The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-20
Eager APPLICANTS FOR
The CITY APPOINTMENTS
Numerous Aspirants for Some of
the Municipal Jobs to be
Handed Out Soon.
WANT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE

The members OF the common coun-
oil ana the mayor are being deluged
nj present with communications and
personal applications importuning
thom for appointments for city jobs to
no given out at the regular meeting of
the council to be held on Monday
evening, May 2. Each of the aldermen
has been asked by his constituents
who want jobs to use his influence in
their behalf, and some of the letters
received are of a very interesting ma
tire. ard the reasons most varied
some wanting appointment on the
ground of political services and others
.bccause they need the money" There
Il not q position I'm the gift of the
mayor that is not sought by one or
more persons and the mayor will have
an easy time in satisfying them.
For chief of police. there appears to
be no question at the present but that
the present incumbent. John =. Thor.
will be re-appointed, his services dur
ing his first year having been most
satisfactory. 1t is expected also that
City Engineer Craig will be recap
pointed For health officer there are
at least three candidates, DR.. Dodge,
the present incumbent, DR.. w. II.
Matchctte and Dr. n. NJ. Power. all
three of which have enthusiastic sup
r0~ters. James Hosking. street COM
mss.CpC~, has made an efficient Off
cial, and may be re-appointed, but
there are other aspirants, among
them. according to rumor, former city
marshal. Edward Lee. ]. n. Mitchell
will be appointed fire chief and most
likely fire warden Also both of which
Offices he now holds. on account of
the work attached to the latter Office
there Is n feeling i'm some quarters
that the remuneration should be made
larger the stipend of five dollars a
month being extremely small i'm view
Of the many new buildings and chin
noys that have to he inspected. The
other positions To be filled are those
Of city attorney poundmaster, mem
hers OF the board of review, a mem
Der OF the board of public works to
succeed August Mette. whose term
expires this year. and n number of
minor Offices. Mr.. Mctte was appoint
ed by Mayor James a year ago To fiji
ton Of J. f. ONeill when the latter
was elected member of the council.
Candidates for Representative.
Besides the interest i'm the coming
appointments there are other matters
political that are interesting local poll
ticans among them being the several
candidates. for the office of represent
tatiye Of the third district i'm the state
legislature to succeed A. ID. Edwards,
who is understood to aspire to senn-
torial honors. City Attorney John
Kiiskila, whom rumor recently men,
toned as a possible candidate for this
Office has definitely announced that
he will run and will make an ener-
getic campaign for support at the pri-
maries in September. Mr.. Kiiskila is
one Of the leading Finnish lawyers i'm
the copper country. graduate of the
law department. of the University of
Michigan, and for the past year has
fllled the position of city attorney of !
Hancock. He has n strong following |
throughout the district being espe-
cially popular with the Finnish voters, |
among whom he exercises wide in
huence. so that his chances of sue
cess are considered very favorable.
Other mentioned for the nomination
Tor representative are Frank c. Con-
don OF Hancock secretary of the Han
COCK lodge of Elks. secretary of the
Hancock Osborn club. and prominent |
as a lawyer and an official of the Han
cock Loan Mortgage and Surety com
pany; and Paul Tice OF Houghton, the |
latter being the local representative |