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THE CITY COUNCIL.
NEW MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDER
MEN AND OTHER OFFICIALS
QUALIFY
And Enter Upon the Discharge Of Their
Official Duties.

The new city officials, elected at
the December election, took the re-
quired oath and were duly inducted
into their respective offices Monday
night. The bonded officers present.
ed their bonds, which were duly
examined and approved.
The names Of the new officials
who thus qualified and who will
constitute the city administration
for the ensuing two years, are as
follows:
Mayor f. Fl. Hoffman.
Aldermen First Ward, e. H.
Wentworth; Second Ward, E. M.
Bee; Third Ward, L. Fl. Baggett;
Fourth Ward, Sam Abrams; for
City at large, ]. A. Maui.
Marshal Snylie N. Blue.
Clerk Chester N. Byrne.
Tax Collector Doc Sartin.
Treasurer Tom McNair.
AS is well known to our local
readers, Aldermen Wentworth,
Baggett, and Abrams and City Tax
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Board to assist me, and whatever
degree of success may attend me in
the discharge of these duties, the
credit therefor will be due largely
to them. / expect and hope to re
ceive your hearty assistance and
cooperation. There should be en-
tire harmony between the members
of the Board and the Mayor of the
City, and it shall ever be my chief
aim and purpose to subordinate all
personal wishes and personal differ
ences and Iabour faithfully and dill
igently with you for the common
good and welfare of the city.
| desire to congratulate my
worthy predecessors and the old
members of the Board on their past
record as city officials, and to COM
mend them for the zeal heretofore
displayed ina the interest of the
city, and | have everysreason. toabe-
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be selected for these positions.
It Whiskey selling, Whiskey drink
ing and the carrying of concealed
weapons could be prohibited and
banlshed from the borders Of our
municipality, one Of the greatest
steps Tor the good of its citizenship
would be accomplished that is pos
sible. These things lie at the base
Of most crimes committed in this
community. They are the germs
from which most crimes spring
You owe it to this community to
select the best citizens available
for these positions. All personal
preferences should be laid aside
and the men selected should be
chosen alone for their efficiency.
These are not positions to be given
out as reward TO friends or a
punishment to enemies.
FINANCES AND EXPENSES.
! do not believe la extravaganza,
nor do / believe in being niggardly,
but a rigid system of economy
should be followed in disbursing
the funds Of the municipality. The
expenditures Of a prosperous, grove
ing and expanding community
should be proportionate to such
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lieve, and am satisfied, that the
same zeal will be manifested by
you in the future discharge of your
official duties, and that in your
laudable efforts to advance and
promote the city's welfare, you
will receive the cordial support of
the new members of this Board,
gentlemen well known to me, and
who, / believe. will show the. same
zeal and interest in behalf of the
City's welfare as has been hereto
fore manifested by the older mem
bers of this Board.
Brookhaven is one of the best
towns in the State. 1t has made
considerable progress in the last
few years, and it is my desire, as
know it to be yours, to see its
progress and the prosperity of its
citizens continue, and with this
end in view. expect to labor
faithfully and diligently. and shall
hold myself in readiness to receive
any suggestions from any member
of this Board, or from any other
persons having a tendency to pro-
mote the good of our town. 1t is
my desire to cooperate with you
and to labor in perfect unity and
harmony with you. If III the fu-
ture, any differences or disagree
ments arise as to policies to be
pursued. / hope that they will not
be personal, and they shall not be
personal on my part, as it is my
intention to subordinate every per-
sonal preference for the general
good OF the town. / desire in the
outset to submit to you some views
in general way, on some OF the
questions with which, in the dis
charge Of our official duties we will
be confronted. Should you dis
agree with me, shall expect you
to assert your Individual opinions
and shall not at all feel aggrieyed,
and should you On the other hand,
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terest of your town and locality, all
without the hope of reward or re-
muneration, and that the town can
not afford to adequately compensate
you for the discharge of them any
arduous duties devolving upon you.
yet | think that in view of the
great personal sacrifices and exact
ing duties which you have been
called upon to make and discharge.
some form of remuneration should
be allowed to you for your services,
more in proportion to the value of
such services than has heretofore
been appropriated or allowed to the
men filling your offices. | COM
mend this subject to you for your
consideration, confidently believing
that the public whom you serve
will not begrudge you an increase
of salary within reasonable bounds
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tion have never seen any place
where there is a more generous
and gallant response to assist in the
extinguishment of fires than have
found among the people of Brook
haven. There are some gentlemen
whose service along this line de-
serves special mention, but their
names are too numerous to be
specified in this communication.
The leaders are we'll known to this
Board and to this community, and
their conduct deserves the highest
commendation and they are entitled
TO the gratitude of the citizens of
Rrookhaven, for their gallant and
generous efforts in protecting the
property of its citizens from de-
|structlon by fire, whenever the oc-
