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Show ROY BULLEN CHOICE OF COMMITTEE TO BE 'II NAMED NEW MAYOR H Administration of Mr. Thatcher is Com- j fl mended Body of Business Men Re- 9 commend Present City Engineer as 'fl Most Nearly Meeting Requirements. , I Roy Bullen, present city engineer will In all probability bo tho next mayor of Logan City. At n meeting of about 2G prominent business men, representing tho nan-pnrtlsnu com- HYHYHYK&Mi' ; 1H HHVHVHKIhb ''r $HHJ HHHHHHHHffHwl ROX BULLEN. mttteo which handled tho campaign for Mayor Thatcher, James Larson, commissioner, and W. H. Larson, auditor, it was unanimously decided that the namo of Mr. Bullen bo recommended re-commended to tho commissioners ns tho most avallablo man for tho position. posi-tion. It was contended nt tho meeting meet-ing that Mr. Bullon was In close touch with tho present administration, that neither his politics nor his rollglou woro so pronounced that ho would bo objectlonal from elthor of thc3e standpoints, nnd thoro nro fow men If any, who will not say that ho Is qualified in evory senso to hnndlo tho detail and multitudinous problems which dally confront tho chief executive execu-tive of Logan City. Tho honor bestowed by theso business busi-ness men who met and made tho ro-commondntlon, ro-commondntlon, camo to Mr. Bullen unsolicited. It Is indeed a distinct honor, In as much as tho present commissioners, John Qunylo and James Larson, who havo tho appointive ap-pointive power, havo taken very kindly to tho suggestion nnd In all probability will act favorably upon tho recomniondatians at tho next meeting of tho board which will bo same tlmo noxt week or tho first meeting In April. Tho following Is tho communication communica-tion sent "to tho board of city commissioners: com-missioners: Logan, Utah, March 23, 1917. BOARD OF CITY COMMISSIONERS, LOOAN, UTAH. Gontlomon: A largo numbor of business mon nnd other citizens of HJ Lognn, who havo been In tho past 1 5 H actlvo In promoting and securing for ,' Logon City, a non-partisan ndmlnls- ' M trntlon or public affairs, mot at tho 'JHfl rooms of tho Commercial Boosters uH Club, nnd nt such mooting discussed JlflH available candidates for tho appoint- f'il inont of Mayor to succeod P. A. ItHfl Thatcher resigned. OB All of thoso presont expressed ''HI thomselvos ns very much gratified IH und plenscd with tho results that ''lH havo been attained In Lognn City, 'ill from tho non-partisan and unselfish ''' HJ administration of tho City Govern- (' HJ Inont. All of 'those present felt that i, H this was very largely duo to the jl' H chnrncter nnd Integrity of tho City j H Officers wo havo now and havo had I for tho past four years and their HJ attltudo toward civic affairs. Thoso j. H presont at tho meeting wero fairly j rcprcsentntlvo of tho non-partisan i' H clcmont In Logan City, and havo no I ' HJ axes to grind at tho public grind- II H stono, neither havo they any grudgos I HJ to pay, but aro honestly Interested 1 H In securing a continuation of efflcl- a HJ ent administration of municipal at- f H fairs. I HJ With that purposo In vlow the j; HJ names of various prominent citizens .' HJ wero considered, and after fully ills- ) H cussing tho matter, tho meeting un- Hi nntmously endorsed Roy Bullon, for HI tho appointment of Mayor to succeed , HJ Mayor Preston A. Thatcher. i. ' In so doing It wns cansldorod that it ul In view of tho fact that the newly ap- j fl pointed Mnyor will servo but a Bhort yM tlmo prior to tho next Municipal ( JM election that some person should HJ bo chosen who Is fairly woll acquaint- 1 : H cd with municipal affairs nnd tho j! UM general policy of tho present ndmln- I LI Istrntlon. In addition to meeting f 11 these qualifications, Mr. Bullen has V Bl evory other qualification which would J, Ijfcl commend him to those who desire j Efl an efllclont, economical and honest LJ administration of public affairs. J H Tho undersigned ns Chnirman and M Secretary of said mooting, wero J M thoreforo requested to write your f 'JH Honorable Body nnd suggest the ap- j M polntmont of Mr. Bullen as Mayor ' I jtfl of Logan City, and we do so, not with i jttj nny dcslro to lntorforo with your ffja porrogatlvos, or to dictate, but sole- i j ly and entirely becauso wo bollovo Hg with thoso present at said meeting, Hj that his appointment would be for M tho best Intorests of Logan City. : B Yours Respectfully, '. H C. M. HARRIS, j; Chairman. t HJ A. A. LAW, J Secretary. ': H |