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Show Published Every Saturday GOODWIN'S WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Including postage in the United States, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, in for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal BY per year. n, $4.50 Single copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the Postoffice at 8alt Lake of March 3, 1879. Act under the City, Utah, Ness Bldg. 8alt Lake City, Utah. Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 13 COMMISSION CAMPAIGN SIMMERING campaign pot has at last started to simmer. But you cannot get more out of a pot than you put in it. You l. than is represented in its inont get more out of an and if you think you can, you are reminded that past history You cannot get it presages the dim uncertainties of the future. ire out of your city commission than you put into it in the way of ihood, and if you think you can you are again reminded to think iThe non-partis- an ? 1 per-jnne- St 1 the past. opportune time to inject new and vigorous blood into your ' commission, the law making body of last resort for the muni- pality, is now here. Among those who have formally announced nr candidacy for city commissioner and who may be classed as .iflging young and vigorous manhood into civic affairs, coupled with successful business career, is Berkley Olson. There are others who receive mention during the primary campaign in order that the The lit f may realize election. ile As a t where their best interests are centerd in this off-- i Salt Lake business man Air. Olson, it is claimed by his sponsors, has shown keen conception of duty and an apti-ttl- e for details that stain) him as most successful. He has not been Wd to work hard in the various occupations he has undertaken lid it is reasonable to presume that he will give that same energy and evotiun to the d citys business in event he is elected, that has cliar-ferize- rendered successful his private ventures. jberkley Olsons political record is short and will bear the closest crutiny. declare his sponsors : and in fact, it was his great ability in andiing public affairs while he was county recorder during 1919 and 20 that impelled many of his closest personal and business friends Suggest him as a candidate. and nun being merely suggestive, this sort of preliminary b'uk definite form and the Berkley Olson for City Commissioner I toipaign was launched fully two weeks ago. jlndav, bis sponsors claim, Berkley Olson stands unpledged bc- die city electorate, lie has numerous friends working assidious- Ids behalf. His friends have circulated more than ninety nomi-atl0- n Petitions in all sections of the citv and he has received the f ?,1(1 lll,,lnalilicd indorsement of thousands of voters of all political iiths. i . v,dently i J aspect of the city commissioner campaign has taken strong hold upon the citizens, who apparently are select men of acknowledged worth and ample experience H"n-partis- au city. That Berkley Olson will qualify at the primary election Tuesday, October 25, is no longer a matter of doubt according to his backers. They point to the fact that the response to his candidacy has been so so thoroughly spontaneous, so effectually that it appears no single candidate, nor any combination oi candidates, can keep him from winning. It is freely predicted by many of his staunch friends, of all political' affiliations, that he will come through, primary day, with such a large plurality that his subsequent election November 8 will be merely a formality. term as county recorder, he During Berkley Olsons two-yemade many changes in the methods that formerly obtained in that office. He brought down the time of transcribing deeds and other bulky legal instruments and making them matters of record, from two or three weeks, to a single day; thus earning the gratitude of every attorney in the county. At the same time he saved the county much money by raising the efficiency of the personnel of his office force while he reduced its size. Because of the courtesy and efficiency he demanded and maintained in his office, he made many enduring friends and it is those same friends who so greatly appreciated his administration of county affairs while he was county recorder, who are back of him today in his city commissioner campaign. You are reminded, Mr. Voter, that the city commission snould be absolutely divorced from all political appurtenances and bondage, which at present it is not. It should also be free from nepotism and kindred practices which tend only to lower and degrade. It must be conducted solely in the interest of all the people at all times, and a measure of civic conservation and retrenchment compatible with the growth and expansion of the city, must constantly be observed and envoked. The needs of the hour call for men of breadth oi vision, of known business ability and of unswerving purpose to replace the two commissioners who are about to make their political exit from civic affairs. Sponsors for Berkley Olson declare that lie has not. and will not. make any combinations with any other candidate, preferring to sail under his own colors and rely upon his own personality and individual record to attain the goal to which he aspires. non-politic- non-partisa- n, al ar wnerous Tlnt to represent them for the next four years. The old idea of clinging tenaciously to party lines whether the candidate offering himself is worthy or not, has been laid aside, in keeping with the mandate of the state legislature, and in civic affairs all the voters appear anxious to support men whose public and private records are above reproach and whose election will enhance the future progress and welfare of the |