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Show CITY ATTORNEY RESIGNS At Council Meeting Wednesday Evening. Mrs. Jacobsen Wants to be Cow-catcher. o GARFF PRESENTS LIGHT SCHEME o Large number of Petitions Presented and a General Lot of Business considered. . ft The city council meeting Wednesday Wednes-day evening was fully as luteicsting as the recent big pugilistic bout at Salt Lake and fiom leports ot that affair we aie led to believe that there was a gieat deal nunc spat ring In the council room than at the Gland. The local affair was a fice-for-all In which piactically evciy councilman attempted to deliver a solar plexus, and even the city ticasuier delivered at least one ktiock-out to the tune of 7.". Mrs. .lacobson fought like a piofesslonal and was aggiesslvc as Shaikey. The leal surpiise of the evening, howevci, was an uppeicut piescntcd the councllmanic bunch by Cltv Attorney At-torney Walters. The gentleman played a waiting game, but at the llrst drop of the guard, he took advantage of the opening and landed a good right straight fiom the shoulder and at the tip of hlstlngeis was his icsign.it ion. The blow was so sudden it "almost killed fathei," but the city dads uncovered un-covered and after singing that touching touch-ing lefialn, "We don't know why we love you, but we do-oo--oo" they made a giand nish to ictuin the blow effectively, and as a result the city has no attorney at picsent. C. C. G.uff was on hand and suggested sug-gested the means of lauding a irood stiff punch on the Heicules Co.'s of- llclal noe, but the council lefened the mattei to a committee foi investigation. inves-tigation. It it is found that the Ilei-cules Ilei-cules piobo'-clscau be thumped without with-out the city getting a black eye In return, re-turn, we may expect to hear a terrllic whack within a short time. In the absence of Pies. W. .1. Robinson, Robin-son, Hon. T. A. Thoreson acted as lefereeof the affair, and the entile exhibition by rounds is as follows: 1'KTITIONS. Petition of icsldents on 1st South, asking that said street be spilnklcd for the passage of Ringllng show-wagons show-wagons etc., kicked up a rumpus. One wanted the sprinkling wagon, another desired the lire department to do it, another wanted Ringllng to pay for it and It was Hnally left to street committee with power to act. Petition of Moses Thatcher etal. asking that city sprinkle First South street between Main and First East, and thence north one block, was leferred to committee on streets with power to act. Mr. Guy Thatcher was on hand to lepiescnt the petitioners. Petition of Wm. Fcnneniorc and others asking that the city sprinkle Flist West stieet between Centie street and Flist North was refeired to committee on streets. Walter Lamoicaux represented the petitioners. peti-tioners. The Palace Restauiant and twenty otheis want .lohnson's Ark off the street and so petitioned. Nielsen moved mov-ed to lefcrthe matter to committee on licenses; Hun is moved an amendment amend-ment that it be lefeired to committee on sheets; Henson moved an amendment amend-ment to the amendment that the petition be gianted. The license committee finally got it. Petitions of City Diug Stoic and W. H. Iliiist foi liquor licenses weie gianted. Petition of Lulu Johnson and otheis asking that Flist West street fiom the little Logan liver to 4th South stieet bo guided and that the H. Y. C. hill lie levelled, was lefened to committee com-mittee on sheets. A. M. Fleming, ct al want Flist Ninth between 1st and nd Last sheet spilnklcd. Helmed to stieet committee. Mis. Phillips asked that a one Inch pipe lino be inn lioin the toinei ol Flist Ninth and Second IOast stieet, south aoioss the .sheet and along the east of Win. H. Pi est on piopeity a distance of i" iods. llefeiied to committee com-mittee on watciwoiks. Petition of Xeph Thomas and otheis asking that a hydrant be placed In the center of Court House block was lefeired to water vvoiks committee. Maishal Ciockett petitioned for four extia policemen on show day, which was granted. Mayor Hansen piescntcd icsolutlon authorllng him to tile on light of way in Logan canyon, i'.issed unanimously. OAM'K'S sfllKMK. Mr. C. C. Gaiff presented verbal petition asking the council to consider con-sider a proposition to cut out the Heicules street lights and permit him to light the city. The city Is supposed sup-posed to have a tl 000 plant stoted away some place. Mr. Gaiff wants this, and will stilng whes on Hell Telephone poles and light the city at W.10 a month for so long a time as is