Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-03-17
Citizens Ticket Nominated.

Mayors. P. Garrison
Councilmen---W. L. Bragg, H. H.
Case. A. B. Purdy. r. R. Froman,
Seward |. Field.
Police Judge---Dr. |. w. Stout.
The meeting was called to order by
Judge Garrison and he was elected per-
manent chairman. c. B. Kinkaid was
elected secretary.
A committee consisting Of O. ]. Hit,
E. T. Chance and w. L. Parsons was
appointed to 6ll vacancies should any oc-
cur.
The meeting was well attended.
The ticket nominated is composed OF
the present members Of the administration.
Mayor Field refused to again stand as
candidate at the head of the ticket but
agreed to take the place on the council
made vacant by the removal of James
Dobbs to Wichita. Judge w. T. Col
lins is the present police Judge. He de-
clined denomination and Dr. Stout was
chosen.
The Citizens ticket, therefore, can be
said to represent the ideas and policies
of the present administration.
The Union ticket heretofore nomi-
mated is composed Of the following per-
sons
Mayor---H. w. Skinner.
Councilmen---J. A. Fair, VIM. Rule,
). II. Minick, F. J. Wadsworth, C. F.
Guthrie,
Police Judge---C. w. Kidd.
AS stated in these columns several times
heretofore. the dividing line between the
two parties is the question as to whether
or not the city should license a billiard
hall and permit the sale Of malt. The
present administration fixed the license
of billiard and pool tables at $66.67
per table and permitted them to be oper-
ated under restrictions by ordinance.
Drinking and gambling in the place were
prohibited and no drinks or tobacco of
any kind were permitted to be sold.
But even with these restrictions, the
licensing Of the business is not satisfactory
TO many Of the citizens and the closing
OF the hall is the prominent issue on the
part Of the "U0ipn ticket people. The
Sale Of malt containing per cent or less
of alcohol can not be prohibited by law
but It can be restricted to sales in quanti-
aies Of no less than 5 gallons. If the
Union ticket is successful such an ordi-
nance will be passed.
On the question Of "booze" selling
there is no disagreement between the
two parties. Both are on record against
It and both Can point with pride" to
Soints suppressed by them. 1t is also
true that both can show the other where
they failed to hold the lid down at all
times.
On the questions Of improving the
city and looking to its financial welfare
there is no room for a quarrel. Both
parties agree that this is quite as impor-
tant as the moral uplifting Of the city
and both claim that the matter Of i'm
proving the streets and water system and
keeping the finances Of the city under con-
troll without increasing the burden Of tax
alton, shall be their aim.
The Index reiterates its policy Of
neutrality in this little furry. 1t comedies
that the city will be in safe hands regard
less Of which ticket is successful and it also
recognizes that the candidates who will
find themselves defeated are the ones
who will be entitled to congratulations.
Serving the city as mayor or councilman
x.nkkA,,k rxIorxy av,.NI,,r..-k
has been demonstrated time and again
and it is ampE6ed in the experience of
the present administration. A few months
after they assumed the responsibility of
managing the citys affairs tornado and
cloudburst devastated the pumping station,
dam and water ditch. The city treasury
was behind about $4,000 and things
looked dark indeed. But the mayor
and council went to work and repaired
the wrecked system and the water plant
isnow in better condition than ever be-
fore. They have built walks and con-
crete bridges within the city and noned
out the public Indebtedness so that the
city IS now doing business on a cash
basis for the FIRST time in many years,
and IN so doing scaled the public IN
debtedness down $4,000, refunding
the outstanding bonds and making it pos
sible to levy sinking fund year after
year so thatihe debt may be paid with
out working great hardship ou the tax
payers. Ii required time and work and
personal sacrifice to do all these things,
yet how few people there are who give
the administration credit for their efforts.
This is not published as a reason for the
present administrator reelection is
merely an honest, indisputable statement
OF facts and a recognition Of faithful ser
vice. If. in taking care Of these matters.
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