Show t Favors Favors' Favors Municipal Ownership In a accordance with the call of Mayor Dorius a large number of the taxpayers of this city met i in the North NorthWard NorthWard NorthWard Ward school house Monday evening to discuss the advisability ad of bonding the city for the erection of a municipal municipal muni muni- cipal light power plant All the rooms of the building were cr crowded to their utmost and standing room was at a premium Mayor Dorius was elected chairman Fred J Jorgenson Jorgenson Jor- Jor ori or- i genson genso secretary and James Frost assistant secretary The following resolution introduced by byj J. J i L p. p Hanson jr vas as passed a a by a aye and nay vote vote after considerable discussion for forand forand forand and against the resolution Only four or five votes were reg registered on the negative side RESOLUTION I I I move that it be the sense of this meeting that the city I council be requested to call a special election at once said election tx to decide whether or not the city of Ephraim a municipal corporation bon bond bond- for the purpose of erecting ail att electric light and power plant said bond not to exceed twenty thousand d dollars ll sJ Various reports from committees committees com com- appointed heretofore were read The committee 1 appointed to investigate the Fountain Green proposition was not ready to report but A. A W W. W Jensen made an anun un unofficial unofficial official report from th there re Hr H P P- Larsen also stat stated d that the company fr from m there was a r ready ady to ut Iut lights i in t t city if they could obtain a franchise Y Christian J J. P P. Hansen jr A. A W. W Jens Jensen Jensen n.- n. Niels Thompson and Hems Hems' Nielson were the main speakers speak speak- ers of the evening l Hansen and Jenson spoke in favor of th the r erection of a municipal plant while Thompson and Nielson spoke in opposition |