The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-03-29
VILLAGE ELECTION TUESDAY
Two Tickets are in the Field
for Trustees.
The NEW WATER SYSTEM.
Work Already Done by the
Present Board.

At the village election to be held
next Tuesday the voters of Rathdrum
have one ticket and part of another
from which to select five trustees or
councilmen to serve for the ensuing
two years. The first, the ''citizens"
ticket consists Of Chairman w. A,
Hart. Clerk A. Cook and Mr.. r. i.
Young OF the present board, r. L.
Cole, and Il. w. Sage. The other
ticket contains but three names. 1t
IS the "independent" ticket, placed
on the ballot by petition, and consists
Of Geo. w. Anstine, John G. Koch
and Il. S. Won Hosteen.
The "independent" ticket was
nominated In a caucus held Thursday
evening Of last week, complete
ticket being chosen by nominating
Messrs Anstihe, Koch and Won Hos
and inuv.sing Messrs Cole and Sage OF
the "citizen's" ticket. The caucus
was held in Remer & Schaefer's old
store. l.. Il. Tucker acting as chair
man and Mrs. c. Atwater, secretary.
In the midst OF the meeting some
one not Ia sympathy with the pur-
pose Of the gathering cut the outside
electric light connection, plunging
the building In darkness presumably
with the intention Of breaking up the
caucus; but lamps were brought and
the business proceeded without in
terruption. Only five names were
offered and the nominations were
! made by acclamation. On Friday
morning Mrs Atwater took the ticket
to the clerks Office to file 1t. An
obstacle was encountered, however,
Mr.. Cook refusing to file the ticket
unless it could be shown that the
! persons who put it up had not parti-
cipated in the "citizen's" caucus of
"Wednesday night. 1t appears that
! the law provides that no one taking
part in one primary or caucus can
| participate in another IN the same
campaign. 1t is also declared to be
irregular to have a candidates name
on more than one ticket. The "in-
dependent" ticket was therefore
barred. However, the opponents OF
the "cltizen's" ticket were undaunted.
On Saturday they circulated a petit
tion, obtained the required number
of signatures and got the names OF
their three candidates on the ballot
at last.
More than the usual interest is be.
ing taken, chiefly on account of the
new water system now being installed
This work was begun by the present
board, is being done by 1t and, in the
opinion Of many persons, should be
completed by 1t or at least as many OF
the trustees as have been persuaded
to be candidates for reelection. In
fact the majority of the business meu
are anxious to have majority of the
present board retained.
However, there has arisen a sufli
GENTLY large dissatisfied element tt
place ticket in the field which, II
victorious, would mean an entire new
board.
The "citzen's" ticket consists O
three business men, A. Cook, abstrac
tor; r. E. Young, banker: w. A
, Hart, banker and merchant; and twt
craftsmen, Il. L. Cole, plumber, ant
E. w. Sage, carpenter. Mr.. Anstin'
of the "inderendent" ticket is ;
carpenter; Mr.. Koch, a gardener, ant
Mr.. Won losteen, laborer. N,
party lines are drawn and there ar
no clearly defined issues.
Under the present board the tow
last year voted bond issue, pur
chased the old water works and /
now engaged in putting In practi
cally new system. The bonds an
} premium on them brought $l3,4S2
) Out of this, $500 was paid for th
D water works and franchise and 1852
D for new pipes, besides probably $3.50
for work done on the new system u
0 to the present time. The income {
5 the town from the water rents sine
q the purchase is SAID to be approx
mately $1,000. The town had on hant
at tie time the bonds were issue'