Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-10-06
CITY COUNCIL
HOLD SESSION
Provides For More Sewers and
Lishts-Appoints New
City Physician.

Council met Thursday evening with
Mayor Good and Counoilmen Hair,
Rsndle, Hall, Chausse, Dean and
Fetscb present. Counoilmen Will
lsms and Smith absent, as was also
Recorder Booth. Blanchard was made
recorder pro tenn.
A petition was presented asking for
a fire bydrant on Sixth below M
street. Referred to fire committee.
Petition for street lights on Ninth
and and Ninth and J streets was re-
ferred to light committee.
Petition WAS granted to st. Lukes
church to erect wooden guild hall
on their lots on Fourth and Il and
also TO have the right to use part Of
street IN which to place building
material Marcus Robbins, repre-.
senting the Siefert estate, asked that
the Siefert estate be allowed In con.
structing cement sidewalk along the
property to leave the inside two feet
unconstruoted for the present, pending
the construction later ON Of brick
building to take the place Of the
present wooden structure. Permit
granted.
The light committee was again
ordered to get the lights placed on
lows street that were orde red OF the
Electric Light Company last Spring.
Chairman Hair of the health com.
mittee, reported case Of dipbtheris
In the city, but that IL was Of mild
form and was under strict quarantine
This report brought up the consider.
alton OF more stringent health rules
for the city. The mayor and the
oouncilmen all favored stricter
quarantine regulations and sanitary
rules. City Attorney Hough said
the present ordinance was very de.
fective and that IL tho health com
mittes would meet with him they
would draft a new ordinance that
would conform to the new state
health laws and also vest the city
authorities In more power to ut mp
out contagious diseases. The matter
was considered of appointing a city
health board to work In 90. operation
with the county health board, but IL
was laid over until next council meet
ing. DR., Strioker's appointment rs
city physician having terminated
with tho close of the last official
year, Mayor Goot appointed Dr.
Douglass city physician, and the
appointment was confirmed by the
council.
Under u suspension Of the rules the
fire limit ordinance was amended to
include the east half OF block 7S.
which IL on Sixth street between J
and X streets.
Ordinance passed for lateral sewers
to connect with the Fifth street sewer
IN the northern part Of town.
Councilman Hall, the champion Of
civic improvements in the council,
made u motion, which was carried,
that the city attorney draw mp an or.
dinanoe requiring all poles for light
and other purposes to be painted
The annual fall migration south of
the army of hobos, who winter In
California. and also the exodus OF the
hangers. at Lewis and CLARK fair
who will soon be seeking new fields
where they can live without work is
likely to give such au influx OF the
tough element into Grants Pass that
the ono night patrolman can not
properly guard the city To see that
the hobos are kept moving on at u
rapid rate the mayor was authorized
to appoint extra policemen whenever
he deemed 1t necessary.
City Attorney Hough was granted
authority to appoint deputy to at.