Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-03-11
PRESIDENT SUPERVISOR.

10 the voters OF the Village OF
Eagle River:
l hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the offices of Presi-
dent Of the Village of Eagle River
and Supervisor. The two Offices
should be held by one man. Who
ever looks after the affairs of the
Village should represent that vii
lage on the County Board, as he
would necessarily be more CONVEX
SAINT with the needs of the village
and therefore more able to gain
those needs than a person who is
not thoroughly conversant with the
affairs of the Village. The duties
of Supervisor of a village is to
represent said village upon the
County Board and has no voice in
the affairs or management of the
village otherwise.
For that reason l ask for the
election to both offices and would
not accept one without the other.
Taxes are becoming a burden
and the only way to reduce them is
to strike everywhere we can at I'M
necessary expenditures. Neither l
nor any other person can reduce
these taxes with one sweep of the
axe; but if elected, | will vote for
any necessary appropriation for
anything that will help the people
Of the Village Of Eagle River in
particular or the County of Villas
as a whole, and vote against and
fight to the last ditch for anything
not necessary or not needed. Nor
tai man can do no more. Time and
honest government alone can re-
duce your taxes.
| promise to work for the best
interests Of the whole people of the
village without fear or favor.
The village streets are, without
| hardly one exception, a disgrace:
some Of them being almost impass-
able for autos and all a team can
do to get through. If elected | will
repair these streets, or as many of
them as l can, beginning with the
ones mostly used and needed, if it
is possible to in any way raise the
money to do so.
Fast and reckless driving upon
the main streets of the village is
dangerous and should be stopped,
and a traffic man should be en-
ployed during the rush months to
see that the law is strictly enforced
before some worthy life is snuffed
out by such carelessness.
| believe that the parking Of cars
upon each side of the streets of the
main business blocks is more dan
gerous to life and limb than fast
driving and that all cars should be
parked in the center of the street
leaving free passage on both sides.
Let's stop this before we pick up
the mangled form of some mothers
precious child. It is better to lock
the barn while we still have the
; horse, although possibly not quite
SO easy.
These are but few Of the most
necessary things l think needed for
the good of the whole people of the
village. If you agree with me,
would like your vote. If you don't,
remember you are not harming me
in the least by voting against me,
but possibly doing me the greatest
favor you can. My opponents are
able men; have the interests of the
village at heart as much and may
be more than |, and a vote for
them means q vote for honest gov
eminent, possibly only along differ
ent lines than | believe in.
My platform is economy and the
best interests of all. | have no
other; l will do nothing else. l
want to see Eagle River grow and
become the best Summer town in
the Fairgrounds of the North
Woods" and continue to be as it is
today: the best business town of its
size in the State of Wisconsin. If
you think l. at its head, can help to
make it so, or keep it so, put me
there; if not by all means don't
vote for me and you will be the
best friends l have. Election is
April 7th.
Yours truly,
11-4t n. M. EMMONS.