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Show WANTS TO PICK IM FROM CITY Lc Grand Young Oilers $2 an Acre for Forty Acres in Emigration Canyon. At . Monday evening's session of the city council, Judgo I.eGraiid Young advised ad-vised the members, that ho desired to" purchasu forty acres of land, owned by the eltx. in section 21, township 1 north, range 1 west. Judgo Young explained that ho needed only ten acres of tho hind und ho thought ho had bought It when he purchased cor-lain cor-lain land from tho, city two yours ago. but It was discovered thut an error had been niado in tho survey und he failed to got tho area he needed. The land Is In Emigration canyon and is to be used oy juugo loiillg in connection wuu a hotel and summer resort which he pur-' pur-' poses to establish. Judge Young paid approximately $2 an acre for tho other land purchased and will got what ho desires now at tho same figure. If the report of tho committee on public grounds, city engineer and Consulting Con-sulting Engineer A. K. Dorenius Is favorable. favor-able. Says Farm Was Damaged. O. E. Von Bauer represented that his farm In Crescent had been damaged by water from the Salt Lake und Jordan canal and presented a claim for $2000. The matter went to the public grounds committee. Mrs. Susn iiimli F Smith asked that tho canal near Crescent be repaired before be-fore Die water Is turned In next spring, as her farm has been damaged by seep-ago, seep-ago, owing to tho ract Unit the ditch has not been properly cleaned. Tho matter mat-ter was referred to tho commilleo on waterworks. Tho Coombs Drug comnany and othors asked that the fence around tho site of tho proposed Newhouse theater ou State street eimr Fourth South bo removed as far as the obstruction of Stnto street is concerned. The petition went to the committee on streets. Respecting the proposed revocation or tho poolroom licenso or Firth South and Seventh East streets, the city attorney's office advised that the council had authority au-thority to revoke the license for cause. Tho opinion was referred to the committee commit-tee on municipal laws. Rudolph Alff. license assessor, submitted submit-ted tho application of E. Mchesy, Jr.. for a moving picture show license at 271 South Main street. The theater is within with-in sixty-two feet of a saloon and the matter was passed up to the council. The committee on licenses will report on the matter. Approve." Pay Rolls. Auditor Alff submitted pay rolls for the half month ending December 10. aggregating aggre-gating $i:t.l!!i.::t. which wero approved. Health Commissioner S. G. Paul sub-mlttedthe sub-mlttedthe draft of an agreement with the Salt Lako Roulo for tho hauling of garbage for a period or rive years. Tho company is to pay JI2.H0 a car or 2000 cubic feet, for hauling garbage to the dumping ground west of the Jordan river. The committee, ou sanitation will report on the matter. lrpon the recommendation of Chief of I'ollco Harlow. E. A. Knapp wius appointed ap-pointed special officer, without pay from the city. In the Denver it Rio Crande shops. The appointment was approved. Similar action was taken upon tho resignation resig-nation or Patrolman Ira Gllfillnn. Elmer Heights, comprising rive crcs. northeast or the stute prison, was annexed an-nexed to the city on petition of tho owners. own-ers. Davis and Reedall Introduced a resolution, resolu-tion, which was adopted, appropriating i to Detective Robert J. Golding. for services as sergcant-at-arms of the council for the year 1010. |