Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-06

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The callncil met IN regular adj
jpurned Session Tuesday evening.
Present I alderman Wright, Martin.
Mecusk,i, Moeglein, Hoffman, and 4.
later, Tnrner and Tramp ton, Y
The minutes 81 meetings 81 Avg. s.
u, II aid Sept. 2were read and .lp-
proved! s5s M 55 .535 M
The following bills were alloWed I:
III wv Ch,se, medi cine to poor 3s
# by Md society 2 tl
VI M " Wetzel, same as above a'i5 8O
Tanner. mlse to poor h y
aid societY & w. e, e
ChAs Gravel, same as above 2 2 i ~
Is = ~ blake. same AZ above \. "a III
IN q ross same M aboye..... 8 85
Richard Bros, same az above ~ [tps Y Y
4 Kerrich & MOegiein, same as
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Harting s. Son, coffin for $Ss
child Of j a Nelson :s.5 3 w
Harting & Son, coffin and
digging grave for Mary Mel @s
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4 IN Lafond, flour, by aid II
IN B.Sc1et " ~ ~
IA Tanner, supplies Tor city Hi
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\ r. Heidbrink, digging grave & slsas
for pauper child. l.i ~
Nv B Jones. plumbing at city 55.,
hall fo 20
70 III Brown, medicine to city N II
"A moor. . !. !. !. ... S 40
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pany, legal and job. print n e.
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Electric & Water company
incandescent lights and 0
fire alarm. ~ w
Electric & Water company, HI {.
are light rental. NO 90
Electric Is Water company
hydrant rem tai and sewer
flnshinr . ]. |. !. !. 3S6 So
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Dr. Dumont. services to city \. 4lg Il u.
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q "A Il Hall, lumber to- street s.
HEN com missioner ........... I. ........ llS Uo
II * Lafond. same as above. 66
The street commissioners report.
Tor August, amount $l6l 80, was
approved. S%4= %t s4 q q '': ~ * {
The report OF City Justice GaLdet
for August was presented and an ap-:
proved. Z. i55s # l.;. i
application OF Alex Van Praag for
auetloneer's license was read FAC !. g Il q
Mayor Davidson called "a; the tt',ss' at-
I tentio3n st the council to the fact
that the county beard had apprror Y
1 priated 800 til aid ia leilay Ing the
expenses vi the ex hibit oi n orl'iso 'nl
county products AT the state f Z ~
said appropriation to be available i
the city council gave an !: h. equal ~
amount. Alderman Mecusker made
an emphatic protest against the city
/ giving anything. The motion. was va
discussed at some length, the adj :.
I yantages Of such an exhibit being
generally admitted. Herman
\ Mecusker firmly maintained his
position, however. and was the only
member of the council who
Y who could see nothing commendable
In the project. A motion was
finally made to appropriate 500.
out of the Water Power bond in
sterest fund. and the motion waslost,
although a majolityo OF the council Gil
were in favor Of voting IT. The ne
proposition to aid the:fair exhibits
one OF those questions thar should
receive unanimous appro val, OF 4,
i should not pass. Such use of money
is possibly not fully warranted, by
law, butt is an. almost universal
i practice for cities and counties to
4 occasionally make small appropria-
@tions for purposes that are beyond
1 dues ton for the public good. But
. ia such cases 1t {. is an equally well
established custom that If there is
any firm opposition the effort is
abandoned. IT is to- be regretted
that the opposition 81 one man
should prevent such. u showing as
would have easily been made at the
state fair this year. Many other '
4 counties are exerting themselves TO:
prepare attractive exhibits, and none
could make better showing than
i Morrison county, and none would
4 derive as much benefit from good
exhibit as Morrison. Morrison
county attracted more settlers In the
past few years than any other
county In the state, the agricultural
4 vote increasing nearly 600 from 1892
!. u 1o0A md every effort should be