The Lamar register., 1921-03-16
CITY POLITICS MIXED
Making States for City Officers Prin.
cipal Outdoor Sport in LAMAR
Kicking Them in the Stats
Most Popular Indoor
Sport.

The city political pot is boiling and
bubbling over these days. Wherever
you can see bunch of citizens gath
cred you will usually find they are
making up list of names of men who
they think if elected will make an ef-
fort to cconomize 4 little on city gov
ernment and give some hope for low
err taxes. When the slate is all fixed
and convention iE assembled some
one nominates the wrong man and
spills the beans. Two conventions
have already named tickets and an
independent ticket is strongly talked
of, but still no petitions are yet out
and Saturday evening is the last date
for filing nominations.
The peoples party representing the
faction now running the city met at
the city hall on Monday evening with
about seventy voters present and or
ganized by electing j. Z. Rose chair
man and W. l.. Pollard secretary. At
ter several speeches by various mem-
bers of the party upholding the pre-
sent regime but avoiding with great
care the "cost plus ten per cent" plan
of building the electric light plant,
borrowed from our late war depart
Inent, the chair announced that NOM
nations would be in order, and the
following ticket was named:
Mayor, E. ]. Wagner.
Clerk, Chas. Lacey.
Treasurer, E. A. Lundgren.
Aldermen ist ward-C. b. Ray and
|. II. Myers.
Aldermen I'd ward-H. C. Davis and
L. X. Jones.
Aldermen Sd ward-Bert Merwin
and John Y. Brown.
Many citizens who are not satisfied
with either ticket named are talking
IN independent ticket. Practically all
citizens are agreed on the main issue
of the campaign that taxes must be
brought down to a more reasonable
basis and yet there are SO many views
as to how this is to be done and who
are the best men to do it, that The
Register would advise all taxpayers
when they get this years taxes paid
TO begin to lay aside Ia sinking fund
10 pay next years.
There are men of ability and in
tegrity on all the tickets and if there
should be three in the field it looks
rs if every voter ought to be able to
pick ticket that will suit his ideas
of who is best fitted to manage city
affairs for the next two years. While
there is much division now as to the
most discussed issue of the campaign
the electric light plant-it should
be remembered that the vote on both
the bond issue and the proposition OF
acquiring light plant for the city
carried two years ago by n vote of
over five to one. The sentiment of
the people to get rid of the Inter
mountain company was almost unan-
imous, and any criticism of the pres
ent council on the question should be
as to the method employed and not
for doing that which the voters Of both
parties practically ordered them to do.
Had the voters believed that over
quarter million dollars would be the
cost the vote would probably have
been as heavy against as it was in
favor. That there are numerous ways
in which the city expenditures can be
reduced without curtailing service
rendered is the belief of most citizens
and an earnest effort should be made
TO hold taxes as low as possible un-
til business conditions assume more
normal basis.