The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-05-19
City Council,

City Council.
May 18th, 1911. Adjourned regular
meeting of city council. Present, Mayor
Miller, aldermen King, Peterson, Felson,
Shumaker, Short and Thompson.
Minutes of meeting OF May let read
and approved.
The following bills were audited and
allowed:
Armenia Elevator Co., lumber for side
walks and fuel, S25.42
IL. Basken, blacksmith work, 1915.
Pembina Light Co., street lighting for
February, March and April, s72.22.
The bond Of A. L. Akers. as city mar
shall and street commissioner approved.
The bond Of F. A. Wardwell as city
auditor approved.
The marshal was authorized and ord.
cred to collect 81 tax on all male dogs
and 81 on all female dogs owned in the
city according to the city ordinance.
The committee on public improve
ment reported having inspected the side
walks, and found that the following
walks we're in bad condition and should
be condemned and replaced by cement
walks according TO the ordinance in
such case made and provided, to-wit:
The side walks in front of lots l3, IA,
l5 and l6, in block l6, on Stutsman
street.
The side walk:in front Of lots 8, 8, TO-,
IL, IL and l3 IN block q, on Second
street, subject to conditions caused by
necessary bridging of the coulee.
The side walks in front of lots II and
Is, block 1s, on Chippewa street.
The side walks in front of lots =, z, s,
q, 10, II, IL and l3, in block 18, on Cava-
lier street.
The sidewalk in front of lot l, block 19
on Cavileer street.
The side walk in front of lots 10 and
IL in block 27. on Second street.. y
The side walk in front of lots l, 2, 3.
4 and S. block Is, and lots q, 8, 4, and
6. in block 26, and lots l, 2, 8, 4, s and 6,
in block 80, all on Rolette street.
The side walks in front of lots /, 2, 3,
4 and s, in block "A" on Stutsman
street in South Penbina, subject to the
conditions caused by the necessary brid-
gipg approach to Pembina river bridge
On motion the report of the commit
tee on public improvements was accept
ed, and said side walks were duly con-
demned. and auditor ordered to give no.
tice accordingly, by the following vote:
Ays, aldermen Peterson, King. Felson,
Shnmaker. Short and Thompson; nays,
none.
The committee on public improve
ments also recommended the building Of
concrete crossings at intersection of Sec
ond street aad Hayden street; Second
street and Stutsman street; Second
street and Ramsey street. Also such
street and alley crossings as may be ne
cessary to complete the new walks built
this season.
On motion the report of the commit
tee was adopted.
Bid Of N. g. Patterson was opened
and prices for building walks. crossings
ETC., for the ensuing season were made
by him as follows:
Walks IA cents per square foot; cross
ings Is cents per square foot; curb As
cents per square foot; curb and gutter
60 cents per lineal foot.
On motion the bid and tender of N. q.
Patterson for cement construction at
above prices was accepted by unani-
nous vote.
Moved and carried that the city mar
shall take immediate steps to enforce the
city ordinance relative to cattle and 9th
or live stock running at large in the city
limits, and to notify owners Of stock,
and the party in charge Of the herd,
that stock kept in the herd must be de.
liyered and received at the herd on the
west side OF the railroad tracks, MORN
ings and evenings, without trespassing
on private property. Also that the herd
must be kept on the west side sof the
Northern Pacific rnilroad tracks during
the day, on lands usually herded upon,
without molesting or injuring resident
property in the neighborhood. Tho city
marshal is hereby authorized to Inn
pound any stock found on the strests or
elsewhere in violation 81 these orders.
Adjourned. Il. 81 & .:s..5sS s5s
F. A. WARDWELL. Auditor.
Saved Child Frem Death.
After our child had suffered from se-
we're bronchial trouble fora year, : wrote
q. 7. Richardson. Of Richardson's Mills,
Ala, eve feared it had consumption. It|
had bad cough ~ the time. We. tried
many remedies without avail, and doc
tors medicine seemed as useless. Final