The Crittenden press., 1920-05-14
CITY COUNCIL
WAKES UP

Last Monday night the city coun-
ell met in regular session and started
some real action.
This body Of men have been ac-
cused in times gone bv Of being more
or less slothful and dilatory. Mon
day nights meeting proved that they
are at least injecting a few modern
ideas into the conduct Of the affairs
of the city.
A number Of lobbyists" were on
hand to ask that Chicken law" be
passed, which was done after some
discussion by members of the coun-
Gil and others. Some argued that
il would be a hardship on some peo-
pie to have to build a fence around
their property to keep their chick
ems in as wire was high and hard
to get at any price. Others came
back with the idea that it was just
as much hardship on the people
without chickens to fence their prop
erty TO keep the neighbors chick
ems out, and besides person has
no more right to raise their chickens
on some one else's property than
they did a crop Of corn. The coun-
ell voted the ordinance unanimous
ly requiring owners of chickens to
keep them confined to their own
premises.
The matter Of the purchase Of a
fire truck equipped with the necces
sary apparatus for extinguishini
fires came before the council. II
was explained that with this appa
ratus costing only s25OO would sav,
the residents Of Marion about 5000
annually in fire insurance premiums
providing the city have the necessar,
volunteer fire department. 1t wa.
voted that the truck be purchased
the vote being as follows:
Yeas, Walter, Mcconnell, Lev
Cook, X. F.Haynes. Nays. Charles
Daughtrey, W. T. Mcconnell, II. V
Stone. Vote being three and thre,
it was necessary for the Mayor I,
east the deciding vote, which wa!
for the purchase of the apparatus
No explanation Of their vote wa
offered by the councilmen votinl
nay, so it was not known whethe
il was because the idea of anothe
. big fire caused them no uneasines
! or from mistaken ideas Of economy
The fact that Morganfeld, Prov
idence and other cities Of the sam
class as Marion are doing muc
street improvement work this yen
the matter was brought to the at
tention Of the council. This wor
/, is done at the expense Of the prop
erty abutting the improvements, tn
cost being spread over a number O
years. usually ten. The majority O
the councilmen thought il was abou
. time for Marion to get out Of th
cross roads class as far as street
are concerned and voted to asses
all permanent improvements in tt
+ above mentioned manner and begi
: to 70 somewhere. All the counci
: men voted in favor Of this measul
except Mr.. Charles Daughtrcy.
Last but not least We get dow
!, to the water works proposition. NJ
:, Fred T. Thaycr, hydraulic engine'
y !, with the Laync & Bowler Co. I
a Memphis was present and outlin,
y plan whereby II would be possib
y for Marion to have this one conve
"a fence that kuttawa. Vine Grove al
70 other large cities Of less than thou
10 and inhabitants found out years a,
that they could not get along withot
NJ This will be gone into more ful
g at an adjourned meeting Of the cou
"A ell next Monday night.
ty This was by far the best meetiI
Of the council for many months al
u II begins to look like Marion W
Is going to get a fresh start and cor
10 into her real position rs the be
ct town n the best state Of them al
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