Show THE CITY COUNCIL on oil thursday evening last the city lawmakers law makers met in their cou council neil room in the relief society building and transacted some business the attorney the recorder and councilman hatch were absent mayor holbrook however occupied the chair P 0 II 11 31 company was granted a merchants license an application for license to sell ice ice cream was made by A L short but on account of some deficiency in the application the granting of the license had bad to be postponed ki kickapoo indian men sent in a receipt for money paid the city treasurer but no application consequently no license could be granted them although it was understood that they wanted one six dollars and twenty fi ve cents w was as allowed the city marshal for badges for himself and deputies CLIPPER publishing company presented a bill for printing done for the city water tickets bound ill in books 1000 warrant book tickets publishing ordinances receipt book city election making a total of 2650 the subject of putting pulling in head gates was discussed by the council and a number of the water masters who were present expressed their opinions on oil the subject it seemed soine somewhat what difficult for the council to decide between public and anda private water fitches ditches it is in the former class of ditches that head bead gates are to be placed by the city some of the hie members were of the opinion that a ditch through which the water flows during the entire week in the irrigation season was a in main ain or public water ditch while others of a contrary mind said that there were ditches on mill creek in which there was but a very small stream but that it flowed there all summer yet there were but few watering from it and they pointed to other cases where more persons water from a larger creek but the water did not how flow in it all the week hence they would not be declared main or public ditches dit clies it was finally decided that the water masters and the water committee should go and view the creeks and recommend to the council where they think it advisable to put in head gates in regard to the head bead gates councilman briggs said that it was his opinion that the city should not go to any more expense in putting in head bead gates this year than what they were really obliged 0 to and it if there should be any tax money over it could be used next spring speaking of head gates for public and private ditches lie said 1 I understand that the city puts in ill the aerate he 0 rate in a ditch where the water is used below but the man mail taking it out must put in ill liis his own gate on oil the side of the ditch the council agreed that it would be best for the city to put in all the alie n if it would not be to hard bard on the hie treasury as then there would be uniformity where each man mail puts in his own the chances are that a great many different kinds of material will be used and a bungling job the result council adjourned unto thursday evening ev elling may 11 |