Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-18
live WIRE MAKES
CLOSE CANVASS in
ASSESSORS RACE
"Dan" Oakley Is "Telling zen,
and Doing 1t Hard and Keen
Interest Exists As To
What Result VIII Be

The race for County Assessor
is now acknowledged to be one
of the major events of the COM
ing primary. 1t has become so
through the unique personali-
ty of one of the candidates, M.
V. Oakley, more commonly
known as Dan"
Mr.. Oakley is making a cam
paign of the old fashioned sort,
calling upon the voters and CIV
ing them his message. He pre-
sents his arguments and then
permits people to make their
own decisions, pressing no one
for an answer but doing every
one the compliment of conced-
ing to him or her an ability to
frame his own conclusions
from the facts before him.
Dan Oakley is of an infect
ious good nature. Nothing ruff
files his placid temperament.
He can stand any amount of
kidding" without losing his
temper and in a running fire
of rough and tumble repartee
can hold up his end with the
next fellow.
Moreover, Mr.. Oakley's cam
paipn is not based upon "SOft
nothings" or meaningless plati-
tudes. He served on the im-
portant grand jury of 1921 and
possesses command of facts
and figures which are too much
for any but the man who has
taken time to inform himself
in regard to the details of coun-
ty business. Mr.. Oakley was
also a member of the Tax Pay
ers Association. He joined for
the purpose of doing something,
not merely to have someone to
whom to tell his troubles or to
create new machine for polit-
ical purposes. He worked hard
to make the Tax Payers Asso-
citation into an effective organ
ization and furnished sugges-
tions which may some day be
embodied in a definite program
for reducing the tax bills of
the people.
While Mr.. Oakley is making
a hard fight he is fighting
fair" and speaks no i'll of his
opponent, nor ever shows any
disrespect. He is opposing
sentiment with cold business
and accordingly has to forego
some of the amenities, of So
cial campaign, but what he has
to say is presented in a matter
of fact manner and the people
can decide. If they decide
against him, it is all right be-
cause it is the peoples business.
The Oakley campaign is
founded upon a few outstand-
ing facts. He is a successful
business man, using business
methods and applying a busi-
ness mans discrimination. He
is equipped for the office of as
SCISSOR by a very wide general
acquaintance with values and
conditions in the Imperial val
ley. He knows this not from a
theoretical basis but from a
knowledge which comes from
buying and selling. Mr.. Oakley
is a leader and able to organize
and get results from such a
force as the Assessor has to put
in the field at tax taking time.
Those who are Youching for
him believe that he would be
able to put new ginger into an
important office. They believe
that it is right that there should
be a change and that a change
would result to the general ad-
vantage of the tax payers. Mr..
Oakley is frankly of the same
faith, having been brought to
this point of view, he says, from
his investigation as a member
Of the grand jury and from the
further inquiries which were
carried on as a member OF the
Tax Payers Association. This
publicity supplements what
Mr.. Oakley is saying to the