Show City Council Denies Petition to Discontinue Gauze Mask The City Council met last evening all members of council present with exception of at Mayor Fitzgerald who was summoned to Salt Lake yesterday yesterday yester rester day afternoon on legal business President President Pre Ire Frank presided The minutes of previous meeting were lead and approved The following accounts account were then read and ordered paid Pay roll Blyth Fargo Furgo John Stoll e Paull Bros Dros Bros J E. E Johnson t Felix Trainor John Burke Durke H. H E. E Squires Derry Berry Bros Dros i. i e i. i 1230 E E. E P. P P LeCompte 4 1800 The Park Record Silver Sliver Kink Coalition n Hopkins Coal Co Water Dept Pay roll Arrow Press v. v Park City Lumber Co 2634 Utah Power and Light Co s Total J I W mR ur City Tr Treasurer ONell reported af Ite follows t Gen fund def Nov 1 Receipts for the month month- License Police Court Cemetery City Taxes Dog Taxes Miscellaneous 27 Miscellaneous War paid in November Gen fund def Nov 30 Water fund sur Nov 1 Receipts for month month month- Consumers City Taxes Miscellaneous War paid in Nov Nor t I Water fund sur Nov 68 30 61 riM 0 t l Timecards Time cards paid In Nov 2776 2775 Cash on hand Cash on hand v. v Bank Dank bal Nov Sink Fund on Dept Nov 30 1918 City Justice of the Peace Peace For For Forthe the month of November there were wore fifteen cases in the police court Fines imposed Collected in cash costs paid by byA A. A H. H Addy appealed to district court total total City Sexton Gidley reported ty-one ty deaths in November 18 adults 3 children 17 males and 4 females Collected for graves with outstanding GRANTED CHANTED Al McCarrell and twelve other residents residents res res- of at the First ward petitioned for tor an electric light In front of Park City High School The council realized ed the necessity of such a light and andon andon andon on motion of Councilmen Councilman Neilson Nellson and Lowe the request was granted and the marshal ordered to have same Installed in installed installed In- In stalled at once WANTED MASKS l DISCONTINUED A petition was presented to the council signed by quite a number of r fl 1 persons asking that the tho use two of ga gauze ze tn masks sk be bo discontinued giving as Aa s their opinion that the use of them were more of a menace than a benefit benefit bene bene- fit t Councilman n moved that hat the petition be tabled his reason that hat the tho board of health had sanctioned It tt It and nd that that the they should hould be given a fair trial as a pre pre- of of Influenza before c condom condom- lug lag ng them His Ills motion was seconded by Councilman Paxton Councilman Neilson Nellson favored favored- the petition and contended that as the request came from citizens direct to the he council the council should answer answer er yes yo or no nol and not table it Councilman Paxton n was emphatic emphatically em cally c- c ally against granting the petition and said the mask had been tried in n nother other places and proved beneficial l. l and operation co should be given the board of health in its efforts to Chet cheek check k the disease and a fair trial given the masks Acting Mayor Fleishman was opposed op posed Jo to to granting granting the petition and urged urged a uni unison on of action In an effort ef- ef ef effort effort fort to stop atop the awful death toll from fromI I the dread disease The board boud of health h d k d for fair a-fair a trial of the masks and It should be given He lie thought the doctors and health board uld h have ve the united support of our citizens Councilman Neilson Nellson t favored the strict enforcement of quarantine reg- reg reg regulations ut s but was decidedly opposed to 0 the V wearing earing of the masks He lie was wasI I sure they no good and should be discarded I He thought l them a menace and would favor tavor the request of the petitioners S. S L. L L asked permission to give glye He called attention to tile the awful ravages of the disease the past two months the startling number show showed d by the sextons sexton's sextons sexton's sextons sexton's sex sex- tons ton's report read at this meeting of ot the and health the efforts mayor committee to check the spread the t e decision reached laati last Tuesday to to give tho masks mask a tIl d dHe He ventured the opinion that po pot r. r one of the the signers r had theldis thedis ease easel it lri nor their homes nor nor loved Ones Ones carried to their grave grave In inconsequence of it ft- ft and and- thought and thought every everT good citizen should with one ODe accord mote made de by the city officials and nd he health officers rs tb to stamp out the plague He thought bought per personal 1 feelings ts and personal Interests should aside and a united effort de' de to work together t to save human life Ufe lIe He hoped the petition would be Ig Ig- Ig nored Superintendent i John hn Ellsworth of the Judge Smelter a visitor to o the council for fat the first time was called upon He was opposed to wear wearIng ing of of th the masks He He av o opinion n did and in some cases resulted in harm hann H He did not think that personal prejudice br or personal feelings prompted the signers to to r the discontinuance of the mask ak rile petitioners pe- pe thought perhaps ashe did that they we were t doing no good and were a nuisance nce Councilman Lowe then changed i i ged his motion to the effect that request of petitioners be be denied dented Councilman C Paxton seconded It it and add it it carried Councilman Nielson being the only one voting in the negative After Atter authorizing l the City Recorder Recorder Re- Re Re Re- corder Miss Burley Hurley draw on the sinking fund to replenish the general fund if It necessary council adjo adjourned |