Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-14

Mountain Home, Idaho, July 18th
, 1915.
The Board of Trustees met in spe
cial called session.
The following members were pres
ent: Park, Sullivan, Harmon anC
Johnson.
The special meeting was called fol
the purpose of taking some actor
looking to the improvement of the
sanitary condition of the Village, and
to take action on four applications fol
a retail Liquor License.
The following proceedings were
had, to-iwt:
The applications of w. d. Evans,
Ed. Weaver, Rudolph Larson and
C. B. Faraday for a retail liquor
license for the third quarter of the
year, being on file, were read by the
Clerk, and ON motion by Harmon,
| seconded by Johnson the permits
were granted, and the clerk author
lied to issue them the licenses.
Pursuant to an order made at the
last regular meeting ordinance No.
$50, being AN ORDINANCE amend
ing Rule /, Section SO of the revised
ordinances Of the Village of Noun
tain Home, and repeating said Rule
/, Section 80. Was then introduced
and considered.
1t was moved by Johnson and sec
onded by Harmon that the rules be
suspended and ordinance No. $50 be
read first time in full, then read sec
ond time by title, then read third
time in full and placed upon it's final
passage.
On call of the roll the following
members voted Eyes Park, Sullivan,
Johnson. Harmon. Member Weed
was absent. Whercupon the Chair
man declared the motion carried.
Ordinance No. $50 was then read
as above and placed upon it's final
passage.
On call of the roll the following
members voted Yes" Park, Sullivan,
Johnson, Harmon. Weed, absent.
Whereupon the Chairman declared
ordinance No. $50 adopted.
A communication from j. X. White,
the State Sanitary Inspector, calling
attention to the unsanitary condition
of many buildings in Mountain Home,
was read to the Board. The communi-
cation stated that unless some action
was taken looking to the Improvement
of this unsanitary condition he would
be obliged to close large number OF
these buildings.
The communication was received
and filed.
1t was moved by Sullivan, and sec
onded by Harmon, that Mr.. 7. M.
Mellen be instructed to connect the
Evans Hotel with his new sewer and
to abate the nuisance caused by the
old cesspool at Boyd Ave. and Altu-
ras St. by having the same filled up
and the fences removed. Motion car
lied.
Mr.. Sullivan offered the following2
and moved it's adoption
notion seconded by Harmon.
Resolved, that 1t is the sense of
his Board that a sanitary improve
nent Sewer District should be estab-
ished in the Village of Mountain
Home, and that sewer system
hould be built in said district at as
,arly date as possible; that said
district should embrace at least two
ows of Blocks on the North side
he o. S. L. tracks from Stanfield
I'VE. and one row Of Blocks on the
,outh side of said tracks from Burt
I'VE. to Boyd Ave; that steps should
70 taken Immediately to lay out the
boundaries of said district and obtain
n estimate of the cost of sewer
ge system. Motion carried
1t was moved by Johnson and Sec
nded by Harmon that the Chairman
e authorized and instructed to en-
10y an engineer to make an estimate
t the cost of sewer system.
On call of the roll the following J
lembers voted YES" Park, Sullivan, :
Harmon, Johnson. Weed absent. :
On motion duly made, put and y
arried the Board adjourned. o
ttest: Approved: &
F. G.. Ticknor, Stanton Park. 7
Clerk. Chairman.
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