The diamond drill., 1918-03-23
GOOD men PICKED
FOR OFFICES
BRIDGES, BJ0RK AND ROSS HAVE
FILED FOR COMMISSIONERS
EFFORT WAS TO GET BEST
Udd, Flood and Robinson Have Filed
For the Offices of Supervisor
Primary April l


The Diamond Dill Is able 10 an
nounce some OF the candidates at least
for the Offices provided by the new
commission. Immediately after the
charter was ratified the question asked
on every side was, who are the Of
hcers to be-" 1t looked as II the peo-
pie turned 10 those responsible for
the writing and the adoption OF the
charter TO start 1t off properly.
There was but one concern In the
minds OF those SO responsible and
that was TO get men who would give
the city a good administration and the
charter fair test II wasn't a ques-
tion OF getting an Office for someone
but OF getting someone for the Office
NeeIy Refused Offer.
Ben c. Nicely was, by an almost un-
animous voice, the choice for mayor,
by those having the welfare OF the
charter at heart. Mr.. Nicely stated
privately TO several OF our citizens
that IT would be impossible for
him to take the Office owing to
personal matters which will take
him from the city great deal OF the
time
In order 10 get thorough under
standing on the matter a meeting was
arranged last Friday night at which
about so prominent citizens were
present and Mr.. Nicely was brought
before the meeting and formal re-
quest made that he become a candi-
date for mayor.
Mr.. Nicely said that the necessity
for refusing to consider the PROPOSE
tion was one of the hardest decisions
TO arrive at that had ever come 10
him He explained fully his reasons
Tor not being able to consider IL ana
convinced everyone present that II
would be absolutely impossible for
him to be a candidate.
Attention was then turned TO 9th
ers and Sam Bridges was prevailed
upon to become a candidate. NJ.
Bridges told all who talked to him
about the matter that he becomes n
candidate only from standpoint or
duty; that lie wants TO see the char
ter applied under as favorable circum-
stances as possible and for these rea-
sons would he consider being a candi-
date Mr.. Bridges at first refused to
consider any Office, and II was only
after being shown that IL was his
duty To help make the new govern
ment success by accepting Office
that he consented.
Attention was then turned TO get
ting second member, and Arvid
Bjork, superintendent OF the Bristol
Mining company, was requested to
become a candidate MIR. Bjork stout
ly refused at first, his objection being
that IL might look as II the campaign
talk that the Bristol Mining company
was Interested In making the charter
change for personal reasons was
true.
Mr.. Bjork Is one OF the best ac-
countants in the upper peninsula,
and when II was explained 10 him
that one OF the first necessary requi-
sites Of the new regime is an account
ing system whereby the people may
know whore the city Is al and that
his fitness for that work makes him
50 valuable man in the position and
that for that reason II none other ~
ought TO accept the call. he consented.
d. NJ Ross, one OF our oldest resi-
dents and a man in whom eyeryons
has confidence consented after great
deal OF persuasion to become a candi-
date for the other commissionership.
Mr. Ross will add excellent balance
70 the commission as he Is even tenn
pered aud not disposed to do radical
things or be unfair.
supervisors All Good Men.
II was foregone conclusion that
] J. T. Udd would be candidate for
pen spr IL the charter was ratified
e has been supervisor from the Sec
oud Ward for number OF years and
had the nomination unopposed for