casion has demanded action on their
part. Their organization should
be encouraged and some induce
ment should be held out to them to
make their organization, if possi-
BILE, more efficient. This Board
cannot take too many precautions
to protect the property of this
town from confagrations, and the
young men of the town, who always
volunteer their services whenever
needed in work of this kind, should
be provided with all Of the neces-
sary paraphernalia and equipment to
enable them to render efficient SER
vice and due and proper regard
should be had to see that the city
is furnished with the necessary
hose, carts, and other means for
extinguishing fires. Provisions
should also be made for caring for
fire hose and all of the houses erect
ed in the different portions of the
town for this purpose. A true
and perfect inventory should be
taken Of all the material and equip
ment on hand and if there is an in
adequate supply, new and addition
al purchases should be made, and
sufficient arrangements provided
for its future protection and main
tenance. A fire marshal should
be elected and a salary attached to
the office Of sufficient magnitude to
justify him in giving to these mat
ters the necessary and proper atten-
tion, and all other necessary pre-
cautions and provisions should be
made along this line for the ade-
quate protection Of the city.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND
WATER WORKS SYSTEM.
The greatest and most difficult
problem with which we will have
to contend is the electric light and
waterworks system. A plan ought
and should be devised whereby an
account Of the receipts and expen-
ditures Of this system can be kept
entirely separate and distinct from
the other business and revenues of
the City It IS only ii this way
Continued % Fuurth pasv
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however, is most important one
to the municipality, and ! think
that an investigation should be
made to ascertain whether the
present manner of working them
on the street is resulting in loss to
the city or not, and if it is result
ing in loss, then some other plan
should be adopted for their man
agement.
WORKING OF THE STREETS.
Towns and communities are
judged largely by the interest
shown and manifested in their pub
lie highways, and the condition Of
such highways is generally an in
dex to the enterprise and thrift Of
the citizenship, through whose
communities they pass. The pub
lie spirit of Brookhaven is too alert
and progressive to allow its streets
to be and remain in a slovenly or
unsafe condition. Steps should be
taken to put all of the public
streets in the town in reasonably
safe condition and to so maintain
them. and inquiry should be made
as to the expense and cost Of the
present system and comparative es-
Inmates gotten up as to the expense
of maintaining them by the con-
tract system, and that system adopt
ed which will put them in the best
possible condition at the least pos
sible expense.
CITY ATTORNEY.
While one member Of our city
council is 4 lawyer. and while !
recognize his legal ability and
capacity, yet do not think it just.
fair or reasonable to him to expect
or require Of him that he give to
the city his services as lawyer.
He was elected not as the legal ad-
wiser Of the city. but as al alder
man, and the only duties which
ought to be expected or required Of
him, are such, IS pertain to the
Office Of alderman. Bropkhaven ii
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any person or corporation of large
business interests to hire and pay a
lawyer to enable it to avoid litiga-
tion. The legal features of this
city's management and administra-
tion are too onerous and burden.
some to be imposed upon any mem
Der of this Board, simply because
he may happen to be a lawyer, and
| think it would be both wise and
prudent, as well as just and fair to
this Board and to the member of
the Board who happens to be law
yer, for the city to employ an attor-
ney who shall be held responsible
for the conduct of this Board, when
legal questions arise and who shall
be charged with the duty of draft
ing complicated ordinances or con-
tracts, which the Board may see fit
to pass or enter into.
FIRES, FIRE MARSHAL, ETC.
In my experience and observa-
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over that which has heretofore been
paid
SELECTION OF POLICEMEN.
1t is of very great Importance to
the municipality that law and order
be maintained, and that peace
shall be observed, and in order to
secure these ends and purposes.
and to invest the citizens of the
town with some degree of security
from disturbance and molestation,
the very highest care should be ex-
ercised by this Board in the selec-
t1on Of the police officers of the
city. No man who is addicted to
the excessive use of intoxicants, or
who is in the habit of using OBJ
scene or profane language in pub
lie places and while in the dis
charge of official duty, and no man
whose integrity is not of the high
est order and his general moral
character above reproach should
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for, and then let the warrants be
paid by the municipal treasurer.
This may be impracticable in some
instances, and il 50, then the in
stances in which payments are so
made should he reduced to the min
imum. Rigid economy should be
our watchword. and the rule here
indicated should not be deviated
from except in rare cases.
CITY CONVIGTS. q
In the management of the city
convicts. two questions are to be
considered: first, the humane and
proper treatment Of the prisoners
and second, the cost and expense of
maintaining them. / have stated
these in the order off their impor-
tance. The question of expense.
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
READ BY MAYOR r. II. HOFFMAN ON
HIS INDUCTION INTO OFFICE
MONDAY NIGHT.
The Mayor Makes a Number Of Import
ant Practical Suggestions Bearing on
City administration.

