The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-07
MATERIAL BEING SHIPPED CITY ELECTION APRIL 1s
This is the Off Year When Only Halt
of the Aldermen and School
Board is Elected.

Board is Elected.
The city election will occur on Tues
day, April Is, and three is not any
great amount of excitement BENZ
worked up over the situation. There
will be a multiplicity of tickets TO
vote on this occasion because OF the
various questions coming up. There
| will be one ticket tor the aldermen,
another for the school directors. an
other for the license question, one
for voting OF the sever tonds and
the fifth will be for III sole ON the
street sprinkling propositou.
The retiring aldermen are G. f.
Newbury liz the First ward. A. j.
Kings In the Second, a vacancy in
the Third. Geo. +. Foster resigned.
and j. h. Wells in the Fourth. {.
E. Newbury is Il candidate for no
election in the First ward. and il wi
be necessary to elect another aldei
maa owing to the vacancy caused by
| wv pNuli- VI VI. II. i CITY winnie nc
body HAS been settled upon the name
of l.. ~. Stout has been suggested.
He vas a former memberef the com
Gil. There is NJ opposition at pres
ent to a j. Kings in the Second
ward. and in the Third it is likely
that Thos. II Wallace viii be selected
as the candidate. j.. II. Wells has
no opposition in the Fourth Wa1d.
On the board OF education ID. a.
Braught'S terra expires in the First
ward, VIM. Herbert in the Second.
H.. L. Bias ia the Third and 5. H..
Scallln in the Fourth. O. t. Litch-
field. the member at large holds over
another year. MIR. Bras
that he Will o he a candidate for
reelection. He has represented the
Third ward on the board for the past
ten years, and feels that others in
the ward might assume the RESPONSE
bilities. He has held the position as
chairman of the board for several
terms. Geo. L. Foster is spoken OF
as Mr.. Brass successor. In the
election of a school treasurer VIM.
Nj. Smith will doubtless be the cam
d.date. he lis at present filling a
vacancy.
One of the important features of
the election will be that of the vote
on the $50, 900 sewer bonds. These
are not additional bonds and will not
increase the Indebtedness of the city
one per cent. 1t will be remembered
that a year ago 500, 600 bonds were
voted upon by the city for water
works and sewer, divided into $40, 900
for waterworks and $50, coo for the
sewer extension. While the entire
bonds were disposed of to a Chicago
firm they declined to take the sewer
bonds because OF no law authorizing
their issuance and thus were not
disposed of. At the last session of
the legislature a law was passed
authorizing the issuance of sewer
bonds. The money vas needed for the
extension of the sewer system of the
city and in place of the bonds war;
rants for tile same ..aniount were is
sued, which today are drawing / per
cent interest. The reason that the
bonds are again voted upon is 30
take up the warrants drawing Z per
cent interest with bonds that will
draw but AZ per cent, which will be
a saving to the city of 21s per cent
per year. 1t is nothing more or less
than r%efunding of bonds for the pur-
pose Of drawing a lower rate of in
terest. BY voting for the bonds again
this year is merely a support of the
same proposition last year. There
is no need or arguing the proposition
from a business standpoint. 1t is
plainly apparent what ought to be
done.
The vote on the street spfinkling
contract is n that ought to be
carefully considered in the light of
the possibility of having the streets
dry during che summer season. There
is nc question but what the town as
a whole will receive a benefit by the
city paying for the work, inasmuch
as it is always desirable to have
strangers impressed with Main
street. 1t is a burden which the bus
mess men do not feel that they are
longer bound to assume. So far as
a burden on the people is concerned
the prop%ortionate amount that will
be assessed against property holders
will be II very small sum, hardly
enough to raise any question.