The Winslow mail., 1925-11-06
PUBLIC OPINION

The following letter, written by
Arthur T. LaPrade, prosecuting at
torney of Maricopa county, and son
of Ferd LaPrade, of Winslow, was
council in protest to Ordinance No.
40, prohibiting the stabling Of
stock in the city. Mr.. LaPrade sent
a copy to The Mail, asking that it
be published. The letter follows:
''As the owner of considerable
real estate in the town Of Wins
low, l respectfully protest the en-
actment of Ordinance number 40,
which ordinance was enacted by
the common council of the Town Of
WinslOw on the 18th day of OctOb-
er, 1925.
"I personally feel that the coun-
Gil III passing this ordinance has
unWittingly enacted an ordinance
that is confscatory as to me and a
number of other property holders
and citizens of the Town Of Wins
low. l do not believe that the so
cial health and welfare of the Town
of WinslOw demands this sort of
an enactment. I say this mindful
Of the fact that Winslow is a wide
awake community and that the peo-
pie actually residing in the Town
of Winslow are desirous Of pro-
noting the health and general well
fare of the community. The So
called evil at which this ordinance
was aimed, in my opinion is not so
prevalent as to call for an enact
ment which will result in a con-
siderable financial loss to a num-
Der of people. The corrals at
which ordinance 140 is directed
can in no event be offensive to
more than twenty-five people, if it
can be said that they are offensive
at all By what follows hereafter
you will readily see that the City
Physician of Phoenix, the County
Health Doctor of Maricopa County,
and other public officials are not
overly alarmed at the existence of
corrals even when they are main
tanned in city the size of Phoenix, |
and where thousands Of people |
might take offense rather than the |
few that are affected in Winslow.
Il respectfully call your atten-
tion to conditions here in the City |
of Phoenix, the capitol city of the |
State of Arizona, with a population !
of 10000. Phoenix hardly feels |
that it has become a true metropo- |
Titan center, and number Of early /
day activities are still harbored in |
the city. 1 call your attention to
the existence of a horse corral at
the corner of Second avenue and
Madison street, practically in the
heart of the city. This corral is
just one block from the county
court house. Across the alley from
this horse corral is the Crystal Ice
and Cold Storage company, an ice
plant which manufactures 100 tons
of ice per day for consumption in
the City of Phoenix. In this corral |
are maintained Is to 25 saddle
horses. This corral is 150x137a |
feet, and the owner not being very |
desirous of selling, is asking $780,,
100000 for it. Responsible real es-
tate men have told me that it is
reasonably worth $35,00000.
cat the corner of Fourth avenue !
and Madison, just two blocks west |
of the last mentioned place, there |
is a horse corral in which at least |
25 horses are maintained. This !
establishment and the one last |
mentioned are old, run down, poor
ly kept corrals. Neither the gen
eral state of repair nor the man
ner in which they are kept is as |
good as was maintained in the old |
corral that stood between the pres
ent City hall and the Sweeney
House. The last mentioned place,