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Show " CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor LnNCONTESTED ELECTION HjIT GOOD FOR A COMMUNITY . . . . ? The City of Roosevelt on November 6 will find itself '! in? through the routine of a municipal election without contest, as the result of apparent lack of interest in the !j'-'airs of the city when only one slate of candidates was with the City Recorder prior to Monday, October 22, ' midnight, which was the deadline. As it stands, Kenneth Aycock, Merlin Sullivan and ran Johnstun will become the next councilmen, and Marvel '$ I Wilson the city treasurer, whose terms of office will be I ;f0ur years. I am sure the community in general feels at 'hese men are eminently qualified for the positions I ey will in all probability assume. Each has had exper-i::cein exper-i::cein managing his own business successfully, and all possessed of fine personalities, all of which indicates Ljsevelt corporation will be in good hands for the next I years. ... But, Is An Uncontested Election Good For A Com-i Com-i :Jity . . . ? . - ' ; All of us have heard high sounding speeches from I idins statesmen of the nation in which they inferred that i j : destroy the two-party system would soon destroy democ-i democ-i I ,-ict . . . . No truer words could be uttered all we ' ' ;esd to do is look about the world and see what has hap-xaed hap-xaed when one faction takes over the political aspect Sanation .... Any freedom they previously enjoyed ias vanished. I commend the leaders of the Progressive Party who called a mass meeting for the purpose of selecting candi-' candi-' dates to contest for the offices that will become vacant January 1, 1951; also' for their desire to conduct a campaign tie next few days during which they will advise the people peo-ple of their future program and past accomplishments. The Progressive Party is disappointed that Roosevelt I ril have a "No Contest" election, just as all of us should It. . . Party leaders feel that approximately 30 people will have selected your city officials, because that is about i 'ie -umber of citizens who attended the nominating pri-) pri-) nary .... However, as loyal citizens it now becomes our Ifc-ponsibilify on November 6 to give those candidates a vote of confidence by going to the polls and exercising our terican right to vote. ; v E v . -tPfHER BIG HUNT" ATTRACTS ". OTTERS TO THE BASIN ... . a . . I Saturday at noon opens the Pheasant Hunt in Utah, and ie Uintah Basin will literally become a . sea of hunters, iiio, for years, have come hepe in quest of the Ring-Necked ' jane bird that is highly sought, as a tasty bit of fowl. With the influx of so many transient hunters, the fields not only become scenes of great activity for sportsmen, but in them great safety hazards will exist .... A fact that behooves every man or woman who begins the hunt to practice the sportsman's safety code. . .. .. Something that " fas so grossly violated during the deer hunt. Prior to the opening of the deer hunt, it was predicted several lives would be lost and much suffering would result from some careless hunter's failure to observe safety rules during the hunt .... Accurate statistics haven't been released as to the toll of human life during the deer season, sea-son, but it's certain at least a half dozen lives were .lost during the 10 days .... With the exception of heart ailments ail-ments that were responsible for a few casualties, practically prac-tically every other death was tragedy caused because me "fool" hunter shot before he was sure of what was shooting at. Hunters, Be Careful during the 3V2 days of the Pheasant Pheas-ant Hunt Don't shoot until you are sure there is no toer hunter in line of your fire .... Make the 1951 Pheasant Hunt a safe one! v E v What Other Editors Say .... PAPERS TO BURN .... , Prospects seem to be that first class postage will be leased from three to four cents, and that the venerable festal card will go up from a penny to two cents. Then we S'to the post office and get a couple of pieces of mail the price stabilization organization. Both are news "ases with free franking privileges. One, a single letter- sheet is housed in a ten-inch envelope; the other two single sheets of paper come in a big catalog envelope 7 would cost at least $10 a thousand wholesale. This ?' a time when every newspaper is learning to its sorrow at all paper products are going up in price by leaps and .nds. Won't some one please page the Hoover economy-government economy-government committee? (Price Sun-Advocate) v E v . Political liberty is good, and nothing which impairs ' good. The early fathers of the republic knew this r fr that matter, the Greeks centuries ago, had more an a glimmering of the truth. v E v . , "K's a Socialist idea that making profits is a vice: I ttSfiT the real vice is makins losses" Winston v-E v , en asked where she was born, Minnie replied, And to further inquiry, "Which Part?" she said, of me, of course." , v E v , Some books are to be tasted, others to' be swallowed, a some few to be chewed and digested. Francis Bacon. v E v thou!?.ere will always- be a bumper crop of food for gnt- What we need is enough people to harvest it. v E v it, evil and think about it; do good and forget about "alian proverb. 30 |