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Show City Officers Plan To Attend Deer Creek Meeting At the council meeting Saturday a letter from L. M. Atwood, secretory of the Deer Creek project committer, was read advising of a meeting to be held at Lincoln high school auditorium, audi-torium, March 12, to which the mayors, may-ors, city councils and city attorney were invited. The purpose of the meeting was the organization of Metropolitan Water districts. The matter was referred to Mayor Storrs to contact the Irrigation company officials and arrange for a committee commit-tee to attend the same. Fire Chief I. L. Pratt was present and issued a special invitation to all city officials to attend the First Aid demonstration by the Bingham fire department, to be held in the Alpine stake tabernacle, March 16th. Chief Pratt was assurred the cooperation of the council in putting over this demonstration. A petition was received from the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad company asking the city to adopt a resolution as would grant the company com-pany the right to continue to operate and maintain a railroad spur into the Co-op. yards now owned by the city. They also asked for a fifty year franchise. The matter was referred re-ferred to the Judiciary committee to confer with the city attorney to see if such a franchise could be granted with a suplemental agreement that in case the city cared to make other arrangements that the franchise then become void. A letter was received from the Bonneville Lumber company advising advis-ing that after March 1st they would be affiliated with the Gem State Lumber and the Overland Lumber and would be known hereafter as the Tri-State Lumber Company. Councilman Christensen reported that Professor Morris of the B. Y. U. had made a survey of the City cemetery ceme-tery and the hospital park property and that blue prints covering the beautification changes would cost about $60.00 each. The mayor and cemetery committee were asked to contact the planning engineer and F. E. R. A. committee at Provo to see if the projects in question could not be carried forward without this expense. The matter of securing the county tractor to aid in the reconstruction of the High School hill and the street near the John F. Miller property, prop-erty, was referred to the street com-mttee com-mttee for action. The matter of the correction of the bad conditions at the city dump grounds was referred to the Public Property committee for action. Councilman Nicholes 6tated that Mrs. Clara Asher had peony roots for sale and was desirous of selling to the city such a quantity as might be required in their beautification work. He also stated that during the coming week rat poison would be made available under an arrangement arrange-ment entered into between the city and the state and that all should take advantage of the same. Mayor Storrs reported that Roy Greenwood, manager of the Apollo hall, was anxious to ascertain the cost of the ground immediately south of the hall and now owned by the city. The matter was taken under advisement. o |