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Show Salina' s Mayor Gives Her Views Miss Stena Scorup. the first wo-I wo-I man to be elected as chief executive of a city in the state of Utah, and who will guide the destinies of Salina Sa-lina as mayor for the next term, has given her ideas of municipal government govern-ment in an interview recently published. pub-lished. And it must be admitted that the fair sex, if all are to be judged by Mayor-elect Scorup, might make splendid officers after all. Miss Scorup in the recent interview inter-view said: "There are many things that confront con-front us in serving the people, but no petty politics will be permitted to detract de-tract from the issues that confront us. I am convinced that if Salina could obtain the present water system sys-tem at the time it did, it can now get a better. water supply. While I shall take the tax conditions iuto consideration, consid-eration, I shall not hesitate to work for better water for the city because it will cost more money. The same shall be my policy in regard to street improvement. We cannot hope to have the benefits of improved streets or any other improvements without expending money, but I have full confidence in the citizens of Salina that they are willing to pay for improvements. im-provements. "However, I feel that our first duty is to our boys and girls, and to provide pro-vide healthy, clean and desirable amusement, such as can be gained by the establishment of a community center, should be our first problem. I regard the loafing habit as one of the menaces of the small town or city, and the only way I can see to overcome it is by the establishment of something higher and better for the boys and girls. Libraries and clean athletics under proper conditions condi-tions are, ,to me, part of a city's business, busi-ness, and these objectives can be attained at-tained even with limited means at our command." Salina is unique in its position in this county. It is the only plnce where Sunday baseball is permitted; where picture shows operate on Sunday Sun-day evening, and where a pool hall is operated for the ex-service men. The young men who deem these things as right and proper complained bitterly of Miss Scorup's election, as they believed be-lieved that she would make war on these things. Miss Scorup's attitude on these questions is thai: These matters were not brought into the campaign; she is unpledged as to them; she believes the majority of the citizens favor them, and until a sentiment is created demanding then-abolition then-abolition she will not interfere with the present order of things. |