The diamond drill., 1918-03-30
STRONG TICKET
AT PRIMARY
MEN SEEKING TO START NEW
GOVERNMENT WELL QUALIFIED
HAVE CONFIDENCE OF ALL
Supervisors Will Hold Office For
Two Years During Which Taxes
Will be Fixed

Inc eleGlOIb Will bc NoiiCu HPoh
next Monday to nominate three com
missioneT and three supervisors who
will start of commission government
in Crystal Falls.
Only one set Of names has been filed
the men seeking the commissioners
office being Sam Bridges, Arvid Bjork
and ID. NJ Ross. Those for supervis-
or are j. +. Udd, Charles Robinson
and James X. Flood.
The word seeking" is not strictly
correct for these men did not seek
the Offices: they had office thrust up
on them, for not one OF them would
have been a candidate had the people
not solicited them to take office.
Sam Bridges for Mayor.
The important Office OF mayor will
be filled by Sam Bridges. No better
selection could have been made. Mr.
Bridges was universally picked for Il
commissioner, even before the charter
was adopted, and IL was with the un-
derstanding that he would be a candi-
date that many voted for the charter
Mr.. Bridges has been a resident or
Crystal Falls for twenty-one years, IS
a business man, a property owner
and a taxpayer He is a man who
takes pride in doing his work well
and that fact fits him admirably for
the first mayor under the new char
ter. He Is fair in all public matters
and doesn't go off on tangent on
trivial proyocations, qualifications
that are needed by the person filling
the mayors position
The first mayor will have much 20
do with shaping the future policy OF
the city as It is quite likely that those
following him will look to precedent
for their acts.
Mr.. Bridges refused at FIRST to take
Office as his business cares take up
all of his time just now, but when the
matter was put up to him as duty
he owed the city, he consented TO
make the sacrifice for it will be sac
rlfice of time on his part to devote
three years 10 the city.
Aryld BjOrk Wei known.
Arvld BJork, superintendent OF the
Bristol mine. is another member
OF the commission. Mr. Bjork came
to Crystal Falls in 1899 when the
Bristol people acquired the property
that Il operates in this city. lie has
been one OF our foremost citizens
since that time, has held positions on
the school board as supervisor and
was mayor OF the city under the old
regime for three years
Mr.. Bjork positively refused to take
any office at first preferring that the
launching OF the new government De
left 10 others. He is one OF the best
men on costs in the upper peninsula
and when the necessity for having a
man on the commission who would be
In position 20 devise a cost system
for the city: one who was In sympa-
thy with the new government and
who would work to make IL a sue
cess. Mr.. Bjork consented TO let his
name go onto a petition as a commits
sioner. lie is possessed OF excellent
business Judgment and will be valu-
able in starting OF this new govern
ment.
ID. VI. Ross Pioneer Merchant.
The third candidate for commission
er is David NJ. Ross, pioneer grocer
OF Crystal Falls. Mr.. Ross will add
balance to the commission. He is
one OF the oldest residents OF the city
and one OF the very largest taxpayers
holding. in addition 10 his business
place. lot OF property throughout
the city. He was a member OF the
commission that wrote the charte-
and preferred not To be considered
for any Office under Il. His neighbors
who know him best wouldn't take 40
for an answer. but insisted upon his
becoming identified with the new
government as a commissioner.
Mr.. Ross has excellent business
Judgment and Is eminently fair in al
Of his dealings lie has shied away
from public Office az all times in the
past. but any time that he could b.
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