necessary to pay for the machineiy, etc. When city gets Itsown plant completed com-pleted he agrees to ariangc eveiy-thlng eveiy-thlng satisfactory. Hun is wanted to know whcthei w h cs could he shung as high as ordinance lequires. Mi. Gaiffsaid they could in most places. On motion of Nielsen matter was lefened special elect lie light committee, com-mittee, with Inst i net ion to attend to mattei at once. cm THKAbl'UKH OS W Vltl'A'lll. Mis. Hannah .l.n obseii asked foi an allowance of $7u lor extia woik pei-foimed pei-foimed by Miss Eunice .lacobson. The matter bionght foith consldeiablc discussion. dis-cussion. A motion to giant tier that amount had an amendment tacked to It granting her half the amount. A vote on the amendment lesulted In Its defeat by a scoie of f to 4. The oi Igl-nal Igl-nal motion was also lost by a vote of 5 to 4, Mr. Huirls voting no on eacli pioposition. This brought the matter mat-ter back to its original place, and Mayor Hansen suggested that a vote be again taken gianting Mis. .la cob-sen cob-sen t.n..", but the matter was passed up until later hi the game. When the matter came up again the treasurer treas-urer showed tight and made the statement state-ment that if the council didn't grant her the $75 they would have to appoint ap-point her as cow catcher or accept her resignation. This was a stumper for the bunch. Quayle moved to give her $:7.50, Hehson made an amendment amend-ment to give her 7." and the vote stood 5 to 4 In favor of the amendment. amend-ment. Asa result wc will have no female cow catcher. W'AI.TKHS IlKSIONS. City Attorney Walters took advantage advant-age of an opening to tender his lcslgnation. In speaking of ills leasons for presenting same lie said in effect "that he had felt for .sometime that his actions have not inet the apptobatlon of members of the council and at leasX a poitlon of the public, and that in oidcr to save the council Horn any em-bairassment em-bairassment in the matter he felt It would be betteito lesign.IIe said that he had no desiie to continue In the of-lice of-lice and never had. Its compensation wasnotsulllclenttopay foi tliettouble. He felt that he had always done his duty, and his actions in eveiy matter pel tabling to theClty Attorney s office had always met wlthhlsown appioval at least. Hesaldthat heiesigncd with-out with-out any peisonal III feelings in the mattei, and only because of a deshe to save the council fiom tho ciiticism that some felt inclined to give It. He dldnotdoit because of any piessiue biought to bear In the matter he could stay as long as he choose to do so but for tho sake of harinony.peaee and piospeiity he so acted. Ml. Walt-el Walt-el s also took occasion to mention the tact that lie had piobably done tlnce thnestho woik ol any foi met city attorney at-torney and that ho had puUhiniself to coiisldeublo Inconvenience to win the bond issiiu pioposition. Ho felt that tho peoplo natuially full that his post- tlon was lather anomalous, etc., etc. Maker, Henson, Hansen and Nielsen expiessed slnceie icgret at this action of Walteisand said they had peifect confidence In him. Henson asked him to icconsldei the matter but Mi. Wallets said that his decision was liiial. Ills resignation w as accepted. H'jrAIIIIM: ON Mllll l'til'I'STION. Huirls took advantage of the Mlssoiui Act and asked to he shown. He wanted want-ed to know what was going to he done to the Heicules Co , and why It would not be better to cut out lights; etc. Mayor Hansen suggested It would not bo well to get hasty and said wait until un-til (huff's scheme had been Investigated. Investigat-ed. Hui i Is said It had been sl months since the Heicules Co., lalscd the pilce of light and he haidly thought theie had been any haste. Henson moved that said company be asked to cut out the lights at end of monthly contract. Nielsen uiged cousfdeiallou and asked for icpoitof committee Hist. Henson's motion was voted on and lost. HK(ONSIIli:ilA'llON Thoieson asked for leconsltleiatlon of the Mayor's veto on the llquoi oidin-aucc oidin-aucc lclatlng to billiard nails, etc. The motion was lost. The chair appointed a committee of live to act as Hoard of Equalization to hear complaints on August, 10, 11, 1., i: and 14. Nielsen, Henson, Quayle, Jim lis and Smith make up the committee. A resolution appiopriatlng money for sundry expenses was passed, this Including $800 for water light, to be paid to Hansen and Parker. Huirls moved that a committee be appointed to ask for bids as to the paving of dish let No. It and 4. Quayle, Henson and Maker. |