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preventative and curative remedy was
enlarged upon and its > fully en-
dorsed. Out of five fatal cases only one
had received antitoxin and in that case
patient had been sick four days before
medicine was administered. Anltitoxin
will render a person immune for several
months.
More strict rules for future epidemics
are recommended.
Attention was called to the proximity
of smallpox existing in adjoining
states.
The mayor, marshal, school board
brother physicians and others were
| thanked for their hearty cooperation
in the work.
NEW BOARD PRESENTED.
Before the meeting of the old council
adjourned. Mayor Miller thanked the
members for the kind treatment and
earnest support he had received from
them and stated that their relations
had always been pleasant and he appre-
ciacei all these things and expressed
his pride in the record made by them
in their charge of the peoples affairs.
Counlcilmen Miller and Fee were ap-
pointed by the mayor to escort the new
members of the city council to the
chair and the following persons pre-
scented themselves:
First ward-E. Crumrine, two years
term; VIM. Hicks, four years term.
Second ward-Wm. Brands. two
years term; w. y. Jones, four years
term.
Third ward-Otto Schwatka, two
years term; Lauritz Miller, four years
term.
Mayor Miller then called THE council
to order and in pursuance to the re-
quirements of the city charter, the may
or made an address showing the work
of the past termn and also making such
recommendations as he saw it.
THE MAYORS ADDRESS.
Mayor Miller, in a concise and care
fully worded paper, his Recommended
tion and information concerning THE
police, health, security, comfort, orna-
menit, finances and general prosperity
of the city.
He stated that his communication had
no political bearing and declared THAI
politics should have no place in rum
ming The city affairs. 1t was a business
proposition in the interest of taxpay-
ers and not a political machine.
Reviewing the work Of the past coun~
Gil he said they found the city saddled
with a debt of former administration
divided into two classes: Sewer bonds,
bearing 7 per cent interest and repre-
aenting public Improvements and fund
ing bonds, bearing 6 per semi interest,
representing public extravaganza.
Expenses under the past council new
er exceeded the income Mayor Miller
took the ground that the sewer bonds
could not be refunded and must u
full term, owing to neglect of admlinis-
~tration issuing them. Tax levy Of 10
mills had been reduced from 10 mills
in SO to I mills in 81 and from Z mills
in '97 ito 5 mills in '9S, 81, 500 had been
collected and expenditures had been
kept within the income always, and in
addition a shed had been built over
she springs, Thereby purifying the city
water, fifty-eight blocks had been grad
ed and were in fine condition, the
bitches were furnishing pure water and
salaries have been reduced in proportion
to work done; established new electric
light system with eleven 1000 candle
power lights and twice the amount Of
park saved; fire department reorgan-
lied n fire loss reduced over previous
years; suffered epidemic of diphtheria
and city furnished a%nItitoxin to many
poor people. Enforced city ordinances
against violators of public morality by
enforcing ordinances and gambling
cases were successfully prosecuted in
police and district courts in over TWEEN
ty-fve cases, and the interests Of the
state university protected.
The above is a synopsis of Mayor Mil
!er's address, which covered several
typewriter pages. We give below his
recommendations for the future, to-
gether with his concluding remarks:
l. That the same economy which has
been praoticed in the past be practioed
in the fu5rre, TO the end of still fur1h-
er reducing the tax levy.
III. 1t is recommended that the sys-
TEN of grading the public streets be
continued and we will soon have our
city in a condition where Ut will be a
twenty-five blocks be selected by the
city council to be graded as the fifty
eight blocks have been done, with such
improvements as to method as you
shall approve.
III. l recommend the appropriation
of 1888 to the volunteer fire department
for the ensuing year.
". 1t is further recommended that
measures be at once adopted to or
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