The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-04-11
Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular session Mon
day evening. Present Mayor Brosius,
Aldermen Blowers, Clarke, II. +. David
son, Mcdonald and Rand, Recorder
Nickelsen and Marshal Dukes.
p. S. Davidson was excused.
Minutes Of last regular meeting read
and approved.
Davidson moved that the committee
on county roads be discharged. Adopted.
Marshal reported that he had notified
the parties on River street to remove
the fences opposite the Mt. Hood hotel,
but they had not yet complied.
Mcdonald moved that the marshal be
instructed to remove the distractions.
Adopted.
Ordinance 40, providing for the man
ner Of improving streets, was read sec
ond time, amended and passed.
Bills were allowed as follows:
Joseph A. Knox, nursing small
pOX patient, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS f,UO
G. E. Williams, supplies for hos .
pltal, .,,...,.,'......., O'OO
Transfer Co. $50
J.H. Dukes, salary as marshal
and street superintendent. >. $500
J. L. Rand, supplies for hospital. 800
Lost Lake Lumber Co. o......,.. 2.59
Eureka Meat Market ..,... 2.45
NH. Dukes, nursing smallpox
patient IA days at IS day. -. 1000
Mayor reported that the smallpox
patient had paid the doctors bill, SIS
that H. NJ Dukes had been sent for from
Corvallis to nurse the patient; that the
total cost to the city of the smallpox
case was $ll2.
John L. Henderson asked permission
to address the council in favor of the
payment of the bill of Bonaparte
for nursing ]. A. Knox. The mayor
and council did not see that the bills oi
Bonaparte and the Mt, Hood Stage Co.
were in any way analogous.
II. G. Coe asked permission to address
the council. He said he wanted to i'm.
prove the street and make sidewalk in
front of his property on State@treet and
asked permission TO grade the street by
taking the dirt from the south side oi
the street and placing 1t on the north
side Of the street.
On motion of Blowers, the applica'
ton of II. G. Coe was granted.
City Surveyor Henderson reported
that in his survey of State
street, between Park avenue and Para
disc farm, he found that the fence Oh
the north side OF the street encroached
upon the street as much as p feet IN
places.
N. @. Evans asked permission to ad
dress the council. He asked the council
il the county didn't at one time change
the course OF the State road through the
town Of Hood River.
John l.. Henderson said there was nc
record OF the survey.
Mr.. Evans thought the change was
made ten years ago; that the width o.
the state road was at least so feet and
in some parts 100 feet. He said the
proper way to have the road opened tC
its proper width would be TO petition
the county court. The court would theT
order the county surveyor TO do tht
work ,and the distractions, If any, would
be removed.
II. G. Coe said that when he sold the
property TO Watson, he sold from tbs
north line of the State road. The roaC
was then so feet wide.
Blowers introduced the following res
olution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That a sidewalk six fee
wide conforming to ordinance 40 be or
dered built from curb line on west sid,
of Fourth street along south side of Oal
street to west block line of block No. l
town of Waucoma, as near presen
ground elevation as possible, maintain
ing downward grade not less than
per cent from west to east.
II. C. Coe submitted a plat of a nev
addition he has laid out on the soutl
side Of his plaee-south of his hOus
and lying between Blowers addition an'
Park avenue.
Petition of SO signers, asking that
saloon license be issued TO c. c. Steuh
ling, was presented and read. The Ii
cense fee Of $500 was in the hands of tn
treasurer.
The mayor stated that he was still o
the opinion that under the provisions @
the city charter and ordinance 81, it n
Quired the signatures of majority @
the legal voters OF the town TO grant
license. He held that ordinance p
amending ordinance 2l, allowing q i
cense 10 issue upon the petitiO
Of ~ legal voters, was void lOr tn
reason that il had no enacting claus
Ordinance 25 also lowered the lieens
fee from 81 900 to 500. He claimed, q
he did when the former licenses wer
granted, that q license could only issu
under the provisions Oi ordinance 2l.
Blowers said he believed the eharte