Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-04-10
Two TICKETS
IN THE FIELD
PEOPLES" TICKET NOMINATED
AND FILED LAST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
FILE "CITIzENS" TICKET TODAY
IS. Z. Henry Heads Ticket Filed
Last Tuesday.

Inc 'OltlZenS ticket which was
nominated two weeks ago at a mass
meeting of citizens and business men,
will not go before the voters at the
town election on April Oath with the
names originally nominated on it.
On Saturday f. f. Fry and A. j.
Kent formally declined the honor ten
dered when their names were pro-
posed and selected on the "Citizens"
ticket, DR.. Fry stating that as he is
now actively working for the COM
school board he does not believe he
his business. Mr.. Kent states that he
will be out of town a great deal in
the future and that he could not
give the attention to town affairs
which he felt should be given were
he to be elected a member of the
town board of trustees for the COM
ing two years.
The names of ]. r. Meeker and C.
T. Laschinger have therefore been
substituted on the "Citizens" ticket
and the formal nomination of the
ticket will be completed today or to-
morrow.
Yesterday the members of the
"Citizens" ticket stated that they
did not propose to go before the
voters at this election with a long
| list of promises of what they would
or would not do if elected. All the
members of the ticket announce that
they favor street improvements in
all parts of the city and that Main
street will have their first atten-
ton; that they will take up and
carry through any program of gen.
eral improvement which the majority
of the taxpayers and voters seem
to want and that the foregoing policy
will govern their actions in regard
to the securing of municipal water
or light system.
The first ticket to be formally
| filed for the town election of a board
of trustees was the peoples" ticket.
Nominations and the adoption of a
platform were effected last Tuesday
afternoon at tn coffee of Attorney
S. f. Henry. The ticket is headed
by Mr.. Henry and associated with
him are C. d. Simonds. Mike Nc
Nichols, R. E. Clapp and ]. F. Nc
Glocklin. The platform adopted is
as follows:
The Peoples Platform.
We promise, if elected, to enforce
all laws of the village, have the
streets improved so a person can
walk thereon, without wading in the
mud ankle deep.
We promise a full investigation,
and a report to the people at once
in the matter of sewer; we will give
a full report of all moneys, how
spent and who received same.
We are in favor of grading, paving
and curbing main street and improv-
ing all streets in the village.
We are in favor of purchasing the
Bonner Water and Light company
plant if the same can be purchased
at a reasonable cost; if the same
cannot be purchased at a reasonable
cost, we favor the installation of a
necessary plant.
, We favor the appointment of a
city marshall that will work in con-
. junction with the county officers to
enforce the prohibition law Of the
, state.
We favor a rigid enforcement OF
the curfew law to protect the child
rem of Bonners Ferry, and will al
once close places that are not run
, according to law.
, (Signed) S. f. Henry,
c. d. SIMONDS,
MIKE McNICHOLS,
R. f. CLAPP,
j. F. McGIOCKLIN.