Graham guardian., 1910-05-20
RATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING
MAY 20, 1910.
THE TOWN ELECTION

will be held. Two tickets will be
in the field, composed of representa-
tive citizens of the town, who will
seek the suffrage of their friends
with the hope of being successful
when the final count of ballots will
be completed.
The office of town councilman is
not one that especially appeals to
the ordinary citizen as desirable
office. There is no salary attached
or office hours spent in luxurious
ease in a richly furnished office.
To be town councilman one
must be patriotic and willing to give
his time and neglect his business in
order to attend to the duties of an
office that requires particular atten-
tion to all matters that come before
it, and many times deep study as to
what is best to do in the settlement
of some question of betterment, or
to devise ways and means for the
accomplishment of some municipal
project which will benefit the peo-
pie as whole.
The people of the town of Stafford
have been fortunate in the past
years through the wise selection of
patriotic citizens to take care of its
interests on the town council, and
they will undoubtedly be as careful
in choosing the members of the
next council.
Since 1906 the era of progress in
town improvements has been most
marked, especially in the condition
of the streets and roadways, which
have been most economically main
tanned. This fact is remarkable
when one considers that all street
improvements have been accom-
plished through the licenses paid by
business men.
There is no property tax paid by
the people to keep up street or road
way improvements, the entire ex-
pense falling on those who have en-
tered a business life in the town.
1t is seldom or ever that a COM
plant is made by those who pay for
all betterments in the town, for the
business men, who practically keep
up the town, realize that they are
the ones who have made the better
conditions possible.
During the past four years the
town of Stafford has made healthy
progress on all lines, and while busi-
ness has not become so great as to
call forth special eulogy of the eff
forts of any particular business man,
yet many things have been accom-
plished to place Stafford ahead of
other towns and practically make it
the business center of the Gila VAL
ley.
The people of Stafford, those who
take a real interest in the welfare
OF the town and rejoice at her pro-
gress, are the ones who are particu-
larly interested in town election,
and they realize that a wise selec-
ton of the new council must mean
the continuation of the plans for
street improvements and other mu-
nicipal reforms that may be classed
as oetterments, without bringing
into effect laws that are obnoxious
to a free born American citizen.
In the past two years the present
council has increased the income of
the town by raising the saloon IL
cense from $40 year to $40O a
year. New streets have been opened
up. town well and tank on town
property for furnishing water for
street sprinkler, a greatly needed
Improvement, and the employment
Of special officer who has main
tanned peace and quiet on the streets
of the town. All of which is a rec
ord to be proud of, and that should
be commended, especially by those