Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-09
GIVES HIS VIEWS
Mayor l.. Leonard Addresses
City Council.
PLAN MANY IMPROVEMENTS
Address in Full is Published
Below,

Gentlemen, Members of the board:
1t is with great deal OF embar-
rassment that l appear before your
honorable body in this important
position as mayor or president of
your city council.
In behalf of the city of Grange.
vile we wish to extend to the re-
firing mayor and council and
officers it's appreciation for the
work accomplished and for the
efforts made at all times in the in
terests of our city during the past
two years and in any matters of
interest to our city at large we ask
your untiring support.
In accepting, it is my desire that
this board carry out as far as is
within your power the following
suggestions:
We are to lay aside our personal
and selfish interests and regardless
Of any political party or denomi-
nation work for the best interests
of Grangeville.
What other interests have we
at stake more than the upbuilding
of our city and what we do for the
city at large helps each individual.
The more attractive we can
make our city the more it is bound
to grow.
In all our deliberations let us
work in harmony laying aside all
petty and worthless talk for some-
thing that is more noble and elevat-
ing for our city.
In submitting my committees l
have as far as possible made you
chairman of your respective COM
mittee and in matters pertaining
to your respective committees the
chairman will call such committe
together and confer on all subjects
of interest to the city and submits
same at the regular meeting.
70 the chairman of the finance
committee and it's members, wish
to say, guard we'll the treasury by
not allowing graft in bills submit
ted to escape your eyes as it is i'm
portant that retrenchment in
money matters be carried out to
quite an extent during the ensuing
two years. l would also recon.
mend that you arrange to have
set aside fund for paying the in
terest annually on all warrants ir
the redemption fund; by so doing
it places our warrants in thu
market as negotiable paper to b'
sought for rather than 60 begging
for buyers. This little act in it
self will do more to place our cit.
on a sound basis than anything WI
can do as it opens up an avenue
for the sale Of our warrants.
To the chairman and member
of the street and sidewalk commit
tee l wish to say, be diligent il
seeing that all side walk ordinance
are carried out, as this one thin,
helps to build up our city. To tn
streets, pay more attention to de
tails, finding ways and means Q
carrying off the surplus water, il
doing this you save your streets.
Too much attention is often giveI
in outlaying large sum OF none
on one point and have it all becom
worthless the following winter be
cause the water from some littl
street or avenue was not traine
in the course it should 60 bu
allowed to run down the center {
the street that you spent so muc
time and money to improve.
| To the chairman and member
of the health committee, l wish
say your committee is of no sma
Importance, for upon your faitf
fnllness and energy depends tn
lives of our townsmen. On your a
/ seeing eyes the health Of our city d'
pends. You will have power to o.
der garbage or refuse moved to tf
dump and if such orders are nj
! carried out, then same will be dor
by the city and charged again
the property owner.
Surely every citizen is anxio,
to have health rather than sicl
ness, would much rather ket
J their loved ones on this cart
than to have them pass beyor
through the neglect of some il
u dividual.
! To the chairman and membe
} of the cemetery committee, to "
{ l wish to appeal with my who
\ heart, that you forget for tin
Il this busy world and pay some a
4 tention to the dead; it is sad
4 think of the neglect given the rel
y ing place of the dead.
1t is my desire that more wo
be carried on in placing buildil
\ on the grounds for the sexton, til
trees be planted and flowers plac
pr0miscuously throughout I
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