Imperial Valley press., 1921-01-07
BUY Gas PLANT,
UNANIMOUS VOTE
OF 10000 CLUB
(MRs. VIoLETTE s. cAMPBEff4

(1IRs. VIOLETTE s. cAMPBEhI,,
The Ten Thousand Club favors the
gas bonds. That fact was established
yesterday, beyond a question of doubt
when a motion to endorse the prop
Nosition was carried without "a dissent
lltg~yote.-~~~
Mrs. Violette S. Campbell, chair
man Of legislation, presented the
question simply and impassionately.
appealing to the members as business
women engaged in the biggest bus
mess of the world that of home-mak-
ing. The speaker then told why she
favored the proposition, using facts
and figures essential to explain the
business side of the question, giving
salient arguments on the proposition,
AT this. particular time" said the
speaker, I'VE can not afford to buy
pig in a poke" For one she
wanted to be convinced of the sound
ness of the proposition as a business
venture. Nobody doubted that gas is
an essential utility in the building of
a modern city and every woman who
had ever used it for domestic pur-
poses would gladly return to it's use
Immediately. None wanted really to
be compelled to use coal oil with its
smoke and smell, it's filling of tanks
and cleaning of Wicks and its Intern
Unable sloWness for one day longer
than is necessary.
A careful study of the engineers
report, supplemented by the report of
! the chamber of commerce committee
made up of solid business men of El
Centro whose first desire is for the
prosperity and well-being of the citv
had convinced the legislative chair.
! man of the Ten Thousand Club that
the proposition is one the women may
get behind without fear or hesitancy
The vote OF the chamber CT commerce
Wednesday, and the fact that the
great majority of the solid, depend.
able business men of the city favo,
the bonds, is a clinchinG argument.
Private corporations are not enter.
ing the gas business in small towns
The investigation of the chamber OF
commerce committee found this to be
fact and all who have given any
thought to the matter are convinced
| that If Ell Centre or any other towr
/ Of its size is to have gas it must
come from municipal ownership. Il
we do not accept the present propos-
itlon we must either do without gas
which will be a backward step in oul
development as city, or later vote
a much larger bond issue for mum
cipal plant, in the meantime putting
un with the discomforts incident t(
! the use of coal oil, discomforts tha-
are multiplied in the hot weather an(
as the stoves deteriorate.
! The speaker was heartily applaude,
when she stated that ii the bond
carry at this time, we will have ga
for use before the hot weather ar
riYes. At other TIM during the ad
dress, the members showed their en-
4 tire sympathy in what the speake
was saying by spontaneous hand clap
ping.
Mrs; Campbell appealed throughou
SEfor calm, deliberate judgemcntiin' 4 n
: matter, saying every voter has
, right to his or her honest opinion
those opposed to the bonds as we
5 as those favoring them.
, Mrs, Beeman and Mrs. Fuller spoil
briefly but effectively on the que
= tion following Mrs Campbell "Tl
, Ten Thousand Club has always stoC
: for progress" said Mrs. Fuller in mo
ing the endorsement of the bond
sue. Not an opposing voice WI
raised and the applause following Il
$ final happy disposal of the questio
n attested to the perfect satisfacti
of all present.