Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-08-26
COUNCIL PASSES
AUTO ORDINANCE
y, ,cFs TAX LEVY AT Is MILLS
AND SETS DATE FOR PAVING
BOND SALE
TRAFFIC RULES. TO BE ENFORCED
ch;,dren Under Sixteen Years of Age
Must Not Drive Autos

;,o nassed an ordinance dealing with
,bo marking of autos and auto traffic
n the business part of town which all
onto owners should read and heed.
The full text is published in another
columu of this weeks Herald.
The new ordinance goes into effect
On and after it's publication today in
The Herald and it will be strictly en-
forced It provides that all autos
sball be equipped with lights when on
The streets one hour before sunrise or
one hour after shutdown. A white
light shall show the direction in which
the vehicle is going and red light
shall be used in the rear of the auto.
All autos must be equipped with a
hell or horn which shall only be
sounded sufficiently to give warning of
danger of collision. 1t is made un-
lawful for any person under the age
of 16 years to operate any motor We
hicle on the streets of the town and
II Is made unlawful for the owner of
any auto to allow any person under
1e wears of age to run the same on the
streets of the city. No person may
run a car faster than Is miles per
bour on the streets and not faster than
fen miles an hour when crossing the
street intersections. Cars must be
marked with the right wheel to the curb
and at an angle of As degrees with the
right hand wheel within six inches of
the curb. The ordinance provides
for the usual traffic rules observed in
all cities as to passing and turning
corners and provides that all cars
must turn around at the street cor
ners and not in the middle of block.
The penalty for violations of the or
dinance is a fine of not more than $500
and Jail sentence of not more than
80 days or both.
Ordinance No. 102 was also passed,
providing the annual Appropriation
bill and the rate of tax levy necessary
TO pay the same for the fiscal year be-
ginning the first Tuesday in May, 1919,
and ending the first Tuesday in May,
1920.
This ordinance appropriates the sum
of $3.50 for town expenses for the
year which is apportioned as follows
Fire department, $500; police, $1,000;
salaries, $3.50; printing, 5000; streets
and alleys, $4,000; special sewer main
tenance, $780, lights, 5000; telephone
company tax rebate, $500: incidentals
$1,000.
The tax levy for the year is fixed
at Is mills.
The council on Tuesday night took
up the matter of securing federal aid
for the improvement of such streets
of the city as would form part of the
proposed rural post route and the
question was thoroughly threshed out
Councilman O'Callaghan was in
structed to write to c. II. Purcell
acting district engineer of the .. 5
Bureau of Public Roads, at Portland
Greg, for further information as tC
securing an appropriation from the
government in this matter.
A petition signed by a few of the
residents Of the Nonthside.. and als'
bearing the names of a number of thu
farmers north of town, was presented
TO the council, praying that the ordi
nance prohibiting the running of stool
at large be not enforced on the North
side. The petition was laid on the ia
BILE as the council has no authority t
suspend the enforcement of an ordi
nance in one part of the city while !
is being enforced in another
Another matter that engaged tn
~N~AeAOh VI Tic COuuCll III al thiOA hAe'
manner, but over which the council
realizes 1t has no authority, is tn
condition of the county bridge at tn
END OF Main street. The bridge l
BADLY in need of replanking and gener
al repairs. The county commissioner
realize this but have been handicappe
oy lack of money and also labor
county Engineer Gave states that
certain cross brace of the bridge
oroKen which might eventually resul
n serious and deplorable accident
IL is known that the county commits
sioners are contemplating the re
banking Of the bridge and they wi
undoubtedly look after such other re
pairs as are urgently needed.
PROBABLY very few people ever cor
sloer the danger of fire destroying TIL
onage, but such danger is qui,
,eai. Those who are in a position
Anow state that when a large bride
catches fire, it is extremely difi1cu
~ save the structure. Three or lou
nres on the county bridge have a
ready been put out this summer an
snese were caused by the careles
ulopping of matches, cigar and ciga
eete stubs. At different times II
county commissioners have placed Sc
,'ai water barrels along the BIRDS
~. .vr lts protection in case of fire Dl
aere seem to be a few individuals
a'e community who are so small TN
uey steal the barrels almost as soc
- uney are placed Consequently q
osiuge is without this protection mo
'ne time. 1t should be Impress
Spon everyone that II the coun
v,iuge here should be destroyed,
ssoula be most serious matter DO
r or the town and for the farmers WI
1--WE north of the city.
AN adjourned meeting of the tov
,'Duncii was held Friday night at whi
,ne resolution was passed Prov
e Ior the sale of the bonds OF II
rmosemnt District No 8, to pay for I
~ now being put in. The cou