The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-07


The report had gone out that some
thing sensational was onming up.
The air was full of rumors that
charges wore to be perferred against
certain persons and that there was to
he general washing OF dirty linen,
and when the meeting was called to
order every seat In the chamber WAS
occupied.
The mayor and clerk we're late in
arriving aid it WAS nearly nine
o'clock when the council was called
and the clerk started to call the roll
of members.
The spectators who had been In
their seats since eight O'Clock waited
patiently through the tedious pro
oeedings of reading the minutes of
the last regular meetiog and several
special meetings of the council and
through the regular routine matters.
expecting each moment that some
thing would come up.
Everyone stayed until the meeting
adjourned, at half past eleven, but
there was nothing doing. lt was ao
soluteiy the dryest meeting that the
council has held since the present
mamb bera have been In Office. Thei e
was absolutely nothing of importance
or general interest done and hadn't
heen the evening of April lst instead
O Anil 9th, one would have thought
that some one had been perpetating
an "Apil FOOL sell on the kpeople.
The city attorney had been out of
the city, aud his partner had been
too busy to prepare the 0Xpeeled or
dinauoes In regard to street improve
men aud Hrs protection ana neither
of these matters we're more than men
toned, but will be taken up at an
adjourned meeting whic will be held
next Tuesday. The water commls-
sioner made his regular monthly re-
port as dii The ohiei of police. The
only little bit of life that was Inter
ieeted into the meeting Was after the
chief Of police reported nine arrests
for the month, Councilman Stiekney
msde the remark, '"rhree policemen
only nine arrests Ia month.
WnRt do you think Of thatS"
Later in the meeting the speota'
tors priuked up their ears. thinking
the fireworks we're about TO start
when Councilman Biteman called up
on the mayor, who is also superinten
deut of the cemetery, for report of
what had become of the money that
had come In for the sale Of cemetery
lots
The mayor replied that It had been
divided u among the different funds
He then - on TO recommend that a
special fund be created and that all
money reeaived from the sale Of
lots be placed in this fund and used
for improving the cemetery aud the
city park.
The usual amount of bllls we're
allowed aud warrants ordered drawn.
A letter was read from the st.
Marles Lumber company stating that
a larger passage would be made 10
their dykes to allow the escape of the
water which has backed ur In that
Iortion of the city.
City CLERK Schultz. reporting FL
the fire department stated that ar
rangements had been made With the
railroad company to install a fire
alarm whistle and telephone syst~n
at the round house and that they
would he installed "a soon as tn,
agreement be; tween the city aud tn,
railroad company was signed
He read the aRieement which pro
vldee that the city should install
the whistle aud telephone without ei
pense to the company. That tn
company employees would answer thl
calls and blow the whistle withou
expense and the city was to hoi,
the company blameless from any ali,
all damages that might arise from
failure of Its employees to blow tn
alarm.
On motion the mayor was autho
rized to sign the agreement for tn
city and they will be installed q
soon as the agreeNent c.mes bac
from the compan
J. X. Boothe appeared before th
council and inquired why the side
walk on Washington near Seventh
ordered In by the council had neve
been finished There Ia about AFT
feet 10 front of "A lot oWned by q non
resident that has not been built.
On motion the street commiissior
or was instrusted to build this wall
and a small pieos on Center stree
aud charge It to the lot owner.
Councilman Henderson called al
tentIon to the fact that people wei
dumping theiI gar hage along N