To the Hon. Members of the Board
of Aldermen City of Brookhay-
en-. Miss
Gentlemen: In assuming the
duties of the office of Mayor of the
City Of Brookhaven, l am fully
alive to the great responsibilities
and duties which go with the office,
and conscious of my inability to
fully measure up to that high stand
ard required for the efficient and
competent discharge of those
duties. In my administration of
the city's affairs, | shall rely with
confidence on the members of this
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a large private corporation, having
large, varied and complicated ques-
tions and financial interests at stake
and to be dealt with, and many in
stances | take it, will arise, where
in the advice and counsel Of some
competent lawyer will be needed.
1t is economy. as regard it, for
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The regular monthly meeting Of
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
Uoptig6ed On lourth Page
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coincide with me. / shall feel high
ly gratified.
SALARY OF ALDERMEN

SALARY OF ALDERMEN.
While I know that each and all
Of you gentlemen have accepted the
office Of Alderman from a sense Of
your duty to the public sand. from a
patrioticsd sdesirest stospromote d the in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-20
TENNIS TOURNEY
NEXT SATURDAY
Announcement Made for An
nuaI Championships for
Racquet WieIderS.

The committee In charge of the state
tennis tournament announced last even
ing that the tournament this year would
open on next Saturday. The entries will
close next Friday morning, and all those
desiring to take part are requested to
get their entries in before this time to
Secretary Sam Neel room y, Walker
Bank building. On next Friday night the
executive committee of the state tourna-
ment will meet at the Kenyon hotel, at
which time the drawings will be made.
The preliminary rounds will be played on
the Y. NJ. c. A, Miller or Country club
courts, arranged TO suit the contestants,
while the finals will be played on the
Country club courts
From present indications the tOurna-
ments this year will far exceed any other
ever held in the state, not only in the
matter of interest, but in the number Of
contestants. It is learned that the Y. NJ.
c. A will enter fully twenty players in
the singles and probably as many in the
doubles. Fort Douglas will be strongly
represented, while the Miller and Country
club courts will furnish their quota Of
players in addition TO the unattached play
ers in the city, Of which there are many.
A number of new faces will be seen
this year. including Carr B. Neel, who is
considered one Of the best players that
ever welded a racket. He is considered
the best vOllever in the country, and at
one time ranked third in playing in Amer
lea, and with his brother, Sam Neei, the
present intermOuntain champion, he held
the championship of America in doubles.
Carr Neel is now located in Salt Lake
and has been pTacttCing since the season
opened. and stands q grand chance of be-
ing the man who meets State Champion
Ned Garrett in the match for the cham
pionship this year.
The state tournament is an excellent
school for beginners, who wish to take
part in the intermountain tournament
latter in the summer. The latter touTna-
ment is the largest between the Missouri
river and Pacific coast in importance, and
each year sees increased interest The
committee in charge of the state tour
nament advises all the younger players to
try their hand at the state tournament
first and it will give them a line Of what
may be expected later on in the season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-20
ELY WILL BID
FOR BIG FIGHT
Business Men Have Ten Thou
sand to Offer KetChel
and Jack Johnson.

