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Show : Political Conditions in Pleasant Grove Subjeci of Old Article ' Ross West came upon an old sheet of paper recently, and brought it to the Review office - thinking it might be of interest to the patrons of our paper. ' The sheet was headed "Polit-"-ical Conditions in Pleasant Grove" and although not dated was evidently written some time ago. Following is the contents of this old news item. The subheadings under which our material has been developed develop-ed are Government, Political Ideals and the Effects of Pol-- Pol-- itical Conditions on Labor and Wages. The officers for making and enforcing the laws of Pleasant Grove are as follows: Mayor J. J. Hayes is the chief executive of the city. He presides at all meetings of the City Council and with the advice of the City Council consisting of Dr. Hu-chel, Hu-chel, Fred Shoell, Niels Fugal, Mathew Bezzant, and Mr. Hold-away, Hold-away, appoints the following officers of the city. Marshal, past. This prevents trouble in the business world. There are no foreigners in this city, to under bid the wage earner. As a whole Pleasant Grove wage earners and employers harmonize harm-onize for the above reasons. Labor conditions of Pleasant Grove and vicinity: We do not have much trouble with unemployment unem-ployment because the farms and canning factory furnishes work for the laborers in the summer and fall. In the winter the City Council plans work that could be done during slack seasons and as a result it does away with unemployment unemploy-ment which also helps to do away with crime and poverty, and as a result the city is not slowed up in its program. As a whole the laboring class is well taken care of in Pleasant Grove and vicinity. Committee Lyland Kirk, Chairman. Alton Al-ton Parker, Lois Oler, Hilda Oscarson, Douglas Matthews. Mr. Winters, whose duty is to arrest any person violating the laws of the city. The Recorder, Lloyd Adam-son, Adam-son, keeps a list of all expenses of the city. Each year he must make a detailed statement of the financial condition of the city. The treasurer, Marie Smith, receives all money which belongs be-longs to the city. The attorney, Mr. Thurman, acts as legal advisor ad-visor of the city. The Justice of Peace, H. W. Jacobs, tries cases brought before be-fore him, imposes fines, or imprisonment. im-prisonment. He must make a monthly report of the number of cases brought before him. The city physician, Dr. Grua makes a report to the city council of the general health and sanitary conditions of the city. The Water Master, Mr. Hardman, furnishes water notices no-tices and collects water taxes. Pound Keeper, Joseph Adams, Ad-ams, receives and takes care of all stray animals until the owner calls for them. The Sexton, Sex-ton, F. S. Humphries, has charge of the city cemetery. The superintendent of Watei Works issues tickets, and shuts off water from non-payers. The annual salaries of the officers are as follows: Mayor, $175; Councilman, $75; Recorder $300; Treasurer $100; Marshall, $720; Attorney $125; Justice of Peace, $75; City physician; $125; Water-master, Water-master, $500; Supt. of Water Works, $720; Pound Keeper, $30 and Sexton $60. Making a total of $2,855 paid to city officers in Pleasant Grove. In Pleasant Grove the political pol-itical parties are not much different dif-ferent in views and ideals of the members various parties. There are two political parties par-ties in this community namely the Democrats and Republicans.. Republic-ans.. The ideals of both parties are for the advancement and welfare of public affairs. Each party advocates an economic and conservative administration administra-tion which depends almost entirely en-tirely on the men elected. In Pleenant Grove City there are a few very important phases in public affairs which constantly demand careful attention and ... be controlled in an orderly and systematic manner. Each party attempts or should attempt at-tempt to pledge to the people to protect and safeguard the city. Wages of Pleasant Grove and vicinity: The employers and employees of Pleasant Grove have proved to be In harmony with one another. This community has never been made to suffer through disagreement dis-agreement between employees and employers. This condition exists on account of the small manufacturing center. Class distinction does not prevail in Pleasant Grove as in large cities. The people are more or less on equal basis which gives them all practically the same bargaining power. The employers employ-ers know personally all the wage earners and he seldom employees one he cannot depend de-pend on nor the employee will not be employed unless the employer has played fair in the |