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Show MAYOR HAYBALL CALLSA HALT Says City Funds Are Exhausted and Other Than Necessary Work Should Be Suspended The city commissioners held a session yesterday mcrnlng at which tho monthly appropriations woro mado. G. and 11. Thatcher were granted grant-ed a permit to erect a theatre on Center Cen-ter struot. Tho assignment by Rob crt S. Campbell to Robori Murdock authorizing tho, latter to construct steps In front ot tho Campbell block o lead, to basement was approved Commissioner G. W. Llndqulst was nuthorlzed to make a trip to Salt Lake and tako up tho matter ot extending ex-tending the city water mains to a better bet-ter source ot water supply with the uttornoy goneral and determlno It such action can be legally taken. Probably tho most Importunt matter mat-ter thnt caino before the commission was a communication from Mnyor 11, G. Hayball which contains a brief but clear statement on tho present financial condition of tho city troas ury. The, mayor rocommonds that all unnecessary improvements In the' various city departments bo suspended. suspen-ded. Tho reason for tho nbovo oc tlon is set forth in the following a tracts from tho communication: "I find that w nro npproxlmatoly( $7,500 overdrawn nt tho bank not In-eluding In-eluding tho May appropriations, wnlch amount to, (5,303, meaning an over draft Including tho May appropriation ot about 112,800 not including notes held by tho Cacho Valley Dank amounting to $13,300. Further, that tbo streot department has disbursed,' Including May disburse ments, npproxlmatoly 3,290, hnd with sprinkling and Incidentals yet to be tnkon caro of. Thoroforo I recommend recom-mend thnt 'nil work oxcopt necessary repair work and street sprinkling oe stopped," |