The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-23
.DUNHAM As
INSURGENT
AND KICKER.
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ALDERMAN READS RIOT
ACT TO CITY
COUNCIL
"JUST LET ANYBODY DARE
TOUCH THAT PAVING FUND.-
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Claims the Money Belongs 10
The People Who Paid
The Tax


Jared out Of It's siodgy routine by
q bis explosion and several minor ones
The city council last night afforded the
spectators some real amusement
Councilman Dunhaln arrived as
iul.grown and enthusiastic Kicker and
f'rst.cass iI@urgent leader He parti.
ally smashed the sewer contract slate
asked the city engineer posted qnes-
tions about city work attacked tnc
loose System Of cutting weeds, took
/ poke at newspaper advertising on
minor contracts and even succeeded lp
getting up row over correction OF
the minutes.
When the minutes of the meeting
of last week were read Councilman
Spullock asked that the section rcldt.
ing to the new one per cent paving
INK fund--the difference between the
seven per cent paid IN for street pav-
Ing and the six per cent paid ont =
be corrected to make the title oi ihe
'und paving contingent Councilman
Dmhaln strenously objected and
wished to correct by leaving Out con
iingent and substituting refund, The
objection was that contingent was a
ing the fud. Dunham lntimated
that there whould be trouble II any
body touched the fund He Is one
who claims Il belongs TO the people
who paid II IN. Spurlock thought II
sufficiently guarded by the word paw
ing, making II inaccessible TO raiders.
The Dunham idea carried and the
fund Is to be known as the one per
cent refund paving tax.
Paving Ordinances Passed.
A big stack of ordinances Oh paving
was worked OF. The appraisers re-
ported ON appOrtionmenl of the cost
If paving Warner avenue from Broad
tfeet TO First, and October g was set
for final hearing. The same action
was taken for Nineteenth street from
Cleveland TO Warner.
Appraisers were appointed for the
following newly paved streets
Vine. from Warner TO Jackson
Thirteenth from Cleveland TO Noble.
Fifth from Noble to Warner.
Noble. from Fifthteenih 10 Nine
toenth
Thirteenth from Noble 70 Warner.
Cleveland from Thirteenth 10 Nine
teenth.
The Egg addition sewer was report
cd finished By a, w. Conway. A. n.
Miller and other residents appeared
and claimed all the s5 lots in the
lection shCuld not be assessed for the
reason that some of them can not be
drained By this seWer. Councilman
Dunham wanted TO know If the sew.
ef had been inspected, and the city
engineer said u had been inspected as
"a Was built and there was no way TO
get al il nyw Tie acceptance was
delayed week, pending investigation
OF The nOn-cOnnected lots
Assessments Levied.
Several ordinances were passed levy
Ing assessments for various purposes
confirming Bewef assessments Ger.
titled 10 the county clerk. special as
sessments for sidewalks, old paynp
accounts assessed by ordinance and a
sanitary regulation regarding weeds
About 100 lots were listed IN the weed
/ cutting ordinance. Councilman Dun
ham objected and told about being
assessed for weed cutting IN a potato
/ patch His objection was TO the
newspaper advertising in such cases
/ lie thought the scattered owners OF
I these comparatively few lots should
be notified by postal cards
Councilman butcher moved that ihf
assessment for cutting weeds on va
cant lots OF twentg-nYc feet Width
be - cents and for So foot lots, 81
This prevailed after considerable de
bate
Councilman Beamer here rot ~ nj,
( plea for another iobholder. He want
I'd the assessment made large enough
F, TO allow the sidewalk inspector e
employ man 10 notify people about
cutting weeds lie voted no an tb,
way through.
/ Councilman Trapnell got through /
resolution for correction OF assess
llnents in block 50. Vine street paving
4 G. II. Fary's sidewalk contract bont
vas approved with frank RInehar
| Is surety.
I Councilman Meyer called attention
10 danger OF washing about the new
paving on College avenue and Vin'
! street. ard che dirt therd was oricro,
removed
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