Show COOK OFF TO KLONDIKE Was to Sail Prom Seattle on August Fifteenth A private letter from J L Cook who yeft Ogden bound sor Klondike about Aug 1 gives the information that he has probably set sail for Klondike Cook has been in Seattle about two weeks investigating and arranging for his trip His letter states This is not for publication but you may cull out the parts that are not personal and make mention that I intend to write The Heralds Ogden office on my departure de-parture en route on arrival etc and IwilldO it I leave here on the 15th inst barring bar-ring accidents on the steamship Hum bolt Mayor Woods boat for Dawson City and Klondike for 300 I am talc 1 lag a fine amount of supplies I will be very busy tomorrow and next day setting ready to go and may not write you again till I leave mailing communication en route I go to Dawson City via St Michaels and Yukon river route the route by Juneau Dyes and Skaquway being reported j and I think raldably blockaded Good by City Council All the members were present at the meeting of the city council last night and a lively Cession was had The officers of-ficers of the Oregon Short Line made a proposition which caused a srreat deal of discussion They asked to be allowed al-lowed to lay tracks on Wall avenue up to Twentyfifth street giving the impression im-pression that thev intend to build a depot de-pot on the corner of Wall avnue and Twentyfifth street The members of the city council differed dif-fered as to the best mode of proceeding and no definite action was taken in the matter I An ordinance was drafted granting j the company the franchise An effort was made to refer it to the committee on laws but it failed f y a vote of 5 to 5 An effort to pass the ordinance on its first reading also failed The op Dosititm to the ordinance was on the ground that the company is not sincere but was bluffing to get better terms from the union depot company Other business transacted was as follows fol-lows The committee on finance presented a statement from the auditor showing an available balance of cash on hand to oct about 26000 Referred to committee com-mittee of the whole The committee on streets reported back the resolution rovidinsr that Washington avenue be macadamized between Twentyfifth and Twentysixth streets So amended as to read between be-tween Twentythird and Twentyfourth streets This too was referred to a committee com-mittee of the whole Chief Blnfcrd was present with a communication from the fire and police board stating that several of the fire hydrants were out of repair and urged that they be attended to The question was discussed anti the subject of whether the city should use the hydrants hy-drants to load the sprinkling wagons was brought in and the matter was finally referred toa committee The report of the recorder for the last six months was ordered published The quarterly reports of the auditor recorder and poll tax collector were ordered or-dered filed The auditor reported that 320167 money released by the settlement between be-tween exCollector Hamer and the city and recommended that the some bs transferred from the tax fund to the general fund Referred to the committee commit-tee on finance The chief of polioe filed a report of his work in regard to enforcing the ordinance ordi-nance respecting shade trees the branches of which had obstructed the side walk The petition from A W Putnam a King K-ing permission to use the services of an auctioneer in closing out his stock without paying a hence was referred t the committee on laws The police and fire committee was given power to act in the matter of building an addition to the fire department de-partment for the purpose of making a shelter for the big steamer The new salary ordinance was called up and was opposed by G W Jones and failed to pass on its first reading Mr Jones criticised it saying that it provided for a reduction of salaries of officers whose remuneration the council had no hand in fixing The vote stood 4 to 6 c Wardlei introduced an ordinance providing for i bond issue of 8250000 as authorized by the recent bond election elec-tion Committee on laws Councilman Pierce introduced a rosa lution io advertise for bids for lighting the city as the present contract expires this fall The usual bills and pay rolls were allowed The council then went into committee of the whole and held a lope secret session and on rising reported that the report of the finance committee presenting the auditors statement of the cash on hand be accepted but the proposition of Mr Bertrand to purchase pur-chase a piece of land belonging the city near the Ogden river bridge be rejected and that two small bills that had been in dispute be allowed Council then adjourned in the early hours of the morning Local Briefs The county commissioners transacted no business as a board yesterday but adjourned till Monday next W H Snedaker Rio Grande Western agent for California and other Pacific coast points went through to the west yesterday An exciting runaway occurred yesterday yester-day forenoon in which the wagon df a Chinese vegetable peddler was upset and its load spilled I I Joseph Rogerson Ogtien aged 52 yesterday j yes-terday secured a license to marry Mrs Matilda Jane Ferris also of the city cf Ogden and of the age of 52 Justice Hulaniski decided the case of John Hassel charged with malicious mischief by George Branscom finding Hassel guilty but suspending sentence I sen-tence The boy Walter Snow who fell from the belfry of the Methodist church on Sunday was reported somewhat better bet-ter last night and is thought to be out j I of dancer I Georsre H Durbrow well known as an all around book kseoer for Contractor Contrac-tor Harkins during the construction of the pipe line has accepted a position in the office of the general claim agent of the Oregon Short Line at Pocatello |