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Show I. N. PIERCE SAYS HE IS II CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR I N Tierce has announced his candidacy can-didacy for mayor in the following statement ; "Having been solicited by many of my friends to become a candidate for mayor of our city and knowing the great responsibility 'hi Will be ie- j quired of a man in such an off t; I have hesitated. But the time ha 1 come when my friends demand an an-swer an-swer 1 have answered in tho affir- ! matlve. 1 "An outline of what I propose to do, should I be elected will be: "Justlcn and right to everybody, irrespective of creed, color or prcru- condltions. I believe our city should first of all lake step? to increase our present water supply sufficiently to suppl a ! population of 100,000 inhabitants. Which We Will have within the next ir I years. j "The question of public health is (second to none in municipal affairs and in case I am elected. I pledge rr.v-jself rr.v-jself to the creation of an efficient II ealth department, under a competent physician, who is an expert on sanitation sanita-tion and that this department shall j direct a complete free garbage system throughout Ogden. "I believe all our city .ippointed officers should be under eil service, which will induce thm to be mire efficient in the discharge of th Ir duties. "I believe every' honorable meune should be exerted to induce more pi o pie to come to our city and help to make 11 the greatest industrial city Of this great Intermountain country We iuvite capital to come and help buiid up our need of big industries wh'ch gives moro employment to our home labor "The greatest problem that con-tronts con-tronts our city, state in fact, the whole world Is that of reconstruction Only a careful, conscientious ana thorough handling of this situation as III develops from day to day with the Jbest interests of the city at heart aud the determined decision to maintain law and order should be considered bv Ian official That will be im polil ill j which I will be fair and firm ' I . rr . |
