The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-10-08
The Blackfoot State Bank
THE CITY BUSINESS
Corner Pacific and Main

THE CITY BUSINESS
8At the meeting Of the council Tues
n evening Mrs. D. H. Biethan
{id Miss Belle Shaw appeared and
ked that the remains of certain
{iiers buried in the potter's field
\ the Grove City cemetery be taken
and placed in the other part of
4 4 grounds. Provision had been
kde to have this done, and lots se-
Hted by the v. ]. s. and G.. A. r.
1dies, the county paying the ex-
Epense, and the council stated that
&he way is now clear to proceed
Later in the evening Chief of Po-
'1ice Hilliard came in and at a con-
yenient time made similar applica-
ti0n, saying he was speaking at the
lIxeQuest of Mrs. J. G. Fisher, who had
communicated with him by tele-
phone. He was Informed that action
had been taken before he came in.
j. l.. Stewart was present and said
that he had bought some property
3oining F.. G. Parkinson, and that a
fence which had been built between
2them was in question as to location,
and row of fruit trees was involved,
and he asked that the council deter
mine the lines. 1t was referred to
Htfe City Engineer and the Chief of
Police, with instructions to have the
fence put on line if it is found to be
Atn the wrong place.
Chairman M. d. Bowen, of the
cSimetery asked for team for day
oeyso to be placed at the disposal Of
\ Sexton Priestly to remove some earth
lie had piled up in places where he
has been digging in the cemetery.
This was granted, and one OF the
teams hauling gravel placed athis dis
posal. T. r. Jones stated that he is
IA member of the cemetery committee,
and had never been invited to at
tend any meeting of the committee
and asked why the chairman did not
get his committee together when
there was business to transact. or
else have the other members remov-
ed from the committee. Mr.. Bowen
said he had hunted without finding
his committeeman at times when he
wanted to investigate the work at the
n lcemetery, and that he would try
4 hereafter to make dates with them so
they could go together.
Councilman Curtis said that in re-
cording deeds for the land just pur-
chased for the alley in the Kimball
Addition he observed that the deeds
given by Mrs. Batway and Mrs.
RMuntz called for a strip seventeen
feet wide instead of twenty, and ask
WI why the difference. Members
agreed that the purchase called for
Il twenty foot strip, and when At
\ 'torney Hansbrough was asked why
he made out a deed in that way, he
$sreplied that he followed the descrip-
aation given him by the city engineer
and that he did not know how wide
38a strip they had bargained for. He
had simply followed the description
I&giyen him. City Engineer Kiefer said
i8t might be accounted for on the fact
that the lots on the west side of the
S6alley were seven feet too long. and
the other three feet might have to
come off of them to make the alley
straight. Mr.. Curtis asked If he
y would receive three-twentieths OF the
4 money paid for the alley If he furn-
ished three-twentieths of the ground
There was some diversity Of opinion
as to that, but all agreed that II
seventeen feet was all that was con
yeyed. seventeen feet would be al
that they would pay for.
The city engineers weekly report
was read, also the report Of Police
Judge ]. G. Fisher and Treasurer
Charlotte Rae, copies of the latter
two being published elsewhere in THU
\ issue.
W. w. Priestly asked If he was
to be retained as sexton during the
winter months, and after some dis
cussion 1t was ordered that he be re-
tained at the same salary, $50 9
month, for the winter, and he Is tt
4 "a on with such improvements ant
clearing Of brush as he can during
the winter in addition to digging th'
Councilmen Bond and Jones re
norted that w. ]. Banks the arcnitec'
had drawn plans for city building
and was present to submit them To-
and after examining then