Show city council holds regular meeting Meet 0 the city council held it regular july meeting on oil tuesday night ot of this week with oscar al lyman presiding in the absence ot of mayor adams who was out of town routine matters were vere disposed of including action on the months claims and other matters were considered as follows roy koy hyatt petitioned for a further reduction in his license to run a pool hall and also for a reduction in the age limit tor for boys entering his place of business under special arrangement he is now paying 50 a quarter for license though the present ordinances provides 50 a ter for the first table and tor for each additional table tie ile has 3 persons under twenty one are excluded clouded now and he asked to have those over eighteen allowed the the council deferred af action tion how however everi with a statement to mr hyatt that the ordinances are now being revised and that due consideration would be given his petition in connection with such revision anthony paxton was given a similar lin linarite amite concerning his re anest that the hotel be given some license protection from the compe tion by camp grounds which furnish cabins and lodging he said he thought they should be licensed or else that his hotel be and be he pointed out that he is the only place in town paying such auch a license councilman wm win S J gurr chairman of the streets and sidewalks committee reported that a flood control dam had been placed at a cost of about 50 and that the dam at the diversion point above town had cost both he affelt felt were good jobs and the costs cost s were less than had been expected an inquiry from the attorney as to what the new ordinance relative to animals taken uit up on the streets should show resulted bulted re in a rather animated discussion some members of the council felt that the present charges by the are excessive in the aase cage of large numbers of cows cons or sheep the property of one pirson person being found on the street the idea was also advanced by one member that some leniency should be shown where animals have got onto the streets unknown to their owners one member called attention to the tact fact that large bands ot of sheep are being driven bously through the streets in disregard of the ordinance which designates sheep streets another inquired who had authorized the pasturing of 0 the streets this spring stating that he had no knowledge ot of the councils counci Is granting such authority someone volunteered the information that he understood mayor alador adams had told the marshal to slow down on the enforcement cv cf that ordinance where people were with their animals because of th the scarcity of 0 feed none ot of the members criticised criticized this action but they voiced the ho opinion that no mercy should be shown the owners ot of animals found on the streets at night or in the day time without someone watching them no change in the ordinance was authorized members of the council reported that complaints had come to them that some people are sprinkling in Nio violation lation ot of regulations or without having paid the tee fee decision decusio n was 1 I reached to instruct the marshal to check such violations by having service disconnected where evidence warranted the attorney cited section ot of the ordinances as authority for or disconnection in case of any such violations regardless ot or Nh whether ether regular water rentals have been paid or not A special meeting was decided on tor for thursday night to decide on provisions ot of the new license ordinance light and power rates etc and the following claims were allowed |