The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-10
LOT OWNERS AIR
 GRIEVANCES AT
 PUBLIC MEETING
Largely Attended Meeting of Prop erty Owners Is Held At Labor
 Union Hall.

Property owners of Nenana, to the number of about seventy, which included six of the fair sex, held a meeting at Labor Union Hall yester- day, pursuant to a call which ap- peared in the News on Saturday. for the purpose of discussing the conduct of the city affairs by the management of the townsite, and the question of taxes, flood and fire pro- tection, etc.
 The meeting was called to order at 1 80 p. m., with J. Hampton Miles acting as chairman and W. Law renee as secretary pro tenn.
 On motion of J. H. Flower, Mir. Miles was elected permanent chair man and on the motion of E. L. Laughlin, MT. Flower was elected permanent secretary.
 Geo. Noeller was the first speaker. He told briefly of the damage he had sustained through what he termed preventable causes, during the recent floods and strongly urged the necessity for asking the proper authorities to erect proper flood gates at the highest point in the big ditch on the eastern outskirts of the town, which in his opinion would, prevent much damage in future.
 E. L. Laughlin spoke at some length of the apparent indifference of the townsite management to the needs of the tax payers and the very unsatisfactory treatment ac- corded property owners as a return. even in a small measure, for the big taxes demanded. He declared that he was voicing the sentiments ot the majority of the property own CTS when he said that unless some concrete evidence of the good in- tentions of the townsite manage ment is shown soon, it would result In the abandonment, by these prop erty owners, of their holdings in Ne mana. He moved that committee of three be elected to draft a resolu- tlon setting forth the grievances of the property owners of Nenana and asking for, either change in the management of the Nenana Town site or change in the methods adopted by the present townsite manager. The motion was duly seconded and carried.
 Andy Logstrup told of how he had been called upon to pay taxes for sidewalks and improvements en- joyed by others, while unable to secure any benefits in the part Of the town where his property is situ- ated; and for fire protection, which he did not have at any time. He referred humorously to the city dump near his property, where, it IS reported, certain of the city's garbage is used to fill in a slough, and said he was thankful, in a way, to the floods for scattering the col lection of evil smelling cans and making a more equal distribution of odors.
 He also told of the scant attention paid his several complaints regarding taxes and other matters by the town site manager and of the unsatis factory interview he had had with Mir. Ryus.
 Mrs. Oscar Rothenburg stated that the garden which she, with the help of her husband and aged mother, had twice planted, had been entirely ruined by the floods which, she said, would not have reached the garden If proper preventive measures had been taken, and told how she and others had been willing to undertake the work necessary to drain a low lying portion of the town, but that they were not allowed to do this by the townsite manager, after hav- ing been previously informed that the townsite management had no funds to do the work.
 Mrs. Hamburger spoke of the in- adequate fire protection given the rar;Iar4.. IIa... R.s4z - L1