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HEIGHTS CITIZENS
DISCUSS ELECTION
INTEREST CENTERS IN NOMINATIONS
Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday Evening al
llOlman'S Hall = Batchelder
Appeals Suit.

Another Of the stumbling blocks
placed in the way Of the progress az
the municipal water system was thrust
aside last Saturday. when Judge N
L. Bradshaw handed down a decree
dlssolving the temporary restraining
against the sale Of the $50. 000 water
bond issue, granted the plaintiff. j.
r Batehelder by County Judge Geo.
ID. Culhertson. The costs in the case
must be borne by MIR. Batchelder. who
has announced that he will appeal.
The city council held no meeting
Monday night. Ii was intended that
meeting should be held Tuesday
evening. However, IA failure 10 Sc
cure quorum prevented it. The an.
polntment of superintendent of the
city water plant rests as it was left
by recommendation from the Fire
and Water committee at the meeting
OF the council the previous week. The
members OF that committee thought
1t advisable not to take anv definite
action on the matter until the situa-
ton was thoroughly studied. At pre-
sent Miss Lucile Johnson with an Office
established in the First National Bank
building has charge of the collections
under the supervision of Recorder
Langile.
The center of interest in mu.
municipal matters now is the coming
general election, the date of which is
Tuesday, December 5. Because of
the fact that notice of thirty davs
by publication must be made of the
primary election, this has become
impossible, and nominations by peti
ton, which is permitted under the
charter, will have to be made of the
officers. The matter sof sthe election
has been resting very quietly. More
interest seems TO have been expressed
on the Heights than in any other part
OF the city. A meeting was held there
Friday evening, when a straw vote
was taken to find the sense of public
opinion as to nominations for officers
to fill the vacancies. The result of
the vote was the following slate: f.
M. Slavin, A. G. Staten. W. l.. Clark
and j. M. Wood for councilmen; Ii. B.
Langille for recorder: and f. O.
Blanchar for treasurer. However, it
was reported yesterday that all of the
above selected men had been inter
viewed and all seemed to be reluctant
rs to accepting nominations.
In order to further discuss the
matter a second meeting of the
Heights citizens will be held at the
Holman Hall next Tuesday evening.
The meeting will begin at Z 80 and the
Heights citizens have issued an invita-
tion to citizens of all portions of the
city to be present.
The Heights will be entitled to two
for seats in the council
because of the retirement of Council
men Wright and Howe.
While none of the retiring council
men, Wright, Howe, Early and Robert
ION, have positively refused to become
candidates for re election, all are re-
uctant to enter the field, because of
'ther pressing business matters. Be-
ause of the fact that all of them have
'ecome so familiar with the problems
II the city's Improvement. which they
lave caused to progress very success
uily. it has been suggested that all of
hem be persuaded to become can
Iidates for reelection, in order that
he city may have the benefit of the
understanding of the situation that
hey have acquired and their assistance
n the completion OF the municipal
water system.