Iditarod pioneer., 1916-10-21
MICH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
 AT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

At meeting of the Lditarod town coun- cif heh on Wednesday evening last at
 which roll call disclosed the presence of
 alE members with the exception of H. H.
 Porter considerable business was transacted, bills were ordered paid fire department
 matters were disposed of, and the action of Mayor Smith IR dlsposng of the old hos pltaf building was ratified
 The meeting was caaed to order at 8 10 D. m by the mayor and after roll caA the ! minutes of the meeting of August were
 read and approved
 The street committee reported the repair
 tng of the bridge near J. J. Smiths resi- dence, and that sidewalks dam aged by horses had also been repaired, and ditehes on Front and Richmond streets cleaned. The following bias were ordered paid: Manuel GuIarte, lumber, $4; Mitchell Mill Company, lumber $11.S0; James Green,
 labor, S47; Smiths Gun Store, nails, etc,
 $S5S7 PauE Laptant, hauling $36.5O; George Adams labor and material S37 ]; ] Goodyear Rubber Company, hose and ex- l change, $5f43T F. J. Smith, labor, $35. After ar extended discussion It WAS or dered that the fire hall be closed during the
 coming winter, and thst the chemical be placed Tn some business house where 1t could easily be reached in case of fire. The fire apparatus, consisting of engine and
 pump, had been disconnected Mayor Smith informed the council that Archdeacon Stuck had turned over the old l hospital building to the city when here a couple of years ago, and that the city had been offering 1t for sale at $200. Paul La plant had offered S160 for the structure, and that seemed all that 1t was worth, and he had sold it to MT LapEant, received the | purchase price and turned it over to the clerk The following resolution, offered by
 Major Afbrecht was adopted
 Resolved That the common council of 1 the town of Idtarod hereby ratify the ac
 ton of Mayor Joseph II. Smith in selling the lditarod hospital to Paul Lapf8nt for 1 the sum of $l6O. And the mayor and clerk are authorized and instructed to execute and deliver g quito deed accordingly, covering the title the town may now have
 and such as 1t may hereafter acquire, which ] would at this time be adverse to such title
 transferred to Laplant"
 Mayor Smith informed the council that the two warrants which were presented on behalf of Charles Worden were found to
 have been paid already, and the money would be turned back into the city treasury.
 The council adjourned at 9;10. Thursdays Meeting | 4 meeting of the town council was held on Thursday afternoon at Commissioner Geraghty's office. Those present were ] Smith, Riley, Larson, Laplant and Byers. l Reading of minutes was dispensed with and ! the mayor suggested that the matter of ] appointment of judges and clerks of cleo 1 tion be taken up, and the names of E. M. ] Stanton, H. E. Riley and Frank Larson as 1 judges of election, and Charles Derry and
 James Farrell as clerks were presented. l By unanimous vote these were selected. The previous action of the council with ! reference to the fire station was revoked ! by the adoption of proposition to allow ! E. J. Smith to occupy the fire hall providing 1 he kept the fires going, the city to furnish i the wood.
 Three hundred dollars was transferred l from the general fund to the school fund. 1 The bills of Charles Lovett and J. s. Hunnewel were ordered paid.
 The matter of allowing native children to attend the municipal school came in for
 an extended discussion, and it was decided
 that the school board be requested to take the matter up with the federal government, the members of the council feeling that the additional expense should be paid by the nation.
 The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the mayor.