The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
Jap SLOGAN ADOPTED BY cAFF-
NEY'S APPONENTs
SANDERS IS STORM CENTER
Commissioner Notes Resigned
and Biork Intends to Follow
Suit If Necessary


a trap last Monday night when he
took his office under the charter pro-
vision with the intention OF making
his appointments and setting salaries
| for the coming year.
The trap was set by the resigna-
tion OF Commissioner Notes as a
member of the commission. The res
ignation OF Commissioner Bjork was
in but IL was not presented that ev-
ening and Mr.. BJork agreed to hold
his office until a third commissioner
could be selected. The meeting was
adjourned without date
AS Commissioner Bjork is out OF the
city and will be gone for a week or
ten days there is little probability that
anything will be done this month.
A third commissioner was not Sc
lected Monday evening. so no quorum
OF the commission can be had 10 do
business.
Sanders the Storm Center
The storm RACES around Mr.. San
ders. Mr.. Gaffney interprets the
dismissal Of Saunders. Mr.. Bjork Is
an out and out Sanders man and he
is admired for taking a stand even
by the opponents Of Mr.. Sanders Mr..
Notes didn't want TO take sides and
refused to act any longer on the
commission.
II seems that Mr.. Gaffney informed
the other two commissioners last
week that Il was his intention TO
move for the dismissal OF Mr.. San
ders and that he favored leaving the
Office vacant for time. making Will
Lynch acting manager TO let him
demonstrate IL he can manage the
job as efficiently as Sanders can. II
he so demonstrates, dt is Mr.. Gaff-
ney's purpose TO advocate making
him manager next year; IL not TO
look around and get another man to
fill the position.
Mr. Sanders has friends in town
who claim that IL is unfair to pull him
out at this time when he has no job
in sight and times are SO dull that
the prospects OF getting one is very
remote. They have decided to fight
to the very last ditch the letting out
of Mr.. Sanders and with them are
aligned some other appointive officers
whose tenure of Office Is extended
by the ruse which has been worked.
Mr.. Notes Is an ex-service man
and was chosen to the commission
year ago by the efforts OF the ex-
service men. Mr. Lynch, who is
proposed for the acting managership.
is also an ex-service man. The sold
Ter boys are very active, especially
for the appointment of Norman Olson
to the treasurer's office. Mr.. Notes
couldn't very well vote against HIS
comrades without incurring their
criticisms and enmity. At the same
time he was being importuned by the
friends of Mr.. Sanders to not separ-
ate a man from his bread-and-butter
az this time. Mr. Notes was subject
ed TO great deal OF buffeting by
both sides and seems to have fallen
into the very trap which the cunning
ones set TO tie up Mr.. Gaifneys
hands. and hold everyone in Office
he resigned.
Bjork's Resignation In Abeyance
Mr. Bjork fled his resignation with
the clerk but it was not presented 70
the commission last Monday night
Mr. Bjork was present and acted so
far as n consideration OF the claims
presented 10 the board were concern
ed.
II is understood that he intends 4
present his resignation az late
date. In the mean time where &
the city at?
City Attorney Dwyer was present
al the meeting and upon being asked
by Mayor Gaftney II the appointments
can be made az subsequent meeting
he replied that they can 80 be made
Others hold that appointments can
not be made after May ]. nor can sail
aries be changed. II IL not likely
however, that any such contention
will hold as Il fs a common usage TO
perform any such duties at subse-
auent meetings provided they have
been passed over or prevented at
former meeting
Some claim that Mr. Gaffney is
sewed up for year. as the charter
does not provide for special elections
Lynch Man Of Leisure
In the mean time agitation Is be-