The daily sentinel., 1913-10-22
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IL VIII be notable gathering that
comes to the city next week-we have
mad none other like ii, and but few
times have We had anything like a
general state gathering. Nearly
twenty years ago the grand lodge of
the Knights of Pythias held its sess-
ion here and il was royalty enter
tained. A few years ago we had the
Knights of Columbus, but neither
are as old in the state and have as
general membership. We have had
the Grand Army and the Woman s
Federation and all have been well
coined in the right spirit.
There is no way to secure solid
body of loyal friends as in a uniyers-
al extending of the "glad hand"
next week and with it a pleasant
smile. The delegates are not seeking
tc be entertained at our expense
they pay their way, but we must be
careful to avoid the much too COM
mon habit of holding up our
guests. Give them the best we have
and plenty of il with a hearty good
Will. Just now the valley is in n
beautiful dress of color; there is no
fruit on the trees but plenty in the
cellars; the taste Is of the best and
Odd Fellows love good fruit Let us
send these solid men of the state
home with nothing but good taste
in their mouths and a good thought
in their mind-the good words will
naturally follow.
have no personal interest in the
approaching city election and have
no wish to take sides" or to boost
any of the candidates announced for
the offices but the name of Wendall
p. Ella, as n candidate for mayor. re-
minds ME that he was once afore-
time mayor of the city-some dozen
years ago-and in the opinion of
many he made us good official. In
his personal business matters and in
his public capacity he believes in
getting something for his money
something to show for it, and 1t was
while he was mayor that one of the
most important of our public i'm
provements-thato of sewer system
was inaugurated and carried to
completion.
| was in the council chamber the
night the appropriations for the year
were made and Mr.. Ella insisted that
n small fund be set aside to begin
the work on city sewer system, and
on this suggestion a fund of $4,000
was appropriated. During the next
year the work was done and it mark
ed large Improvement in the sani-
tary condition of the city. The Will
ainous cess-pool nuisance was abat-
ed
| remember an Incident of that ad-
ministration which took place when
there was something doing" in pol
itics every minute and especially in
the water controversy. NJ. l.. Alli-
son had been instrumental in getting
the Gunnison plant installed and he
was a candidate before the new coun-
ell for water superintendent and had
a ''cinch" on the job. Some of us
took notion to defeat him and May
or Ella and three councilmen-I
think they were Charlie Covey, Reu-
ben Starr and DR.. F. r. Smith
would vote for anyone else who could
secure the fifth vote. We canvassed
the town but no one was available
and finally we hit upon Colonel Ket-
chum, who was more active in them
days" than at present. The Colonel
was sure he could get vote but was
surprised when told that the four re-
publicans would vote for him.
Before the regular meeting Colo
mel Ketchum said he had the man
and there was much wonder who it
could be, and I'll never tell. The
other offices were filled as per pro-
gram and when the ballots were
counted for water superintendent AL
lison had five and Ketchum four
the man had not stood ''hitched."
really believe that the Colonel has
had good deal more of liking for
republicans since he received those
four votes, and l am not certain