The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-14
COUNCIL CALLS
SCHOOL ELECTION
IT.
VOTERS TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY
TO VOTE ON BUILDING PROP.
OSlTION FEB. Is.
Railroad Fails to Get Switch Track
Ordinance Passed Other
Business.

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The City Council held a session
I1Lday evening, after a vain attempt
'o obtain u quorum the week pre-
c2-i'2g, owing to the fact that al
deIn,~n are little scarcer than usu-
al VITA two Of them absent from the
city fcr an indefinite length of time.
Mayor Emrick presided over the
meeting and Mayor ETAOIN TAOIN
meeting, and Aldermen Mccarthy,
Overpeck, Boyd, Thomson and Fei-
gel answered to roll call The first
husincs of the council was the read
ins and approval of the minutes OF
the preceding meeting. Then the
relieving bills, which had been pre-
hisfi since the previous session
were ordered paid: Duhamel
Bro G Ackerman, $325; Wierand
x Wagner. sass; McBlroy & Sen,
s5.75; Rapid City Implement Co..
S1SS,5o; Rapid City Lumber Co.,
$9,7S; w. A. Luse, s1.25; Henry
Engler, $500; II. H. Gum, $500
and $500; George Engler. $500;
Kenneth Grass, SO cents; Frank
Stewart, s65.0O; Jacob Morris.
$1,000; f. N. Emrick, $4,000; DR..
r. II. Wheeler, $500; A. K. Thorn
as, s1O0.65; Rapid City Electric
Light Co., $4s.s5; Rapid City Gas
Co., $3.50; swander Grocery Co..
$3.50; Fred Hansen, 5000; L. Nor
ris Co., $1,000; Ensley Spiking.
$7.25; Herman & Birnbaum, $500:
G. A. Whitford, $500.
In addition to these Herman e.
blrnbaum put in a bill for the use
OF pumps at Myrtle Avenue bridge
amounting to $500. The state
ment, however, failed to meet with
the approval of the council and was
turned down.
Chief Of Police Gum handed in his
monthly report for the department.
which was read and ordered placed
on file. The city treasurer turned in
his quarterly statement of the
city finances and 1t was referred to
finance committee for inspection.
me report of the finance commit
Tee IN the matter Of Hugh Browns
petition for the abatement of taxes
on certain property in Riverside.
damaged by the June flood, which
was presented at a previous meeting,
was handed in advising the rejection
OF the petition. The report was
adopted.
A like fate attended the petition o.
4. A. Watts who had asked per-
sonal property tax be cut down.
Police Justice Joy presented his
quarterly report and in connection
with the statement a warrant for
$500 was ordered drawn in payment
or fees due the magistrate.
Wollowing up the action of the
Board of Education, which last week
voted in favor of holding a special
election for the purpose of voting on
the question of erecting new
school building in the Second ward
communication was received from
mat body, requesting the council to
take the necessary steps for holding
the election on February rs, 1908.
IN compliance with the request
the election was called and the fol-
lowing persons and places designated
as officials and polls:
First ward, at city hall. Judees
M. d. Paxson, c. J. Horgan. Peter
Duhamel. Clerks, G. P. Title r.
Frank D. Bangs.
Second ward, at the Sweeney Hose
House. Judges, A. Nyswanger. !.
%. Shawhan, H. R. Beach. Clerks,
Geo. B. Mansfield, l.. A. Richards.
Third ward, at the office of RAND
City Implement Co. Judges, H. b
Tonner, H. L. Brown, Howard Worth.
Clerks, Harry Marshall, William
Wallin.
Fourth ward, in the schnasse
building. Judges, P. v. Fitzpatrick.
William Ferguson, w. H. Merritt.
Clerks, Jerry Holly. G. G. Koehn.
An ordinance was presented to
the council. the purpose of which
was to allow the construction of a
switch track in the alley traversine
blocks II and 72, the track to run
to Eighth street. The ordinance was
advanced to the first reading and
when submitted to the aldermen for
action was voted down by four votes
to one. !, l.wy
This completed the business Of the
evening and the council adjourned.
Next, Monday, February IT. at
Library Hall, "The Moonsiner'a
Daughter" will be the attraction.
Much has been said and written re-
garding this sterling attraction now
IN Its sixth season of artisticic and
financial success.
Anere is a wealth Of beautiful
scenery, and characters are peculiar
to that part of this glorious United
States (Kentucky and Tennessee)
where monshine whiskey and feuds
abound. A novelty in the produc.