Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-03
NEW COUNCIL is
now IN CONTR R0[
Announcement of Changes
in Officials of the City Is
Made BY Commission

The men elected last Monday TO the
office of mayor and commissioners of
the city of Ottumwa-Pat Leeny, T. ].
Phillips and S. s. Menefee-were In
Quoted into office this morning at the
city hall and this afternoon held a
continuation of their first meeting
which convened about 10 a. m.
The appointees to the various city
positions under the new administra-
ton were named and later six of them
who were present were given the oath
Of Office and Immediately set about
to learn their duties as city employees.
The mayor and new commissioners
each spoke following the administra-
tion Of the oath. They then recessed
to complete the appointments and
about 10 o'clock convened their first
session as city fathers for the next
two years. Beyond the acceptance OF
the bond of the mayor, the making of
the appointments, passing resolutions
to employ M. G. Gilmore to handle the
legal actions started by him and still
pending in which the city is interest
ed and the naming Of the Daily Re-
view as the official paper of the city,
nothing was done.
The appointments are rs follows:
Department of streets and public
Improvements and the department of
finance in charge of Commissioner S.
S. Menefee.
Department of public safety and de-
partment of parks In charge OF Com
missioner T. ]. Phillips.
l.. L. Duke. city solicitor.
]. V. Curran, city clerk.
U. P. Ewing. city auditor.
]. T. Brady. city engineer.
A. R. Swartz, police judge.
Mike Meany, chief of police.
Ethel Phillips, city stenographer.
DIR. f. w. Bowles, city physician.
E. II. Streeter. street commissioner
julius Fecht, L. r. Clausen and JohI
Wormhoudt, park board
Dwight Baker, city treasurer.
Ed. Hoglund. Frank Simmons ana
Ed. Steller, water works board.
]. T. Hackworth, S. P. Hartman
William McNett, Charles P. Brown ant
DR.. J. F. Herrick, library board.
John w. Bolar, member of the boart
of police and fire commissioners.
The oath was administered to Clerl
Curran, Auditor Ewing, Police Chic
Meany, Police Judge Swartz, Solicitor
Duke and Police Commissioner Bolal
before recess was taken by the council
Tells Bootlessers To Leave.
In his remarks upon taking the office
Mayor Leeny thanked the men wht
voted for him and against him and sale
that he would be mayor Of all the citi
zens of Ottumwa. He urged coopera
ton Of every man, woman and child tt
make the present administration one
of cleanliness. moral and economical
In the course of his remarks he said
81 want to serve notice on the boot
logger and the gambler. If there are
any here, that they better pack thei1
valise."
Commissioner Menefee declared tina
he was obligated chiefly to the work
ing class for his election and to then
he felt that he owed first consideration
but that he would be commissioner FOL
5000 people of the city rather thar
any particular element.
Commissioner Phillips thanked every
| one as did his predecessors on the
floor and said that he concured ir
their words and had faith In their per
formance Of the duties to which they
were elected quoting a little Scripture
to Justify the faith.
The speeches We're not confined Il
the new council members by any
means for the retiring officials all ex
tended their thanks to their variou:
fellow city employees, departments, etc
for the help extended and fidelity tt
duty shown during the past two years