La Junta tribune., 1915-02-06
CRY DADs IN sesslos.
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Our city dads were In session last
Monday evening for their usual semi
monthly spasm. and all Of the alder.
manic nAbobs. with the exception Of
Black. and including Alderman Tommy,
were In attendance. City Clerk brown
did most Of the work and had the
most to say At this session. the alder.
man having very little to do except to
1istsn to the music OF the city clerks
Voice. and the said voice was = little
overWorked before II got through
with the sound and fury Of reading
half q dozen ordinances. ali Of which
will be found In this issue Of the
Tribune Try reading them over
once. and then 90 around and extend
your condolences to the city clerk. He
will probably appreciate Il. A synopsi.
OF the proceedings had and done 10
ehusiy:
J. T. UpdIke presented q petition
asking permission to erect a one story
corrugated Iron building In the rear
OF the office Of the Otero Gas Com
pany on Colorado avenue. The struc-
ture II i2x:t In dimensions. and is to
be utilised for the purpose Of storing
gas pipe. A usual In such cassa
made and provided the building had
been completed and was already in
use before the application for q build.
Ing permit had even been thought Of
The petition was granted. however. 90
there was no harm done.
A petition was also received from
r. A. Eddleman asking for . building
e<.
store room occupied by r. J. wether-
hold's five and ten cent store on San.
u Fe avenue. The addition 10 to be
2ex3s feet In dimensions. the basement
to be Of concrete. thirteen inch brick
walls. with roof Of gravel. This
permit was also granted.
A plumbers license was granted to
C. Mcousry. who filed the necessary
bond. accompanied by the required
license fee
Milan AArshall. q baker In the en-.
ploy Of ~ Dunkin. asked for a
moeeAt license 20 conduct the skating
rink. and this was also granted.
The park commission. Of which
James McNsen 10 president. and q. IL
wtncheii vecretary. presented Its
,opqu0 popeet showing IL :. eoeoeoes
and- dlsAuFssakaaeaslnn lnnIsaAo .<v<Ar cd
Ing Dscsmbsr ~. 1914. Tue park CON.
mission received from the city treas
urer the sum Of si.sss.sc and from gem
sral taxes e770.go. or q total OF ga
1910. This was disbursed thusiy:
overdrafts. January I. 1910. .si.ssssi
maintenance ............ sia.s0
Seeds. trees and shrubs. s...... 500
Material. tools and supplies. 7sss
Interest registered warrants. I:syoS
Total ....... ........... .es.737.io
The commission further begged
leave TO report that the following I'm.
provements were made during the
year: None.
Mrs. W. A. Hart. and a committee of
ladies representing the civic Improve
m~nt department Of the city F~dera-
tion of Womab's Clubs. which tnciud-
ed Mrs. Grant Harbour. Mrs. Leslie
Jones. and Mrs. n q. Wilson. were
among those present. and made an ur.
gent appeal that the city council Of.
fictats ~ . beauty doctor and clean
up the old town-espsciaiiy the dump
grounds that now ornament the ap.
breaches % the town on the east and
the vest. In the vtctnity Of our beau.
siful cement bridge. and aise the west
bridge near the fvrthsrmoet boundar.
lss ef Little Italy. which ieeks ~ u
there had been . secondary shock q
earthquakes thesesbouts. from the
mother country. which had caused an
ssupsien q sia eaas.
The is1iss ajss wantea semsshias
1oas - hsastlfy visse sssses, espeel.
a1ly la shs Immediate vIeiaity ee shs
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