Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-06-09

each dollar for the library's mainten-
ance.
Councilman McEuen then announc-
ed on behalf of the committee on
streets that none of the districts
created for the purpose OF surveying
and establishing street grades in
Guided Third street, and he made
motion that it be included in i'm
provement districts and and that
1t extend as far on that street as
Miller. The motion on being put to
vote carried.
Engineer Haynes informed the
council that for the first district
the profiles had been ready for
over a month, and that as soon as
the council passed an ordinance es-
tablishing a grade that the work of
grading could be commenced, and in
Dictated that he would like to see
matters in this direction expedited.
The mayor replied that this was a
matter that had been left to the
committees on ordinances and streets
and that they were supposed to have
ordinances ready for it, and that the
council was powerless to expedite
matters until that committee was
ready to proceed and report.
Councilman Hedal had for some
time been endeavoring to gain the
floor and finally he succeeded. He
announced in behalf of the committee
on parks that two deers, not dears,
but a buck and a doe, had come
within the view of the eyes of that
vigilant committee. Captain Roper
had captured them, and tanned them
and he believed these deers could be
bought for $40, and that the total
expense of securing those deers, and
fencing of a lot for them in the park
would not in his judgment, after a
thorough investigation of the matter
aggregate over the sum of SAB. He
would recommend, he said, that the
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council get those deers, and gave II
as his opinion that they would look
well in the park, and finally conclud-
ed by making a motion to that end
A second was secured to it. and
on a vote it prevailed. He again Sc
cured the floor and informed the
council that the garden hose were
busting on busting" he
said, and it was necessary to secure
new hose to take its place. The mayor
directed an interrogatory as to how
long since the city had purchased
the hose, and was advised that som'
had been purchased last summer anS
some last spring He took occasion
to emphatically comment upon thi
information, by saying that it mus
have been poor hose-yery poo
hose" and that his advise would b,
that when hose was purchased again
that 1t be secured from some othe
company. Councilman Hedal ap
parently labored under the impress
sion that the mayor was taking is
sue with him, and added that the
kept on busting" just the same.
motion was finally made and prevail
ed to the end that the committee b
given power to purchase the neces
sary hose.
The matter of the petition of Ham
: ilton to connect his residence PROF
erty with the sewer next came up 70
! consideration, and a motion was mad
: that it be referred back to the sewe
, commission for a report as 1t wa
, necessary to place on the assessmeT
: roll a strip OF territory which ha
d been overlooked.
, The mayor then announced that IN
) council of Spirit Lake would atten
, the corner stone exercises OF the eli
I hall in a body, and a motion va
/, made and carried that he provid
them with carriages. 1t was the
, discussed at length as to whether II
> council should attend the exercise
, in a body or as individuals with the
i lodge. A motion was made and ca
: ried that It attend in a body. and the
4 the council plunged into a discussie
: as to Twelfth street. The railros
company had agreed to grade IN
: street upon the submission TO the
!. OF the necessary profiles and sire
: grade. Ii was finally concluded tn
before any action could be tax
!. with relation to the company that
ordinance must be drawn establishii
!. a grade. and the matter was referr'
to the committee on ordinances.
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