The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-18
CITY DADS
HELD SEMI
MONTHLY
SESSION

AT the regular meeting Oh tne CITY
council Monday night, with all mem
bers present, except Aldermen Lafe
Combs and Grant Dickinson, resolu-
tion was adopted authorizing the may
or and city clerk to execute a quit
claim deed in favor of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad company to the
city's interests in the old Canon City
& Cripple Creek Railroad company
upon the payment into the city treas
ury of the sum of two thousand, FIVE
hundred dollars.
w. H. Dozier and Geo. A. Sale, rep
resenting the geological committee of
before the council and made for
NAL tender to the city of the herd of
elk, and the enclosed portion of the
City park in which they are confined.
to the city. The offer was accepted
on behalf of the public and the elk and
such other native wild animals as
shall be procured later will hereafter
be in the care, keeping and under the
supervision of the city council.
Harry w. Combs, representing the
Canon City Civic Improvement league
as manager of "Clean Up" day to be
observed on Friday of this week, ap-
peared before the council Monday
night and asked for cooperation and
financial assistance in the cleanup
movement. Mr.. Combs explained at
length the magnitude of the undertak-
ing and the desire to make it as
thorough and efficient as possible. Fol
lowing the precedent established some
years ago the council voted the sum
of one hundred dollars in aid of the
enterprise.
A committee from the chamber of
commerce, consisting of Frank Sing
er. E. R. Chappell, B. NJ. Stuart, C. C.
Nelson, II. G. McIlvaney and w. Fl.
Esser. visited the council chamber
and requested that the matter of
granting licenses to itinerant street
shows, carnival companies and SINH
lar entertainment concerns be with
held, or the fee raised to such a point
as to be prohibitive. Objection was
made to the exhibitions Of such com
panies on the ground that they sub
served no useful purpose and were
injurious to established and legitimate
business. The matter was presented
by Mr.. Chappell, who spoke at length
in opposition to the licensing of such
concerns. Members of the council
indicated their sympathy with the
petitioners and the implication given
out that the best interests of the com.
munity would be duly considered in
such matters.
An ordinance was passed on first
reading changing the time for the col
lection of water rentals from March
first to January first in order to con-
form with the calendar year. In view
OF the change made by the ordinance
in this matter the charge for water to
be used for lawn sprinkling this year
will be for seven months, from June
LIST to December 3lst. Hereafter rem
tails for water used for lawn sprink-
ling will be for the full period of
twelve months and will be due and
coilectable on the first of January.
A poll tax resolution. requiring the
payment of poll tax of three dollars
from every able-bodied male citizen.
between the age of twenty-one and
fifty years, living within the city
was adopted without dissent.
An invitation to the members of
the city council from the sons
OF veterans having charge of the
Decoration Day arrangements to co.
operate with Greenwood Post No. 10.
G. A. r., and other patriotic organiza-
tions in the observance OF Memorial
Day on May 80 was read and accepted.
On motion Mayor Cooper was desig-
mated as a special committee to ex.
tend a similar invitation to the mem.
bers Of the councils Of South Canon
and East Canon. After transacting
some other business of minor char.
acter the council adjourned till the
frst Monday evening in June.