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THE CLOVIS NEWS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1921.
! DTIRl in FnPIIM I
, Viowi of Olhcn on CmnmUsion Form of Government for Clovii.
FAVORS COMMISSION. j m ss to the inannirc nienl of only tin
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is purely a mk.Ci.i of tin o ; i.i-us .if
Clovis vol ire; villi. 1 for or iiiia.nst I lie
chnnirc. I:' tin- c:t.:viis. or owner of
the (Tm water v-.oi..:, el. ctric l.t.!ii,
ond sevvei!it.rc, want efficiency in
niannKoimni they can Ki t it liy voting
for and seeing that the commission
form is won at the election. If thr
owners 11 iv satisfied without anyone
except the city council to nee that the
city property which the residents of
Clovis own, it is well enough to let
its government remain as it now is.
With a commission form of govern
ment the city will have a city man
ager who will devote his full and
complete time to the tnniiiiKciiieiit of
the city's affairs. The city owns
property valued at about half a mil
lion dollars und under the present
form of government the only man
agement or attention given this half
million dollar business is ahout two
meetings per month of the city coun
cil. The opponents of the change say
it is imposs.hle to get hark into the
old aldennaiiic form of government
should we go into the commission
form of government. This is an er
ror. If Clovis does noi wish to con
t'liue the commission f 111 in of gov
ernment, once she has tried it, sin
directors with meetings two weeks
it I ' i i 1 1 .Hid .nniet 'lues four wei ks
. ,i.' .:'.' Tl: .-' i not an appeal to the
eili.i nship hi Clovis to vote on a po
litical question, hut a question of
.). iliir .ii' no! the city business of
Clovis rhall have business manage
ment or run like it has in the past.
We do not criticize the present coun
cilinen or mayor nor any past mayor
or eiiiincilnicn, but it is a known fii'-t
that no eight men can meet twice 'n
thirty days and attend to a $500,000
business and do it right. The big
banks of Clovis have a president, cash
ier and .some six or seven other good
people right on the job from 8 a. m.
to ( o. 111. each day seeing that their
business is attended) to right and
properly. Suppose a bank ran with
only a meeting of directors each two
weeks, would that be considered giiod
business? It would not, and neither
is it good business to run the City of
Clovis, a half million dollar business,!
in a slack way. Clovis needs a man
ager on the job every day. Voters
should investigate this matte.' and
learn from business men the whys
and wherefores before they rush mad
ly to the jii ils and vote aga'::sf, the
ronuirssinn f u 111 of govn.i lent.
Thousands of cities in the United
States have adopted the commission
even Tig wi'ii an open mind to be con
vinced lliat Clovis should adopt the
proposed commission form of govern
ment, but will frankly say that this
meeting confirmed my belief that
Clovis should reject this change. The
clrim, dons for ihe change presented
a- aigumeiit the following reasons:
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That ihe proposed change present
ed no inula! issue. Let's see if this
is true. In ten days after the three
eoinniiss duels are elected they can
meet und two of them will have the '
authority to repeal every moral or- ()
dinance that Clovis possesses. There! ()
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win ue inr power in me mayor 10 veto
the sume and in this brief time two
men can destroy all that Clovis has
been able to gain morally in ten years.
Also under said law the business man
ager shall employ all policemen and
discharge them at will. The city has
no voice in who shall be the manager,
and if he wants an open town he can
have it by employing officers that
will not enforce our laws. Then hnw
can one say that there is no moral
questions, in this issue. The moral I ()
standing of Clovis is one of her
greatest assets and do we want to I (g
take a chance und throw this away? 1
Thov nevt iiririiiwl Hint Clovi tool : )
1 property worth a half million dollars j
I and that the same should have the 1
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UGGEST
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can return to the aldennaiiic form of."'"" " "'""'" " noi uvo per
g.ivernn.eiil. The city manager willjrt'nt lms n',l"'m,1 to ,h' 01,1 "l,l(,"
be absolutely at the command of the , m'" fon" of Rovi-mim-nt. If cities
three commissioners and thov can re-;"k" W K'h"a' Kans"s- wi,h 80-ftn0
lease him from the citv employ at ' P"l''''". n be managed better
anv time without consulting anvone ! w'lh thm' min th,m ciKhl aldermen.
