The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-22
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
 MIDNIGHT SESSION

l nave nol bten hOttu ioi Niie puuNlusaii- tS of its sessions. the regular Monda,
 night attendants on eouncilmanie de- l when the city dads filed into their seats nearly an hour behind the desig-
 mated hour last night. And they we're l still more surprised when. at the close of the roll call Councilman Rose moved that the reading of the minutes be dispensed with, because of the necessity of concluding certain un- named deliberations Before anyone had time 10 second the motion. council
 man Rurgh arose and stated that the council should decide on certain mat ters and he thought II was advisable ! to lay the reading of the minutes over until eleven D. m. Mayor Blake re marked that Il would not take a great
 while to read the minutes and the council could then adjourn until a later hour. Councilman Rose then
 withdrew his motion and the reading proceeded. At the conclusion. the min- utes were duly approved and the eoun- cil filed out Eleven o'clock came but
 the council chamber still remained
 shrouded in profound darkness. From
 beneath the drawn blinds of the clerks office came sundry glimmers of light but otherwise the city hall was as dark as the proverbial tomb But 1t required no surrepiitious eavesdrop- ping to determine that ther was some thing doing in the office. Dull mur- murse that occasionally rose 10 strains of gusty vehemenee pepeolated through lho enclosing glas of the windows and drew the attention of midnight loiIer-
 CTS who peeked under She lowered blinds. only 10 seS ghe city dads en- ga gsd in harsh debate That things were gong fast and furious Nas indi- cAted by the occasional rise of the eouncilmanic voice as everybody com silenced ;o talk al once Occasionally the debate would de down for a mo- ment and then. like the rumbhngs of a distant storm. would rise and swell until the window panes vlbrated. Eleven thirty came but still no lights shone in the council chamber. By this time the little crowd before the city hall most of whom had kept their eye glued to the marrow crack under the window shade. commenced 10 dWindle away emitting sundry untitled growls which sounded like, They'll be at II all night Al eleven thirty five. there was nobody left but the reporters and two or three others. As The council still showed little sign of moving. some of these adjourned 10 the North Pole for cup of midnight cheer while others decided 10 enter the council chamber and walt ID the dark
 Al eleFen forty i've clerk Grimm saaaenly ApI.earsza al 1hs door of tbe ea,azsell ehsarna szf and e n01naDt 2atsr ] tHss lights Eashss1 sp 4zooa-c1zg e i The waiting watchers that The Gssu1Lll ! had 1ab.ereo te sszae determined sn : 5 As fAse 5Elltlal fafcaz8i5ss had t.ssn egn- } c1Do-so al tos eas2lsr sIrllag 15e oguneil , g0t oONn 1s business r4gat ava 1 CItF A1torT1ey O'N.=Iu reported thai be
 had DOl taken further action in In.
 eas of 1he Blackwell and Lane fun 1 4nS cure store in the matter of q ] 5cens. as Mr. Lane had not arr4red He also reported that l. had consulted E win the slty clerk regard ing furnish
 lng ar--s. eriation to twe l.nSsia Es
 who did --.t possess enough t- par ! eh -se uese' 10 ihe outside and had -ecOmm,ld. ct that the city give as- sislance.
 None of lhe standing committees had anything 10 report and the order
 of business proceeded to the reading 1 of claims and accounts Bill totalins
 sI54.2s were read by the clerk but nc I action was taken.
 Bills approved by the finance com
 mittee in the sum of sl7.s5 were read
 and ordered paid on motion of Burgh
 Under The head of new business the
 mayor remarked that he had seen to the setting of the stakes defining the
 boundaries of the Moose plot in the
 oI'y cemetery and gave details con-
 eerning their location
 Councilman Poteet opined that tn. ] approaches To the west end of the Dr,
 creek bridge needed attention and h.
 thought the city should provide lunl.
 Der for a continuation Of the bulk.
 bead in as much as he had secured
 a promise Of chas- Milot. manager fol ! N. J Rowe. that he would provide s ] ttasn and driTey 10 assist in fhe worlt