St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-01-27
WE'VE OF tne MAYOR.
ia4or Cook Gives His views Of the
old and the New.

da40r Cook Gives His Views OF the
old and the New.
TO- Honor MAYOR Cook. hand.
ilr Review the following timely
md concise statement ul hs view /,
li lhr uII and lhy new. and what hr
| regard. a ihc duty ul the people.
Sow thaJ the much needed new
hWiyr iur thr CITY ct ST. John, ha,
uc,umr a tact lyl CO.. luuk calmly
tpun llr condition ul things q, thcS
save bDu and ate tu u great cN.
.Wt ll present then al what We
nave before us.
10 begin with the incorporation
u1rlN two year, ago. Vt. John, had
90 thml time, owing tu ilic small pop
u.1liuu. bat q limited number uf
.Illl,us upon whom Il could draw
100 lhr selection ui iis cts officers.
.um,ilWrn, etc, This iud ut eli
sihly wa, heavily drawn upon IN
mahing up the ticket which manip.
II',i the charter proposition oi
.il, dly, and when liy second lick-
80 va, drawn up q hr,mr uccrs
,mN tu include lllr name, of some
who, while lh,, were ui our most
esteemed honorable and desirable
citizens. were owing Go their al
NIu,yl Ig, not ui the kind that
mlI, thing, hmm m Young and
promising gilN lihc ~ Johns.
The second ticket which was
elected tua iVlu. ml add was ue
,,.,sJuIh hurried ml had ta hr
1Hr,l upon md printed between
Q Hi, SATURDAY afternoon ml the
following Nunli,. the date ,c, inr
ihc election The printing at the
ic.Us 90 that late hour va, only
uuIv possible D, the Jumping into.
Doe hpIgh ui one ui ~ lum', most
tmn,h ami firm friends. Mr. sen
-y1 4. Beach oi Portland. Al the
earnest solicitation of member
'i uur present ,i,y government
,,n MANY thank, tu huth uf them
lh, charter under which this
.uuh place and under which Nj
.".n, hJs since operated consisted |
'l hut seven pages ol loosely CON |
.Iu,ivl matter AMI was ,uuu found |
90 %, inadequate even to the mod /
% need, 't thlt time. and IN real |
"a granted hlt lu,lc power Ia the
llN officials and tb,r, wa, a doubt
N,u about lhal litllc. and owing to|.
.w, NuN n,l the pr,,gu, ,iuN III, /
Ils rather than rm into maze /,
10 ,u'Ius',W,ui, were Obliged tn|,
,nm inactive u MANY vital \,
ur>iHu,, were m reality honnd
Wl and foot Even In thc matter
& stree, Improvement, so essential
D a growing comuuit, where
l' traffic over lhr streets which
q, comfortably carried un top ni
De- ,od m previous Years. had he
'er'ctic thc city affords. that the )
utk ot progrr,, Will mot lag Nat !
from, laciIuly, Tor shipping !
lould and viii hc provided. streets 4
municipal land procured I
20 the city, needs i'm way of site !
~ city mll, 6rc apparatus. pound )
e. and park, which latter. though :
mc SAP heavy as Ia cut the street, Z
, INTO Ihc consistency of a NOR
= bed MAS a mater that could not
touched, owing lo there being no )
DIVISIONS m the old charter for
g collection of costs, method of !
oc1duro, etc, etc.
Tins condition of things could I
q endure and in due season a !
nmi'tee w0s appointed hy the 5
Aor 10 dram a new charter. rheirI !
ori> haze been crowned with sue !
IS ana the result now lies hcfor, :
a ma form under which improve I
'nIs may go ON and keep pace ,
'h our daily growing ncedS. ami .
II may rest assured that during :
tune that remains of the prrS- Z
council and under the auspices :
lhe next SCI of city officers. which Z
hoped viii he the hest and most ,
>o essential and has hccn the
'e of much contention, still is a