The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-18

; ten commandments and not make
. this move as commercial matter
If they were going to open the shows
to make money they should oper
the other places of business for com
mercial purposes.
Councilmen Pelkey and Hesss
wanted to take more time and have
the petitions checked up. DeKay
called for vote. Bergman said the
question had been threshed over fol
six weeks and the longer it was drag
ged out the more hard feelings ant
the more harm it would do. He was
ready to vote.
| Mayor Peck reviewed the matter
and said if the petition for opening
contained majority Of the legal
voters, 342 names, based upon the
number of votes cast at the last cleo
tion, then it gave the council the
right to enact the ordinance If they
so desired, and that they could ii
they desired, enact it regardless of
any number of names on protest,
but for his part he would want to see
them do whatever they wished after
careful consideration Of the question.
| How They Voted
For opening: DeKay, Stephens,
| Bergman and Bowling.
Against opening: Mowrey, Hesse,
Pelkey and Thompson-4.
1t was tie and every ward was
tied.
Mayor Peck: No.
The motion was lost and the shows
will not be opened.
Regulate the Railroad
There were complaints. against per-
hitting the practice of making flying
switches on the railroad yards and of
storing cars loaded with stock and
beets on the yards in the central part
of town and communication was
sent to Superintendent A. F. Brewer
at Pocatello regarding it.
Extend the Sewer
A petition for a sewer extension
from the fifth alley on west Bridge
street, 500 feet north was referred
" IuO oOWOI COuulCL66.
Water Mains i'm Secret
The improvement committee hav-
ing been charged to investigate the
Bridge street water main, said they
desired to make their report in ex-
ecutive session.
Municipal Light Plant
/, Mr. H. M. Heimerdinger, represent
ing the syndicate offering for sale a
power site on Snake river, has said
that they are not ready to set a
price on their site until the city has
in its possession certificate giving
1t the privilege of operating a light
ing plant. A motion was adopted
instructing the city attorney to ap-
ply for such certificate.
Print it Once Again
1t appearing that the resolution of
intention to lay paving on certain
streets had been published in The
Blackfoot Optimist and that the pub
Usher had made certain errors rend-
ering the publication void, it would
be necessary to read and enact the
ordinance again and make a new
date for the date of protest and pub
lish 1t again, the council took that
action and fixed Monday, the sixth
day of March as the last day for fill
ing protests.
Building Permits
Weber Brother, boiler room at |
their warehouse on West Bridge
street.
Bank Releases City
w. r. Bergman bore a message
from the Standrod Bank to the effect
that as complaints had been made
to selling the bonds for SO cents on
the dollar when better bids might |
be obtained, and on account of the
law requiring that they shall not be |
sold at less than par, the Standrod |
Bank, notwithstanding 1t had already |
gone on with it's purchase, would re-
lease the city If they chose to be re-
leased. The matter was left open
for their action, depending somewhat |
upon correspondence with bonding |
house to whom the bank was selling |
the bonds. One of the councilmen
expressed desire to discuss the mat |
ter further in the executive session.
The Executive Session
At 1880 the room was cleared of
all but the mayor and councilmen
and the attorney for an executive ses-
sion to discuss the water mains, the
bond sale and other other matter
explained to us in confidence and that
is the reason we are not telling you
yet.