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Show NESLEN MAKES AiOUUENT AS MITE Formal Statement Follows Circulation of Petitions in Support of His Candidacy to Succeed Himself Msytr C. Clarence Nealer. Bnt-urday. Bnt-urday. formally announced his canlldnry as aa aspirant t su?-cead su?-cead himself aa mayor. Petitions In auppoit of hla cad:cUcy have circulated for aeveral weeka and hla formal atatement haa been awaltsd. Mayor Keelen succeeded K. A. Bock when the Utter resigned In lite. At that time ha waa a city commissioner. In setting up soma of tha accomplishments accom-plishments of his administration. Mayor Nsalrn pointed chiefly to , waterworka department, of which he haa been head for tha past ala yeara. "There have been twenty-six miles of new water malna added to the city water system during my administration and tha flow haa been Increased to mora than 40.0(10. . JOO gallons a dsv," sccordlng to his statement. "The Parley's canyon can-yon high Una conduit eitendlng from Farley's Canyon to the new reeervplr at th mouth of Eml-arallon Eml-arallon canyon haa been built and the first unit of tha proposed Km-miarntlon Km-miarntlon reservoir eyatem has been completed. Tha receipts of the waterworka department have Increased alnca 1 became commissioner commis-sioner of that department more than 10 per cant. We have planted thousands of trees on the water aheds snd have taken cara to protect pro-tect the Sonne of water supply against pollution. "Halt Laka City has one of the beat lighted bualnesa dlatrlcta In the entire country; established during i ha laat few yeara. We have beautified the city by the acquial. tlon of three new parka, have received re-ceived the municipal golf course and Nlbley park aa a gift. We have established the city planning commission, com-mission, which haa aided greatly In tha embellishment of tha city, and there haa been built two new lire stations. Wa have purchased S!i "f,"" ""n at tha mouth af J. My Creek canyon, for tha proposed I Ity creek park. I believe the future of Bait Lake and wilt dedl-rata dedl-rata my efforts to making a bigger big-ger and better Halt Lake. "I will be an independent canrtl-dala canrtl-dala and have no affiliation with any group, organisation or com-bine. com-bine. If elected I shall continue to be mayor for all tha people re. gardless of creed, race or political or commercial affiliation. I hope to serve without malice, prejudice or favor. . '7, "m w""n that my admlnta-tration admlnta-tration ahall stand on lis merlta. Ws have accomplished aa much In . f, '"J f'w ',"r" we could pos-Ibly pos-Ibly hops to accomplish. Mure could have been done. It le true, but It must he considered that the two yeara preceding this one were the moat stringent the city hss seen for two or three decades. We have held the taxea down and this year reduced them as much aa pbs. elble. During my administrative tha city haa redeemed outstanding bonda to the amount of IvOS SOS I expect to atrlva for further economy. econ-omy. "The administration met the unemployment un-employment condltiona In 1121 and 1; under trying clrcumatancea. I have tried to alleviate suffering and relieve poverty whenever poe-elbie. poe-elbie. I ahall also work for fur-therlna. fur-therlna. public Interaat in music, art and the drama and for added recreational faailltlea." |