The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-07
MAYOR SCORES
OPPONENTS IN
RECENT ELECTION
Says City Campaign
Was Venomous Mis-
representation.
NEW
Take Seats at Last Evenings
Session.--No Change in
Appointive Offices.
NEW


Appointive Offices.
Playing his opposition in the re-
cent municipal election in a lengthy
statement made with the %organiza-
ly meeting last night Mayor Hitchcock
declared that it had arisen through
the police departments activities in
the suppression of vice and the influ-
cnce OF the Dakota Central Telephone
company.
lie declared that the campaign had
heSh characterized by unusual ven
omous misrepresentation of his adj
ministration, especially as to taxa
ton, cost of improvements, remuner-
alton received by the city officials and
the work of the police department. In
support of his policies the mayor quot
ed figures to show that the suits aga-
inst the Dakota Central Telephone
company should result in the collec-
ton of $~10,156.31, that in the past
six years the Indebtedness of the
city had been reduced by $41,671.61
and hat permanent improvements
had been made amounting to $64,-
329.45. His special recommendations
favored the construction of a deten-
ton hospital, the construction of a
larger surface reservoir ard pumping
equipment at the city water works
and the completion OF the purifying
plant at the outlet of the sanitary
sewer. F.
Officers Reappointed.
City officers reappointed by the
mayor and unanimously confirmed
by the new council were N. II. Jen-
sen, city auditor: S. III. Smith. city
engineer; Jay Houghton, assistant
engineer; Lauritz Miller, city attor-
ney; Wood Smith, chief of police; w.
e. Christensen, George shipton, A. l..
Kirkpatrick and w. A. Darling, pa-
trolmen; Arthur Allen, street com
missioner; ]. A. Parsons, chief, and
c. w. Anderson and II. c. Peterson,
waterworks enipeers; Guy w. Frink,
mechanical engineer of w~atcrworks,
plumbing inspector and sewer taper;
H. e. Snow and A. j. Wright, fire
men; Frank w. Jones, city hall jan
itor; Arthur Allen, sexton Graceland
cemetery, J. C. Marsden, assistant
sexton; DR.. w. r. Ball, health offic-
er; j. III. Davis, assessor; III. C.
Greene, weighmaster; A. T. Downey,
member of park board to succeed
himself for term of five years; Prof.
J.. c. Lindsey, member of library
board to succeed himself for three
years.
E. Kelley was appointed a member
of the park board to succeed j.. H.
Davis. who was appointed last year
and did not qualify. No appointments
were made for chief or assistant chief
OF fire department because OF the
agitation for another paid fireman.
Because of the investigation to be
undertaken by the council on milk
and dairy inspection, no one was
named for the position of inspector.
w. T. Pratt will continue to. act as
fire chief while action is pending on
his position.
Council Committees.
The council committees named fol-
low: finances and taxation, John NJ.
Sibcr2, f.. II. Winsor and A. j.
Kings; lighting and telephone, S. d.
van Benthuyscn; waterwcrks and
sewer. John O. Walrath and John M.
Siberz; streets and alleys, A. c.
Miles; fire department, w. II. Snow;
city hall, s. w. Mhyte; Graceland
cemetery, mayor .ex officio, city audi
tor ex officio and f. Fl. Winsor; board
of health, DR.. w. r.. Ball, chairman
ey officio, S. ID. van Bcnthuyscn, vice
chairman, A. C. Miles, s. w. Whyte
and John NJ. Sibcrz: police, mayor
OK officio: ordinances. r. II. Win5or.
All members of the old council
we're present at the convening of that
body with the exception of DR.. j. G.
Mccartney, who is i'll. and john M
Siberz, who is out OF the city. Bills
were allowed at the outset of the
meeting, including half of the bill
for $1,745 for the new deep well
turbine pump. Z
The monthly report of DR.. N. ]
Mayer. city milk and dairy inspector
was referred 10 Councilman van Ben.
tluysen for investigation. The annu'
al report of Chief of Police Woo
Smith was given as reported in The
-sepublican last week.
Fire Loss $94, 100.
According to the annual report o
w. I. Pratt, fire chief, there were
%. calls for the department in thu
naat year. The value of property dam
aged was $3S9,170. The loss to pro
perty by fire was SEA, 100. Insuranc.
On the property was 1905, 900 ane
losses paid by insurance companies
were $4,000. There wcref2T1 inspe,
lions made. The volunteer fircnlei
cost the city $1,456. Eight fires re
suited from carelessness and five from
defective flues. The chlet urged !.
campaign On fire prevention through
the papers CT the city.
The annual rcportSof,N. II. Jensen
superintendent of the waterworlfs
showed that during the past yea
13T,S39,16O gallons of water hat
heen pumped. Tho expenditures of tn,
department We're $13.953.75 and til,
receipts were $6,6b3.44. The receipt.
for the past five years ran as follows
1909-l0, %$4,0So.64; 1Y10-11. 81.
sAA2 ~: 1911-12. $5,912.54; 1921:
$~5,775.GO; 1914-14, s6,653.44.
The report of Arthur Allen, stree
commissioner, reviewed the condition
OF the streets of the city and urget
greater extension of Improvement
within the coming year.
Mayor Hitchcock filed his bond o
$4,000, which was signed by Johl