The Springdale news., 1916-04-21

No friends to favor; no enc
mics to punish no secret ses-
sions; no locked doors; no favor
itism along any line; but an adj
ministration that will build up
Springdale, and make it a town
second to none in Arkansas, pop
ulation considered.
The above is IN brief the plans
and purposes Of l.. \. Smith. re-
Gently elected mayor Of SPRING
dale. and who took the oath of
office Monday night Of this week.
Retiring Mayor Lane admins
tered the oath of office to Ma
yor Smith. Just a few minutes be-
fore eight o clock; and shortly
after he also administered the
oatn to al members Of the Goun-
I'll. to Marshal Cover. and Re-
eorder Banks.
Without due formality, Mayor
Smith Immediately announced his
standing committees as follows:
Street.. u. Hewitt, /. NJ.
Riggs and r. Seeley.
Board Of iealth-Dr. ID. Chris
tan. Dr. r. :. Henry and Dr.. W.
It. Young.
Light. NJ. Riggs. A. Dyes.
II. W. Johnston.
Cemetery IN. Hewitt. Y. 4.
Graves and \. Dyes.
Auditorium and Public Grounds
W. \. Graves. Wiley Jones and
II. W. Johnston.
Sanitary-Wi1ey Jones. L. See
leF. DIR. &. +. Tabor and D.. !.
Z Martin.
Mayor Smith announced that
the Finance or Auditing commit
tee would be appointed at lat
ef meeting. or Just as soon as
the financial report OF the city
WIS received. showing the eoadl-
ton OF the city at the time the
new officials were sworn III.
In commenting ON tho various
committees. Mayor Smith LAID
particular stress upon the sam
tary committee. stating that #
WAS the most important on the
entire board. seconded only by
The street and ALLEN committee.
He called particular attention to
the unsanitary conditions that
now exist; the shallow wells:
oathouses in bad condition. and
asked the committee to rlgldlE
enforce the ordinances covering
the sanitary and health laws, and
report to him any violations, so
that the party or parties might
he dealt with according to law.
In speaking To the street com
mittee Mayor Smith asked that
the streets be placed in proper
condition Just as fast as possible,
and that they be so repaired and
graded. that it would not be ne
cessary to re-grade III a very
short time. He asked that the
streets be placed in good condl-
ton. before they were left, and
that no halfway jobs be attempt
ed. Speaking with reference to
property owners who objected to
street working IN front of their
property the new mayor stated
that he would personally attend
to all such cases, and that he eX-
pected every street III Sprlngdale
TO be placed in first class condl-
ton and where objections We're
made that the parties be brought
before him for settlement.
In speaking to the new mar
shall jeff Cover. the new mayor
said that the people of Spring
dale were expecting great things
Of him. that he should attend
70 the duties of his office at all
times: don t wink at violations OF
the law. hut bring the parties be-
fore the mayor. where the proper
fines or punishment would be ad-
ministered He asked for the
hearty cooperation of the mar
shall in handling the affairs OF the
town.
Ex-mayor Lane made few
brief remarks to the new offl-
cials. reviewing briefly the chaos
and dissatisfaction among the
city officials during his tenure
all because of a lack of co-opera
ton: and asked that the new
council stand by the mayor at al
times. and in all things. lie was
thanked by Mayor Smith, and
given cordial invitation TO be