The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-06

Earr, had agreed to remove the
houses. aud these two refused to do
so. The marshal was instructed to
enforce the order Of the board.
Under the advice Of the village
attorney, the board has decided 70
repRss all ordinances which we're
passed while the village was acting
in the capacity Of a de facto city.
There are number Of these ordin-
ances and each will be taken up and
repassed after having been examined
BY the attorney and amended where
be deems II necessary. The first OF
these to be considered was the bill
posting ordinance. The next will be
the poll tax ordinance. The decision
Of the court holding the proceedings
in changing from a village TO a city
government illegal, is causing the
new board much extra work.
The claim submitted by the Pinker-
ton Detective agency for balance Of
e4o0 which they say Is due for ser
vices rendered in the arson cases,
was referred TO the village attorney
for Investigation and report.
Another matter OF Importance to
come before the board was that Of
fencing the ground donated by the
government for a cemetery aud tax
ing proper steps to plat and beautify
the place. II was the opinion Of the
board and others present that i'm
mediate action was necessary. az the
present burial place was filIed with
graves. The matter was placed IN
the hands Of the committee on public
property Tor action.
The board appropriated els a
month toward sprinkling the business
streets, the balance TO be paid by
merchants and Others IN the sprinkled
district. The amount is 10 be paid
70 A. Minnick, who had the contract
last year. The district covers Sher-
man street from the electric line
depot 20 Fifth, Fourth street to
Occur d'Alene and Second to Lake
view.
A number Of years ago the prop
erty owners along Sherman street
donated ten feet from the front Of
their lots for the purpose Of widen
ing the street and were to receive
Eve feet OF Of the alleys in the rear
Of the lots. IL seems that the titles
10 these donations have never been
properly made and the county re-
cards show that the street lie still bat
sixty feet wide while the owners Of
lots own ten feet Of the ground now
Ia the street. This matter came up
before the board aud some action
will be taken TO straighten out the
tangle.
The board held a called meeting
Monday evening TO consider com
mnnication which Chairman Collins
bad received from Governor Cooling
stating that the insane asylum com
mission would visit this city the last
Of next week for the purpose OF in
specting the proposed sites to be
offered the state for the institution.
The Communication was read TO the
meeting and the board appointed the
following committee with full power
TO act IN the matter aud entertain the
members Of the commission while
here: William Dollar, T. n. Lind
berg, G. J. Shoemaker, Il. F. Black.
we'll, II. V. Scallon, w. A. Andrew
aad r. w. Collins. The committee
will try TO secure several sites to
offer the state so that the commits.
sioners can have a choice ia the
matter. The commissioners are ex-
Pectcd here Friday or Saturday.
The board also instructed the mar.
shall to notify the people owning
abutting property to clean the alleys
and put them in presentable condi.
tion,
The matter of grading Fourth
street from Sherman to the Aadito-
rum was taken np and the board de-
cided to make the improvement. The
street has been once graded, out Is
too high in places aud the work must
be done over again TO make 1t what
1t should be.
Bids for the grading Of Lakeside
street were opened, three being sub.
mitted, They were considered by
the board but the awarding Of the
contract was delayed to another
meeting.