Little Falls herald., 1914-04-10
new council NOW ON DUTY
INITIAL MEETING HELD TUES.
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DAY EVENING. ORGANIZATION
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Tuesday evening the new city coun-
Gil held its initial meeting at the city
hall, with the following members pres.
ent; Hall, Geo. Peterson, Henry Peter
son, Bell, LaFond, Newman, Venners,
Blake and Moeglein. Mayor Fortier
was also present. The meeting was
called to order by City Clerk Victor
Schallern and the council proceeded to
elect Frank Hall temporary chairman.
The election of president for the
ensuing year was taken up and F. E.
Hall was elected. Geo. Moeglein
was elected vice-president. "A. H. Yer
non was elected city attorney for the
year at salary of $3.50 per year.
Mayor Fortier read his message to
the council, which can be found in an
other column.
The appointment Of city officials
was taken up next. The Office of the
street commissioner was left untitled
until the next regular meeting as some
Of the aldermen considered it unneces-
sary to employ man on this work 10
months out of the year, when only six
months would be necessary. Isaac La
Fond will continue to serve in this
capacity at the regular salary until
this matter is settled. The pound
masters office was also left untitled
as a number of residents were present
and made complaints about the prac-
dce Of allowing cows to run at large
and no poundmaster to look after
them. No dog catcher was appointed
for much the same reason and these
matters will be taken up at the next
regular meeting of the city council.
The fixing Of the salary of the city as
SCISSOR was left until the next regular
adjourned meeting. Mr.. Signor, the
present assessor, filed a petition asking
that his salary for this work be in
creased as the work this year has been
greatly increased under the new as
sessment laws recently adopted by the
tax commission.
The following appointments were
made by the council and the salaries
of the officers fixed as follows:
Weighmaster and City Hall Custod-
ian-Wm. Batters, $65 per month.
City Engineer-Phil. s. Randall.
Board of Public Works-First Ward,
G. H. Enke; Second Ward, N. N.
Bergheim; Third Ward, Jos. Masog.
Health Officer-Dr. N. w. Chance,
5000 per year.
Members of Health Board-Henry
Colombo from Second ward and VIM
Hang from Third ward, salaries $25
per year.
Scavenger-Camille St. Marie.
The salary Of the city clerk was left
at $50 per month.
The mayors police appointments and
salary fixed by the council follow:
Chief of Police-James Larson, $75
per month.
Night Patrolman-W Hang and
Jos. Belanger, salary $50 per month.
Special Police-Hubert Friesinger
$40 per month.
The city clerk was instructed to ad
vertise for bids for the city printing
for the ensuing year, also for the city
repositories.
Alderman Moeglein introduced an
ordinance designating the streets tt
be sprinkled this summer. The ordi
nance was unanimously passed.
Alderman Blake introduced an or
dinance to limit the number of saloon.
in the city to 18, until the population
Of the city is such that one saloon cal
be added for every 500 additional peo
pie. Alderman Newman moved to have
the ordinance laid on the table bur
this motion was defeated by vote o:
6 to 3. He then moved to make al
!. amendment to the ordinance making
the limit 90 This motion was ais,
defeated, Aldermen Henry Peterson
Newman and Venners voting for it an<
Blake, LaFond, Moeglein, Hall, Bel
and Geo. Peterson voting against it
The original ordinance was fnall,
voted upon and was passed for it's frs
reading, all voting for it except Henr,
Peterson, Venners and Newman.
The petition Of Geo. Moeglein. Sr.
for making repairs on the German
hall was left until the next meeting, a
no sketch Of the proposed alteration
, accompanied the petition.
The city clerk was instructed t.
advertise for a minimum carload O.
road oil.
The city clerk read communication
from The Gas Construction compan,
Of Milwaukee, asking that the counci
arrange for meeting in the near fu
ture, at which Mr.. Suit would b.
present to get any unfinished busines
in connection with the gas plant com
pleted.
A petition from residents of Bloc]
5, located between First and Secon
avenues southeast and between Kid
der and First street, asking that tn
alley in this block be opened up, wa
referred to the street committee, to re
port at the next regular meeting.
) Adjournment was taken to Tuesda
evening, April II.
MARRIED
) Arthur Dahlgren, son of Mr.. an
} Mrs. VIM. Dahlgren Of Freedmen, an
! Miss Sadie johnson, daughter of MI