Show HOW ABOUT THE gillming Goll mING ELECTION OF CIT OFFICERS pic sent city officials interviewed about their plans for running again only duly one more month and the voters will have to go to tile the polls to cast their votes for a new city administration A mayor four councilmen a city recorder and a city treasurer will have to be elected 0 on n tile the first tuesday after the first monday in november which will be tuesday november S councilman C P christensen being the only ho holdover id notwithstanding the fc fact t that 0 only ay a short time separates us from the elections the political pot did not begin to boil yet not even to simmer I 1 yet while the general public seems ta to be indifferent and disinterested while no candidates have been ested Y while hile no candidacies candi dacies have been held it cannot be disputed that the election ion is of predominant importance for the destinies of our city land and our people for this reason the reaper is trying hard to arouse interest dball and activities and to stare atar the ball rolling we have the present incumbents of the different offices which will have to be filled by the thel elections ab to their decisions regarding their being candidates again layor robert young when aked whether or not lie ha is going to eiter tr the race for the mayoralty answered having been in the mayors chair but a few months I 1 really did not give the matter much thought I 1 also did not make any radical changes in the tion but in thinking about it I 1 see that some changes I 1 have in mind might turn out oa to the benefit of the city and I 1 think that I 1 will go before I 1 ah tho 0 people for reelection election re at any rate if the position should be offered to tile me I 1 am in a receptive mood dr E W poulson said 1 I see from newspaper reports that people seem not to be satisfied with the present administration and I 1 for one am willing to let another fellow try whether or not lie he is more able to satisfy the people for this reason I 1 am not going to announce my candidacy tor for reelection re election I 1 feel that I 1 have done the best I 1 could and that is all one can be expected to do and if som some things cannot be done under present conditions I 1 dont want to be the goat while I 1 made up my mind fully that voluntarily I 1 wont en enter ter the race I 1 am not sure what I 1 am going to do it if I 1 should be urged to be a candidate again peter nielson replied to our question is as follows 1 I do not care to be a candidate again one term is enough for me and now I 1 would like to let another man try what he can do for the benefit of our city and our people this is my final decision lester ogden who was elected by the council to fill the vacancy created when ihen geo peterson was elected county commissioner and for or this reason resigned from the council I 1 said 1 I dont know yet whether or not I 1 shall announce my candidacy but I 1 am sure that in case I 1 am requested to run for councilman I 1 will comply with the wishes of my constituents F H gunn was out of town and could not be interviewed but rumor has it that lie he will be a candidate again mrs lizzie hansen our faithful c ity city recorder was frank to state that S she lie likes the job likes the work the I 1 more in ore since she got fully acquainted it and thinks that zhe she can do more justice to it now than at the time she was elected the only trouble is she said the exceedingly small salary for such an important i and responsible pos position but as I 1 really like the work I 1 would no not mind to go before the people for or rei lection election if I 1 am asked so to do if i they dont want me I 1 simply will estep tep aside city treasurer mrs olena chrls chris continued on page eight bight CITY ELECTION continued from page one ti allsen is somewhat of a similar opinion with mrs hansen that the salary paid for the job is out of proportion with the responsibility connected with the position 1 I would be more or less a sacrifice tor for any person to devote a full halt half of each day to the job for so little money it if I 1 take it again it is in consideration tiofil of 0 the fact that I 1 worked myself in perfectly know the routine so it comes much easier to me than it used to and in further consideration that the work will be easier for the treasurer in a period when not so many improvements are to be expected during my present term I 1 had to take care of all the work connected with the creation of the street paving district two sidewalk paving districts the lighting district and the sewer districts those things caused an unusually large amount of work for the treasurer taking it all in all I 1 would not like to go through a strenuous campaign it if the candidacy is offered to me I 1 will accept the offer but will retire without a grudge if the people want another city treasurer |