The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-05-11
CHANGE in CITY ADMINISTRATION
new MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF, CLERK
MAYOR STENNES AND TWO
NEW COUNCILMEN ASSUME
THEIR DUTIES

The new city administration
took over authority Monday even
ing, May 7th, after retiring Mayor
Appelgren and the old council
had held their final session and
completed unfinished business
The new officials who took oath
of office We're o. T. Stennes,
mayor, A. NJ. Poulson, alderman
from the first ward, o. c. Heinze,
alderman from the second ward
and c. G. Collins, reelected as al
derman from the third ward
NichoI Is Chief
Mayor Stennes announced his
appointments. From a list of
eight applicants he chose Edward
w. Nichol as chief of police. The
seven other applicants were Todd
Stanley, who served under Mayor
Appelgren. Walter Reichert,
Verne Hubbard, Glen Vinson, A.
Nj. Hanson, James Holsclaw and
T. L. Blackmon. Mr. Nichols sal
ary will be S125 month with the
understanding that he will assist
in the water department as well
as supervising street work. AS
city clerk the mayor appointed
Jacob Seel who will take ON
the work of keeping the city rec
ords and accounts to be done out
| side of his regular hours as de-
putty county clerk and recorder
He will receive S35 per month for
this extra work.
Lenz Continues
Peter Lenz will continue as SUI
perintendent of the water depart
ment, but will have his office in
the city building and be at the
! desk during the business hours of
the day to attend to the city
scales and the city library. The
new mayor stated that it was his
plan to close up the old power
house, save the cost of phone.
lights and fuel. He will have the
chief of police make his head
quarters at the city office, read
the water meters and do some of
the outside work of the depart
ment. This arrangement. retires
f. {. Williams who has served as
city clerk for five or six years
Committees
For his standing committees the
mayor named the following:
Finance Swedberg, Geringer,
Garden.
Streets and alleys, police and
fire-Garden, Collins, Poulson.
Buildings Collins, Geringer,
Swedberg.
Parks and Water Garden,
Heinze. Swedberg.
Health-Dr. ]. C. DeWane, with
pay for only work actually per-
formed. Other members of this
committee, Poulson, Nichol.
All of these appointments were
confirmed by the council John
o. Garden was elected president
of the council and The Herald
was made official city paper. The
mayor offered a memorandum of
items requiring early attention.
These included bonds for the Of
flee holders. more water piping
for parks, dog tax and license,
collection of poll tax, street lights,
work on septic tank.
Thanks Former Officials
Mayor Stennes read a compre-
hensive message to his council
which had economy for its key
note. In particular, he said he
hoped to manage the expenses of
the water department so that wa
ter rentals could be reduced. He
said that the present rates are so
high that there is no encourage
ment for people to grow lawns
and trees. Mayor Stennes con-
graduated the outgoing mayor
and council. He said he believed
that, speaking for the public, he
could offer them sincere thanks
for the service they had rendered
the community, and that while he
had mingled with the public to
large extent he could not remem-
Der of hearing any criticism.