The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-12-19

lappointed a committee to investigate
land make a report and recommends
Itions to the council That Is, as, far
as 1t ever got. Now. i suggest we
take this mattersup and pass the re-
Iauired ordinance which will compel
the various companies tR. R.) TO
maintain and operate suitable safety
devices at the various crossings
where danger exists. Do this now and
don't wait until more people get killed
or crippled before you bring this sub
ject up again.
| Fifth-Charges for meter use. lhls
Isystem which is in vogue TO certain
IeXtent in our town of charging the
Iconsumer rent for a meter is, be-
lieve, not only illegal, but unjust.
You might as well say that the gro
Ger or the meat man had right to
charge you rent for the use OF his
scales every time he sold you a pound
of coffee or a pound of meat. The
meter is their medium by which their
products are measured out and sold
to you and you should not be expected
to pay rent for the meter any more
than you should on the machinery
which is used in the manufacture OF
this product.
Now, Mr.. Mayor and gentlemen, ]
have called these various matters to
your attention because | believe that
they are of vital interest to our citi-
zens and very materially enter into
the present standard high cost of liv-
| ing and for the further reason that
i believe We were elected to these va
riOus offices for a greater purpose
| than settling personal differences and
ATTENDING to routine business. |
might further say that ! believe that
| it is this lack of accomplishment that
lis fast driving the cities away from
this form of government to the com
mission plan. | am going to mana
these suggestions to the clerk 1or
matter of record and offer the follow
ing resolution: That the city sollc-
itOr be instructed to draft proper res
Omtions and ordinances covering
these various subjects and be pre-
pared to present them to this council
at it's next regular meeting. The or
dinances to be drawn in blank form
as to price, etc, same to be deter
mined and filed in by the council at
the time of their passage.
Respectfully submitted,
| w. X. CAMPFIELD.
Milliaan Resigns.
Councilman J. l.. Milllgan, formerly
representing the Fourth ward and
later elected by the council to the po-
sition of councilman-at-large, rendered
his resignation as member or the
city's legislative body. Mr.. Milligan
was elected to the Office of clerk OF
the court and he cannot hold both pO-
sitions under the law. Resignation
was therefore presented, to take eff
feet December IS. Regret was eX-
pressed by council members as they
voted upon the acceptance OF the res
ignation. Successor to Mr.. Milligan
will likely be elected at the first reg
ular meeting of the council in Janu'
airy.
Sanitary Police.
! Under request of Doctor M. F. Boyd,
Officer William Crafty has been ap-
pointed sanitary police, to carry out
orders, to serve notices and to attend
to business originating In the health
department.
N Street Crossing.
The subject of the NJ street cross
ing of the Nj. & st. l.. tracks west of
the Yearly Meeting House was taken
up and the chairman OF the street
committee, Mr.. Minnick, was instruct
ed to take what measures were neces-
sary to secure the relief desired.
| Other Things.
Claims were audited and allowed,
discussion INDUCED over the public
reception to be held in the municipal
building on the morrow. Instruction
given for all members of the council
to be in place in the evening, and ad-
journment was taken after a lengthy
and somewhat trying session