Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1913-04-01
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When registration for the city cleo
tion to be held next Monday closed
last Thursday afternoon there were
995 names on the great register. OF
these 352 are in the First ward, 346
in the Second ward and 297 in the
Third ward
The First ward polling place will
be In the Farmers room at the court
house, the Second ward will be at
Culver's opera house and the Third
ward at the city hall.
The judges of election appointed
by the council are:
First ward-Judges, Oswald Leh-
man, Julian A. Sutter, William Fer
gus; clerks, Bert Linn, Will Cook,
George Anderson.
Second ward-Judges, J. E. Ford, G.
W. Buntin, Ed Shook; clerks, Albert
! Osweiler, w. c. Boniface, c. B. Jamme.
Third ward-Judges, A. H. Smurr,
w. w. Watson, Dr. E. A. Rein; clerks,
| Charles Wentworth, w. w. White, Jos.
Schmit.
Quiet Campaign.
The campaign has been about the
most quiet one on record thus far, but
the citizens will probably make some
arrangement this week with vote
to getting out the vote Monday. The
socialists, as usual, have been exceed
ingly busy, but have not resorted to
the misrepresentation practiced in
former elections. One matter played
up" in their Temporary campaign pa.
per this week is the garbage question
Great stress seems to be laid on the
fact the garbage contractor is not un.
der bonds and the system now being
followed is severely criticised.
AS matter of fact, LewistOwn new.
er did have any regular system until
about the middle of last year. In en-
deavoring to systematic the collec
tion of garbage, two plans were dis
cussed. One was to have a single
firm do the work under a fixed sched
ule of charges and the other was tC
have the city supervise it, the cost
to be met by uniform charge against
the lots, a different basis being adopt
ed for the business district. AS ar
experiment the former plan was adopt
ed and 1t mas worked fairly well. A
comparison of the charges shows that
they are higher on most items here
than in Great Falls, but in Great Falls
the business is on very much larger
scale, and all things considered, the
charges here have not been considered
too high. For some weeks the coun
Gil has been working on plan by
which the city will supervise the re
moval of garbage, with a uniform
charge against residence lots. The
chief difficulty is to so adjust the ex
pense as to make it equitable, but II
will be worked out in satisfactory
shape.
The Bond Issue.
In connection with the city election
there will be special bond election
to pass upon the proposition to issue
bonds to the amount of $4,000 to pay
for the addition to the city hall anG
to issue bonds in the sum of $4,000
for the purchase of an auto truck fol
the fire department. While sentiment
is unanimous in favor of the city hal
bond issue, some opposition has de
veloped to the proposed purchase o1
an auto truck There is nothing po
litical in either OF these propositions
and the matter is before the people
for their decision. Registration fol
the bond election began yesterday al
the Fad, A. L. d'Autremont being thu
agent, and by tonight about 300 viii
be registered. The final day for reg
istering will be Saturday, April 5.
From Chief Bebb.
: Mr.. Taxpayer: 1t has been persist
emily stated in some quarters that tn
chief of the local fire department i
making great effort to have you en-
dorse the proposition to purchase al
auto fire truck. This is untrue. Al
have done or shall do is to endeavo
to get you to consider the facts an,
then decide as you may deem best
1t will not make any difference to M
personally what your decision may be
] Now all the data and much informs
ton of interest and Importance beal
ing on this subject is on file at tn
department and 1t will afford m
pleasure to meet citizens there at an
time and go over this with them. Tn
first point wish to call attention t
is the insurance rate.