Show Francis Francis I Issues A Challenge Mayor Denounces Circulators Circulators Circulators of Report That He Owns Stock In Union Construction Construction Construction tion Company MAYOr R FRANK FRANCIS Sat Sat Sat- Issued a statement to refute reute the charge that he ho Is a stockholder of ot the Union Con Con- Construction Construction Con Construction company For a II public official to hate 0 stock In a company to which that official awards contracts Is a seri serf serious seri serious ous Oils offense under the la laws las s of Utah and subjects that official to both impeachment and Imprisonment To falsely accuse an official of such an Is tho mayor says and he ho challenges those who alto have made such a charge against him to como come forth forthwith aIth their proof The statement To the Citizens of Ogden One of or the most bYthe luis directed against me bY by the opposition ho has hag been the charge that 1 Ioan 0 n stock stock In Inthe inthe Inthe the Union Construction coit- coit com company pany puny When this fabe fal e accusation accusation first gained circulation my family I cd the mak tusk making tuskIng making ing of or a 0 public nt I gate o th the facts to a number ot of friends nho ho had political eJ ea- ex expedience and they were em- em emphatic em emphatic in declaring that lies 0 e refute themselves and that the tho object of those tho ar- ar nr mea me a was aas to ve h rue me dignity dignIfy the tile canard by an answel I now not find that this on my has been accepted and e even eten en repeated ted by many Y nell ell m meaning but decel ed persons Therefore I 1 have decide decided to make a re- re reply reply re reply ply accompanied by a chal chal- challenge challenge dial dial- lenge directed at the authors of the defamation CH GE ISSUED with Ith all the emphasis I 1 can call command I declare I 1 Iam Iam am not Pot now noa and never have havo been an 0 owner ner of stock and hat hate e no Interests direct or In the Union Con Construction atm stI corn company Second I challenge tho of ot politicians responsible responsible sible sibie toi fot this method of be- be besmirching be besmirching smirching a n maDtS good name to produce any evidence that I now irow hive base h e or have hate had stock or any Intel ests direct or In- In Indirect indirect In Indirect direct In the tho Union Construction Construction tion company It Is more 01 or less humiliatIng humiliating humiliating ing to be beeten e ell called upon to cou countenance a 0 charge so base and unJustifiable IS SUPERIOR In this connection I desire delre to sel al-sel seit ai-seit t that the tho work ork per per- per formed performed for tor the city by the tho construction company has been cn of a u superior kind so o recognized b by ou outside engineers engi- engi neero who aho ho have byte passed upon the same game Tho The construction company has baa been low bidder on all contracts 11 awarded to It and the city commissioners could not have done othet- othet a wise Ise iso than award the con contract tract as aa It did and do justice to the best beat Interests of Ogden City and the abutting property owners In the Improvement dl districts To keep the letting of or contracts con- con tracts on a 0 high plane and to hold th eon confidence of the 1 people olle the abutting property 0 miners ners havo have been called Into In Into Into to confer not only on the t tips pe of construction but to deter deter- determine determIne mine St whether hether the tho bids were ivero reasonable There has been no covering up and mass mo- moet Ing after oter mass meeting has been held with this end In Slew Would a city administration Stith low purposes proceed In that manner to court publicity and advertise its conduct or would It stealthily seek the tho dark and devious delous way of the dieter clover manipulator A SWEn TO CALUMNIES ItS JES If It the people will give just JURt justa JURta a a moments moment's serious thought to this one point they aill find In It a complete answer to all nil the calumnies directed against this administration If It any other company can underbid Construction the Union tion company the Contracts will be lie gh gise given eo to that company b by law It Is impora- impora the lie At times the has urged and competition from other sources and at all aU times t las aa as cultivated competition For the th mayor to own stock Construction In lii the Union tion Ion company compon and award con trac tract to that company would b a crime under the tho laws lawa of this thia stateS punishable by iii lin- lin nt and Im m nt Who Is la the mati nat Continued on Ia Page Two GE BY BYMA MA MAYOR fOR FRANCIS Continued from front Page Pago One woman oman or child knowing that phase of ot the law bello es esI I would endanger my honor and liberty In that manner FRANK FRANCIS Ma Mavor or I |