Williams news., 1922-09-01
THE FOUR BIG NEEDS
 OF WILLIAMS

handling potatoes.
 4. The development of Cole
 man Lake:
 are the four paramount need!
 of Williams today.
 Every property owner in Will
 Hams should gladly lend his
 support to any sincere effort
 made to secure each and all ot
 these. If the business men o1
 Williams would only get to-
 gether, all four of these objects
 could be accomplished without
 working a hardship upon any
 one and would add materially to the prosperity of the com munity.
 We have named the four in the order of their importance, according to our own views and we believe that the great ma jority of the people of Will Hams and community will agree with us.
 The citizens of Williams should not rest until good pal atable water is provided for OSS. l 11S p1 CSCIIC supply of water is quite satis- factory for use after the fall frosts and until a few weeks af- ter the last frosts in the spring. That leaves about three months of the year during which some other source of water is need ed. There are a number of possible solutions for this prob lem any one of which would be satisfa ctory but any solution will entail considerable eX- pense. It needs the united eff fort of the people of the com This effort when set to work in cooperation with the represen- tatives of the people, the Town Council, could bring about a solution in comparatively short time. How long must we wait for that unified action?
 The second great need of Williams and vicinity may be provided in the course of. the next few months if only the taxpayers of the community see fit to agree to the small tax of S1.1O on each 5000 assessed valuation. The benefit which such a high school building would be to the community in a business way would more than off set the cost. There is no plausible reason for delay ing the construction of this building. An election for the purpose of sanctioning a bond issue to raise the necessary funds is called for September 9. Gan any taxpayer afford to vote against the measure?
 Some may question as to whether the warehouse should be placed third in this list. There is no denying the tremen- dous business asset that spud warehouse would be to this community. With a large warehouse capable of holding several hundred cars of pota- toes, the potato industry of this community would be made and that industry would de- mand first place. Land that is now worth twenty to thirty 1 dollars an acre would jump to a hundred and better in value. Farmers who are now having a mighty hard time of it making a living would be able to rest assured of a good return from their land at least nine years out of ten. Had you consid- cred the possibilities of the spud in this vicinity? Do you doubt the above statements? If so, please call and talk the matter over with the editor and compare figures. Make sure that you are right before you run down the potato industry.
 Some have asked why the warehouse is of such impor- tance. Suppose that the farm CTS about Williams were to put their entire land to spuds. That would mean a crop of 1,OOO,- 900 more sacks of potatoes, or over two thousand carloads. | At a value of $1.5O to the sack we would have an industry pro- 6ncinO a million oaI o Iole