ra CITY U ia 1 y COUNCIL TING the new city council held its first ine meeting eting wednesday night of this yeek reek and was called upon to face more trying try in conditions perhaps than will be met during the next two years year the proposition P ro position of granting a saloon license to charles averill authorizing azin the sale of liquor in the room in the miles building re recently antly vacated by the hunten drug store came before the body a and nd after a hard fight averill came out the winner bis his license being granted by a vote 41 of three to two when the new councilmen put in their appearance they were faced by attorneys frye and Mo for averill and by prof professor anderson of the public publio schools and rev perris i Ls principal of the price academy for the opposition both sides presented their case each making a strong plea after which the council in executive session voted three for and two against the license aceti A petition over two hundred names was presented by penis peri m and anderson in which the signers signors asked that the license bo be refused the new city officers appointed by the mayor and ratified by the council are city marshal john U bryner justice of the peace levi N fl harmon armon city Attorn attorney ev 0 C mawhinney janitor A J grames gramm sexton robert greenwood mayor olson also appointed dr 1 L R parsons c city 1 ity physician and jos T barton superintendent of water works in both of these cases the council unanimously refused to ratify the mayors choice which means that dr F F fiak fisk will hold over as physic cian clan and tha that barton will continue to act ag superintendent of water works As fisk was apparently the choice of every member of the council for physician it seems that the dads and the mayor have come off from their first clash with honors even the following committees of the council are made up as follows health pouts fouts mckinnon streets roads bridges whit T sire loofbourow gunderson lights and power house loofbourow whitmore pouts fouts water works gunderson pouts fouts Mit whitmore more parks mckinnon fouts gunderson in his message to the council the mayor called especial attention to the necessity of harmony he spoke of the harmony that existed in the last city administration and held the past two years up as an example of what could be accomplished when all branches of the city government ment worked together the keynote key note of the message is contained in the following clause mutual understanding and mutual live are twin giants that will lift you all I 1 me personally oad and the business of this city as a hole whole onto a broad and arid rising highway to success mayor olson called attention to the fact that there was leas less than 1900 in the treasury and advised the adoption of a conservative policy so far an improvements are concerned until the financial condition of the municipality is in better shape he suggested digested a period of six months to a year of inactivity although he stated that under the law the city could issue bonds in the sum of speaking to the park committee mayor olson suggested suggest cd that now that the new reservoir 14 b finished it is pos sible to irrigate the cit ys property north of the city ditch and hn he asked that the committee use its influence with private citizens and induce every man who can do so to plant at least one tree in the new park next arbor day the mayor thinks this is the only improve the park at present