewing, tells the whole story Read it we'll and then make up your mind to attend the meeting tomorrow and tell the corporation commission just what you think. Not only that but you should demand of your city council