The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-07
ourbln. craIle and Ashton, candl.
dates for Mayor 90 Before Fed.
Grated Club Session 10
outline Policies
DISCUSS PARK PLANS
WITH OTHER ISSUES
Mayor Explains Workings Of City
Government; All Express Ideas
on Proposed Questions
Now Before Officials

That tle women OF Chlckasha are
going TO take an active part In the
coming city primary and general
election, was indicated At the mass
meeting held Saturday afternoon in
the council chamber af the city hall.
The meeting was called by Mrs. l..
+. Emanuel, acting as president of
the city federation OF women's clubs.
All candidates for mayor were In
vited to appear before the meeting
and outline certain planks in their
platform. S. c. Durbin. democrat.
NJ. S. Cralle. democrat, and Orin Ash
ton, republican. delivered short talks.
Having been called out Of the city,
o. Coffman, democrat, was unable to
attend.
Talk Several Issues.
Several issues, including the park
proposition, law enforcement regard
Ing drunkenedness, gambling, immor.
ality and movie censorship were
discussed.
Mayor S. G. Durbin. candidate for
reelection. was the first to talk. lie
outlined the various departments of
the city and briefly described TIE
functions of each, pointing out that
the council and chief of police were
partly responsible for tho law en-.
forcement in the city, as the APP
polntment of all policemen was first
submitted to the chief of police and
then approved by the council 81 have
right to suspend, but not to release
q policeman" the mayor said.
Mayor Durbin pointed TO the adj
ministration's endeavor to cleanup
the city and declared that several
other steps had been taken to make
Chickasha a better city. He named
the installation of the chlorinator ap-
paratus and the testing laboratory in
the water department the employing
of an extra policeman to work only
in the business district and with in
structions not to leave this district.
I'VE must be vigilent in law enforce
ment to prevent the burglafzing OF
our stores he declared.
Referring to the park proposition,
the mayor outlined the stand he had
previously taken and said the people
of the city should decide where a
park should be located. lie expressed
the belief that a park, fair ground
and athletic field near the viaduct
would be "a good thing" for the
merchants but would not be entirely
satisfactory for a playground. He
further expressed the belief that the
park board was opposed to the loca-
tion near the viaduct.
II don't know what the fair asso.
citation proposes to do said Mayor
Durbin. "They have never submit
ted definite proposition to me or
the city council' That the city
should have control of the ground
IL the purchase of the land near the
viaduct is made, was the belief ex-
pressed by the mayor.
CraIIe Follows Durbin.
Following Mayor Durbln M. S.
Cralle spoke. He declared that he
was in favor of strict law enforce
ment regardless of the persons in
volved. The remainder of Mr.. Cralle's
short address was devoted 60 the dis
cussion of the park proposition.
Personally, | am in favor of the
proposition which proposes to locate
one of the parks near the viaduct,"
Mr.. Cralle declared. II favor it in
view of the fact that the park asso-
citation proposes to spend approxi-
mately 100000 in making improves
Iments. l think, however, as did other
members of the park board, that the
city should have a definite state-
rlent from the fair association as
to what they propose to do. This is
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