The Princeton union., 1918-03-07
VILLAGE COUN Gil
Last Regular Session of the Year
Held at the Village Hall on
Wednesday Evening.
Considerable Business Disposed q
and Boys Turn Over Salaries
to Red Cross Society.

The village council met last night IN
regular session and considered such
matters as were presented.
Max Kruschke asked permission to
operate his moving picture show on
Sunday afternoons. No objection to
his so doing was interposed by the
council and henceforth he will conduct
his theater upon the afternoon of ev-
cry Sabbath day. :
F. w. Milbrath made complaint to
the council that small boys make it a
practice Of disturbing the peace of the
neighborhood in which he lives by
running coasting carts upon the side
walks, sometimes nearly dozen of
them at a time. He said that so far as
he was concerned he did not care, but
that there was an aged, feeble old lady
and number of babies in the locality
which were daily disturbed by the
noise. He further stated that on Sun
day afternoon the marshal was called
but refused to do anything in the
premises. The council instructed the
marshal to see that the nuisance was
abated, as a village ordinance covers
the offense.
Chas. Hepburn appeared before the
council and made complaint that Tri-
State telephone men had sawed the
branches from a large oak shade tree
near his house and destroyed it's sym
metry, also that these men had planted
a telephone pole in the street immedi-
ately in front of his house. He Stated
that he merely wanted the council to
tell him by what authority the tele-
phone company had placed it's poles
in the street and committed this depre-
dation. The discussion of the matter
consumed considerable time in which
Mr.. Hepburn undoubtedly had the best
of the argument.
Councilman Newton said the coun-
Gil never knew that these fellows were
coming into town and that therefore
no permission could possibly have been
given them to put poles on the street
at issue or destroy shade trees: He
also stated that there was an ordi-
nance which compelled telephone COM
panies to string their lines through the
alleys and not the streets.
Mayor Olson said he understood,
from what a telephone crew foreman
had told him, that the company was
merely going to make repairs to lines,
that he cautioned this man when he
asked him whether he could saw down
the. tree in question not to do so or to
destroy any property. He answered
Mr.. Hepburn's question by saying
that no permission had been given the
telephone company to either plant
poles on that street, slash shade trees
or destroy any property whatsoever.
Mr.. Hepburn asked that his query
and the answer Of the council be given
official recognition and that the same
be entered upon the minutes of the
AACCIAlS. 444o ASNuSSC was SIduCcu.
c. A. Jack was, on motion, appointed
to fill the unexpired term of Joseph
Craig on the water, light and. build
ing commission and also to succeed
Mr.. Craig for a term Of three years
on said commission.
I; The date for hearing the petition of
the school board Of district
No. for the vacation of a stub alley
was set for Friday, March Is.
The councilmen put in bills for their
annual stipend and as a consequence
the Red Cross treasury will be $50
richer. Geo. Ross turned over two
years salary, 500; Fred Newton, one
year, $40; Swan Olson, one year, $40;
and G. H. Gottwerth half Of his two
years salary, $40.
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