The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-01-14
johnson and
Arnett
City Police
BRAND is CITY HEALTH
OFFICER; ANTHONY,
BROWN RENAMED

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gained the 1887 city council
Monday night, the city fathers
raised the salaries of both police
officers, the fire marshal and the
city recorder.
There were only a few changes
in city appointments, DR.. w. A.
Brand being selected to replace
DR.. J. w. Anderson as health Of
Ger at the usual salary of $75 a
year while Mrs c. L. Lynn and
DR.. E. H. Johnson were named to
the health board. DR.. c. L. Tomp-
kins was appointed dairy inspect
or succeeding DR.. C. Cherry. The
council specified that a monthly
report will be required and the
salary will remain at $25 a
month.
Mayor j. F. Knudson took the
place at the south side of the
council table vacated by former
mayor c. L. Lynn and DR.. j. c.
Budik sat with the group for the
first time
Leon H. Brown was reappOint-
ed by the council as city attorney
on a fee basis and F. H. Anthony
was named city engineer, also to
be paid on a fee plan.
Chief Will Move
Clarence E. Johnson, last years
chief of police, was again select
ed from a group of six applicants.
In his written application to the
council, Mr.. johnson stated that
he understood there had been
some criticism of his appointment
since he moved last summer to
his truck farm on the Renville
county side of the Minnesota riv-
err He said he has made arrange
mentS to rent residence in Red
wood Falls. Johnson's salary was
set at S110 a month and Tom
Arnett, day policeman and street
commissioner, will receive S55 a
month as peace officer and $50 as
commissioner. The city will also
pay for the telephone at his resi-
uence which he says is unneces-
Sary except for his work with the
city Because of the work inVolV-
ed in the office, the council raised
the yearly salary of Joseph M.
COrbett, fire marshal, from $25 to
$50. F. B. Forbes salary as city
recorder will remain at 500 and
he will receive 5000 as bookkeep-
er for the Waterworks department
and $12O as bookkeeper for the
liquor store. Thomas F. Seifert
was re-engaged as waterworks
superintendent at $3.50 per month.
Dance and theatre licenses were
continued at 81 and the Citizens
State bank was again selected as
depository for the city's funds.
Frank Thiering was granted
plumbers license and R. H. Reg
nier's application for a pool hall
license was approved.
The payment of $3.50 for main
tenance of the armory, a sum
matched by the state, was again
voted on the same condition as
last year, that the city be allow
ed free use of the building on
three occasions during the year.
Other business transacted includ-
ed the approval of payment to the
school of one half of the one mill
band levy; the continuance of the
payment of Municipal Judge T.
F. Reed Jr. on fee basis; a vote
to continue to rent part of the
BurriS building for a municipal
liquor store at $50 month and
the approval of the city treasur-
er's bond at $4,000 and the re-
corder's at $500. Meetings will
continue to be held at 7:30 p. m.
the first Monday of each month.
In order to save expense and
grade streets in the spring the
council ruled that all petitions for
curb and gutter construction and
black top treatment which is to
be done next summer must be
presented at the recorders office
before February %.
Mr. Brown was authorized to
attend the legislative conference
of the Minnesota League of Num-
cipalities at Hotel Lowry in st.
Paul Friday and it is expected
that some members of the couh-
Gil will also be there.
Alderman George A. Patton was
reelected vice president of the
council while the following COM
mitteeS were named by Mayor
Knudson; ways and means, AID
ermen Patton and Huhnerkoch; al
leys and sidewalks, aldermen
Charlebois and Budik; sewer and
water, aldermen Patton and Blu
dix; fire, permits, building and
grounds, Aldermen Huhnerkoch
and Patton; liquor, aldermen Bu-
dill arI