The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-04-08
Only One Appointive Office Is Left
Unchanged.
C, {. MUNRoE F(a CITY CLERK
William Goehee is Chief-of-Police and
Or. Jarvis Health Officer
Other Officers and
Committees.

oCAtAN II. Xxx.
Health officer
DIR. f. l.. JARVIS.
City Clerk
C. E. MONROE.
chief-of-PoIice
WILLIAM GOCHEE.
Deputy chiefof-PoIice
JOHN RUGGENBERG. IS.
Police officers ."4
GEO. ANDREWS, IKE BUSH ANE
JAKE HARSHBURGER.
councilnen- at Large
f. W. GLAZE and ]. l.. MILLIGAN.
Ward councilmen
First Ward--J W. LAtOLLETT
Second Ward--W r. CAMPrlELD
Third Ward. =. HANNA. ,.y
Fourth Ward-O E. DICKSON. .
Fifth WardLM. J. GRUZEN.9 +.
" Council Committees. ~ bl
Ways and Means-Glaze, hanna
and Dickson.
Finance--Cruzen, Milligan, Hanna.
Claims-Lafollett Hanna, Milligan
Streets and Sidewalks - Milllgan
Glaze and Dickson.
Fire-Bacon, Cruzen, Campfield.
Water-Lafollett Cruzen, Campbell
Light - Campbell, Dickson, MILF
gan. a..
Public improvements - Dickson,
Glaze and Lafollett. "t
Railroads Hanna, Dickson and
Lafollett,
Legal-Cruzen, Hanna, Ca1npield.
Sewers-Glaze, Cruzen. Lafollett.
Ordinances = MiIligan, Hanna,
Campbell. T
Parks = Dickson, Campfeld, Mill
gan. 49,
Police-Bacou Cruzen, Glaze.
Oskaloesa is today under a new
city, administrator. BY virtue of the
new state law governing cities or the
second class we have two councilmen
at-large and one councilman from
each of the five wards instead of two
councilmen elected from each ward,
as under the former law. The APP
pointments of subordinate officers
were announced by the mayor. No
caucus, following recess of the new
council, was held as in previous years.
The meetings of the two bodies, the
old council and the new, were bust
nesslike and the matters at issue
were taken up and dispatched with
promptness. The attendance of Wis
itors at the council sessions was large,
the greatest in years. Ine accommo-
dations of the council chamber were
inadequate to care for the visitors
present.
The old council began business
shortly after eight o'clock. All mem
bers, with the single exception of
Fred Venable, of the Fifth ward, were
present. IS - ssa
A number of statements from citi-
zens, S. w, Clark, Robert Kent, A.. f..
N. Hambleton and a few members of
the council, toucI.ng sewer tappages
were first heard and action taken.
The usual details of minutes, salaries,
claims, ETC., were then heard. An
nual reports were read and filed.
The salaries of ,councilmen were al.
lowed, the official canvass of the vote
of the municipal election, as made by
Clerk G. Il. Monroe and Esquire G.
Woodruff, was then presented and
Mayor Ralston called for Mayor l.. M.
Bacon-eleet. The oath of office was
administered by Mr.. Ralston, who
then surrendered the gayel A mo-
ton by Carlin, of the old council, to
adjourn sine die was entertained by
the new mayor and the old organiza.
'tion had passed into history The
members of the conncil-elect were
then summoned 10 seats by Mayor
Bacon and business was resumed with
gttle delay. The members of the new
council, with the exception OF NJ. j..
Cruzen, Of the Fifth ward, who was
summoned from the city by business
affairs, were called upon to take the
oath of Office. H.. w. Gleason, as city
solicitor, was also sworn in and the
new council proceeded with the bust.
ness before ii. Bonds OF the new
officers. L. NJ Bacon. mayor. In the
sum of $4,000; a.. w Gleason. for
$1,000, and v. p, Wittenmyer. treas
urer. for $4,000. we're taken up and
approved.
The New Council.
The first business Of the new conn
Gil instructed the new treasurer TO
proceed with the taking up or pay
ment OF the bonds due against the
city on the date III May first. Other
detail matters occupied few min.
ntes, B. w. Ayers was relieved OF an
erroneous road assessment and then
Mayor l. N. Bacon presented MIS- In
augural address. which appears else
where.
City Solicitor H. w Gleason was
called upon and expressed his appre.
citation Of the work done BY his pre-: