The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-06-11
CITY DADS DISCUSS
LOCAL AFFAIRS

ing Monday night, all of the members
being present. The treasurers report
showed 81, 12S.42 on hand the last of
May.
The resignation of NJ. J. Sullivan a.
police magistrate was read and accepted,
Ii. ii. Carr being officially appointed to
fill the vacancy.
An invoice of all material in the hands
of the fire department was received and
filed.
A petition was received from residents
in the Riverside addition asking that the
water main on Spokane avenue be ex-
tended so that they could get city water
1t was pointed out that there were
enough residents in the locality to make
the extension paying proposition for the
town, especially in view Of the fact that
those who wanted the water were willing
to pay for putting the main in and be
reimbursed by water rents. Some of the
councilmen seemed to think that the
main could not be extended outside OF
the corporate limits OF the town, and the
petition was filed. The water committee
was instructed to order supply of pipe
for water extensions.
Alderman McCabe brought up the
matter OF installing public watering
trough in which farmers coming into
town could water their horses, and point
ed ont the ACCESSIBILITY of encouraging
this class of trade. Alderman Forcum
seemed to think that the proposition was
one in which only few of the taxpay-
ers of the town were interested, and that
those who wanted the watering trough
should put it in. Mayor Snyder and
Alderman McCabe took issue with the
alderman from the Third ward on this
point, and spoke in favor of the improve
ment, saying that through the trade of
the farmers the whole town was benefit
ted, and that everything possible should
be done to encourage them in coming
here. 1t was pointed out that this class
of trade was on the increase, farmers
even driving through other town to come
to Whitefsh to sell their products and
buy goods, on account of the superior
market here. A motion was made that
the watering trough be installed, to
which an amendment was made by AL
derman Forcum that the expense be
limited to S25. The motion carried as
amended.
The fire department asked for large
hook, to be used in pulling down walls
in case of fire. The request was referred
to the fire committee.
A motion was passed to the effect that
draymen be allowed 81 for pulling hose
cart to Lakeside in case of a fire, and
80 for the same service in the Second
and Third wards.
The dandelion pest was briefly dis
cussed, but on account of the railroad
right-of-way being outside the town
limits, the sentiment seemed to be that
there was no hope Of beng able to do
anything effective.
An unusually large number of citizens
attended the meeting.
II TUESDAYS MEETING
A special meeting of the council was
held on Tuesday night for the purpose of
making some amendments to the dog or
dinance. The clerk had been instructed
to draw up the amendments making the
ordinance more stringent, and it had
been planned to have a full attendance
OF the aldermen so that the ordinance
could be put through at the one meeting.
The aldermen were all present, all right,
but the dogs had a friend among them in
the person of Alderman Forcum, who
objected to several of the amendments,
and then left the council rooms. This
settled the question for that night, at
least, as the amendments could not be
passed without unanimous consent. Al
derman Forcum particularly objected to
clause which provided that a police
man could either kill upon sight or i'm
pound a dog running at large upon which
the tax had not been paid. He also Of
fered objections to clause which would
prohibit dogs from entering grocery
stores or butcher shops.
The new ordinance, with the amend
} ments, was laid on the table, and the
old ordinance is in effect. The marshal
was instructed to enforce the old ordi-
nance, and the dog owners have until
June % in which to pay the dog tax
TIE marshal was instructed to give no
tice to the public that the tax would be
delinquent after that date.
Alderman Skyles suggested that the Or
J dinance should be strictly enforced, say
ing that he personally knew of parties
who owned three or four dogs, but who
had never paid any taxes on them.
i F. +. Marsh, a civil engineer from
Kalispell gave the council an estimate
of the work of having street grades es-
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