Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-12
City Fathers Meet.

At the regular meeting OF the city
council, Monday evening, all alder
men were present with the exception
OF Messrs. Fridlund and Holt.
Permission was granted Hans En-
gelstad and Andrew Anderson to
grade Trott avenue between Mason
and Maud streets at their own ex.
pense. The work was requested to be
done under the supervision of the
street committee and the street COM
missioner.
The following bills were allowed:
WATER AND LIGHT FUND.
Great Northern Railway Co.. Freight
on coal, S51.15; Standard Oil Co., oil,
$500; Hans Johnson & Co., hauling
wood and coal, etc., S48 "a; j. T.
Otos, freight paid aud express, Sc. .3s;
Frank Farnick, work at power house,
IS cents.
GENERAL FUND.
John M. Rains, service in the con-
troll of Infectious diseases (paid by
the county,, $3.50; J. G. Jones, A.
l.. Markhus and P. H. Roise, juror
fees of $1.00 each; Ole Lundquist,
board for prisoners, s3.42; John II.
Person, repairs, S2 45; Hans johnson
& Co., draying, S1.lO; P. 81. Roise &
Co., merchandise, 88 cents.
A request of the Gun Club for per-
mission to hold shooting tourna-
ment at the baseball park the 18th
and 10Th of August, 1908, was granted.
| The Willmar Street Fair Associa-
tlon was granted the use of such
streets and avenues necessary for the
holding OF the street fair in Septem-
her, and that all moneys received for
licenses. and street privileges during
the fair go to the Association.
A communication from J. Samuel
son, OF Minneapolis, asking what in
ducement the city would offer towards
getting the locating of the Home for
Aged People, was read and on motion
laid on the table. i.
Permission was granted John M.
Spicer and others to remove the board
sidewalk along the north side of Ella
avenue, between Nelson avenue and
Ninth street, and lay in place of same
a cement stone sidewalk II feet wide;
also to Willmar Provision Co. to in.
stall and operate 4.horse power en-
CINE with an S.horse power submerged
tube boiler on combined base, in the
new Westberg building fronting on
Benson avenue.
An order for supplies was properly
approved and ratified, and the city
7 clerk authorized TO make the pur.
chase.
A motion was carried to the effec
that all lamps and electric light fix.
lures now in the care of the city CLERK
be turned over to the Water and
Light Commission.
Peter Bonde was given permission
to erect q two-story brick building
25x65 feet on the south half of lot 4
block 80.
| Second readings were given the fol-
lowing ordinances: "An ordinance
to prevent the stenciling, painting O,
pasting of signs upon the sidewalks
telephone, telegraph or electric light
poles, guy stubs, or in any manner
mark or disigure the sidewalks, tele:
phohe, telegraph or electric light
poles of the city of Willmar," ''ar
ordinance to regulate and preven,
throwing or depositing of ashes, offal,
dirt, garbage or other offensive mat.
ter, or of paper, upon any street
alley or public ground or place of the
city of Willmar;" IAN ordinance tc
prevent the encumbering of streets,
sidewalks, alleys, lanes or public
grounds in the city of Willmar;" and
san ordinance to prohibit so-called
"blind pigs'' and other places and
devices for keeping, selling, barterine
or using Intoxicating liquors; to
abolish the practice of handling in.
toxicating liquors under false and
fictitious names; and to effect the con.
tiscation of Intoxicating liquors, un.
lawfully handled, kept or used, to.
gether with glasses, bottles, casks,
barrels, cases, kegs and other appli.
ances used in such unlawful handling
of Intoxicating liquors."
Directors Meet.
Friday evening the directors of the
Black Bay Mining Co. met in the of.