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April 9. 1926 WILMETTE LI,FE 19 .· How The Present Administration ~'Nastes the Tax-Payers' Money . . . ... The Village Engineer In the fi~· st three tnont hs of this year, the village adn1inistration has appro\·ed estin1ates furnished by the cng;iq:~cr. .:\ss~ssn1ents c'ither haYe been or arc being spread on vvhich the engineer's f ce i;S $25,000 . . This is for only a part of his titne. t · The Village Attorney · I · I ., . , ... The present administration is paying the Village Attorney salary and fees amounting to $6,000 a year. In the p~ist eight years oi the fonncr adn1inistration ~2.400... 'vas the highest salary paid. 'fhey found no diflicult: in securing: attorn2ys .\'·ho \\-ere \\·illing· t() ~<'rn' frotn a sen~c of ci\·ic duty. Very little tinH· i~ rcCjt:it~ ·d of the Y!1lag:c attorney . ' ' "' .The Building Inspector · . ' . Fees $1,200 a year ]Jocs he inspect: Ir1 the: lar~·c ntajority of per tnits i:-:sncd he is only rtquirccl to Stop at the Vil1 a ~- l. I Ia 11 o 11 h i ~ \\·a y t o t h c t r a in . I le is p a ic1 () < ; ~ o f a 11 {ce s co 11 cc t e<1 \ Y h ct h c r for a ch cap g-arage or a hig:h priced honH:> . ITcrct()furl' the Cot'ntnissionct~of I:ublic \\7 ork~ passed on all pennits. Can you ~ec any itnpro\·en1ent brought about by the change \vith its additional expense? 1 The Truth Regarding our Village ~-Treasurer, Harry W. Miller ~I r. ~ riller sold his residence. and last fall left t ht \ · ipagc. L~ p to date he has not returned~ l-Ie turned his books and funds over to George F. Bro \\"11, ,,. ho has since acted as treasurer. \Ve naturally pn. ·sutncd that he ,,·o uld nut he a candidate again . .\nd he should not. His action \ve question as legal or rig-ht. and it is establishing a _ had precedent. ~o tnan should accept any office and then turn it o\-cr to anyunc he tnay choose. \\T hy didn't the "Ilon1e Party" give these facts in their 1ast ad\-ert isen1cnl? · I r· The Fee SYstem a Vicious One It has been so recognized by eycry authority in the 1anc1. Under the 'fhotnpson acltninstration in Chicago it took on such propo,·tions that the Chicago 'L'rihune foug-ht it in the courts. PAH.TY are a tnatter of recorc~ Thev are not g·uessed at but taken fron1 the Village records. vVe are not thro\ving mud or abusing any" candidate. \Ye fc~l that ottr citizens are entitled to the · fact~ that· \\·e arc presenting. " . 'fi-ll~ FIGl]~.ltS PRESE~'tED B\~ THI~ CO~ll\I I;~ l'J'Y. . 1 '- ® D D D D 0· Community Ticket .. ., I . - For Village Clerk l\1rs. Leland \ 1. Pierson For Village ·Trustees (Vote for three) You Can and Should Correct the Situation By Voting For the Community Ticket Return to a Sane Business Administration r . Frederick B. Crossley, Chairman George W . Springer ··~ , I .. Josepn F. O'Neill Frederick 'filt C. D. JV[cCallunl For Village Treasurer Earl .\. Pettibone . J~unes 1'. Crabb Sanntel J. Nordorf :\rthur \Vinslow E<hvard Zeutchel 'J'hon1as · rvl. IZnox \.eoro·c I-larbauo-h h h Echvard Zipf .. . Election T useday, April 2·0 PUBLICITY COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY PARTY