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Show lity Fathers ifeel Justified jxSinco. our last issue, in which ap-jHfftrcd ap-jHfftrcd nn'nrtlclo censuring the City Council for appointing a non-resident ami non-taxpayer as the health of-Jker; of-Jker; of'Garland City, we havo procured pro-cured somo information thnt gives an &tire new nnd different phase to tho Sttstion and straightens out some Bitters thnt gave rise to mlsundcr-Tfcridings mlsundcr-Tfcridings and misleading informa-ttetf.' informa-ttetf.' In the first place, it was not ),Ijealth appointee, as Marshal G. S. IWwry has been tho health officer ttho past year or.more. The potl-circulated potl-circulated read "health officer," .In that case was misleading nnd ' no bearing upon the situation wkjatevcr. We feel satisfied that jhtco-fourths of the signers of said petition, which has not as yet been nrtsentcd to tho Council, did not or Sojnot understand what they wero tasking for or they never would have nncd a petition asking tho said Council to appoint n resident taxpayer g?.tho health officer when such is thi man already appointed to the posi- Iff' iiha matter was tho appointment of City Physician, which position enn-i enn-i bo filled only by a medical doctor la practicing physician. Xho members of the Council thor-Khly thor-Khly discussed the proposition nnd Vidmously.-camo :t .the conclusion inaTtho' City'-Physfcfan'm tiBt-worMn unison with the Council along tho line of reporting all cases of contagious diseases that exist in the city. The Council claims that somo of the resident resi-dent physicians hnve not worked in co-operation with tho city fathers In reporting these contagious diseases; theroforc, tho Board of Health was always at a loss to know just whore contagious diseases existed and, therefore .deemed it wise to appoint Dr. J. A. King of Tremonton ns the City Physician of Garland City. The Council feels Justified in their action nlongi this lino, because tho members and nicmbcrs only know tho truo situation. |