Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-20

sistcntlv a2itated, per>istently
hecklcd, and he has deliberately
worked against the progress Of the
Bouldcy Dam-All-Amcrican Canal
Project. His grand Jury appoint
mcut> are notoriouslv antagonistic
to the bill. He has time aud again
included such men a~ Chester Al
lison. operator of one hundred
Thousand acres of land in Mexico.
and engineer for the Chandler in
tcrcst~ there. interests which are
now, and have been. IN oppposition
10 those of the residents OF the
American Imperial valley; ]. 7.
Mitchell, fatber-in.law Of Allison;
Sidney MeHar-. brother-in-law OF
Allison, who jointly operat es large
tracts Of land in Mexico with Ali
M Frank Weed, who at the time
he was named for grand Jury ser
+. vice. WAS operatin sfour thousand
acres of land in Mexico; p +. Cook;
{, i. Moore, both Of the First Ma
i tional Bank Of Calexico, Chand-
Ier controlled bank: X. X. Ed
] uuudS, whose father is also in the
bank in Calcxieo; Walter X. Bow.
kcr, Jr., whose father for many
years has been operator and mana
ger Of the Chandler property in
Mexico.
This i Rose : entire answer TO
my challenge that the candidates
making the charge Of jury stuffing
name the individual jurors 10 whom
they obieete,', ana state the reasons
for Their objection. It must be as
sumed. therefore, ;aat these are
The only jurors - wnom they cb-
icct The entire statement. both
with s",rc 10 Judge Cole ~. NY
self, i false and tLe statemert that
there even is majority of the
persons who have been named aS
grand jurors who oppose our leg
islation respecting the Boulder Dam
and All-American Canal is also
false. The particular thing, how
, ever, which l wish to point out and
illustrate the infamous falsifying
character of these people is the
statement that l included Chester
Allison in any grand jury list, or
for that matter. j. 7. Mitchell, or
Sidney McHar-, or z. +. Cook, or
E.. {. b. Moore. X. r. Edmunds or
Walter Rowkcr. Jr. Chester Ali
son never sat on grand jury in I'M
/ pcrial countv. during my term, vet
one OF my opponents for judge Ger
tainly tried to leave that impress
sion with the voters. whom he ad-
dressed at Bard on the evening of
+ August Is. The name Of Mr.. Frank
Weed, was by nc placed on the
grand jury list. knew him a a
hardware merchant only, in the
town Of Calcxico. and as the own
/ er Of ranch in thi, county. If he
has. or had, any interests in Mex.
+ leo do no, know it. do know
him as an honest, intelligent tax
payer. and do not believe he would
10 an injustice to any man, on any
jury, However, lc was never
drawn and did not serve on any
grand jury, The uamc- Of the 9TH
cs gentlemen "ho have been men
Toned. believe, were at some time
or another within The last six
years placed in IL" grand iurv box
by judy" Cole. ] do not crifi.
else him for 50 doing. Each and al
Of them are grutlcmeu. and houor-
aMr ia every wav, and lo not
hnon low judge Colr couId be *.
portaa ro know that The grand .inrv
'va, going 70 investigate Mark
Eoso. Ju~t whv tbcsr appointments
Should have hccu ascribcd TO mo
rather ,hao TO Judge col" il h4r'
w. .ne. Tie only way can ac-
eoaa tor il Is Mark, inability Ia
'ojI 'bc truth under amy cirrum-
stances.
Tho GRIND jury list If l921 con
tanned u. namc, ot Earl Pound,
la AoH, ~ g. pow4 aal Sam
hana-or Both Aten and Pound
-rrecd op The grand Jury, ana thcy
-. oa during le22 - complaint
seems - be ma4o of the grand .iur@
Vt la-a.
u 1871 I placed ia 1ba grand
jurg boN ,hirty names. and judge
cole pIoae4 therein thirty names.
The paluo, wAirh were placed III
the hos * ne are as follows:
Arthur Rath, Fl Ceutro.
] Charles Nurrttp III Grttro