Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-16
NAME HORTON
NEW ATTORNEY.
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that the latter is, in Rose S opin-
ion, not suited for the post because
of opposition to the All-American
j canal project. 1t says in part
THAT Horton, while acting as dep
uty district attorney but taking
/ private monies, attempted to defeat
the All-American canal by trying
to have the board indicted or
charged for an act which was COM
mitted by the old board which had
been largely opposed to the ALL
American canal.'
1t states further that che is to-
day the attorney of record in sew
eral suits against the district
around Salton Sea similar to the
/ 100000 suit the Southern Pacific
company has and certainly he
would be in no position to defend
the district against the Southern
Pacific suit or any of the suits of
his clients.'
The resolution indicates further
that Horton attempted to get Phil
Swing indicted before a Los An
geles grand jury in order to hinder
the canal project. 1t is Rose IS
opinion, as contained in this reso-
luton, that Horton is not the type
of man to be entrusted with the
legal interests of the district at
this time and to him it looks like
the delivery of the district over to
the power companies.
There being no second to this
motion by Rose to table Kalin IS
motion it was declared dead and
the board proceeded to vote on the
original motion calling for the &C
ceptance of the resignation. This
was done by roll call and resulted
as follows: Yeas: HeWes, Young,
Kalin. No: Rose, Absent; Aten.
There was no formal discussion
relative to an assistant to Horton
but on a motion made by Young
and seconded by Kalin it was sug-
gested that Horton be instructed to
appoint Lee L. Nuffer to the post
of assistant counsel for the dis
trict. When voted upon the roll
call showed Hewes, Young and
Kalin in favor with Rose voting
against the proposal and Aten abb
sent.
Childers Not "Irritated"
Childers had pointed out previ-
ously that it was not necessary to
take formal action concerning the
resignation of D. B. Roberts who had
been his assistant as counsel to the
board so none was taken but the
board fixed the salaries of the new
appointees as follows: Horton, $3.50
per month, Nuffer, $243 per month,
the same as had obtained for for
mer lawyers representing the dis
trict.
Hewes moved a vote of apprecia-
ton to Childers for the service he
had rendered the district over
long period of years and this was
moved unanimously.
+, Childers then arose and spoke for
a few moments. He stated that con-
trary to an item appearing in a val
ley newspaper recently he was not
at all "irritated" by the present &C
ton of the board. He stated that
he had acted as its legal adviser for
the past II years and outlined the
work done in that time.
He stressed the Importance of All
American canal support pointing out
that this project has attracted at
tention and support throughout the
counry from persons who might in
no wise be affected by its compile
ton.
"Ihe people don't fully under
stand what Boulder dam means to
Imperial Valley he said. 1T means
everything to us here and the CEN
ter of the fight for the dam and
the canal throughout all these years
has been right here at this district
board table,"
He reminded the board that he
has enjoyed his work with them and
has enjoyed their cooperation right
down to the present moment.
He warned his hearers that there
is still great amount of work to
be done. 1--WE have remarkably
small amount of litigation pending" "
he stated, adding that litigation
should be avoided as far as Is at
all possible.
Don't expect your new attorneys
to do the work of three or four
men," he cautioned, "as that just
cannot be done" He pointed out
further that the district needs re-
search men for legal problems and
reminded the board that any assist
ance he could give them would be
cheerfully rendered.
When notified of his appointment
following the action of the board,
Harry Horton had this to say:
81 shall not be concerned with
politics or policies but shall act
purely to handle the legal matters
pertaining to district affairs leav-
ing the politics and policies to the
board.
"I consider it an honor to take
over the work that man of the
calibre of Charles l.. Childers has
handled these many years with such
success and wish further to an
nounce that am not giving up my
private practice"
An effort to locate Lee Nuffer
present police judge and recon-
mended for the post of assistant 10
Horton was unsuccessful and no
statement as to his reaction to the
change could be obtained today.