The Nome nugget., 1901-11-20
How to Get a Portion of the
 School Fund, the Question
COUNCIL WANT 1T
And As Much Of It As cnu Be Had Committee Locking After the Ma.a ter--Wii iioid an Election to Fii! the Vacancies.

their regular meeting on Monday eve. ming, toward holding an election to fill the vacancies in the council and .in the school board. and that eyentgssill take place in the near future. the date hay. ing been set fer Nov. 90. % A committee was also appointed to act with the city attorney in an at tempt to secure d portion of the school find for municipal purposes, principally fire purposes. To this end petition will be prepared and presented. to Judge Wickersham of the district court asking him to set, aside few dollars < for the use of the municipality. Stevens brought UP the matter in one of his famous set speeches. Geiger didn't want to force the school board, he thought they were doing very well. "We spent all our money" he said; now don't kick because they spend theirs" and the audience laughed.
 The city will also soon have street lights. IL was decided to put a l6-can- SA1V pC"Cl Oil CNCis LdiI BolC belonging to the. electric light com pany between the Wild Goose railroad depot and Lucky Baldwin's place on Front street east. The city will pay for the cost of installing" and 20 cents per light per night. Lights will also be placed, on Steadman avenue and other sections of the city.
 Fire department matters also re- ceived an airing, Stevens objecting to . the manner in which supplies were be- ing bought for the fire department He detailed what had been done by him. self and President Hansen, of the volunteer department. Captain Han sen had offered to procure l5 tons ,oi coal at 2.5O; Stevens said be could get it for s32..0, if the.city had the cash to pay for 1t; he had gotten bay and oats donated by Manager Johnson, of the Pioneer Mining Company, and he thought ir better to keep the com pany's horses as fire team than to buy d team.
 The remainder of the business trans acted was largely of a routine charac- ter.
 , President Hansen, of the,fre depart. ment, sent in a communication stating that he had purchased three tons ol hay. for use of the department horses at Sl5 per ton. He also reported that arrangements had been made with the eleerrc light company for seven .ligkts ata cosrof sl25 until May l. next. A. w. Hall sent in petition, signed by 40 or more citizens, asking that the spieleis, who make the day hi1eous and the night bOitt rJus by telling about "big feeds beng now on," and ''large steins,' be either, muzzled or prohibited hencefOrth from opening their faces to the disgust and discon- fort of all the ''educated and intelligent {. people of Front street."
 I he petition went over. Geiger ob. jecting, because some people who had employed spielers to "bark and yelp for them" now would have them an initiated.
 .t Mir. Hall backed up his petition by a neat speech.
 City Treasurer Solner's report showed q bafance on hand in. the general fund of $562.S1 school fund, S9,S643l; spe- , cial street fund, SlOO.25; general fund warrants outstanding, $7,274.5l, and in the special street fund $9,555. l3; total, &6,S29.G4.
 Fire Chief Palmer reported that he had inspected "A buildings in the con- igested district; he had condemned If unsafe fues and recommended changes where necessary. A contract for fur. nishing the fire departments with water was let to Smith X Small at 40 cents a barrel.
 The city clerk reported that Scott x Stewart wished to pay their taxes, and sthey were Willing to do so; but as the city owed them bill for lumber they wanted warrant on the general fund for the balance due. Harris objected and said it was a mistake that Nestor 6, Lyng had been given a warrant for a lumber bill, on the general fund.
 Stevens wanted to go on record; he had not been present when Nestor & Lpng were given a warrant; he would stave voted against it. Geiger blamed Stevens, but he denied the impeach- men a Id on motion of Harris it was resuyed 10 pay no more lumber bills by general fund warrants.
 An ordinance prohibiting leaving teams unhitched On the pGblic streets, exceIt dog teams, was passed.
 The matter of installing the fire