Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-10
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Proposed Extension OF the City Lin,,.
a Campaign Against small palr,..
A Million Dollar Lawaalt.
ST.. LoBIs, Mo, July Il.-The :.
proaeh of a city campaign has bronsIp.
about u lively discussion OF the a'assa
cial condition of St Louis. NJ
Is wanted for new public hns9
ings that are contemplated irs'
city cannot run into debt ~
cannot increase it's taxation ns,p
out vote of the people, and eya'l
body understands that proposit}asg
do either of these things Womb ! y
beaten at the polls by the tax.pava.s
So movement Is on foot now ~
crease the city limits. and take N NJ ~.
twenty square miles OF rich and nos'
lous suburban settlements 10 ths NJ.
IL is claimed that the taxes from 49,
source would give the city an the rs $50
nus IL needs TO carry out its Milan !.
public Improvement The question ,,i1,
be hgitated vigorously FROM NOW ~,
the election, and il may be an issue II
the spring campaign for the election a
u Mayor. -
The big aad little dairies OF the ~.
are lighting over a new milk law. M.
most thorough ever proposed In this eisv
whic b Is now pending in the ASSEMBLE
The system of inspection which ~
bill eontemplates Is 30 rigid that il viii
drive out OF business the many lit,ls
dirty diaries In the city, that maks
money by selling impure milk, and
they are moving heaven aud earth ~
kill the bill II the bill passes /, WI
put into operation a complete system
u food inspection that will Include
every article Of food nsed on the tabIs
Milk Inspector james Z. sullivan
makes telling argument for the IN
by drawing from the records Of infant
mortality IN the health Office CHI.
dren fed on Impure milk die OF MAJ.
Asmus most often Inspector snilsvae
shows that aimee milk Inspection was
begun here, dive years ago. the deaths
from maTasnas have decreased % per
cent lie argues, OF course, that ia
better the inspection the life OF mora
children will be saved. The great
dairies u the city, whose regulates.
depends on the quality Of their milk.
arc toing al! they can 70 pass the bilI
and nd themselves Of the comparatively
irresponsible composition Of the smaller
dairymsu.
We are going 10 have = very inter
esting million dollar snit here. Wher.
Thomas Smith sold Washington Park
70 the city yeaB ago Zoe ss5, 900, IA
stipulated that u WAS 10 bS Hsed ~,
ever for the purposes ~ public square.
The etty Is now building 4 city hall 81.
the site ~ the park. having cue d1an.
the treca. aud has already spenf Ah0et
a quarter 81 millio.- on the struetuFs.
Now tbs heirs Of SIR. Smith, tnost n
whom live In texas aud Kentueky,
come % the United states court elaita.
Ing not only large manages because the
city has diverted the park from tae
nsc - which i agreed 70 pat il, bot
also the pork Itself The park 4 now
worth million dollars Good LAWYERS
say the heirs have an excellent case.
but the ctty's lawyers 81 courac mako
light " ~ While tho suit goea "a.
the batldiug ~ tlsu hall will proceed,
too, and by the time decision = o.
tanned the cdI:ico will DC finished
Then. u tie heirs win the suit. the
city will simply hand them over tx.
money iho park Is worth.
Experiments ia q new kind Of
weather signalling are 20 DC tried a0oas
~ Tue agricultural country which do
peuds on 81 Louis for ita forecasts
Chief signal Officer. Mark W. llarriug.
ton, u mot al all satisfied with the ~
suits obtained from the System Of dis.
Irritating signals by means 81 manuiac.
tory and factory whistles II seems.
that they are COMPOUNDED with the
whistles used for other purposes. aBd
often pass uuhoticcd by thn people
Tor whose benefit they are act ont
! lc weather officers here have been
informed that Chief Harrington intends
10 introduce silver whiattcs for trans.
hitting the signals lie thinks they
give out q purer, rounder tone, just %
loud a. the sound from the other whis.
Ties, and easily distinguished from
them. The FIRST experiments 10 this
part Of the country with the silver
will be made Ia the large farm
ing towns OF Missouri and Illinois