Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-07
ENGINEERS
MAY COME
The Montana Society Would Like to
Hold Its Next Annual Meeting
in This City.
Mayor PinkIey Appoints a Committee
Regular Meeting Of the City
Council-New Ordinances.

The regular meeting of the city
council was held last night, with May
or Pinkley presiding and Aldermen
Brown, Bradbury. Sloan and Tubb in
attendance.
City Treasurer Murray Deaton SUBJ
mitted his report for October, show
ing the following balances in the var
ious funds: General fund, $3,O26.69;
fire. $5S.S5; library. $1,512.63; water
works, $1,lUo.20 sinking, $1,445.S9;
dog tax, $104.25. Total. $5,1O6.47.
Overlrafts were reported in the
general fund, $358.63, and in the wa
ter and sewerage bond fund, $l,786.91.
Police Court Business.
Police Magistrate f. F. MacGowan
reported that during the month OF Oc-
tober, fines amounting to $142.5O had
been imposed and paid. The report
of Marshal Marion Burke was to the
same effect.
The usual monthly bills and pay
rolls were allowed.
Ordinance as to PaWnbrokers.
City Attorney De Kalb read an or
dinance regulating the business of
pawnbrokers. 1t provides that the ap-
plicant for license to do business as
a pawnbroker must accompany it with
the written approval of 10 freeholders,
and the penalty for engaging in this
business without having secured a IL
cense is 500 for each day. The
scheme of Ostensibly buying property
under contract to resell it for a stip-
ulated price to the party from whom
ii is taken is blocked by provision
declaring that one engaging in those
transactions is pawnbrOker. The
party securing a license must not be
engaged in the second hand business,
and must keep book in which shall
be recorded all of the transactions of
his establishment. This record is to
be open to the inspection of the Off
GERS at any time, and in addition he
must prepare daily report of his
transactions and file it with the city
marshal. The taking of pledges from
minors, intoxicated persons and
known thieves is prohibited. For a
violation of any of these provisions.
the license may be revoked at any
time by the city council, and such vio-
| lations are punishable by a fine of
800. The amount of the license to
| be paid is left blank, and will be
fixed by the license ordinance. The
ordinance was passed.
Electric Wiring.
| In accordance with instructions Civ
en-, City Attorney De kalb also intro
duced an ordinance regulating electric
wiring. The ordinance is very
lengthy document. and covers every
detail of the subject. 1t was referred
to the ordinance committee for consixl-
Grafton
Society Of Engineers.
City Engineer MCLEAN stated that
the Montana Society of Engineers, a
very fine body of scientific men, would
hold its annual meeting about the first
of the year, and there was strong
sentiment among the members in fa-
vor of holding it in Lewistown. large
| ly on account of the great interest
takene in the adjacent mining camps.
The members were axiOus to inspect
these fields, and Mr.. Mclean asked
that committee be appointed to con-
fer with like committee from the
business Mems association, with a
| VIC" W III iIIuidtIIlS dIl luNltdtlOl 10
the society to hold it's annual meet
ing in Lewistown. This was put in
the form of a motion and carried,
and the Mayor appointed Alderman
Sloan, Tubb and Brown as such COM
mittee.
Mr.. MCLEAN called attention to the
rates now charged builders for wa
ter, and gave it as his opinion that
they were far too high, the result be-
ing that few builders used the city
W; ter in their operations. The mat
ter was referred to the water works
committee for adjustment.
The city's Garbage.
The old subject of the disposal of
garbage was brought up, there being
the usual complaints from property
owners because garbage had been
dumped on their property, instead of
upon the ground owned by the city
fCr that purpose. In order to get the
matter in shape where it could be con-
tiolled. in measure, at least, the
marshal was instructed to appoint a
city garbage man, whose business it
will be to haul garbage for any per-
scr requiring such service.