The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-21
MEET
ING Of NEW
CITY COUNCIL
SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS WE'RE
MADE AND SOME ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED
NEW MEASURES.

city hall last night, and mass OF
regular business was transacted, be
sides making several appointments of
city employees.
After the reading of the minutes,
the following appointments were made
and confirmed by the mayor and com
missioners, all by unanimous vote:
BY the mayor, for city attorney,
Frank Adams; for city physician, DR..
Walter Hardy; for city treasurer, Lee
Tyre: for city engineer, j. II. Carlock;
park board Mrs. j. w. Newcomb; Ii
brary board, Mrs John Waltripp.
BY commissioner of fire and police,
London, for chief of fire department,
S. G. Reeder; for assistant chief w.
f. Tippett, and firement, as follows:
T. w. Proctor, j. w. Boucher, j. W..
Green. l.. A. English, S. w Musgraves,
X. A. Cunningham, j l. McFall, l.. X.
Miller. and S. T. Pulliam.
The city bookkeeper and city clerk
were not named at last nights meet
ing, as the mayor and commissioners
required more time in which to inves-
tigate the affairs and needs of those
two officers.
Commissioner of water and sewers,
Hunt, made the following appoint
ments in his department; superinten-
dent of water works, Gus Mueller;
meter reader and superintendent of
sewers, Jim Britton; this has been
formerly handled by two men, but the
consolidation lets one man out. Lake
keeper and engineer Buck Parker, as
sistant, J. H. Nicholson,
BY commissioner Dewitt, street ov-
erseer, John Howell,
Referring back to the office OF book
keeper and city clerk, the mayor stat
ed that in the interest of economy, he
had decided to consolidate the Of
fees so that the work could be done
by two men if possible, but he and the
commissioners decided to go into the
matter more fully before making their
decision.
The appointment of the city scav-
enger was not made last night al
been an application for the place that
is looked upon with favor by the ad-
minstration.
The bond of chief of police-elect Bob
Hutchins was presented and approved
by the board. Mr.. Hutchins will assume
his duties the first of the month and
has not nominated his patrolmen yet
for confirmation by the board. The
mayor and board confirmed the ap'
pointment of Will Frasher as assistant
chief of police and he was instructed
to file his bond at the next regular
meeting of the board. Considerable
speculation is rife as to whom Chief
Hutchins will appoint, but he has SO
far steadfastly refrained from making
| his choice public, if he has determined
the question himself.
In presiding as police judge, mayor
| Mullen has introduced an innovation
| that he asked the board to confirm
| which was done after due discussion
| During his first session of police court
| five Choctaws were before him fol-
J being drunk, some of them had beer
in the court before and had paid nom
J inal fines for their offense. This does
not seem to deter them from gettinl
drunk whenever they come to town
Mayor Mullen in dealing with these
cases told them that they might go tC
their homes on probation, that he
would not fine them this time, but i
they ever showed in his court again
/ he would fine them so heavily tha
they would have to spend the greater
part of three months in working it ou
on the streets of the city unless they
| had the money in the pockets to pay
the fine. The mayor said that in his
opinion it was useless to assess g
small fine against these individuals ev
cry time they came to town, but il
a heavy one was attached to then
once, they would either stay away
| g.. :. I,
would remain sober. His actions were
ratified by the board in regard to the
five cases he presented.
An ordinance was presented repeal
ing a former ordinance relative to the
| speed limit for autos and other We
hicles upon the streets of the city, in