Ely. New. is bound to put itself on
the puginstic map if hustling viii ac-
compIish anything. At present a num-
Der Of business men are working to Sc
cure the Stanley Ketchel-Jack Johnson
fight, scheduled for the coming fall,
and a purse of $4,000 with a priv
ilege of a percentage will be offered
if necessary. TEX" Hall and Frank
Nevin, both business men of Ely, are
at the head of the proposition, and they
have made d canvass of the city and
have secured assurance that all the
money necessary to float the bout will
be forthcoming.
The promoters have made arrange
ments to meet Ketchel when he passes
through Nevada within the next day or
so and lay the proposition before him.
The Ely people feel that they received
considerable nOtOTiety over the effort 10
secure the Cans Nelson fight, when Tex
Richard was at the head of the move
ment, and that some may take the Of
fer as one of the many stage offers
made during the past couple Of years
in Nevada The fact that this offer
has the backing of Cashier Witcher of
the Ely National bank makes it look
good. While Witcher is in no way in
terested in the proposed fight, yet he
has allowed the promoters to use his
name in connection with the fight upon
the request of the business men Of Ely.
The fight, if arranged for Ely, will mean
much to salt Lake boxing fans, as a
special train from this city to the ring
side will be arranged.
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IF IT'S HERE
IT'S RIGHT
NEIL KNOCKED
OUT BY ATTELL
Brother of Famous Abe Is NOW
BantamWeIght Champion
or America.

Arena, San Francisco, June 1s.-Monte
Atteu knocked out FRANKIE Neil in the
eighteenth round of a scheduled twenty
five-round battle at Coffrotns arena tais
afternoon. Inc contest was Tor the BAN
tamweIgnt championship of tne United
states.
NelI was the aggressOr throughout ana
Inc forced AuIeu TO break ground time
and again Hls punches lacked their ul1
time IOrce, however, ana IN only t"0
rounds DID he appear TO have d Chance
with the brother OE the IeatherWelgnt
cnampOu, Atleu had everything. ne
ueppered NeiIs nose ana mouth win
strsipnt iefts. brought over crushing
rignrs ON the Jaw ana occasionally raped
FRANKIE JIM the mid section with solid
right or left.
me Knockout in the eighteenth had
been only d postponed affair from the pre-
ceding round. when tine gong saved Nth
from defeat Neil came out Of his corner
i'm this round with d Bathing Nelson uoL,
but was stopped quickly with a sualSAl
left on the lace. lie staggered around
Inc ring. with Atteu following him anu
sending in hard right ana leIts 10 the
Jaw No one punch did the WORK Cli-
der a fusillade Of blows Nell sank graz
uslIv TO the floor and was counted Out
From the second round until the iiliaI
gong NeiTs nose and mouth bled con-
Ginu0usly from Attells punches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-20
CHICAGO AFTER
HELENA PLAYERS
President Murphy Secures 0p-
ton on Murray and c. ThOm-
as for Thirty DAYS.

That there is some class 10 the players
in the Inter Mountain league IS shown
by the effort made by big league mag
mates to gObbe up its players. Helena
Is the team which has the men in de-
mand. Manager Jack Huston last night
closed deal with Charles NJ. Murphy of
the Chicago Cubs by wire whereby the
worlds champions have a thirty day op-
ton on Catcher c. Thomas and Outfield-
er Murray of the Helena team. The tele-
gram stated that Murphy would send a
man out 10 watch the men IN action for
a couple of weeks and If their work was
satisfactory he would close the option. A
wire was received from Carl Griffith ask
ing for terms for Murray. but the Cincin-
natl manager was too late, as he always
is on a deal for a ball player.
Sits is another Senator who is in de-
mand. George Shredder of the Tacoma
club in the Northwestern league asked
Huston for terms on Sits. Jack did not
say what his reply was or what he want
ed, but the telegram received last night
from Shredder gives one a good chance
TO use his Imagination. Shreeders re-
ply read; DO YOU mean the Inter-Moun
tain league or Stis2' Shredder probably
thought ball players in this league are
cheap, but now has a better opinion Of
their worth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-20
IS GALA DAY FOR eureka
amer Girls Baseball Game and
Horse Race in One Aft

