Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-01
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take this method of announcing that |
am candidate for the office of County
Treasurer subject to the decision Of the
pcoplc at the primary election to be
held in August. am offering myself
IS a candidate for this position at the
,uggestion Of my friends. Mr.. G. w.
Barton has announced that he Will
lot be candidate, but will give hisl
,ntire time to other work. In withdraw
ng from the race, Mr.. Barton has the
'ollowing to say of my service as ms
leputy in this office:
SIN making this announcement
wish to do something more than merely
withdraw. i wisht6 withdraw in favor
# Mrs. Josephine M. Adair, the splen-
idly efficient deputy treasurer, and to
,rge everyone who would have favored
ne with his supportsto give that same
enthusiastic support to Mrs. Adair. dol
.his wholeheartedly, for Mrs. Adair isl
thoroughly capable and thoroughly
worthy. She has been deputy treasurer
or practically my entire term. She Is
thoroughly familiar with every detail
IF the office. She has grown up with
.he new system which ] installed and
which has worked out with such success
and will continue it in use If she IS
.lected. She is in accord with the pol.
cies Of the office with reference to
public funds and will also follow this
nut, endeavoring at all times to keep
faith with those who have business with
.he treasurer's office, but at the same
| lime to fully safeguard the interests
If the county.
Mrs. Adair's services in the treas
lrer's office do not constitute her only
record of service nor her only claim
| upon the consideration Of the people.
| She served more than year as clerk
If the Exemption board for Imperial
| county and won record for herself for
courteous, tactful and sympathetic
handling Of many trying and delicate
! situations. Her work in rechecking and
| losing up the records Of the Exemption
board ready for shipment to Washing.
ton constitutes triumph of clerical
| Efficiency and in all Of the time since
the records were shipped it has not been
necessary for the adiutant general g Of
| flee so much as to write and ask ques-
ton. ] know that she will make an
honest, capable, conscientious treasurer
md / fully recommend her to the sup
port of the people.
The platform upon which offer my
self as q candidate involves cOntin
uancc of the present system of handling
the funds of this office and that being
so, it would seem proper that the people
should be informed as to what THU
means to them in dollars and cents.
Until the present business method!
were introduced the treasurer was com
, PEELED to register warrants as soon q
the book balances were exhausted re
!, gardless of the fact that there nigh
have been ample money with which +
| paw and that the bookkeeping defici
could be corrected by an apportionmen
Of tax collections. The warrants, whel
, registered drew ) per cent interest un
til paid.
: In the years 1917 and 1918 tota
. of 1879 warrants were registered, IN
total sum Of these warrants was $466
470.2l and cost the taxpayer $6,342.5
in interest. In the past two year
since the new system has become es
tablished only SO warrants have bee
registered amounting to $6,43O.9
which have only cost the taxpaye
$IO.l7 in interest. This shows promp
payment of county warrants and sa,
ing amounting to $6.332.37 in favor Q
the new system for two years only.
Bv introducing new business method
in handling Of your public funds almos
unbelievable sums have been carne
for the public treasury and have bee
turned into the treasury to the matern
relief of your tax burden.
In the past two years. since the sy
tenn has really become established,
total of $l57.028.48 has been earne
and turned into the treasury by II
present treasurer and estimate ov'
$50 100000 more will be available b
fore the end Of the present term.
: l am familiar with the principles al