,.v ,1 ii.,..iv. Tl ;,v .,.', 'w,'.v t Clovis? Lots of cities in
will have absolute control over the
citv business and will bn hiriwl and
paid to see that the citv water lin, P'V'.rnment and they say it is better
liirlit u.siTM trot 11 f'lir rmiim'o ili nl ntul
that evei-v man who works for Ihe ' U"',,imJ ,0 lh 0,11 '""
city will be under the city manager.
1 the United Suites with 100,000 popu
lation have the commission form of
It is gooil business ami good sense to
have some one i. vote his full time
to the .M)0,mi(l city business of Clo
vis. 1'iider the form of government
We life now under it is ageinst the
lav, for a i !t, to employ a city 111.111
uger, and should the council whip the
matter aronnd th sti .up. the city
maiiaei I would h.nc no 'lutlioriiy and
coll !il not aci'iimpi'sh .-iir.-h-.n.'. Com
par the City of Clovis' busincs with
ope of the bij; 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 . s of 1 1 ,-1 -. or any
business house. Is it reasonable to
cw 11 suppose that any business cnii
eerr. with a capital of half a million
dollars would leave the whole husi.
proof of it is they are not re-
If Clovis
iioi'sn t likt the commission form of
government, she can return to what
we now have.
A i'lnvit Voter.
NOT CONVINCED.
The writer attended the
ecting at the Court llousi
Koruni
Friday
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You want to buy.
You want to sell.
You want to rent.
You want to insure, yourself, your
house, your store, your auto, your
plate glass, your diamonds, or any
thing at all.
SEE
F. S. BURNS
Real Estate, Insurance, Loans
Next Door to Post Office Phone 194
personal supervision of a business1
manager, und to illustrate this theyj(g)
referred to our superintendent ofjg)
schools and asked what our schools jjgj
wonltl be without a superintendent. yJ
Anyone who is informed, knows that!
Clovis has always maintained a super-!
inteiident who has the special train-;
ing and skill in handling our valuable 1 (g)
property, and if we employ a city.
manager we could not afford to keep'lgs
both so the man nf wkilt veool.l lotei. I f
t' go and where is the benefit.
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They finally admitted that they1
knew nothing about the commission
form of government but they had let-
ters from men who did know and that ()
settled it. Nn doubt, these letters'
were all solicited, and while they;W
boosted the commission form of irav. 1 s
ernment, I believe I could solicit from
the same towns aie) obtain many
more I Iters condemning the same,
to fact, while this argument was be
ing made a man of high stand. ng in
( lovi. staled tu me that lie had j'ist
received I'oiir unsolicited letters from
rood men in Albuquerque iidvi.-ini; u
o di f at the commission form of
government. These letters tin;.- p o
'lured can have little weight because
nolle of tin-Ill Were from town.- Work
lig under our proposed law.
L'vcli if we should agree with tle se
men thai the commission form of gov
ernment was best and that the law
preseiit d to us for
For Her For Him
SUITS SUIT
COATS OVERCOAT -
DRESSES SHIRTS
HANDKERCHIEFS GLOVES
GLOVES PAJAMAS
SILK UNDERWEAR HANDKERCHIEFS
BLOUSES TIES
PETTICOATS BATH ROBE
BATH ROBE SLIPPERS
KIMONOS UNDERWEAR
SLIPPERS MUFFLERS
We also want to wish our many Friends and
Customers a very Merry Christmas.
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MANDEI
The Store of Quality
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Tw o can i peal
financial statements.
H. He is permitted to set salaries
too much power
our laws.
