Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-10-18
WATER
SERVICE north
SALEN'S PLEA
Mrs. F. A. English Charges
Company With Wilful Dis
regard OF Needs.
COUNCIL ALSO SCORED
FOR BALD INDIFFERENCE
Enthusiastic Meeting Also
Considers Questions OF
Sewers And Paving.

A b0mb OF deflanee was hurled at the
city water company, and challenge Of
superiority, at meeting last night Of
the North Salem Improvement associa-
tion in the Highland school. Amid a
roar of enthusiasm, Mrs. F. A. English,
North Salem resident, arose in reply TO
motion of benjamin. R. Perkins that
g committee be appointed to wait On
the city council for immediate sewer
construction, and declared
tits water that we need first. IF
we get water the sewers will have to
come. -
Then she attacked the antagonistis
attitude of the council.
have been before them with tears
in my eyes, she said. ''And they
laughed and sneered st me. y
Better be careful, there 3 council
man in the room,' someone cautioned
| don t care! mean every word of
II" Mrs. English pursued heatcdIy.
And when | go to the water company
and tell them that I have been to the
council asking for help, they tell me-
IN fact, they told me today:
We don t care whalS thas city eoun-
ell thinks or does--,we,re the whole
cheese here nowi'
IL that councilman is hcre,s' she
added pointedly, "I'd like to havc him
stand upi"
Councilman Utter arose.
/ seI'll say this" and he nodded his
mead meaningly. eff the water com
pany said it was the whole cheese !
here, L and the council are with Mrs.
English to the finish to fight it out.
The council stands today as a pro.
gressive element in your community. and
shall not tolerate any dictation from
any one. = sags
A plea for effort on the part of North
salem residents to beautify their prem.
lses, as balm to personal satisfaction.
IT not for the multitude of tourists that
pass through this gateway to the
city, was made by Walter Denton. Hr
dealt death blow to latent civic pride
and elected repeated applause from the
crowd that thronged the hail.
In his speech he said that the people
or North Salem send out enough money
to the Sears G. Roebuck COMPANY and
other mail order companies, to pave
Hickory street-and and clean yout
front yardsiD
Community Interest," he said, ~,
the basis Of Amerfcanism. Anv mar or
woman who has one of those catalogues
on their tables, is un-American.
tie told ofhis experience in the state
penitentiary. Ninety per cent of +
delinquency cases there, he said. ara
traceable to the home.
Are You, as parents, making your
home so efficiently beautiful as to make
it the best place in the worlds tell
You, friends, any Improvement You
might make that will tend to keep our
boys and girls at home, will Justify the
world over anything you might do.o
Concluding, he said:
Come on! Lets build Salem. She 's
the best city in Marion county. the
best county in the state and in the be..
state in the Unioni"
Mr.. Perkins made strong plea for
better sanitary conditions in North Su
lem and urged immediate action for sew
er construction.
The constitution and bylaws were
read by Ward K. Richardson, secretary
treasurer and were adopted,
President Tillinghast, in a brief
speech, outlined the aims and desires Of
the association, and urged concerted ef-
forth toward the relization of the asso-
citation 's ideals.
A pretty entertainment preceded the
business and talks of the evening. A
standing vote of thanks to the enter.
tainers and those responsible for the pro
gram was given.
The next meeting of the body will be
at Highland school November 7.