Show FAIR HEARING IS ALL EMUS ASKS some of ne ae people of price aro are evidently of the opinion says M 0 daford Da nord consulting engineer for A C ellis jr and his associates that if proposed va vater ater contract la Is signed by ry the council abr t the peo plo will be beat at the mercy of a masked bandit TVs ahls impression is formed from the fact that the terms of tho the contract have not been fully consid cred ered und and understood in the first place mr 1 alho his ims not one drop of water to sell his la Is purely a transportation company ond and will not be endowed with any adjudicated water light tight his company compan acts as a ing agent for the cita of price for such as it may demand d for domestic dome stio and manufacturing purposes aes up to the limits of its priority right if it becomes necess necessity ury for the city to de mand two and one fourth cubic fe feet t per second of tune time or approximately gallons per 24 hours than it Is up to mr ellia ellis to furnish that amount of water under the terms of his contract and tho the priority right boned by the city to people ud ud to deiling in water by the second feet a it price placed on 1000 gallons deemi large when compared with other malitie pa litie of a similar size the prices prides embodied sn in the are t con conserva servall Uve e v ith good business judgment if it were vera not the system would bove a and the money invested bc lost no corpora corporation tic losing money can give satisfactory ser er vice certainly mr euis caneso be expected to invest his bis money in n scheme that will not bo be productive of a fair percentile tige of profit there are too mac mar ii ands for money tit ut good rates if interest in lefiti mite 11 to marrant his do ing 1 otherwise it becomes an oco u proposition sy by contracting with a private corporation at it all times amenable to tho the law and term 1 of contract can tue the citizens obtain the best possible service and results which they are entitled th core t acal service and cost hould be the imo simo s in a municipally pall conned public and a privat privately fly owned compa experience has dom dem on this to bo be not true any politically managed business doea doets not nol operate with the same degree of efficiency fici ency as a privately controlled oled coi cot horation po ration theio have been some figures submitted as to tho the probable cost of a pipe line from front the source of supply on fish creek to price a distance of some wine 25 miles any figurea figures offered are merely istl matos atos and the actual anit can cau not bo be determined until sur voys tre 1 made many liabilities right oi way cond condemnations ernna and fluctuating prices of labor an ara material will have a bearing on I 1 the actual amount of money nece sary to complete the hoe line a and ad d st sufficiently large surplus has a to be p po 0 vided to meet any of the poss possible lile now as to the actual amount of w ter nes essar for the people of P price r i c e actual teats tests have demonstrated 3 thit 35 gallons per capita ia is sufficient for bovery a very luxurious family for irrigation it can run into roost most improbable fagu figure but by the exercise cise of the most ordinary precaution it should not run over gallons per capita three hundred thou ind aind gallons should be ample for a cit the size of price this amount app roxi mate matei i nearl nearly y one half of a second foot leav ng the city one and aud three fourt fourchy hj second feet of unused water which can be disposed of in ani any manner by the municipality mu nici except by absolute sale ano unused amount not diverted at the source of auppl auppl boum be leased to other people lot tot any use whatsoever or can be used in gutter irrigation or flushing 4 the people of price should i ak least withhold final judgement lod jud gement until such auch time as mr elbe hilm has ins an to state his side of the question the matter shoals be coald ered fairly faira ind and impartially and crovi all angles and until such policy is pursued the best results cannot be obtained mr ellis will he glad to meet with the cit iscra m at a any convenient time and state his proposition bene Us to be derived by the adoption of his policy and an any other matters that may inay need discussing major maor ben moss was down doun from helper Hs alper tuesday to testie to the tile good character of joe bt fore the district dist riat court word has bas been received here th thit it son of mr and sirs mrs harry 0 smith has been promoted to to obe be corporal in the navy because of exemplary conduct aad proficiency in his duties he ile hy h y been stationed at fort strong ass and took a to mexican n i waters tl recent coubles seventeen Sav enteen hundred fine corn fed lambs iambs were shipped this week from arke t to los angele by jeneen jensen bros and tom aiman they were iho pick of the bunch banch und nd bare bad special attention loa FAM erners who like to spend their roney in califor nin will have an opportunity when these labibe get on the market wallace lowry returned to price this week after several weeks spent at various points in the tho state he ile sais sas that this has ims been an exception ally hard winter for many of the leep wen men in the extreme coith part of the state and in i n the far south where were not prepared to combat un Precedent el ed weather conditions sheriff george colingham Colling liam is en on pertaining three ce A e 1 bs today as their par ft decided derided that this was far enoh for them to eo go on the way to th t 10 wilds 1 ds 9 TWy wyoming oming and phoned for tabe them m to 6 be halted they ars bd FA i 0 oan crowley and willaam stokes all under 10 |