The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-09
new CITY ADMINISTRATION HELD FIRST
SESSION AT CITY HALL TUESDAY EVENING
OUTGOING Mayor Offered Some Suggestions to
New Officials. County Will Cooperate
With City in Road Improvement
APPOINTMENTS MADE FOR CITY DUTIES
New City Officials

The retiring city council closed up
their affairs Tuesday evening and
the new admistration was ushered
into office. They are ~ ]. Thorsten-
berg, mayor, O. Buchanan and G. C.
Clark councilmen for the first ward,
j. j. Quillin and H. B. Curtis coun-
cilmen for the second ward, Neil F.
Boyle and H b. Kinney councilmen
for the third ward and Percy Jones
and e. L. Anderson councilmen for
the fourth ward.
Out-Going Mayor Suggested
Mayor A. B. Stephens in retiring
thanked the councilmen and the city
attorney for their cooperation in
administering the city government
thru the trying period when there
was need for great deal at the
hand of the administration, and yet
| they were hampered by the requests
work be omitted and nothing done
but the absolute essentials. He said
he hoped the new council would find
the means of going ahead with i'm
provements and that the greatest
needs were for new water works
Or. the improvement of the present
system; means of sweeping or
cleaning the streets that is more. ef-
fective and less expensive than the
present system, some sewer extern
sions and some revision of the storm
sewers to enable them to carry off
the flood in time of heavy down.
pour of rain.
Address Of New Mayor
Mayor Thorstenberg, on taking his
position, addressed the council as
follows:
Greetings: At this, the first
meeting of new city administration,
| wish to express my warm apprecia-
tion to the citizens of Blackfoot for
the confidence they have bestowed
upon me in electing me to fill the
most responsible and highly impor-
tant office of mayor, and at the same
time let me extend by congratula-
tions and appreciation to the voters,
for their selection of such an able
and well qualified group of business
men, who are to act as councilmen
for the next two years. For my
self, I promise to give my best ef-
forts to the end that may have q
progressive, economical and efficient
administration Of city affairs, and I
truly believe that the councilmen
elect will give me their hearty CO.
operation in all things that lead to-
ward bigger and better Blackfoot.
Gentlemen of the council: 1t is a
real pleasure to meet with you to-
night for the organization of this, q
new city administration. 1t is an
added pleasure to be associated with
you in an effort to rightly govern
our city, when I know that each Of
you is willing to shoulder his part
of responsibility, and do his share
of work. both as councilman and
as member Of the committees to
which he is appointed.
"The people Of Blackfoot have
shown their faith in your honesty
and good judgment by electing you
to the position of lawmakers of this
city and 1 need not caution you that
your every act will be subject to q
close and just criticism, but my
knowledge of you as men, leads me
to believe that the confidence of the
voting public has not been misplaced.
Let us work together for the better
ment and prosperity Of our COM
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