The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-02-16
Council Proceedings.

The common council met Tuesday
evening. Mayor and aldermen and all of
fcers present except Alderman Blowers,
who was on jury duty at The Dalles.
A communication from j. H. Gerdes,
asking that his name be stricken from
the petition for saloon license, was read.
Mcdonald reported from the commit
tee on health and police that the COM
mittee had been looking out suitable
location for a pest house. They had
come to no conclusion but found that q
location on Hood river, in Winans
addition, and also the Buskirk place,
below town, would be suitable. He also
reported that the jail needed repairs.
Luckey thought it necessary to first
consider where the money was to come
from before ordering repairs to the Jail
or buying pest house. According to
the best information he could obtain,
there was about six bits in the town
treasury.
Bell moved that the repairs be made
to the jail Carried and matter referred
to committee on streets and public
property.
Ordinance amending section 7 of ordi-
nance 10 was read second time and
passed.
Mcdonald introduced ordinance 20,
relating to granting of liquor licenses,
and repeating ordinance 10; read first
time.
Bell reported that Chas. Early had
proposition to put in an electric light
plant, and asking that committee be
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Davidson thought the proposition
should first come before the council in
proper shape before any action could be
taken.
Luckey moved that Bell be appointed
committee of one to ask Mr.. Early to
submit his proposition to the next reg
ular meeting of the council. Carried.
Mayor Brosius reported that the rail
road contractors who were doing the
blasting inside the town limits refused
to pay the marshal for acting as watch
man to guard against damage to proper
ty of citizens, and that the contractors
had referred the matter to the 0. r. q N.
Co. The town ordinance requires the
marshal's presence when such work is
being done.
After considerable discussion, Bell
moved that the town pay the marshal
| for his services as watchman up to date,
and that he deputize one OF the men on
the work to look after the towns inter-
ests. Carried.
Petition of r. E. Fewel & Co., asking
for a saloon license, with names OF petit
tioners, was read. Remonstrances
against granting the license were also
read.
L. L. Smith appeared for remonstra-
tors and was allowed the privilege Ct
the floor.
Mcdonald raised the point that there
had been no personal application made
by R. E. Fewel & Co. for the granting Of
license, but only the petition of citi-
zens. He therefore claimed the council
could take no action till Mr.. Fewel had
made personal application for license.
Mayor Brosius ruled that the point
was well taken.
Judge Kent appeared for R. E. Fewel
& Co. and argued that the signatures of
r. E. Fewel & Co. appearing twice in
the notice made it unnecessary for Fewel
or his company to make any further
application.
The mayor ruled that the application
must be made before any further action
could be taken. The coucil sustained
the ruling.
At the request Of Judge Kent, a recess
of l5 minutes was taken to allow Mr..
Fewel to make his application.
Upon reassembling, the application of
r. E. Fewel was presented and read.
Bell moved that the petition and re-
monstrances be referred to the mayor,
who should call upon one man from each
.Fside, to be selected by each party, to ex-
anime the lists of names and strike off
all who were not legal voters, and report
at an adjourned meeting of council.
After considerable discussion the motion
carried unanimously and Monday even
ing, Feb. 10Th, was fixed as the time to
adjourn the meeting.
The report of the committee on health
and police was again taken up.
Bell spoke in favor of the town pur-
chasing the Buskirk property for
a pest house and moved that the
matter be referred to committee. The
motion carried and the matter in regard
to pest house was referred to the CON-
mittees on health and police and finance.
Adjoined till Feb. 18th.