Arizona sentinel., 1917-05-10
SHALL THE HIGHBINDERS RULE YUMA? OR
 SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?

Itisa CONDITION and not THEORY that conronts the people of Yuma the present time and unless this con- dton remeded at very early date the Los Angeles hlgh binders who ockeying for death hold will get it, and get their price This will be nothing less than sucking the very ebood from every property owner in the confines of the city of Yuma It will the death kne for Yumas aspirations become anything but country town for just surely the Los Angeles comoants and hghbnders given the right dispense with the service of muddy for irrigation purposes just certain is this splendid little city be put the toboggan with the hghbnders greasng the downh grade thoroughly that all the powers on earth won't be able keep the property from becoming slaves to the Los Angeles highbnd 
 terribly in earnest in this matter of awakening the people full realization of the calamity that stares them in the face If they will not heed these words of warning the fault will be theirs have highbndeS work in o CT sections of the country They all work the end rob you of your birthright-but have seen them work quite boldly here not in Chinatown in San Francisco where the favorte method is physical holdups murder and the like. Here brazen holdup in the the shape of making the taxpayer pay double treble what they should pay for electricity gas and water For in stance take the quoted for electric power The rate for light is SIXTEEN CENTS per XVIII for the first 50 kowatts while the for power put down at NINE CENTS per XVII. But you don't get this last rate unless you certain number of horsepower If you electric fan you charged for Tight and for power-and that is nothing short of the rankest kind of robbery
 The schedule printed the back of the receipts given by the local hghbnder company follows Clear water 2OOO gallons or less per month $O0 5000 gal Ions 35cts per 1000 With these staring them in the face how could they charge Mr. Ezel chronicled in this paper last week the outrageous price of $20 for water for eleven days 210 Jones street? His bill plainly shows that he consumed but 265 gallons water which the printed rate could possibly have amounted than $ 35 and yet he actually forced pay the outrageous of $20 suffer only the being shut off, but the electricity and gas we'll Isn't that the act of hghbind CT? If isn't rank robbery then what would you call it?
 With this rate staring you the face you going to jermit the hghbnderS to discontinue the muddy water system they charge you for rgang your and gardens at the that Mr. Ezel had pay? Or are you going take the matter in your hands and condemn the old ratrap plant and yourself The report submitted to the city council by Chief Engineer Trask more the nature of joke than anything else read When he was here few weeks ago he put certain price the rat trap and certain price the of entirely plant His report that the council wrestled with last Thursday night materially reduced the price of the ratrap but great y augmented the price of plant Not only that but he vigorously and strongly advised the city purchase the rotton old plant just to get of competition with any plant the city might construct The proposition will likely be submitted to the people for whether they buyl the old plant construct one If the new one is voted Mr. Task asks the modest of 900 for his bran work If it defeated he will be lucky if he gets anything In the meantime keep your weather eye on the Los Angeles highbinders.
 COIORADO RIVER AN INTEREECTTNC