Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-02 | Page 8 | Women Running a Town

j Women omen Running a Town rO In one of ot Charles Hoyt's Hoyt satirical plays s. very popular twenty years earo ago n a i woman in 11 a Colorado elt runs against her husband for or ori i mayor and to the utter surprise of or every one beats beat him What was presented presented pre pre- in n histrionic farce arce actually actu actu- ally took place this week weel In the tho cit city of or Ore where Mrs Ir E. E E. E received votes voteR for mayor or af against 73 71 for her loid and anti mast master r. r T. T 5 11 s truth Is in sometimes tranger than the other thing says the tho 10 Portland r l HI Telegram Not only was a n woman oman elected circled d mayor maor but n a woman T wt Wf was chosen for each of ot the four foul positions a as- as council council- women recorder And treasurer a a. a clean sW sweep p of or all nil the offices Until 1 2 o'clock in the afternoon the men had bad tio no inkling ink Ink- 1111 ling hog that a womans woman's ticket had bad been Here i in Is proof thAt absence of or i ithe Ithe publicity can cun be ut ma made made o effective effective- also atso the ungenerous proverb that a a. woman cannot put a S padlock on her hel lips is I clearly disproved I Asked to announce the policy of oC the thene ne new administration the leaders say ar arc We c are ue going to show how the men what a strictly business and econ economical administration administration ad nd- ministration really Is CIl City management manage o merit ment Is nothing more 1110 than housekeeping housekeep housekeep- ing InK on a a. big hit scale scale- Evidently tho the women oC or Umatilla are arc In earnest Prudent Pru Pru- dent and frugal household managers they may muy bo la able lo to apply economic fundamentals fundamental to municipal a affairs Hair Surely the they cannot do worse than men have havo done the pa pasi L fifty years The Time Telegram felicitates tho women wom of and sincerely hopes hope that thai tilen time tile I new n administration unhampered d h by Iy men mn will make good I I