The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-02
MAYOR TRIES
NEW APPOINTEE
NAMES G. WILBUR CITY ATTORNEY
Effort to Gust Judge Derby Still IneHect.
i've Annexation Petition Not
Prepared in Proper Form.

| ~ HCi4NlIS III q communication dp-
pointing George K. Wilbur to the at
torneyship.
The council had failed to confirm the
appointment of Mr.. Smith, which was
made six weeks ago, and as most of
the members of the body favored the
retention in office of Judge A. j.
Derby, who was City Attorney during
the administration of Mayor ID. Nc.
Donald, the cOuncilmen gave as
their reasons not anything to dscredit
MIR. Smith, but they believed Judge
Derbys familiarity with the affairs
Of the city and his satisfactory dis
charge of its legal business made him
better fitted to handle the work. An
effort on the part of the council to
employ Judge Derby by ordinance con-
tract as City Attorney was blocked by
the veto of the Mayor.
The Mayors communication Monday
evening seemed possibly to represent a
compromise between him and the
Council on the City Attorney matter
since Judge Derby and Mr.. Wilbul
maintain law partnership, but the
fact that it met with no approving
response from the councilmen showed
that they had not been parties to a
compromise. The appointment was a
complete surprise to all persons CON
cerned The council took no action
whatever on the communication and
this would seem to indicate that it will
be treated in the same manner as was
the appointment of Mr.. Smith.
When seen Tuesday Mr. Wilbur was
surprised to learn that his name had
been placed before the council by the
Mayor. He stated that he would
accept the City Attorneyship only in
the event that the council concurred in
the choice of the Mayor. He said
further that he believed Judge Derby
to be the logical man for the position
and that he would not accept it 50 long
as his partner was a possibility.
The latest idea of the Mayor does
not seem to alter the situation. Judge
Derby is attending to the legal affairs
of the city and resolution was passed
Monday night requesting him as the
council S attorney to be present at
all regular and called meetings of the
council. Another resolution was pass
ed endorsing the action of the judiciary
committee in retaining Judge Derby
to conduct the citv's case in the State
street injunction suit which Judge
Bradshaw hears this week. The
council haI instructed Judge Derby to
act as prosecutor for the city in.the Jap
gambler cases last week, but he was
not advised by the Recorder as to the
time set for the hearing. When the
Japs came to trial Mayor Hartwig,
himself, appeared as prosecutor and
the gamblers were defended by Mr.
Smith, who was the first choice Of the
Mayor for City Attorney.
In his communication naming Mr..
Wilbur, Mayor HartWig suggested that
the salary of the City Attorney should
be reduced to $50 The city has been
paving Judge Derby SIS a month for
his services and this is the first sug-
gestion by the Mayor that the compen-
sation should be lowered.
Tho fire. and water comittee renorted
IN fovor of GRANTING tbe Farmers; Tr.
,.;ootinor cnr3nonv annthnr soason,s
race beforn ron5nellinp them TO en-
eiogo tbeir water in Mines with in the
c;tT Iiaite Conncilmen Arnold Hall
on3 { Gn1;tb ;,r';,tS membare Of tbe committee
',ntoG ",,t ~ fovnr of tho adontion of tbe
ro,,or+ nbiIo Connc;Incn Rrosius
HnTains and WRIGHT voted against the
rdrort l|S,e '''0 Wovor Hartu,ip cast his
dociding vote in favor of the commit
foo and tbn commanv will he allowed to
M, @ 'i, its % wotor in onan difrhos for
,,,,,+L,,n ,aor
Mavor The judiciary committee and
.mipp Derby n committee. with power
80 "Nh tou - Jsos;dont tavn,vore ~ act
,v;tb than IN revise the citv charter
md 70 ronort the nrogress of their
,,,nrI, 20 tbo uonLIy nentiugs of the
comnciI "UiM IL nntiI nil tbeV finish
i1C Tho ;mdic,srv committee renorted
+bot I1dgn DGrhv had advised them
that ttIat 'uIs Ies@oI ' caiI' fnr % an election tn
Sno;do Sl'o Stbd roottar of anneving sec-
tion 81 Tho Uaighte t0 the eli, could
,o+ bo roado IN ransonee tn tbe nendino
,'otition Tha ndtitionere had failed
tC',''Dr', - ,sny,,o +ho cdrnniotn boundaries of
~, '','", tarn;tor,, ,,rnnased fnr ANNEXATION
Tho matter was referred to the
rarenns hringing in fhe pptition and a
po,1J,,1 pou naner vii nrohabIv be drawn,
nGw ~ p"pIn rt W., 81 tbn V'" acconntants Gran
d ne e. i5Ii ppTarts 20 ,nos ,'o snhmiftad to tbe
u",i n,;I ~ iHoOtr S tbo 20 fnanco committeo The
oUGi'I o,dit n,3n5o 3 % mF tbn rity,e hooks uncover
aI'.' d man, npu6 ~ Of of minor errors in nro-
" -. a MINI ,D,,ao;aIl,, IN tho matter of
Jeuuic' j 'oPUI'%'nJ ,nsrrante Thn finance
~ "w,;,t to,,s C'y yyoc"rmrondation that tho
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LG' L., ~, ~ 0oliT(; odi,aol viz
Oy rL tle ooar,;ttoo oou,ro;t. ~, hooItb ronorted
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