Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-09
install NEW COUNCIL
Change in City Administration
Effected Last Night.
ANNUAL COMMITTEE REPORTS HEARD
Ex.Ma2or Alexander Retires From the
Mayors Chair After Many Years Of
Public service-city Clerk Chosen
ana Committees Appointed.

Punlic ServIce-City Clerk Chosen
ana Committees Appointed.
Charlton. March 7.--(Couiier spe.
aial Service.) THE city council met IN
'Gsniar session last evening, with all
members present. There were about
seventy-five of the citizens present, ii
being the night OF the retirement OF
the mayor and Old council The regu
lar routine of business was gone
through The reading of the minutes,
the allowing Of bills thar were due be.
fore the retirement of the old council,
The supplementary report of the mayor
was read and confirmed, the report of
the finance committee was read and
ordered placed on record The report
of tho canrassing board was confirmed
and the bond of l. III. Bowen. the new
mayor was approved. A. e. Dent, F. NJ.
Coffman and +. r. Croker being the
bondsmen.
Mayor Alexander Speaks.
Mayor Alexander made a brief talk
before retiring. He said in part that
ne owed a great deal to the people of
Charlton, having served ten years as
justice of the peace and ten years as
mayor. six years during the last adj
ministration and four previous. to that
time. AS a duty of a good citizen he
said he expected to stand by the peo-
pie and that it was a great relief to
retire. He expressed his thanks to
the council and citizens for their kind
ness and courteous treatment and
trusted that his successor would share
the same treatment. He then adj
journed the council sine die, when the
newly elected mayor assumed the re-
sponsibility of the city government.
New Council Installed.
The members of the new council
were sworn in and consist of the fol-
lowing three gentlemen: B. R. Van
Dyke, G. P. Cornell and D. A. Enslow,
the latter being reelected The other
two are not altogether new, as they
have served in the council in years
gone by.
City Clerk Chosen.
The first thing in order was the cleo
ton Of the city clerk and collector, A.
D. Gray, Edward Kelley and A. K. Aten
being applicants. A vote was taken
and A. D. Gray was unanimously chos-
en- as city clerk and collector. the sal
airy being fixed at $25 month.
Committees Appointed.
The next in order was the appoint
ment by the mayor Of the various COM
mittees, which are as follows:
Electric light committee. P. Con-
nell, Frank Manning and Fred Yengel
Board of health-D. A. Enslow, c..
H Palmer and G. P. Cornell
Fire department-Fra Manning,
c. H. Palmer and G. P. Cornell.
Fjnance-Frank Manning, B. r. Van
Dyke and c. H. Palmer.
improvements. r. Van Dyke, D..
A. Enslow and Fred Yengel.
Sidewalk-D. A. Enslow. Fred Yen
gel and B. R. Van Dyke
Parks-C. H. Palmer, B. R. Van
Dyke and Frank Manning.
neutrality-suspicious. Bowen, B. R. Van
Dyke and G. H. Palmer.
The appointments were approved by
the council. and DR.. Barner was elect
ed as health officer for the ensuing
year.
The mayor then appointed H. H.
Jones as marshal and G. w. Scott as
deputy, which was ratified by the
council. There being nothing further,
the council met as board of equaliza-
ton.
Charlton Personal Items.
Mrs. Maud Netherow and Mrs. Mil
lians of Dallas spent the day yesterday
with the formers mother, Mrs. John
Fox.
Mr.. and Mrs Lee Tacker came up
from Abba yesterday for a weeks visit
with relatives and friends
Carl Swanson was an over Sunday
visitor with his mother in Lucas.
Clerk Wells issued marriage Ii
cense yesterday to J. A. Williams,
aged %, and Sadie Spencer, aged 49,
They are both residents of Jackson
township.
Frank Cushman spent Sunday at his
former home in Bethany, Mo.
Mrs. J. O. Barker and children spent
Sunday with her daughters, Miss Kitty
Barker and Mrs. Otis Cook.
Miss Agnes Arvidson returned yes
terday from visit at the parental
home in Whitebreast township.
Mrs. Lula Shearer returned yester-
day from weeks visit with friends
III Ottumwa and Mt. Pleasant.
SILVER CELEBRATION.