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tSOAAeAAaNa LAWN 4ob0 OaOf
allow a wider margin between the
wages of the working man and his
expenses. We cannot afford nor
should we wish to tax men heavily
for just living in this city.
please let it be well understood
that 1 am not u Standard oil man.
The Standard is an impersonal mat
ter with me and I've no connections
with 1t. That is, with h exception
of holding a few shares of its took
which 1 purchased several
ago at SEA and which now reclines
at s54.
you must expect Of me, In event
I am selected, only the best kind OF
a business administration l am
capable of giving. and / promise 10
award you just as good q city as 1
can with your help
Running with Mr.. Durham are
william Tolhurst, c. L. King. and
Jess Keith.
Though head chemist OF b
Standard Oil at its refinery In Cas-
per, DIR. s. X 10y. who
himself as being in the race Tor
mayor Saturday. said last night
that he was no tool OF thai organiza-
ton. that he was us free as n
other individual TO render unbiased
and competent service in city al
fairs. Continuing:
since there Is such a similarity
of expressed Intentions here this
evening you are not going to Judge
40 much by declarations as by the
candidates. personal record and past
experience. II is necessary. on q
other hand, that we each specify
what we are standing for.
..Taxation at this time makes 1t
almost TOO much Of a burden 70 be
"A home-owner in Casper. In THIS
regard / speak us a nere'
Throurh taxation we are penaiizing
men for owning homes in nus CITY.
we must watch out that we do moi
make Casper a city whore 1t does not
pay to own a home.
'.It appears that we have passed
the point Of ~saturation In the Is
uance Of bonds. That we are get
ting but 10 cents on a dollar more
than indicates this. 1 am. there
fore. opposed to any but absolute ne
cesa,ties in further improvements
during the next year. This means
then that 1 see no reason for con
structing at this time a new city
hu,laing. The time Is not ripe FOR
It. &,
-IS elected mayor I shall DC all
tLat / can possibly do TO improve
conditions here for all OF us, u not
one whit more than you Will heip
me to do"
Bert Yohe, G. II. Hoffne, and Joe
M. Lowndes were introduced as can
didates for councilmen with DR.. 10y
asWe are all evidently for the same
things said DIR. j. f. IN
speaking of his platform for mayor
sorontght's appearance Is more OF a
beauty and ~oratorical contest In
looking about me at the others ]
can sec that none OF them have any
thing on me for beauty.
"I have lived in Casper for II
years and in that time have held
numerous public offices and through
nv experience as city health officer
and federal agent I have gained a
great Zeal Of experience which
xpect to apply to h city govern
ment II chosen as mayor.
Sewerage and garbage disposal
ana sanitation are matters of para
mount importance in Casper. We
have rather neglected these things in
the past and now Is the time to take
definite steps.
"As to the water supply, I believe
that the difficulty is not one OF q
pure supply but rather of a suffi
Client supply. We are keeping man
ufac.uring enterprises out OF Casper
by not being able to provide enough
water at a low enough figure.
Il am for noticeable retrenchmeni
IN expenditures. We have no sink
ing fund and we need one to carr
for tho interest on bond issues and