The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Tho citizens Ticket

For Mayor .ChRs. MAXWELL
For Trustees l.. j. Hutchins
........N. N. Mclean
........ Morton Strain
The Register believes now as it has
all along proclaimed that the most
vital question at stake in the city
campaign is the question of the pub
lie improvements, which the present
council has under way. Tho large
increase in population Of the past
few years has brought US face to face
with this great problem, which has
been for some time agitating the
larger cities of the valley. In La
Junta, Rocky Ford, and several other
towns the situation from this cause
has become appalling and unless La
mar meets the same conditions at
once and in an intslligsnt manner
We will be in the same predicament
It il a cinch that il the health of
the children growing up in the COM
munity is not properly cared for,
there will never be any need for
moral training for them as they will
never reach an age to appreciate it.
The present council has realized this
proposition fully and developed a
plan both for an adequate supply of
the best water to be obtained in the
valley, and an adequate sewer system
to maintain the sanitary condition of
the town. They are at present work.
ing these problems out in a we'll de-
fined intelligent manner, and the
very best interest of the community
demands that they complete the work
along the lines laid out.
The men on this ticket are some
Of the heaviest taxpayers Of the oity
themselves, aud have the support Of
nearly three fourths OF the resident
taxpayers, and it is only by injecting
a new issue that even show of op-
position to them has been developed
This issue. prohibition, can be and
will be settled as a separate PROPOSE
tion under the Booth law, and there
was never any necessity Of injecting
it into the contest for city officers.
There is no fair minded person in
the city that doubts for one minute
but what the men, whose names sp
pear at the head of this article, will
if elected enforce the law ss the peo-
pie vote it.
As for the charges that have been
made regarding the past manage
ment of the city affairs by some ir-
responsible people. few minutes
honest investigation will satisfy any
ono that there is not only no truth in
them but that they are so absurd
that even the authors when pioned
down confess that their statements
were m.de with double meaning.
one for the public to believe, another
for them to fall back ON when called
to task.
The city clerk has published fre-
quent statements of the financial con-
dition Of the city, and we doubt If
any one Of the people making charges
ever took the trouble to read one.
His books are open at any time for
the Investigations of any one inter-
ested and the accounts of the past
twelve years since the present busi-
ness mems system of running the
city has been in practice will bear
tho strictest scrutiny and reflect ere
dit ON every man that has been con-
nected with its management.
During these twelve years many Of
the best and most prominent citizens
of the town have served in some cap
acity or other in this management,
lone being a candidate now on the
prohibition tickst These are men
whose honorable business methods
and fair dealings have earned them
most respected places in the esteem
of the public, and their management
of city affairs has been just as hon.
.orable and never before questioned
by any one.
The bonded Indebtedness Of La
mar is now only little over $40, 900.
1t is true more has been voted, but
will not be issued until full value
has been received.
The case 30 far as the citizens tic
ket is concerned can be submitted on