White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-03-05
Exclusion
Election To Be
Held March %
Made Necessary BY Re-
fusal of Signers to
Withdraw Protest

w - w AOSSoS
The principal business to come be-
fore the board of directors of the
Priest Rapids Irrigation District at
its regular monthly meeting Tuesday
was the consideration of number
of petitions asking for the exclusion
from the district of certain lands des-
cribed in the official published no.
tice, which fixed the time for hear
ing such petitions at this meeting.
B. Salvini and Joe Grell appeared
before the board and asked to be per-
mitted to withdraw petitions pre-
viously filed by them asking for
exclusion. David Hartman also ap-
peared and presented petition signed
by Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Boie and
John Loson, objecting to the district
board granting any of the exclusion
petitions.
The ACCESSIBILITY of having the pro-
test petition filed at this meeting,
as we'll as, the one filed at the Febru-
airy meeting, withdrawn and the
board permitted to pass on the exclu-
sions without calling an exclusion
election, was discussed by the board
with those attending the hearing. 1t
was pointed out by the board that
these protests did not determine any
thing SO far as the merits or dement's
of the districts program was con-
cerned but did involve the expendi~
ture of considerable sum of money
and the loss of a months time in
calling an election to do the same
thing the board would probably do;
that the real question at issue was the
matter of the bond issue, which can
not be called until the exclusions are
passed on and that it would be better
for all concerned to have the bond
election as soon as possible to deter
mine whether or not the districts
program is acceptable.
Mr.. Hartman said he would ask
those signing the petition of protest
if they would be, willing to with
draw the petitions, and that if they
would do this, The would present with
drawals, but if theyFwere not willing
he would not appear further and the
board could consider that the signers
refused to withdraw the petitions.
The board adjourned the meeting
from noon until .7:30 o'clock in the
evening to allow time for the with
drawal of the protests but no furth-
er appearance was made and during
the afternoon one. of the signers of
both protest petitions told mem
Der of the board that he would not
consider their withdrawal
If these protests had been with,
,,occo1
on all of the. petitions for exclusions
on Wednesday, and called "a bond cleo
ton to be held the last of this month.
AS it is now, the exclusion election
must be held first, and the board, by
resolution, fixed Saturday, March %;
as the date for this election. This will
mean that the bond election cannot
be held until the latter part of April.
On February %, Ernest B. Hussey,
claiming ito reprel ent N. +. Tower,
Cora Haynes Clark, Manly B. Haynes,
Leslie M. Wehmeier, w. HI. Wehmeier,
Elaine H. Haynes, Bleakley Fruit
Company, Geo. A. Todd and Geo. E.
Burford, as their attorney-in-fact, APP
peared before Judge Webster in Fed
eral Court in Spokane -and filed his
return, in which he asked permission
to deposit with the Court the sum OF
$4,000 and promised to pay the $780,
600 balance of the upset price, con-
ditioned upon the failure of w. H.
Keal, representing the Priest Rapids
Irrigation District, to complete his
offer of purchase made at the re-
ceivership sale in Yakima, February
81. The Court entered an order per-
hitting the return to be filed in the
records of the case.
At another hearing in Spokane on
Monday, March 2, Judge Webster
signed an order pernittiro Receiver
Marvin Chase to issue, receivers GER
tificates up to the sum of $4,000 to
provide the funds for the improve
ment work now being done at the two
plants and on the irrigation system.