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Show City Council Doings. The regular monthly session of the city council held Saturday eveninff last was attended by all the members and lasted up to the midnight hour. Mr. Dusrgins, manager of the Gunnison Gun-nison Valley Power company, was present to hear the council's conclusion conclu-sion uponhis request for a franchise. The question bad been submitted to the city's attorney, whose opinion was read recommending a rejection of the petition on the ground that it seemed I purely speculative and did not con I Why not get together and assist th members of the commercial club in bringing it into activity. Every property owner ia this valley is, or should be, interested in the development develop-ment of our many resources and in order to do so we must have an active organization which can Bhow to the prospective purchaser our great advantages ad-vantages and possibilites Let us gtt together and aot. After laboring diligently for about three weeks without success to yain the good-wishes, if not affections, of Miss Luciie, L. Ludvigson and Tod Johnson have given up hope in despuir. Ths former has gone to planting grain, ths latter is can ting his eyes in other directions, while poor Luciie has been consigned to the garrage. Mr. and Mrs, Martin Madseu wsre called upon to mourn the loss of their little daughter, Lydia. who died April 2, and was burried April 5. Funeral services were held at the Jl I S. Hallafter which the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends to the cemetery. Miss Lydia was 9 years, 5 months old and divd from the effects of pneumonia. The public at large join in condolence for the bereaved parents. We promise all favors consistent with conservative banking. Our safe deposit vault, the finest in the west, offers you the cheapest iu3uranca for your valuables against fire or thelt, and costs you nothing. GUNNISON VALLEY BANK. form to the ordinances, The attorney in his opinion pointed out n cumber of objectionable features in the proposed pro-posed frauchise and offered to draw one himself. Council decided to have this done, pending which the company's petition would be held over, Frank Carroll's petition asking a rebate of $300 per annum on bis liquor license and oertaiu privileges grunted, wa9 denied by a bare majority vote. A lenghfcy discussion preceded this conclusion, Beauregard and Gribble standing out for leniency to Mr. Carroll but lost. The action taken means that Mr. Carroll must pay the required iioense and conform con-form to regulations set out by ordinance or quit business, A report from the park committee showed that the cash receipts at the dance covered all items of expense except paying the music. An appropriation appro-priation "authorizing warrant for the amount was made. A resolution was passed authoiiz-ing authoiiz-ing transfer of the city's interest in the new city ditch to the ditch corporation. cor-poration. Cleaning of the branch ditches came up for consideration and the marshal ordered to give public notice that said work should be done by April 20. Communications were read from the county clerk asking delegates to be sent to a good roads convention announced for ths near future, from the state board of health urging a campaign against unsanitary con ditions. The committee to whom had been referred the widening of Frst North Btret reported and given further time to negotiate with the parties owning the required land. The bid of P. P. Childs to rent the river bottom at S12.50 for the season was accepted. ClaimB amounting to r early 1200 were allowed. This Jnuluded the necessary materials used in laying out city park, |