Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-23
new COUNCIL
TAKES Charge
Mayor Tenders His Thanks
to Retiring Officers
EXPECTS GREAT THINGS
OF NEW ALDERMEN
Outlines Needs of the City and
Creates Committee on Civic I'm
provements and Public Morals


Having completed their labors
at the regular meeting last Friday
evening the old mayor, council
and elective officers of the city
met at the council chambers on
Monday evening for the purpose
of surrendering their positions to
their predecessors, who in most
cases were themselves.
With simple ceremonies the
newly elected officials were in
Quoted into Office on Monday
night, as the law prescribes, and
they Immediately took charge of
city affairs like old timers at the
business.
The first mat ter of public inter
est was the announcement by
Mayor Roberts of committee ap-
pointments, which were as fol-
lows, the mayor reserving the
right to change the personnel at
any time.
Law and ordinance-Stratton. Bish,
Price.
Lights-Bish. Price. Deweese.
Cemetery-Stratton. Lawson, Price.
Health and Pollce-Price. Stratton.
Lawson.
Sewer-Eoton, Deweese. Price.
Finance-Lawson, Price. Stratton.
Fire-Deweese. Bsh. Ecton.
Water-Bsh, Stratton, Lawson.
Streets and Alleys-Price. Ecton. Law
son.
License-Eeton. Lawson. Deweese.
Building-Deweese. Bish. Ecton.
Civic improvement and Public Morals
Lawson, Price and Bish.
Then came the mayors address,
which was so replete with his
views and hopes upon important
civic matters that The Enterprise
herewith reproduces it completes:
Members Of the Council and Employees
of the CITY:
wish to take advantage Of this oppor-
tunity to pay my respects to those of the
retiring council VINO will not be with me
the next two years. to congratulate my
self that | will have four of my old coun-
Gil with me and that the new members
come so highly recommended.
In Mr. North we are losing as able a
clerk as any city ever possessed. His
records have always been up to the min
ute. clean and accurate. His knowledge
OF the law has made him unusually vaiu
able and when asked for advice it has
always been found good ard to the point
yet nnver given except when asked for.
His minutes OF the proceedings have COW
cred every point worthy of record. | feel
the city is losing valuable official and
the council an integral part of its mem
bership. Habits once formed are had
to break and | suspect Mr. North's regu-
lar bi monthly visits to these council
rooms for the last six years has so fixed
the aot that he will drop in pretty reg
ulariy' until he has found some other way
to spend that particular evening.
Ia Mr.. Peery we are losing an alder
man who has been conscientious and
served the interests of his ward well
Mr.. Deweese and Mr. Ecton come to US
strongly recommended and DO not hesi-
tate to say we are expecting great things
OF them A new broom sweeps clean"
you know and new blood gives new life,
SO we should be very materially benefit
ed by the infusion.
What has been done in the past two
and four years is history and can do no
particular good to recount. but the future
is ours to do with as we think best.
hope we will take the fullest advantage
of it within our power financially.
First let US take our city hall, if we
may honor this present domieile by that
namo think we all feel flush of
shame when we bring a stranger to q
meeting IN these rooms Even to hoooes
and the vagabonds who are brought here
before our police court must wonder ii it
is Just kangaroo court or if this is head
quarters for the city officials of the great
est little advertised city Of the United
States. We have pulled through some
tough years of finanoering and have many
more ahead. We are not able. and will
not be for good many years, to build
the kind OF city hall we ought to have