The Glenwood post., 1908-04-18
From Thursdays Daily Post.

new town council last night
The old board met pursuant to
adjournment and finished up the
business which has accumulated
since the last meeting. Fraction
al reports of the town clerk. town
marshal and town treasurer were
presented and approved. The
treasurer report showed the
total receipts for the year to be
%l6, 6,403 .45; balance cash in bank,
81 .964 sc. and total indebted
ness of $30,973.99.
The business being concluded
Mayor Schwarz made his retiring
speech about as follows:
"Well. gentlemen, there has
been so much in the papers of late
that | thought | would take this
opportunity of telling YOU the
truth. Our Indebtedness is now
5000 more than it was two years
ago. At the beginning of the
term of the present board the
gambling fines amounting to 81,
600 year. We're cut off by the
sheriff and as the tax levy had al
ready been made we had no way
to provide for any additional rev
enue and therefore had to gel
along as best we could on less
money than ever before. We
thought it best to 90 ahead with
the contemplated improvements
rather than begin retrenchments.
as we thought it for the best in
terests of the people that the
work be carried out even though
we ran behind little in our
finances. as the benefit was going
to the people. We went ahead
with our sewers and we did street
paving at cost of over ST 900.
but we felt that this work was
badly needed.
'The Avalanche. which is al
ways kicking. has had a great
deal to say about expense. but we
have built two expensive sewers.
graded the streets. spent consider
able money for advertising and
there have been considerable 9th
er expenditures which We're con
Sidered necessary and almost I'M
perative. When you consider that
the loss in revenues has been 49,
900 and we have only ran short
$1,000 you will see that we have
really saved $4,000.
Last year we increased the
tax levy little but we have had
no benefit from that as the tax
is only now beginning to come IN
and the new board will get the
benefit.
"Mr. Holmes. who never sees
anything he doesn't want to see.
is always bowling about some
thing. He has howled a great
deal about dirty streets. but the
fact is. the streets were never
cleaner than they are now. | be
lieve Mr.. Holmes claims that he
found IA dead fish somewhere, but
he is always looking for dead fish
and other things that stink. and
that accounts for it. | am too
busy to put in my time searching
for dead fish but that's the differ
ence.
eff ! can't say something good
about my neighbors and my town
| don t say anything Mr.. Holmes
is Just the same, only a little dit
ferent. If he cant say something
bad he doesn't say anything. lie
has spent so much time abusing
the mayor and the council and the
town and the people and the
company that he hardly knows
how to say anything good of any
one.
but. gentlemen. we have done
our best. having the welfare OF
the town and her people at heart.
and now we leave the future with
the new board. y
Someone made motion that
the council now adjourn sine die.
and after declaring it carried the
mayor amused the crowd by
throwing up his hands and ex
claiming, "Well, here's where we
die"
Mayor-elect Drach and Trus-
tees Barnes. Barlow and Cardnell
then came forward and took the
oath of Office administered by G.
W. Taylor. Trustees Lucas, Old
enburg and Showalter retained
their places at the table and full
board being present, Mayor Drach
raped for order and the new