National Affairs: Disney

Disney,*Okla., a string of shacks and saloons thrown up on the site of PWA's $20,000,000 Grand River Dam, last week held its first mayoralty election. Candidates were a sad-eyed grocer named Mrs. Vera Silar, who stood for law & order, and a buxom ex-cowgirl named Billy Baker, who stood for fun & frolic. Idea was to give each boss woman 30 days to try out her ideas, then incorporate under whichever regime Disney liked best. When Disney's Commercial Club tried to limit the ballot to property owners, dam hands rebelled, gave Cowgirl Baker first whack at the job, 603 votes to...

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