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COUNCIL RUSHES
PAVING PLANS
DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
Women Urge that Smith Offer Of Library
Site Be Considered Boy Scouts to
Do Park Work.

The council is rushing the prepare.
ton Tor street improvement this sum-
mer. At the Monday night meeting
.ot the mayor and council the street
committee brought in a report recon-
mending the use of Hassam Cement
Concrete paving. The judiciary COM
mittee was instructed to bring in an
ordinance covering the provisions and
recomm endations of the report by next
Monday night. The report is in accord
with that made by ]. Nj. Bingham, of
Portland, who has been employed by
the city as consulting paving chemist.
With the work rushed in this fashion
the city should be able to begin the
construction work in the paving dis
trict by the time the spring weather
opens up.
The street committee has recon-
mended that the proposed paving dis.
trlct be confined TO Oak street from
Front to Fifth, Cascade avenue from
Front to Fifth, Fourth from State to
Oak, Front from ST. te to Oak, First
from State to Oak, Second From State
to Cascade, Third from State to Co
lumbia and Fifth from Oak to Cas-
cade.
A report was received from J. P.
Lucas. member of the recently ap-
pointed special library committee,
who stated that since the last meeting
of the city council he had received
notice from +. l.. Smith that the whole
of the block on which is located the
Smith home is not for sale. A number
Of the heirs do not desire to dispose of
the estate and Mr.. Smith now makes
an offer of the eastern part of the lot,
75x200 feet, for the sum of Sc, 900.
Members of the Woman's club, Mrs.
Charles Castner, Mrs. X. d. Gould,
Mrs. B. F. Shoemaker and Mrs. V. C.
Brock. were present. Mrs. Shoemaker
stated that the club was very much in
favor of the purchase by the city of
the Smith block. "Since it all cannot
be secured" she said, 1--WE think
portion of it should be bought" Mrs.
Castner followed her and told Of how
after great efforts the Woman's club
had secured the vacation of Fifth
street. 1--WE do not want to see this
strip of property go for nothing" she
said, land we think the council ought
to make some provision for the pur-
chase of an adjoining strip" Mrs.
Castner pointed out to the city fathers
that if the matter came to an election
the leaders of the women here would
| be able to pull few votes, as she ex-
pressed it. Councilman Robertson
stated that the financial problem con-
nected with securing a library site
would be no small item. ''We cannot,
according to our charter. which does
not provide for park bonds, call a
special election to vote such bonds, !"
he said. In our present financial
condition. with times pinching, we
cannot pay for the site out of the gen.
eral fund" The matter was laid on
the table for one week.
Rev. E. A. Harris, pastor of the
Riverside Congregational church, who
is local Scoutmaster of the Boy Scouts
of America, read to the council a com
munication, stating that he would be
glad to have the council give the local
troop of Boy Scouts the proper per-
mission to build a trail to the Eliot
park along the canyon to Indian creek
this summer. This property was dedi-
Gated to the city two years ago by
DR.. t. l.. Eliot, of Portland. Because
of lack of proper approach it has al
ways been inaccessible. Last year the
city considered the building of roads
there. Rev. Harris proposes to have
the boys, working along instruction
given them by the city enigneer, to
make a trail from the east end of
Sherman avenue over into the beauti-
full canyon, which will form a beauti-
ful spot for afternoon excursions in
the summer time, when a roadway to
it is opened. For the past two sum-
mers the boys have been making eX-
curisons into the Lost Lake district.
This year they plan to devote all of
their spare time to building pathways
into and development and beautifica.
tion of the park. 1t is planned on the
completion of the road to have public
dedication of the park. DIR. Eliot will
be invited to attend the event as the
guest of honor. Members of the Boy
Scouts talented in public speaking
might deliver addresses. The report
of Rev. Harris was received favorably
and the park committee, some of the
members of which are also members OF
the Woman's club, were instructed to
take the matter up and working with
the city enigneer, to make proper sur
veys that the Scoutssmay begin their
task.
The street committee reporting on
the offer of J. II. Heilbronner g. Co. to
place at the disposal of the city the
north half of the block between Fourth
and Fifth streets and fronting on lCas-
cade, recommended that the offer be
not accepted since the city would be
able to secure another adequate loca-
tion without a rental cost. The COM
mittee also recommended that the pc
tition of J. Nj. Wright and others that
Oak street in the Parkhurst addition
be vacated be granted. The report was
adopted.
Sam W. Stark appeared before the
council to ask a bit of advice. MIR.
Stark stated that he was unable to
reach the Serpentine road, the nearest
open street to his house, because OF
the stairway leading up the hill from
Sherman avenue. He asked the coun.
ell to locate him and to point out the
way that he must follow to get an out
let by vehicle from his residence. He
was referred to the city enigneer.
The city prison will probably hereaf'
ter be a joint county and city affair
The county seems to be willing to co
operate with the city in the construc
tIon of addition prison accommodation
and it is recommended that three add
tional cells be constructed.