The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-21


West g Bateman ,....... S0.70
No 262 issued June 2Sth,
c. H. KIrcher .......... 1874
No. 263. issued June 80,
D. C. Taylor ....,..,,. 5000
No 266. Issued June S0th,
Harry Heath ....,....... $500
No $50 issued June Goth,
J.. P. Hardy. dy..,........... $500
No 270, issued June 30th.
c. II. Kircher ......... 125,00
Total warrants not paid. $40, ,776.O4
Cash In bank June Both $lo,023. Sc
Cash receipts for June. ..... 5Z4.0S
Total cash ....,-,..,....S1 S10,547. 81
Over draw on the bank. go. 230.66
$-0.77S,04
There you are. Instead of having
$9,S9i00 In cash in the water depart
mept they did not have one cent.
II You have 10000 in a bank and
You give an order or check 10 anoth-
cr man for that 10000 1t Is yours no
longer. How much money will you
have on hand If You have $4,000 in
\
a check for $4,000 and Mr.. Ables here
a check for $1,000? Nothing. OF
course.
This is the model, hIGh-toned bust
ness administration of Mayor Brew
cr, They have s9,S94 in the banl,
and they give Jim Pingree a check
for $10.l25, and still have S9,S9i in
the bank,
Ny friends, IL you call this honest
business, go ahead. and place Mayor
Brewer and Chris Flygare and Sam
Thomas and all the rest back In office
again. ] can stand 1t if YOU can.
Let me here congratulate our city
auditor for having the nerve to make
this second report and 10 file It In
her oIIice in spite of Mayor Brewer
and his Inner circle You might
think this bunch would have oyerawch
her, but they did not
Now you ask me why I find fault
with the waterworks OF Ogden City.
AS a citizen and as a taxpayer / have
a right to find fault with such lying
and misleading statement as this. I
denounce this report as crooked and
charge that 1t was made for the ex-
press purpose of fooling people into
electing this Brewer bunch OF politi0-
ians into office again, Elect them II
you want to and by so doing approve
such false and misleading reports Of
your city afrairs. Why man who
would lie $4,000 into a report like
this Will just as readily make it $20.-
600. and a man who will do either
needs watching ] say. shame on a
man who would mlslead a people who
mortgaged their homes for him. who
paid $4,000 extra taxes last year.
who placed every confidence in him
only 10 be cheated into voting for
him again through trickery and fraud.
Elect me mayor and | promise YOU
an honest city government and an
honest report. | will not lie TO you
even II department of the city runs
behind. l will at least give you a Just
accounting,
Believe me when I say I have no
opposition to the waterworks We
own them. / will make them pay a
profit If possible, after giving the peo-
pie all the extension needed. But.
my friends, don't vote for me II you
cannot vote for the Republican coun-
cilmen. can do little for you if you
return Sam Thomas Of the Third
Ward and Chris Flygare OF the Fourth
Ward, Both OF these gentlemen sign
ed this waterworks report Both men
Will make every effort TO stop me
from doing better than Brewer has
done, Give me new blood from tho
Third and Fourth WaNls Don't elect
me Mayor and tie my hands with
Democratic Councilmen who have al
roady said they would tie my hands
Why the Brewer "inner circle" say:
"If I should be elected they will have
the council and make little hell for
me over In the City hall" All have
TO say to that Is. If they make hell
for me. will be his Satanic Majesty
alright. prolonged and deafening
cheers and applause.)
Here are the receipts and expendi-
lures of the Ogden waterworks as 1t
would be II honestly made and as the
books show at the City Hall:
Receipts Of Waterworks for Six
Months. Not Including Original
Purchase Price, Which
Was S555.4o
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