Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-04-06
new COUNCIL MEETS
Most Of the Last Years
Officers are
Elected

Officers are
Elected
The new city council organ ICED
Tuesday evening by 81 citing Geo.
Kiewel president and Carl Bclander
vice president.
The mayors mefssge, as follows,
70 o1 TsE rsis HONORABLE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE FALLS.
Gentlemen-It having been in the
pastthe custom for the chief msgis.
trate Of the CITY. from time to time.
and more especially upon his induc'
tion into Office, TO bring to the notice
of the board OF aldermen Of the city
questions concerning the affairs Of
the city, and to advise or recommend
such changes az may be thought
beneficial to the different need, and
inter, sts Of the city, and to the peo.
pie at large.
I shall therefore offer q few sugges-
tious, which I hope may meet with
YOUR approval.
First-The streets. especially in the
business portion Of the city, are in
need of great deal Of attention
something In the way of proper drain
age should be considered, in places
where the surplus water gathers after
rain or tbaw; the trimming of
shade trees overhanging the sidewalks
should also be carefully attended to by
your street commission, K, or sire ct
committee.
The sidewalks also, pretty generally
throughout the city, are in a deplor-
able condition. and should be given a
great deal of consideration; uni
formity of grade and materials used
in COL struction OF sidewalk. if estab-
lished and properly adhered to, could
WORK great change tor the better,
nrthing adds more to the beauty of
q city or gives it q more prosperous
appearance than good condition of
the streets and sidewalks.
And in connection with this, I
wish to call your attention to the
work done in the past few years by
the Woman's Civic League; this
league has taken . great deal of in.
tere:t in improving and beautifyiug
our city, and should be given hearty
support by the council in this work !;
much has been done in the past, bv
the league. by way of "making glad
the was places, ~ with your sym
pathy and help, much more may be
done.
I should like also your sisstance in
the matter Of keeping minors ont of
the saloons; this question has not
heretofore been given the attention It
demands. either BY the authorities or
the saloonkeepe1s themselves, and
with your assistance shall expect to
have 1t looked after more carefully.
I would also recommend the ap.
pointment of q fourth policeman, one
to be permanently stationed on the
West side Of the river. through the
night or the greater part of the night
this seems to me an important matter,
as the growing interests on that side
of the river call for better police and
fire protection, and one officer at night
is hardly adequate on the east side of
the river. wish you would give
this your careful consideration this
has been recommended before by my
predecessors in this Office, and as your
city is growing larger each year, the
police force should be increased to
give proper protection to all.
In conclusion hope that there may
be perfect harmony between the mag-
or and the board Of aldermen, and
that We may be able to work together
for the best interest of the citv and of
the citizens, to the end that We may
make OF Little Falls what it should
be. and must be in time, the finest
and cleanest city of the northwest.
N. W. Chance, Mayor.
D. Trettel was elected city attorney,
receiving 5 votes to 2 for N. N. Berg
helm.
Street Commissioner Chas. LaFond
and City Hall Janitor NJ. Coleman
were unanimously elected.
Phil. s. Rancall was elected city
engineer, receiving votes to for
A. j. Fem.
Members of the boardL of public
works were che san as follows: First
ward, }. Wetzel; Second, W. H. Ry-
an; third, H. A. Nelson.
N. Dumont was elected health off,
Ger, receiving 4 votes to for DR..
Fortier. rr. Dnmont was endorsed by
the Morrison County Medical Asso.
citation, from which body DR.. Chance
and DR.. FoItier have resigned.
Members of the board Of health will
be chosen at the next meeting.
The number Ct regular police was
fixed at three, one to be chief, a epe-
cial policeman at the Broadway Cross
Ing, and SIX special to serve without
pay. These last are watchmen in the
mills
Chas. Robbins was elected pound.
master and Geo. Skinner scavenger.
Salaries were fixed as follows: City
clerk, $50 per month; city attorney.
$3.50 per year assessor $400 per year
street commissioner, $3.50 q day
5anitor $50 per month; street laborers
e1.66 per day; teams s. 80 per day +;
health officer. 500 rer ear.
The city clerk was directed to ad.
vertfse for bids for city deposits and
for city printing