The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-04-04

ing the city furnish the lumber. Is
was ordered that the city furnish Mr.
Wilcox with not more than SEQ feet Of
post lu nfer to male the improve
mems nec ary on this grade.
The committee on fire and water
was instructed to continue its ingesti-
cation of the proposition to secure
water for street sprinkling purposes
with view to lining up something
to bring relief in this direction at as
early date as possible.
Reaching the order of business com
ing under the head of streets and pub
lie property Councilman Currin pre-
sented clipping from Portland
daily in which was discussed a new
kind of hard road surfsce that he
thought would be fine thing for cur
streets. and this brought about a gen.
eral discussion of the matter of per-
manent street improvements for Hepp-
ner. Ibis is subject that has been
on the minds of the new council and
they have referred to it at other
meetings. After an expression from
the Mayer, in which he set out his
reasons for the taking up as soon 81
possible of this worE, and also giving
instructions as to how the same could
be accomplished he called for gen.
eral expression of the council and
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himself as being heartily in favor Of
proceeding just as soon as practicable
with permanent street improv
taking Main street from the depot to-
the power house as the first to begin
on. and then proceed with the side
streets and cross streets just as fast as
possible. AS climax to the dis
cussion. it was decided to have the
Mayor make some Investigations of
different kinds of pavements. May
or Van Vactor will take up the matter
With the Umatilla county road expert
at Pendleon next week and will also
look into the Samuel Hill method Of
road surfaeing, which is now being
adopted by the town Of Goldendale~
and later on the road expert may be-
invited to visit Heppner and give
estimates on the improving of our
streets from the material that we
have on hand. In the meantime the.
committee on streets and public pro-
perty have been authorized to make
some very much needed temporary
repairs to our streets by employing
the county road grader and proceeding
aS their judgment dictates.
The development of the street inn 4
plovement question also brought ous
other lines of civic Improvement. not
the least of which will be clean
up day. which the council have or
dered for Monday April 22nd. This
is fully set out in the mayors procls-
nation to be found elsewhere in this
issue. And along this line the city
physician is instructed to make an in
of the sewage and cess
pools of the town and bring into the
council his renort concerning same. as
the health of the city is to be con-
sidered along with all the other i'm
1t is especilly desirable
to have a report upon dumping of
sewage and rubbish into Willow creek
within the city limits, and the council
is determined that the law with ref
erence to these matters shall be strict
ly enforced.
The city council chambers were also
to receive attention, and the council
have already made purchase of fine
table around which that body ear
gather, and expect to add new chiars
paper aud paint and do away with the
benches that now grace the side walls
of the room. These are improve
ments long since needed, and the small
outlay necessary to bring them abou
is certainly JUSTIFIED
Permission was granted to The Lii
1rary Association to place their book
,ase in the council room and to have
he same open for the space of two
lours one afternoon of each week.
The marshal was instructed to make
n investigation of the condition Of
Iues and chimneys in the city and
make his report to the council at the
ext meeting