Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-11-22
ARMOUR PLANS
TO Cut DOWN
COUNCIL MEETS
Mayor Proposes to Reduce
Number of Sessions to Two
Monthly Instead Of Four.

Reduction in the number, of city
council meetings from four to two
each month, was advocated Monday
night by Mayor r. M. Armour in a
statement to the aldermen. Mayor Ar
mour declared that the present sched--
ule created unnecessary expense and
that the city's business could be. prop
erly transacted by two sessions a
month A saving of at least LOCO a
year could be affected by reducing the
number of meetings, he said. On mo-
ton Of Alderman Gilbert Boyd, the
suggestion from the mayor was referred
to the ways and means committee for
a report at the next meeting.
A communication from Fire Chief
A. J. Trodick asking the city council
for permission to have the skin of
Dewey, the veteran fire horse that was
chloroformed to death last Saturday
mounted and preserved for the city's
future exhibit hall, was read and after
considerable discussion, was placed IN
the hands of the fire committee.
May Solicit Fund.
While the aldermen were virtually
unanimous in the opinion that Chief
Trodick's plan should be carried out,
several members are inclined to dis
favor the use of city funds in defraylng
the cost of mounting the skin. Alder
man Harry Stevens suggested that
funds for this purpose could be raised
by public subscription, better way,
he thought, than having the entire ex-
pense borne by the city. Fire Chief
Trodick said he had been told by a
taxidermist that the old fire. horse
could be mounted at cost of $500,
an amount considered exhorbitant by
the members of the council.
Owners Of property abutting on Cen
trail avenue. from Ninth to twenty
eighth streets, presented a petition to
the council asking for the installation
Of special lighting system on that
section of the avenue. The petition
which was signed by "a taxpayers,
requested the council to take steps
necessary to have special lighting
district created. The property own
ers offered to pay two-thirds of the
cost, the remainder to come from the
city general fund. The petition was
referred to the public improvement
committee and the city engineer.
GronIund Claim Denied.
The claim of Nels Gronlund, Great
Falls restaurant proprietor, for S1.563,
the amount of damages alleged to have
been caused when his machine plunged
into an open street excavation, was
denied by the council on the recOmmen-
datioa of the Judiciary committee. 1t
was brought ont at the last session,
when the claim was presented, that
the city could not be held responsible
for the alleged damage by reason of
the fact that the contract with the F.
e. Evans Contracting company in
Identified it against all loss.
Nf-S TT pncc ia park drive
petitioned the council for exemption
from the 1921 boulevard maintenance
charge, stating that she had taken care
Of her boulevards and that she was un-
able to pay the assessments. She said
she was q widow.
Receipts of s13.252. 30 and disburse-
ments Of s5.6499S during October,
were shown in the report of John J.
Holmes, water registrar. His report
revealed balance of $211 ,713.43 in the
hands of the city treasurer at the end
of October.
Buell. Bond Approved.
The bond Of Arthur j. Buell., in the
sum of $1,000 given as surety for the
proper conduction of messenger bust
ness ut 90 Third street south was APP
proved by the council A request from
Frary and Burlingame, agents for the
National Surety Co, for the cancella-
ton of the $500 bond furnished f. J.
Canary, and covering his contract for
building to the First Avenue north
bridge, was referred to the judiciary
committee for consideration.