Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-08
.D0INGSi. ! | OF # COUNCIL
FATHERS APPROPRIATE $500 FOR
HOMECOMING CELEBRATION
, .~'.@ AND $500 FOR FAIR. ~" .5 ..5.

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The city council met in regular
monthly session at the city hall Monday
evening, with az aldermen except Blake
present. I'd. h. :sf.r:>. ..rf =. * y sSt&
A bill for the care of a stranger at
the hospital and for Doctors services,
was referred to the city attorney as
the case was considered purely one to
be taken care of by the railroad COM
pany. n
L. W. Vasaly, George Kiewel, Charles
Sylvester and J. F. McNa'ly, members
of the homecoming celebration commit
tee, appeared before the council and
asked for an appropriation Of $500 or
more towards the celebration. The
committee explained in detail what is
planned, what it will cost and how
much money they have raised. The
council members were very much in
favor of the celebration and voted un-
animously to appropriate to the commit
| tee $500 for musical entertainment.
! A letter from the Morrison County
Cooperative Agricultural Society, ask
ing for an appropriation Of $500 for
the county fair, was read by the clerk.
This was $50 more than i'll previous
years but the council felt that in view
Of the high cost of everything an in
crease Of $50, was not too much and
they voted unanimously to appropriate
$500 to the fair.
| The annual report of the public Ii
brary was read and ordered filed. The
report in full is given in another col
umn.
| The city clerk was instructed to adj
vertise for bids on so tons Of coal, de-
livered at the city hall or On tracks.
The matter Of purchasing gas at the
Standard Gil company's filing station,
Tat saving Of two cents per CALM,
was left 20. the street committee, with
tpower to act.
/ Several receipts from th> city treas
urer for licenses, etc., were accepted
Land ordered filed.
A resolution introduced by Alderman
Brown, providing for the installing Of
street lights at the corner Of Cherry
avenue and First street southeast and
at the corner Of Third street and Sixth
; avenue southwest, was passed..
P. J. Gregerson was granted permit
to build a 25xl50 foot addition to his
garage on Broadway. His bond was
approved.
The homecoming celebration commit
} tee was authorized to vacate either
Second or Third streets southeast from
Broadway to First avenue for Il dane:
ing pavilion for next Monday. The
matter Of closing Broadway from First
fstreet to Third street east to all vehicle
d traffic on next Monday was left to the
Tpo1ice department: :5.1s1
j, The surety bond Of Joe Dinner, junk
dealer, was approved.
A communication from r. R. Reilly
local representative for the Pillshury
Engineering company, engineers for this
lefty, was read. The communication re-
tferred to the surface water situation in
this city, the writer stating that the
lplan for taking care of surface water
as submitted by the company is the
only practical one and the cheapest in
the end. The letter was placed On, file
Ifor future reference.
The council was informed that the
board of public works had not yet met
to consider the plans for the. proposed
| sewer exit nsions in this CITY. 1t wac
pointed out that this work should be
done this fall if the city expects t1
pave next year and that no trouble
would be experienced in getting BIDS
for the work this fall. The councilmen
were urged to see the board 1nembcfs
personally and ask them TO get busy On
this matter.
Alderman Brown informed the coun.
]cil that the officers Of Pike Cres6 town
ship are willing to pay half the cost
of fixing up Twelfth street northwest,
providing the city can do the work
The street commissioner said that he
would be able to handle this work and
he was therefore instructed to proceed
with the work, not to excesd $l0O to
be expended and a bill Cor one7half Of
the cost to be sent to Pike Creek town
i The mntter of providing bui' ''}ing
for housing the city road ma:hine1y
etc., came up. At present practically
all Of the machinery is kopS outdoors
Alderman Hall was authorized to sp'
point a committee to look into the mat
ter of providing housing for the ma
chinery. He appointed Alderman Moeg'
Ilein, Brown. N. J. Peterson aH1 ,LsFond
4 Council adjourned to August H., =.
i Bills allowed: ..'
|! General4k
iGolden Rule, mdse.....----:A.---..--.$ ~
! T.. II. Brown, nQSe.------.-------"'-. - 'Ss
Lungmotor Co., part. for mo- =,
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w. r Tourtillott. life :buoys. ~s~ S.94
Anderson-Leyis Co.. mdse....-.. 4, 1885
! White Garage, mdse...--..--..-.---- 2.2:
c. ST.. Marie, scavenger-.-..-..---.t 12.7s
II 81. Dormar1, special police. 4.5(
l r. H. Trask, special police. ~ 800
Hubert Friesinger, special
police .-.!-.i 45l
Morrison County, board of
rp;su.s pra;suneSs So,,,,+,, , T ,;,,ohar 20 p, '''>
merchandise ........---. -....-.-..... SOC
Walter Muske, mdse...-.....--.-... - 1875
lighting ~. :. ~" 49, 4ss.o(
mis- missioners' payroll, ..----...-----. =. :510.1t
noias vese = 2o.0(