The daily morning oasis., 1919-10-24
SOME MORE men
!. WHO CAN Give
SURETY BONDS

Yesterday ''The Oasis devoted some
space to an answer to a communications
that had appeared in the evening paper
with regard to the bond issues before
the taxpayers of Nogales and SAINT,
Cruz county, that communication signed
by we'll known denizen of the city
There was but time and space to give
attention to only one head of the gen
tleman s screed: the proposed city bone
issue.
This article will give attention &C
the matter of the proposed school bono
issue: The need for the bond issue by
the school district was presented very
clearly by Prof. G. H. Madden, City
School Superintendent in his remarks
before the Young Business Men s As
sociation Wednesday evening. Professor
Madden stated very clearly that already
present school structures are overtaxed
and in some of the grades the pupil 8
can he given instruction only half tho
time each day-one half of them at
tending school at morning sessions, tho
other half going in the afternoon
Moreover, Professor Madden stated
that at the rate of increase it will not
be long before all pupils in Nogale'
district will have to be limited to halt
time in school. So additional schoo
buildings are positive necessity; and
like the sewer and water systems, what
may be provided by the proposed bon
issue are apt to be entirely inadequate
within very few years. The Young
Men s Business Association showed ap
probation of the situation by endorsing
the school bond issue.
which this reference is made applied
the same criticism and animadversion
to the proposed city bond issue. He
said taxpayers should hold up the bond
issue (Which means vote it DOWN I'M
til they knew who would handle the
transactions involved. "The Oasis
answered that diatribe by enumeratine
the various members of the city council
and their business standing Touching
the school bond issue the same course
is relevant for reply to the animadver.
sions of the author of the article in the
evening paper. The bonds will be sold
by the present school board, which body
will let, also, contracts for whatever
construction may be necessary. That
board consists of DoctorW. F. Cheno
weth, E. R. Purdum, S.. F. Noon
Everybody in Nogales knows them
Doctor Chenoweth has practiced
medicine in Nogales thirty years. He
is county physician and health officer.
town physician and health officer, also
which posts he has held number Of
years, and taxpayer in both city and
county. Mr.. Purdum is prominent
lawyer, a large taxpayer in both city
and county, and at present he is city
attorney. Mr.. Noon is also prominent
lawyer, having been in practice in the
courts here fourteen years, and he was
first clerk of the district court, ap-
pointed when the county was created in
1899, holding the post some six years.
Then, after admission to the bar he was
district attorney under the territorial
regime, and county attorney under the
state constitution. He enjoys large
and lucrative practice, and pays taxes
on both city and county property.
What more can the author of the
article in the Herald want? Can he find
three better men in the community?
Here is another point: All three of
these same gentlemen can and have
given surety bonds for faithful and
honest discharge of official duties; and
those bonds were underwritten by the
best surety companies. Does that not
speak well for their probity and honor?
Can their self constituted critic give
such a bond?