El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-24
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BETTER SCOOT.
Council Receives Bids for
Catching, Impounding
and Killing Them.

Woe TO the poor unfortunate
canine who has no one TO pay his
license. After the first of the com
ing week the city council will award
a contract for the employment of a
dog catcher and keeper Of the pound.
At its meeting Thursday morning
the city council received two bids.
one from james Edmeston and the
other from Dan Dean. as official dog
l catchers. But action in accepting
one Of the two bids was deferred.
{ The following petiuon5 were
granted. Great Western OIL company
/ TO install gasoline storage tanks at
( 1905 and iii South Santa Fe street;
/ Dudley and Orr for sewer extension
/ to block a Highland Park; Herman
I Andreas for sewer extension TO block
a. Franklin Heights addition; Kohl
l berg Brothers for arc light at Second
and South Santa Fe: J. H Sheers for
Improvement Of NobKa Nevada to
River; property owners for arc light
at Rosa and Cebada-
To Tear Down Park Theater.
The petition of Richard Lancaster
to rent the theater at Washington
park was denied. The council an
nounced the building would be RACED.
\ letter was read from the FL Paso
ana COuAll y tCAE4A II ram OaA G0AllHdAAN
announcing its acceptance OF the
ordinance providing for the depres-
sion of its tracks
First Japanese Dies Here.
There was a total Of s. deaths and
80 births during the past week in FL
Paso. according to the report Of the
health department OF the deaths 16
were Americans. 81 MeXicans. one
negro and a Japanese. This is the
first death ever recorded Of a Japan
csc in the city OF FL Psso, as far as
can be ascertained by city clerk Jack
Dawson.
There were e5 Mexican births and
one American. OF the deaths the
largest number We're health seekers.
There was one suicide and two hoDi-
cides.
No Smallpox or Typhus-
Only AZ cases of contagious disease
remain in the city OF these p are
measles, five scarlet fever and five
whOoping cough. There is not case
Of smallpox or typhus fever in the
city.
During the week 1000 pounds of
meat. fruits and ice cream was con-
demned. A total of 2126 fruit stands
slaughter houses. meat markets, etc,
were inspected and S17 head of stock
The report of Thomas German,
sanitary commissioner. for the week
showed total of 743.6OO pounds of
garbage hauled during the week by
the scavenEer department.
Petitions Filed and Referred
Petitions referred 10 the committee
on health and sanitation were: Mt
Franklin Fuel and Feed company for
saver extension TO Piedras and
Durango streets J. II. COund. for
sewer extension TO 1922 Lebanon
street
The petition Of Ramero and Calot
for permission TO erect a barber pole
at Goa South FL Paso street was re-
ferred 10 the committee on streets
and parks
submits Estimates; Paving Ordered
city engineer j. y Gladding sub I
mitted final estimates for paving the I
following streets: Myrtle avenue. I
Ange 20 Alameda: North Ochoa. san Z
Antonio to Mills, and Park from Sec [
ond to Eighth The ordinances
accepting the paving were adopted 1
and the maintenance bonds were
approved.
Paving ordinances were adopted on /
their second reading. for the improve
ment of Octavia street from the alley
north Of Texas to San Antonio street;
Bassett avenue from Piedras to Cot
ton avenue