VI
Ala Tuh. June l9.-The Boomer
/, baseball team that is touring the
ny dropped in upon Eureka's pub
rs.tsrday and took the gate money.
/. zane played between the locals and
boomers was a very good one. as
sore would indicate, viz: TO 5.
gsms attracted an immense crowd,
~ grand stand and bleachers be
'4fis5 to their full seating capacity.
H. fbr ball game there was a horse
4 an The running track back of the ball
IA Pinkv. the S-year-old sOrrel mare
Il bv John BOWden, was hdndily de-
Ia In a 40-yard race by DObbin. a
[roId geIdi1E the property of Del
nd he well known mining man.
|W0r9an rode the winner and the loser
Fis own horse. A lot of money
gsi hands on this race, both horses
4 heavily backed at even money. An
4 race in which one of the "BlOomer
/" rode a DiHk-eyed pinto against a
! ridden by "a local woman over the
course resulted I'm a victory for the
other race is being arranged and
Io-feit has been posted for a meeting
cen John Endlund's 5-yeaT-Oid geld
snd the winner of last evenings race.
night there was some betting done
De outcome.
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Standing of Bike Riders.

liver Lawson and Gordon Walker are
running a neCk-and-neck race in the pro-
fessiOnal ranks at the saucer track, but
Lawson is on top with a small margin.
Wright is the kingpin in the amateur
ranks. A table showing he wins of the
bike riders so far this season is given
below and shows close competition in the
professional division. Lawson, who got
away bad at the opening, has been sweep
ing everything before him in the last
few meets and looks like the leader for
some time at least. Walker is a good
second. with Hehir and Samuelson both
up in the running. The complete stand
ing of the riders is as follows. The
points are scored, 3 for firsts, for sec
onds, for thirds and 1 for fourths.
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: KETcHEL IN OGDEN TODAY. I

= Stanley KetcheI, the middle =
= weight champion of the world, =
= and the imam of the hour" in =
= pugiIism, with his manager, =
= Willis Britt, will pass through =
= Ogden this morning. Both men =
4 are anxious to get to California =
= at once, where KetcheI is 4
= matched to meet Billy Papke =
= again, and for this reason they y
= are unable to stop off at Salt =
= Lake on their way west. 4
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p-T.HE NIT ARTIST HERE
i1y Murphy, Former Instructor Of
President Roosevelt, Now
Of Enrf nnnnlas
at Fort Douglas.

1tass5r ". X. Sixsmith, known TO
boxing profession as Jimmy Muir
is heated at Fort Douglas for the
iat where he is engaged giving the
ss and enlisted men Of the post
Peal culture and boxing lessons. It
-Lpay's intention TO give the public
--te % see some good goes at the
\ he coming summer il the proper
f'1la. is developed in the meantime.
pay was the private instructor for
@-5lt Roosevelt before the strenu-
enc left on his trip 10 Africa, and
nm In physical condition for that
II was here he made his reputa-
Is an instructor and secured letters
NE president and surgeon general
% ADMIT him 20 all the posts of the
~. Nurphy's most notable bat
ME IN the ring was a draw Of if
ven rounds with Ryan at Grand
d. Mich.
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INMAN WINS TENNIS TITLE.

New York June 19-F c. Inman, West
Side club, won the Metropolitan tennis
championship today, defeating r. II. Pal
mer, New Jersey state champion, PC, 81,
6-3, 6-3.
Miss Marie Wagner, indoor national
champion, paired with II. J. Moltenheur
won the mixed doubles. They defeated
Miss L. 5. Hammond and r. d. Little,
Ga. 6-3.