La Junta tribune., 1905-04-19
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La Junta took place at the city hall
Monday evening when the oath Of
Office was administered to Mayor
BOmgardner and Aldermen Barr.
Mapes. Lamb. Daimler and Gillen
by City Attorney Miller. Alderman
Phillips was unavoidably absent on
account of illness. 1t has always
been the custom. when there was =
change of administration. for the
retiring council to hold a short ses-
sion. wind up their affairs and &C.
quaint the new council with any
pending municipal business, but this
courtesy was not extended to the
incoming administration. only two
members of the old board being
present. Messrs.' Handy and Hasten.
The new city officials grabbed the
municipal helm in the dark and were
left to their own resources to find
out where they were at. As most
Of the new members, however, had
had previous experience in city
affairs the new board suffered no
serious handicap.
Mayor BOmgardner called the new
board to order, and asked City Clerk
Thompson for the rules and order Of
business. The retiring city clerk
said that the old board had not had
any rules and order Of business.
whereupon the new mayor re-
marked. We'll. we'll start in by GO
ing at it haphazard. He then an
nounced the committees. the first
named member being the chairman.
as follows:
Water Works and Sewers Gillen.
Daimler and Lamb.
Streets and Alleys Barr. Daimler
and Phillips.
Finance and Salaries Phillips. Gil
len and Mapes.
Fire and Police Lamb. Barr and
Phillips.
Electric Lights and Printing DAN
iher, Mapes and Barr.
Ordinances and Licenses Mapes.
Phillips and Gillen.
Aldermen Barr and Lamb were
nominated for mayor pro tenn. Barr
nominated Lamb and Lamb n0m-
mated Barr. 1t was a very close
race. Barr receiving three votes and
Lamb two. Barr WAS declared elect
ed, ~ he usually is when he runs for
Office.
City Clerk Brown was then re-
quested to read the applications for
the various appointments. The ap-
plieants for the position Of pumper
were o. follows: Joe Rizzut0. J. E.
Hacker. Dan Coyle. George Abbott.
James b. Smith. b. F. Todd.
On motion Of Alderman Daimler
the appointment Of pumper was laid
over until the next meeting.
For the position Of health officer
there were two applicants-Dr. J. +.
Kearns and DIR. A. L. Stubbs.
kearns received one vote and Stubbs
three. and the latter was declared
duly elected.
There was only one applicant for
the position of driver Of the hose
wagon-G Gerald Daimler, who WAS
elected by acclamation. Mr.. Dani-
her has held the position for several
months and his services have proven
eminently satisfactory.
For the position Of fire depart
ment helper there were three appli-
cants George J. Lewis. J. T. Cass
and Walter COrbin. On motion Of
Alderman Daimler these applica-
tons were laid on the table. The
nsw board decided to inaugurste \
new policy by employing an extra
man only when needed.
X. w. Burch was the only appli-
can't for the position of driver Of the
street sprinkler and he was elected
by scclamation.
For the position Of night marzhal
there was also but one application
Gloomy Gus Weineke. and he re-
ceived the nattering endor.ment of
N eleetion b. acclamation.
The great family journal was
made the oliIcial paper, The TRIBUNE
and the Democrat being the only
applicants for the position. The
TRlDUNE received four votes and the
Demoex1t one.
The nloon boods Of II. Bradish.
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