The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-01-12
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FRIDAY, JANUARY IL. 1898.
RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE.

With the meeting of the town cOun-
Gil Monday evening, w. J. Frank COM
plated his two-year term as mayor OF
the town of Oroville, leaving a record
of efficiency, for careful management
of municipal affairs, for making a
clean town Of erstwhile quite dirty
one, that few men who have filled that
office in the past have equalled and
none surpassed. When Mayor Frank
assumed the office two years ago the
reputation of Oroville was stencil
in the nostrils. If you travelled on the
outside and mentioned that you were
from Oroville a sardonic smile gener-
ally spread over the. countenance Of
your viz-a-viz, ad an explosive "ah"
conveyed to you stronger impression
that Oroville was looked upon with
suspicion as to its moral turpitude
than if the interlocutor had condemn
ed the town VITA flood Of denuncia-
tionA Mr.. Frank believed in law and
order. He was fortunate in the selec-
ton of a marshal who was ready and
willing to carry out the orders of his
chief, and slowly but surely the town
was cleaned up until today everywhere
one goes he is informed that Oroville
is the most orderly, cleanest and best
governed small town in the state. We
have experienced both sensations
that of humiliation when reflections
we're cast upon the town, and exalta-
ton when it was acknowledged that
Oroville stood as a model of civic de-
cency. And for this pleasant and pleas
ing change all credit and honor is due
to ex-Mayor Billy Frank.
But it is not alone for the interest
and pride Mr.. Frank has taken in the
enforcement of law and order for
which he is entitled to credit. Fortu-
nately for the town MIR. Frank has had
the leisure to give mucn of his per-
sonal attention directly to the various
departments of the town government,
and everywhere and always he has
aimed at city beautiful where i'm
provements could be carried out with
out too great an expense to the COM
munity. He has insisted upon econ
omy in every branch Of the local gov
eminent and that his efforts in this re-
spect have borne fruit Is shown in the
fact that he has succeeded in reducing
the warrant indebtedness several
thousand dollars, and that at time
when general business has been at its
lowest ebb. 1t has been a common
sight during the past two years tc
see Mayor Frank giving his personal
attention to work carried out under
the orders of the city council, and he
has been careful that the town re-
ceived full value in the way Of sAster.
ial and labor for any work that has
been undertaken. AS stated, he has hat
the time to devote to this supervision
| and that is something that no otlel
mayor has been in position to do.
Mr.. Frank goes out Of office will
an enviable record to his credit. Hi.
stewardship is one worthy Of emula
ton by all future holders Of the office
Probably had he done less he woult
have held the office longer, for thu
body polite is peculiarly constitutes
and from time immemorial 1t has beel
demonstrated that the man who doe
the most for a community In which
his lines are cast Is the man wno II
generally the least appreciated. MI
Frank retires to private life with |
clean slate, taking with him the re
spect and confidence Of his fellow
citizens.