The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-21
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mayor at that time said he did not
approve it. Mcintosh & Company
want 5 per cent on the amount OF
the bond issue, Mr.. Elrod asked the
same and Mr.. Clay offered to do
the work for 4 per cent. The Nc
Intosh & Company proposition pro-
vides for the payment of 5 per cent,
or $1,000, on the completion OF the
plans and after the soundings and
other preliminary work shall have
been done and the other z per cent,
for supervising and experimenting
the work, to be paid as the work
progresses. The other two propo-
sitions submitted said nothing as to
the terms of payment. The mayor
said Mr.. Mcintosh told him they
would do the primary work and
make the plans, and if these were
not accepted they would ask moth
ing. Mr.. Mcintosh was called from
his hotel and the mayor told him
what he had stated to the commis-
sioners, and he said he would never
back up on proposition. An ct
fort was made to reach such an
agreement as would allow the engi-
neer to get to work and the con-
tract not to be binding until it was
reduced to writing, approved by
the commissioner and signed, but
this was a proposition that did not
seem to be clear to either side and
the matter went over to tonight,
when it will be further considered
at meeting of the mayor and
commissioners.
City Lake Fishing Up Again
The mayor said he had been be-
fore the council of defense again.
He said the people want to fish IN
the city lake, that they said the fish
are dying out there. He said he
understood that a motion had been
made in a council of defense meet
ing to sein that lake and that he
would not stand for it. He said II
they could sein it, the people could
fish there. The price of meat and
all food commodities was advanc-
ing every day and the people need
he fish for food, ne said. Com
missioner Wilson said the people
should not be allowed to fish IN the
lake.
Commissioner Fraley declared he
would vote against the proposition
every time it came up becauhe as
the water in the lake became lower
the danger of contamination in
crcases. Commissioner Gardner
said it was not right to deny the
people the pleasure OF fishing and
that he wants the lake opened up.
He said he was in favor of mo-
ton requesting the council OF de-
fense ordering the lake opened. Mr.:
Carter said there is no danger of
communicating the water from fish
ing. He declared there had been
more sickness in Ardmore since the
lake was closed than there had ever
been before. The butchers are cut
ting off the supply of meat and
the people need the fish for food,
he said.
The mayor said he did not know
how they could keep them from
opening it; that they had closed 1t
and the mayor and commissioners
were getting the blame for it; that
the story had been repeatedly told
that he went before he council of
defense and asked it to close the
lake, which, he said, was not true.
The resignation of Thad Church
man, as city inspector, was accepted
and the appointment of w. d. Tai
liaferro was announced. The ap-
pointment was confirmed and the
appointee required to execute sui
ficient bond.
Among the bills allowed was one
for feeding prisoners. 1t amounted
to $3.50 for the months of April and
Nav. The mayor made this COM
ment: THAT is for feeding all them
dope heads and we never got
dollar out of it."