The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-02-28
City Council Allowed Two Applica-
lions For the Privilege Of Selling
Intoxicating Liquors.
GEORGE KIRK RAISES OBJECTION
Was Of Opinion That Minutes Of Last
Meeting Should Not Be Ae-
copied.

Lars L. Lind and Albert Marshik at
last evenings meeting of the city
council Mr.. Marshik's bond for
$4,000 with Alex Doran and John
Doran as sureties was accepted. as
was Lind's with bond company.
The report of the municipal court
as having turned $22.40 over to the
city treasurer for the week ending
February Is was approved and ac-
cepted.
The liquor license application of
Robert Nelson was read, but because
of the fact that his application was
for the privilege of selling intoxicat-
ing liquors in the same building in
which Lind had secured a license,
the application was laid on the table
indefinitely.
Considerable time was taken up at
ter the minutes were read OF the last
meeting, when George Kirk, alder
man at large, and who was presiding
at his last meeting, objected to their
being accepted on the ground that
the report Of the city treasurer
should not have been accepted at the
last meeting, because of the fact that
there had been no sinking fund &C.
count in either of the banks separ-
ate from the other funds. Mr.. Kirk
said:
upon visiting the First National
Bank and Northern National Bank
today I found that they had no sink
ing fund separate from the other &C
counts The charter provides that
there shall be sinking fund ac-
count, kept separate from the gen.
eral account. A year ago there was
$4,000 in the sinking fund, and it
seems to me that it is no more than
right the city should be drawing the
interest on this money now and also
during the past year."
1t seems that $4,000 was loaned
to the Improvement fund from the
sinking fund last October, leaving
$4,000 in the sinking fund, and that
no interest had been paid whatever.
It was Mr.. Kinks opinion that the
matter should be looked after by the
mayor, city attorney and city treas
ure, the three men who comprise the
sinking fund commission.
A motion was made whereby the
minutes be accepted and that the
sinking fund commission be instruct
ed to have a report ready for the
next meeting, which is the time fixed
by the charter for the commission to
file their report The motion carried
The report of the canvassing
board was approved and the follow
ing declared elected; Parker, mayor;
Stein, clerk; Cell, treasurer; Cahill,
assessor; Johnson, alderman at large;
Moberg, alderman first ward; Bur-
sly, alderman second ward; Bisiar,
alderman third ward and Crippen
alderman fourth ward.
A bill was presented by George
Stein for work done in the city clerks
office, such as auditing the books
and opening up a new set of books,
for 1898 The bill was allowed.
In regard to the condition of the
city clerks Office at the present time
Alderman at Large Kirk said:
81 am proud to be able to say that
the city clerks Office is in better shape
today then it has ever been. For the
first time since the town was made
city, can a person go into the city
clerks office and find a complete re-
cord of the city business without
looking over the meeting minutes. .
The city attorney, Graham Tor
rance, asked the council as to
whether he should start proceedings
against the remaining city draymen
who have not as yet paid up for back
licenses. He was instructed to do 80.