.". No lim.t is placed upon the sal-
adoption was a ary of the business manager.
good one (which it is not J we would c. nt. js nt required to furnish
then have serious doubt whether u )Uu.
Clovis is large enough for this form j 7 Hl, js , ,,(lin,ll tQ f(.nVil
oi guverniuenv. L,ei us musuiue our
meaning in this way. In larger cities;
thii Hl.nroM btivi, nifn uninlnvnil nt'
floor walkers who greet the custo-,01' "" offic"rs v;lthullt limit'
mers and see that they get prompt He is not required to keep ex
utteiition and see thut no thefts are ; penditures -vithm a bud"et.
committed. This is fine and no doubt ' 1- "e is not Required to be a
pays the mer:'iant. Hut why do not man of technical skill and learning
the merchants of Clovis employ floor ' different departments of the
walkers? Simply because their busi- cit' Kovernmont.
ness is too small, and will not justify H- He is authorize.! to discharge
the expense. So it is with Clovis in : t will all policenlcn. Too much
regard to a paid mayor and city man-' P'r '""I o!'''"1 the way for graft,
ager. We arc too small and can not '2. The commissioners, except
afford it. I mayor, are provided with no salary,
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which this law is fatally defective.
1. It provides no recall for our
mi 1 1 i i , , rri . ii i
ii. i ne commissioners an go oui
all coming in would be cosily Ceitrude llockenhull, Blanche
I 15. It gives the major no veto Lam-wood Stevenson.
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power. j vocai .mho, pceonu iiami ivuse
Space will not permit point ing nut lllaiiehe l.anewood Stevenson,
further diffects. Suffice to say tint j Kollowing this canie the amusing
this law was too bad for Tucuin.-ari ' part of the evening in a fashion show
to swallow, and will Clovis uko it in which Blanche Phillips and Bill iu
with a gulp? When I go on a joutn.'.i ! lirii.ur represented a sport girl and
I want to know the way or have a! buy, Hortense Homar and Earl Col
good guide. In this manner Clovis I lins were attired in evening costume,
has neither. It is a case of the blind land the college students were Louise
leading the blind. The good people
of Clovis had better watch their step
mention only a few places in1""'1 ""'anlial men will not run for
me on ice.
L! The law provides no adequate
way to nominate coimiii.-sdners.
2. It gives us no chance to rev it
to our pre.ient form of government
.1. It provides no safeguards for .
the city.
4. The commissioners are given
at the same time, and all new men
on the 27th and lock the stable door
before the horse is stolen. S. O. S
A Citizen.
JUNIORS ENTERTAIN.
Walton as a senior, Harold Murphy
as a junior, Cleo Allcorn as a sopho
more and William Jones us a Fresh
man. Representations of the faculty
were in the person of Ruby Beaver
Minnie lla.elwood, Velma Houk,
Thelma Houk, Jessie i'routy, Edith
Iluuchelle, Curl
The junior class of the high school Heatherly, Bessie
entertained theniM-lves, the
und the football teum Friday evening. Hell, Monroe Cant, Jean Walton and
faculty Monzingo, Lloyd McFarland, George
John Howell. The hell boy for the
evening was Leonard Jeinigan, who
Ain't We Got Fun" helped make the program interesting
throughout. After the program, re
freshments of cocoa and sandwiches
were served in the Domestic Science
room, and the happy evening elided.
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at 7:30, and the following program
was rende.'ed:
Violin Solo,
Floyd Marsh.
Contralto Solo, "All By Myself"
Gertrude Hockenliull.
Duet, "There's Only One Ball After
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A Complete Line of
Sheaffer Fountain Pens and Pencils
Box Stationery to Please You
High Grade Candy
A Nifty Line of"
Cigarette and Cigar Holders
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CREETINGSJ
'E Heartily Wish You
a MERRY CHRIST
MAS and a More Prosperous
1922
Friendly Business is more than Friend
ship, it is Fellowship.
Christmas Day no one served
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