The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-01-08
MAYOR SMEAD AND
NEW COUNCIL MEET
New Council Receives
Recommendations From
Mayor. R. McCraw
Is Marshal.

Monday evening saw the pass
ing of the old city administration
and the ushering in Of the new
Mayor Van Vactor presided
over the last meeting with coun
cilmen Minor, Barratt, Cornett
Currin, and Kirk present, Vaughn
absent. After going through the
regular routine of business anc
passing on the bills for the month
Mayor Van Vactor withdrew anc
Mayor-elect Smead took up the
reigns of government.
Mayor Smead made the follow
ing recommendations to the coun
Gil:
II recommend that the Ordinance
Book be indexed and annotated by
a competent person at the earliest
possible date. | also recommend
that the Recorderbe put on a straight
salary. lmake this recommendation
for the reason that | have heard
more kicks on this one thing than
perhaps any other. Every public
official ought to be protected in such
a manner that there could be no pos.
sibla suspicion of graft.
II shall insist that the Recorder
render an itemized account of all
fines and other moneys coming into
his hands, to the Finance Committee
and at the first regular meeting each
month, that the Finance Committee
pass upon this statement the same
rs any other financial account.
would also ask that the council pass
an ordinance more clearly and more
fully defining the duties Of the Reror-
der. ask that you incorporate in
this ordinance that the Recorderl levy
all fines in open court.
II also desire to recommend to the
council that they pass an ordinance
that no proprietor or bar tender or
any other person or persons be al
lowed to oenter any barroom between
the hours of midnight Saturday and
> n. IN. Monday. unless accompanied
by an official, would ask that the
smallest fine for the violation OF this
ordinance be placed at S25.
II recommend that you pass an
ordinance concerning the sale of to-
bacco to minors"
J. r. McCraw received the ap-
pointment as city marshal. In
making the appointment, Mayor
Smead said: Il have selected a
man who | think will carry out
my plans He gave the mar
shall the following instructions:
"In the first place, | desire to in
struct you that / will not stand for
any marshal or deputy marshal
drinking or playing cards in saloons.
The first time that you or any dep
uty under you are seeh taking drink
at any public place or playing
game OF cards in any OF the saloons
OF Heppner, YOU or they will lose
their stars; there will be no second
time.
"You will see that drunken men are
kept off the streets of Heppner.
When not too drunk, give them fair
warning, and If they do not obey
within five minutes, lock them up on
charge of drunk and disorderly.' In
the enforcement of this instruction |
particularly charge that you show
no favoritism.
"Enforce the law relating to sell
ing or giving liquor to those already
under it's influence. This means that
ii you see any bar tender or proprie- |
tor OF any saloon, or any person or
persons selling or giving liquor to a
man who is already sufficiently un-
der it's influence to benoticeable, that |
YOU are to arrest and bring them to
trial for so doing.
''You are to see that all places of
business are conducted in an orderly
manner. See that no liquor is sold
on Sunday. Enforce the Sunday
closing law.
"You are to turn no person loose
whom you have arrested, without
orders from the Recorder. You are
to accept no money in payment of
fines, until the same has been ordered
by the Recorder.
"You are to carry pass book and
enter therein the names of all per-
sons arrested, the charge for which