The Lamar register., 1919-03-26

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Mr.. Moore or the Denver emergency
engineer you sent here. They really
have been working night and day and
have slightly reduced the flicker in
the lights.
You ask that the taxpayers give this
matter sober second thought. They
have not only given it sober second
thought, but THIRD and FOURTH
thought, and their conclusion is that
your appeal now comes too late. They
have been fair and more than fair,
but the spirit shown by your company
has been one of constant Indifference
until the week before election, when
you want to throw your arms around
the dear people" and take them into
your confidence. Talk about yielding
to unbusinesslike motives; read the
testimony before the Utilities Com
mission; the report of the General
Electric Company's engineer; and your
own statement; all of which is an adj
mission of the most surprising unbusi-
lnesslike methods in the conduct of a
large business. Unbusinesslike mo-
tivesl Why didn't Mr.. van Diest or
Mr.. Wilkinson come to Lamar last
simmer or fall or winter and lend their
advice and support to better condi-
tions here? Supposing you were run
ming a planning mill and your labor
was idle intermittently account no pow
er? Supposing you were operating a
coffee roaster, and from time to time
the power would go off and ruin a
batch Of coffee? Supposing you were
Doctor taking an x-ray picture and
the lights were so poor your patient
had to make several sittings to get Il
clear picture? Supposing you were
running gocery store, and the lights
would go out each night just when
business was good? Supposing you
were running a sack factory and the
sewing machines were cut out occas-
ionally and you had to pay the help
Just the same? Supposing you were
running n storage battery charging
station and were dependent on irregu
lar service to protect your business ?
Supposing you were operating motor
connected adding machine and part of
the time you could not finish the work
because the current was off? Suppos-
ing you were the telephone company
and had to depend upon electric power
to keep the batteries charged? Do
you realize that this winter if you had
been off another six hours the whole
telephone system Of Lamar would have
been out of commission because of no
current in the batteries and no way of
charging them? Supposing you had
to shut down an alfalfa mill so that
n farmer could milk few cows? Sup
posing your little children could not
study at night because of poor. flick
ering lights?
Supposing you were a farmer and
had put in two months trying to haul
your hay, and were unable to plan
your work account hay deliveries be-
Alk hNpthuNlil upoh NbuF NoHipliig ANt
power? Such delays resulting in dam
aged hay, loss of labor and valuable
time? 'Supposing you were labor +,
ing man and were constantly laid Oft
on account of irregularity of power
Talk about the people of Lamar TAX
ing second thought II is evident that
the general management of the cleo
trio power company has staid
away from Lamar for the past year
or he would realize that the citizens
of Lamar had long ago passed the
period Of second thought. and were
now in a state of righteous indigna-
ton"
Answering the last paragraph of
your ad, we too believe in Lamar and
Prowors county, and for this reason
VIC arc not going to be "hobbled" by
company that is unable to sell its
bonds. and its credit has gone aglim-
niering. You say we want to be sure
20 give you n square deal" How
about ourselves and the good citizens
Of Lamar? Have we not been entitl-
e1 to a square deal? Fortunately the