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Show CITY COUNCIL HOLDS TWO SESSIONS The City council havo hold two Important Im-portant meotltiKB slnco our laat Issue. Tlio first was th'olr .regular monthly mooting' Saturdny night. It was hub-nested hub-nested that thb city extend the paving of tho sldo road up Center street at least In front of tho City Hall prcporty. Tho estimated cost was given and tho mattor was takon under un-der advisement. However, tho Coun. oil felt that Uicy had already spent considerable monoy on Conter street and that perhaps It would do for tho present. A commltteo conslstliiK of Mrp.. w. 1. Smith and Mrs. S. Ij. Chlpman Hiked Hint tho city permanently caro for tho grave lot whoro a monument vns orccted In honor of Mrs. Kdlth'a, an old tlmo school teacher. Tho Council granted tho amount or $2. GO lr pay for tho upkeep for the bal. onco of Oils year and took tho mattor of u permanent upkeop under ad-vlforncnt. ad-vlforncnt. ' Tho water superintendent was authorized au-thorized to supply tho Gibbons & Feed contractors with city wator to iifo In mixing tho cement for tho road providing thoy pay for thb Installation ot tho same. Tho Mayor reported that Mrs. W. J. Greenwood had asked that sho be paid for the damago dono to her daughter clothing when sho foil Into an open ditch near Uio tabcrnaclo recently. It waa referred to tho claim commlttco commlt-tco to investigate Uids wcro opened for tho sprinkling of streets. Owon Dean bid $8.00 per iay of ton hours and Ausby Dakar bid 76c per hour. The mattor was loft In tho hands-of trie street committee with, pewer to act, Tho library committee "made their report and Uio jnayor authorized Uio calling of a maas meeting for Monday night. At the second mooting, which' was a'AspeciaUsoselon, Wra. A. D Arrant ftT.d-;wlUiV4utUm..aklifsAjhit n "light to bo placod near tho grnnd-oluml grnnd-oluml on Second East St. Tho mo. tlon carried that Uio petition bo granted gran-ted and Uio commltteo on lights was Instructed to havo Uio work attend. Cii to. Mr. Joseph Nlcholcs and Mr. P. H. Mttlo asked Uio council to turn buck thb land purchased from them Bumo tlmo Ago for a roadway down Second Wost streot, that cou'd not L used on account of tho D. R. K. O. Co. On motion, tho salo of the lr.nd was authorized for tho samo prico that thb City paid for It whon Uio roud was opened. Tho mayor was auUiorlzod to check up tho partial estimate of tho Gibbons Gib-bons & Itced Co., nnd to report to the council tho result. Louis Slngloton mado application to place an electric sfgn over his I'aco of business, which was granted. The matter or library sitoa was Uion dlccussed. it - |
