Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-04
Cow ORDINANCE KILLED At LAST
City COnnCil Finally Puts the Quetus on the Famous At
tempt 10 Keep Live Stock Off the Streets
Dirt Bills Up Once More

The city council had prolonged I
session Monday night which reached |
along until near midnight before the
interested members broke away.
There was q good deal to interest
the onlooker as well as the active par
Elephants in the meeting, and TO those
who have watched the vicarious
career Of the Inflated COW ordinance
its death blow at this meeting was
indeed pathetic. This ordinance
seemed to have been attacked with
la plague from the day it was intro
duced just about year ago, and It's
enemies have hung on with a death
grip through its ups and downs until
at last the enfeebled document was
ready to die of its own accord and
then the finale was rung in and It
was put to sleep by a vote Of 6 to 3.
The old dirt bills were also given
a vigorous shake down and a number.
of other matters came along that
made the meeting quite lively.
The mayor and Aldermen Richholt,
Wilcox, A. T. Patterson, Slattery, 4
Marquette, Peterson, Mckenzie, Hor-5
Iner and Reade were present.
The bond of City Engineer Atkin-
son was approved.
Chief Of Police Carr was appointed
pound master and Hinckley's Broad
WAY barnyard selected as the pound.
Mayor Smyth has read letter he
had written to Alexander Mckenzie.
president OF the Bismarck Water com
pany, enclosing a sample OF the water
from the city water supply and call
ling his attention to the ordinance re-
quiring the company to supply the
city with pure, wholesome water. Al
derman Wilcox said the company
was making connections with the new,
water works and that 1t was neces-
sary for the time being to pump the
! water straight from the river into the
mains, but that this would be rem
edied In a short time.
p. s. Beardsley was reappointed
special assessment commissioner, his
term having expired.
A communica was read from III.
i D. Grow asking that the city either
cover over the garbage on lots and
4 2, Block Is, Sturgis' addition, or buy
the property. This is part of the
4 present city dump ground. 5sss5s
Alderman Reade called attention to
a needed culvert at the corner of
Avenue As and Second street, which
i the city engineer had estimated would
cost $115 to put in. This brought out
La number of other matters of like
nature, and upon city engineers re-
4 port being read as to needed street
work, the whole matter was included
in one motion to the effect that the
Il engineer make plans and specifca-
tons for the work and the city audi
4 tor will advertise for bids for the en-
4 tire improvements.
a The COW ordinance made its last
4 parade before the public and there
was a lengthy discussion of it, which
4 resulted in the majority of the ordin-
i anee committee recomm ending the
/ ordinance for the boneyard and a
j minority report that the ordinance
pass by Mr.. Patterson. " The minor
4 ity report was defeated by a vote of
4 to 5, and later the death blow was
b given by a vote Of s to 8, Those vot-
| ing for the minority were: a. 4. Pat
4 terson, Reade, Mckenzie, Peterson.
q Those voting to indefinitely postpone
the ordinance were: Slattery, Peter
. son, Marquette, Richholt, Wilcox and
Homer.
The committee on licenses reported
number Of persons liable to dray,
hack, pool and billiard and bowling
alley licenses and recommended that
they be notified to pay up at once,
I which was adopted.
The committee on trees and parks
} of which Mr.. Wilcox is chairman, re.
ported that 1t saw no way in which
the city could assist the citizens to
boulevard and set out trees outside
I the sidewalks until the livestock was
! kept off the streets, which caused All
derman Patterson to ask why Mr.
Wilcox made a report like that and
!. then voted against the COW ordinance
"A number Of bills were allowed ana
number more were referred to the
claims committee.
On molten Of Alderman Reade )
warrant for 800 was ordered draw
!. in favor of the city auditor with
which TO pay emergency street worl
! expenses for labor on the order 3
!. the mayor.
The city engineer stated that at ths
{ next meeting of fha council he wouls