Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-16
SUPERVISORS
| REJECT NAME
Of MORROW
Osborne, Vencil And Best Again
Vote Against Appointment Az
Adams Successor.
IGNORE BRAWLEY PETITION
Signatures OF 1893 Persons At
tached To Request For Con-
firmation By Board.


signatures, and declared to rep
resent Ownership of 1886
acres in the rural sections Of
the Brawley district, and exclu-
sive of city owned property also
represented, the beard of sup
ervisors today for the second
time rejected the name Of
Charles ii. Morrow as success
sOr to Burleight E. Adams for
director of the Imperial Irriga-
ton district.
Morrow's name was presented
to the board by Supervisor Gra-
ham, of the Brawley district,
after Roy Stilgenbauer had pre-
sented the petition.
Supervisor Preble of Imperial
seconded the motion to name
Morrow and voted with Super
visor Graham in favor of the
appointment. Supervisors Os-
borne, Vencill and Best dupli-
Gated their action of last week
and voted against the appoint
ment of Morrow.
The hearing was held in the
Superior court, to accommodate
the large crowd of Brawley
residents and others who at
tended the meeting.
Morrow was present and in
his application for appointment
declared he is in favor of con-
struction of the All-American
canal, and would support the
districts program in behalf Of
the canal.
In answer to a question put
by one of the spectators, Nor
row also declared he is in favor
of having the matter of dispO-
sition of any power generated
on the canal. submitted to the
people for their approval.
At the conclusion of the vOt-
ing on MorrOw's name, the
board deferred appointment of
a successor to Adams for two
weeks, and in the meantime will
conduct o canvass Of sentiment
in the Brawley district.
Supervisor Preble revaled that
he had been presented with q
petition signed by 206 members
Of his diserict, asking him to
vote with Supervisors Osborne,
Vencill and Best against Nor
row, but he declined to do SO.
The name of Sam p. Rowe
of Westmorland, was present.
cd to the supervisors as a can
didate for successor to Adams,
but was not offered for a vote,
MOrrow's name being the only
one on which such action was
taken.
In answer to teletype sent |
.he district attorney to Attorn'
General U. S. Webb, this mornil
relative to the Adams case in
phase, the local office w
advised that the irrigation distri
act provides that the recall shf
proceed Notwithstanding a resign
ton subsequent to the filing of
recall petition.
Webb had been asked for {
opinion regarding the situation d.
to the fact that the board of supe
visors will be CALLED upon 10 desi
nate someone to fill out the une
pired term of Adams. The enti
layout was detailed to the state a
torney following the filing of Al
dams resignation with the seer
tary of state in Sacramento, la
Friday.
Now the question to be decided
whether or not this recall NOV
ment will affect the person al
pointed by the supervisors to Su
ceed Adams. Attorneys questions
on this point this morning were al
verse to giving any opinion in Il
matter and it seems to be the opil
ion that this particular angle
the question must be settled by Il
themselves.
Meanwhile Burleigh Adams, ers
while chairman of the district d
rectorate, who had been held in u
county Jail following his shootii
of O. c. Weaver in a Brawley hot
two weeks ago, was released fro
Jail this morning. Property BON
in his behalf were furnished by
O. Adams and c.. w. Young, wi
further undertook that Adams W
answer the assault with dead
weapon charge against him whit
the case is called in court. judi
Vaughn Thompson approved u
bonds this morning. Adams hi
been held in $4,000 bail followii
his arraignment in justice cou
last week.
Latest reports from Brawley r
garding Weaver IS condition are
the effect that he is showing mu'
improvement over last week whit
pneumonia had set in from u
bullet wound in his right lung al
his physicians for a time feared
might not recover.