Fergus County Democrat., 1912-03-05
COUNCIL HOLDS
A LONG SESSION
RUSH OF IMPORTANT BUSINESS
At THE MONTHLY MEETING
LAST NIGHT.
THE SPECIAL ELECTIONS
They Are Arranged for-Sewer Bond
Issue Election Will BE the Most
important-May Sell Land Worth.
less to City to Make Much Needed
Improvements.

The meeting Of the city council last
night was one OF the most important
held in some time. Although the Of.
ficials kept steadily at work until after
IL o'clock, all the pending matters
could not be disposed OF and another
meeting will be held this evening. In
addition to the regular routine, the an.
pllcation for franchises, mentioned In
detail elsewhere in this issue, took up
considerable time. Mayor Marshall
presided, with Aldermen Traywick.
Sutter. Martin, Brice and Ivins in at.
tendance.
A New Alderman.
The council had understood that
some suggestions would be made In
regard to the selection of a successor
to fill the unexpired term Of JOseph
lieaney, but they have never been re.
ceiyed and the vacancy was filed by
the election of John Abel, of Abea
Bros.
Sewer Bond Issue.
The matter Of the issue Of $50, 900
bonds for the construction of the east
side sewer, the engineers estimate
being around $4,000, was brought up
and City Attorney DeKalb read the
various resolutions relating thereto.
The special election will be held on
April l, the same time as the regular
city election, at which time the tax
payers will pass upon the proposition.
The issue Is to consist of 80 bonds of
the denomination Of $1,000 each, bear
ing interest at the rate of 5 per cent,
redeemable in 1922 and due and pay.
able In 1882. A special tax will be
fixed each year for the purpose uf
paying the interest and creating a
sinking fund
Election Arrangements.
For the city election, the bond cleo.
tion and the two franchise elections.
the following judges and clerks were
appointed:
First Ward-E. A. Drinkard, Judge:
Oswald Lehman and George Anderson,
clerks.
Second Ward-JOseph Mason, Judge;
G. B. Noble and II. G. Jackson, clerks.
Third ward--N. j. LittlejOhn, Judge;
Al. Wilson and s. p. Van Horn, clerks.
Registry Agent.
To register taxpayers only for the
bond and franchise elections, Arthur
l.. d'Autremont was appointed. His
office will be at the Fad and notice
as to hours, etc, will be given later.
The polls for the election will be
at the court house for the First ward,
Culver's opera house for the Second
ward and the fire hall for the Third
ward
Butler 4 Woodwork were granted
permission to remove their saloon
from it's location on First avenue, in
the lumber yard district. to the old
saloon location in the Mackey build.
ing. This removes the only saloon
on First avenue and on motion of
Alderman WINS the attorney was In.
structed to at once prepare an ordt-
nance fixing the saloon limits so as to
exclude this section, First avenue.
The lumber yards had previously
protested against having saloon In
that district, but 1t was already there
and nothing could then be done. This
removal affords an opportunity to ac-
complish the desired result and still
further restrict the saloon district.
Collection Of Taxes.
The city attorney was instructed to
prepare the necessary ordinance to
provide for the collection of all city
taxes by the city treasurer
May Sell Ranch.
The recent visit of the entire coun-
Gil, with the mayor, attorney and engi-
peer, to the Silver ranch, at the head
of Spring creek, gave all the officials
an intimate knowledge of that tract.
The ranch was bought from the Joe
Silver estate for the sole purpose of
securing forever the spring which fur
nishes the city with it's water supply
Outside of the comparatively small
area from which any water can, under
any possibility, be secured, the ranch
Is of the perpendicular order, consist
ing of rocks, cliffs and some extreme
ly rough land. Outside of that small
portion connected in any way with
water supply, it is absolutely value
less to the city and always will be.
but 1t has value to those ranchers ad-
joining who merely Craze stock. At
an extreme outside estimate not more
than forty acres, and probably cOnsid-
erably less, has any bearing whatever
on the water supply In any form at all.
The rest is merely waste land, doing
no one any good and wholly worth
less to the city, in the opinion OF the
aldermen, after going over it, or such
parts of 1t as can be climbed without
ladders. In view Of the pressing need
Tor several municipal improvements
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