Show butine business I 1 discussed cussed by council many in matters of of routine business 8 4 including ing more discussion of power ae der equipment pasturing of 0 1 ts improving the gravel trap tnt md d several less important matters feere ere taken up by the city council its regular may meeting on tuesday night mr cate representing the allis halmers co and R L fentoria and 14 bif fr horsley representing the galion cioll outfit mst met with th the ya council re garding barding a power grader for the ci I 1 suggested that the cis r F each ach man ty purchase a light machine for 1 I heir air work and pointed out that or general maintenance work chich ich would be the prime purpose BC in n purchasing the equipment the D gnall 11 machine would do the work probably iro bably not as fast but just as ef actively and with much less oper sting ling expense also the depre represents nta tives ves suggested a new caching machine ra ther than a used one as was 0 O rig nally planned on stating that the anally fust cost though a little more would be cheaper in the long run a 11 as repairs have to be made for or some time the machine proposed by the al bs is chalmer man would weigh a acut lit pounds and would cost cosi 1680 the one proposed by the callion ff allion co would be a little heavier weighing about pounds and would cost 2665 the matter of purchasing was deferred for the time being until further investigations are made in in re garda anh to the kind of equipment needed and until funds were avail able for the purchase mayor joseph reported to the council that many people living ul in blocks where irrigation water had to be brought through other peo ns property and especially thru had ad been making coro com ints to the city and asking that something Bom ething be done to relieve this tion stating that ditches had to lie cleaned each week before they were able to get the water onto their lots city attorney durham morris advised the council that thu the city responsible for keeping ditches clean on other than cl city property and advised that property owners who were affected by this condition would have to work this out as a personal matter 1 he stated that where dit ditches ches had p been in the same place for twenty years or more that property owners had secured an easement across the property to get the water to their lot and that a court order could probably be obtained granting them the use of of these ditches and guaranteeing that they be kept clean on the other hand he said the person who owned the corral where the ditches crossed may also have an easement on the ground by virtue of having his corral in iii the same ame place for a period of twenty years i i the problem of pasturing city fi was again discussed some f members of the council felt that in f as much as there was a scarcity of teed feed this year that people should be entitled to pasture streets for di ai bout a ten day period provided p that pasturing be supervised they ever even went so far as to bugge suggest st that a herd of sheep be turned onto the streets as one way of getti getting ng ri rid id ot of the weeds before they have a r chance to seed other members pointed out that thai supervised feeding on the streets 1 practical from the standpoint that it if people were given this vi lefie lege animals would be out al a I 1 night ight turned loose to get into other property owners lots and gardens and that the practice would be again dangerous because it coulden couldn ift t be stopped after it was once started after due consideration the idea was abandoned and it was voted to strictly enforce the stock law por for some time the purchase of two weed burners has been consid ered cd by the city to help control the weeds on the streets and at the tuesday night meeting councilman S ItIl al tennan terman was given authority to L purchase these burners T parowan carowan cites high water le lem aft again came in for discussion it was pointed out that an abundance i 1 it l high water may be expected this year and that the gravel trap at the top of town was in no condition to hold it the trap has been filled continued to back page pae DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL ROUTINE continued from first page W up and gravel taken away from the banks to the extent that any great amount of water might wash it out and cause serious property damage to property close to the trap after discussing the matter thoroughly it was decided to ask permission of the ilic fields to send a caterpillar up there and reinforce the banks antl and clean the trap out anthony paxton met with the council and asked that the city work ork out some sort of an agreement whereby he could be employed as caretaker of the cemetery and the council promised him that the matter would receive kneir consideration era tion city tera surer R M benson reported to the council that this months bills be paid as the city was out af funds it was deemed advisable by the council to negotiate a loan from the bank to meet current bills this lack of funds mean that the city is in a bad way particularly but that collections have not been sufficient to take care of current operating expenses mrs dan macfarlane was operated on tuesday for the removal of a goitre gaitre this is the second operation for mrs macfarlane recently but she is improving as well as can be expected in 1940 all manufacturing companies in the united states paid in wages 3 billion dollars in taxes and 2 billion dol bairs aars in dividends taxes totaled 23 per cent of all wages paid and were 50 per cent more than all dividends modest concession become of the old fash boned girl who used to shy from wearing a one piece bathing suit she has compromised by wearing two pieces separated by her midriff |