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 Tine council me5 u o'clock, dis posed Of several minor matters and then wen5 iaIo ez.ealvo session. tf- ses. a discussion lasting 4beut half an a9at tie honorable boay Of city fath= IS gam came into open session and 4ldermao Fred Fox, of the First ward, a6arel motion in which he asked :aa discharge of ihe fourtaaa =er1f- ployes add explained his. reasons for tie reduction of the working force of the various departments.
 In offering ,he motion, Alderman .#5x sa.d:.
 4}ir AaY9r:-As the financial pros poets of the city for next year are get very promising, 1t is the idea of tl7is bodY to meet the sit .ion in the best way possible and GH everything in our power for the good of the city of Pine Rlui 1 speak in regard Q the fact that the city will receve no liau0r license in 1914 due to the pas sage o1 the Statewide prohibition bin by the General Assembly of Ark ansas recently We must meet the situation and cope with the circum- stances in a sane, business sort of way and we must do it Immediately. Therefore l want to offer motion by which the following city employees will be dropped from the city's payroll.
 He then read the above list an0 without a dissenting vote, the motion carried. The motion was to the ef- feet that the men be released on ! March 1.
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 Even the city's dumb animals did not escape the aldermanic axe, and by motion from Alderman Fox, the Board of Public Affairs was anthorz- ed to dispose of four mules and one horse belonging to the city The manner in which these animals will be sold was left to the discretion ot the Board, but an immediate disposi- ton was urged. According to City Clerk W A. Lee, the mules are worth about $225 each and the horse is valued at about $50. This sale will add to Ithe city treasury approxi- nately $fo5o,
 by it's action in reducing the mum Der of city employees last night, say ed the city approximately $7,62o an nually, this being the amount which would have been expended as saIar- ies Of the discharged men.
 The council also granted a petition from a number of well known proper ty owners here whereby Improve ment District No. g was created, for the purpose of repaying some of the downtown streets.
 Instead of reporting on the proposi- | ton of repaving the streets, the citi- ] zens offered a petition for the crea- tion of the improvement district, and their request was granted by an un- animous vote Of the aldermen present. Aldermen Chesnutt and Howell were not in attendance.
 The district includes south side of Barraque street from Main to Chest nut streets, the south side of West ! Second avenue from Chestnut to