Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
MAYOR COFFMAN
WOULD QUIT
Because of Coming Absence
from the City
BUT COUNCIL
TABLES RESIGNATION
Does Not Wish to Be Deprived of
Executives Advice and Counsel
Even While He's Away

Executives Advice and Counsel
Even While He's Away
b. AT the regular meeting Of the
city council last Friday evening a
resignation was rendered that
figuratively speaking-took the
councils breath and has kept them
gasping ever since.
This was the resignation of our
worthy and esteemed mayor, who
gave as his reason the fact that on
account of illness he was leaving
the city for an indeterminate
period and wished to take COM
plete rest which he could not do
while burdened with the cares and
responsibilities of city govern
ment.
While it has been quite general
ly known that Mr.. Coffman has
for some been getting his personal
and business affairs in order SO
that he might try what change
of climate would do for his health,
which has not been of the best for
a couple of years, it never entered
the minds of aldermen or citizens
but what he would follow the ex-
ample of his predecessors and al
low the acting mayor to have
charge during his absence. The
surprise and CONSERVATION of the
council may thus he judged when
the resignation was read purposing
to give Acting Mayor Roberts the
name as we'll as the responsibility
of mayor.
So thunderstruck were the al
dermen that they failed to take
action upon the resignation at the
meeting ON Friday night. But at
the adjourned meeting tonight
although it is very selfish not to
relieve a sick man Of the worry
of the city's affairs-The Enter
prise voices the hope OF council
and community that Mr.. Coffman
may be induced to withdraw his
resignation, or failing in this that
the resignation be not accepted and
instead that the mayor be granted
an indeterminate leave of absence.
Following is the mayors letter:
To The City Officials and Citizens of
Rocky Ford
The poet has said that Of all the sad
words of tongue or pen, the saddest Of all
is. at might have BEEN" But to me the
saddest of all is Goodbye" And in ten
dering my resignation as Mayor of Rocky
Ford, the Queen City of the Arkansas
Valley. it means goodbye. at least for a
few mo:ths, il not longer, to the best set
of officials that Rocky Ford has ever had.
Iii is especially sad to me to say goodbye
to our City Attorney and City Clerk and
City Marshal, with whom have been
Intimately associated in city matters for
four and half years, and the four alder
men and other city officials who have
been with the Coffman adm inistaration
from the first and have always been loyal
and true to me and the people of Rocky
Fod and must say that the two new
aldermen are proving themselves
worthy of the trust imposed upon them
by their friends. And | feel that
am leaving the city government in good
safe and conservative hands. My only
reason for offering my resignation is on
account of my health and that of my wife.
We consider it imperative that we should
try a different climate for awhile at least
and while we do not expect to be gone
more than five or six months we are try
ing to arrange our business matters so we
can stay year or more il we deem it
necessary. When leave here don't
want to worry about the city business or
any of my personal business, want to
90 free from care or worry so | can have
a complete rest. might make many
suggestions. but will. only make one:
Bend all your energies to doing some one
thing. Either build new city hall and
Jail; macadamise Main street. or at least
build cutters on each side of Main street
Do either one OF these things and you will
have accomplished something Of impor-
tance.
The big things that this administration