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Show I THE NEW COUNCIL AT WORK I Pres. Lindquist Names Committees and I Mayor Robinson Makes Appointments. mm On Tuesday tlic old and new city sH councils met together for the change ofofllclals, Mayor Hoblnson piesldlog. Jm There were some kindly things H said of the tetirlng members of the H council and they In tin n voiced the H pleasures that were theirs In the as- H sociation together. B The organization of the new council K was etlectcd by the re-election of flt Councilman Lindquist as president, K his name being presented by Mr. MM Crawford. tH.jp The only other business tiansactcd ' was the creating of a new committee, B on sidewalks and paving, after which B there was an adjournment until B Wednesday Evening, Jan. 4, jH at this time considerable business was m gpne through with about as follows: H The New Committees. H President Lindquist made the fol- H lowing committee appointments: B Municipal Laws Crawford, Stc ens, B A rent Johnson. B Streets McNIel, Stevens, .lohn Johnson. I Waterworks Carlson, Kvans, Nel- I " son. I License Stevens, McNIel, Carlisle. Claims Evans, Lindquist, Carlson. I Cemetery Lindquist, Carlson, Mc- Nlel. Prison A rent Johnson, Nelson, I Carlson. I I Finance-Craw fold, Stevens, Car-M, Car-M, lisle. Engraving and Printing McNIel, Nelson, John Johnson. I Electric Light Mayor Koblnson, I Lindquist, Evans, John Johnson. I; Police and Fire-Carlisle, Lindquist, W Nelson. Ir Sidewalks and Paving John John-Mi John-Mi son, Crawford, Carlson. 3 Mayor's Message. tL In his message to the council Major m l Hobinson calls attention to certain , " needed Improvements In the lire dc- partmentservice.recommends changes in methods of collecting licenses, and suegests that In view of suits being 'tiled against the city that steps be taken to prevent such ditllculties in the future. Ho also refers again to the necessity of a complete set of maps of the water sjstem, and that the policy or laying cement sidewalks bj continued; that the people be compelled com-pelled to keep clean the water ditches. The full text of the recommendations is to be found In another column. Appointmets. Major Hoblnson submitted the following fol-lowing appointments and they were confirmed: Itoad supervisor Thomas Hlanch-ard. Hlanch-ard. Watcrmastei -Olif I. Peterson Sexton-Gotlieb Smith. Health olllcer O. I. Parties. City physician -Dr. I). C. Nudge. Poundkeeper -John Henry Gnclim. City engineer Niels Hansen. Fire chief Loicno Henson. ' The Condemnation Suits. k Attorney Sneddon lupoi ted that In f the case of the City vs. Peterson, in ' I which u verdict of $200 against the , ; city had been rendered, that the ' Judge of the couit reduced the amount to $1(10 and gave Mrs. Poteison ten days in which to accept. She had refused 1 and a new trial was asked for. The streets coinmlttco was authorized to wait on Mis. Peterson and try to Induce In-duce her to accept the $100. ' f In the caso against Johansen, the Judgment was satlsfaotoiy to defend-' defend-' I nntand city decided to accept also, and will pay the amount named. Mortality Report. , City Sexton Ootllcb Smith lcported for the quarter ending Dec. Ill, as follows: fol-lows: Interments, males 10, females 12. Still born I, under 1() years 4, from 10 to SO years 'J, over 2o jcars 12. The cause of dtath Is given as follows: Still born 4, diphtheria 1, old age 7, heart failure 2, abscess of the brain 1, hemonhagc 1, pneumonia 1, obstruction obstruc-tion of the esophagus 1, typhoid fever 1!, conjestlon 1, shipped Into Logan 5, out or Logan 1. The free telephones were distributed distri-buted to as good advantage as possible. possi-ble. It was decided that the Electric Light committee ask the Itell Co. for three more phones, these to go to the Attorney, Justice and Councilman Stevens. |