East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-03
new COUNCILMAN
is APPOIN TED
SWEARINGEN is THE MAN
Choice of Mayor MatlocII Is Confirm
ed-Ordlnance Requiring Improve
mcnt of West webb Street Is
Adoptcd-Bids will BE Asked for
at Once-To Cost $4,000.

n. d. Swearingen was last night
made a member of the city council
to serve the uneXpired term of ]. L.
Sharon who recently resigned. The
appointment was made by Mayor Mat
lock and was confirmed by vote of
the council Mr.. Swearingen is res
ident of the fourth ward and is a
member of the firm of Swearingen
Bros, proprietors of the French res
taurant.
Without a dissenting voice, the
council last evening adopted the or
dinance requiring the Improvement of
West Webb street from Cosbie to Tu-
tuilla with gravel bitulithic and bids
will be asked for at once. The i'm
provements will cost about $4,000.
Another Suit, Maybe.
Mrs. Jesse $. Vert, who headed the
remonstrance against the paving of
East Webb and College streets, last
evening served notice on the cour "
that she would not consider herself
bound by the proceedings but would
institute suit against the city in the
event that the assessments were lev
led against her property.
Franchise is Granted.
The council last evening granted a
franchise to the Independent Tele-
phone Co. of Pilot Rock which gives
that company the privilege of placing
poles and wires along all streets in
Pendleton except Main and Court. Col.
j. H. Raley represented the petition
ers and declared that there was a
strong probability that the franchise
would never be used but that, by plac-
ing the new company on an equal
footing with the old, it would prob
ably enable the two companies to
reach some kind of an agreement by
which both could secure connections
with the p. 5. T. & T. company lines.
Alarm system Bobs Up.
The annual recommendation for
the installation of an electric fire
alarm system for Pendleton was made
last evening. 1t was signed by Chief
Childreth ex-Chief Vaughan, the fore
men of all of the companies and by
individual firemen. 1t was referred
To the fire and water committee, of
which Joe Ell is chairman. This
question has made its appearance once
each year for so long that the MEM
DRY of the citizens runneth not to tho
contrary. Each time it has been
championed by Councilman Ell and
each time the council has refused to
adopt the recommendation.
A petition signed by Marion Jack
ANA DR.. ID. j. McFaul asking for an
order for sidewalk along the east
side of Madison street between jack
son and Washington was allowed and
the walk ordered constructed.
c. $. Wheeler appeared before the
council to call attention once again
to the fact that Alta street at its in
tersection with Court has never been
improved as promised. Both he and
r. j. Tweedy declared that the or
iginal petition for the Improvement
o" Alta street asked it to be paved to
its intersection but that for some rea-
son the work was stopped at Market
street. Now, they think that the
least the council can do is to put in
few loads of crushed rock in order to
make the unpaved section level.
Mayor Matlock declared that he un-
derstood that movement was afoot
for the paving of east Court street to
the city limits.
Attention was called to the fact
that the second Friday and Saturday
in this month are the annual clean
up days and notices to this effect will
be printed in the newspapers.