The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-02-11
Give Homeless Red Cross" Permls-
sion to Occupy Auditorium Of
City Hall; Sale Of Park
Bonds 10 Talked
NO GARBAGE CONTRACT
AWARDED AT. SESSIONS
To Wait for Further Bids: Dueoso
Ordinance Killed; Hear Reports
Of Officers; Pass Salary
Measure

Tho proposition OF diposlng OF
tho city's park bonds was discussed
last night by the mayor. city coun.
ell and Geo. r. Broadwell. Oklahoma
city bond dealer. IN session last
night In the city hall. No definite ac.
tion in the matter was taken.
by unanimous vote. the council
gave tho Grady county chapter OF
the American Red Cross permission
to establish its headquarters In the
auditorium OF The city hall. Work or
moving into this location was begun
'Ais morning.
Since moving from the offlco on
the second floor OF he federal Lnlld.
ing. pursuant To general order is.
sued by the treasury department.
the files and office fixtures belong.
Ing to the chapter have hepn stored
In the Chickasha United Charities
office in the city hall
Bids are Rejected.
Three sealed bids for the contract
to dispose Of the oity's garbage
were rejected by the city council last
night and City Clerk Wellborn was
authorized 70 receive bids and sub
NIT them to the council at the next
meeting.
In urging the rejection Of the bids
Councilman Como expressed the be-
hef that more money could be re-
ceived for the contract. Ono bidder
offered TO pay into the city treas
ury S10.50 per month, while another
offered a bonus Of 500 per year for
the flve-year con The third of.
fered to supny the containers at
cost and pay into the city treasury
one-fifth of the net profit derived
from the fattening of hogs with the
garbage.
Acting on petition signed by sew.
eral citizens Of the community, the
council last night ordered B. b. Nc
Burnett, city water commissioner to
extend the city water main two
blocks east from Ninth street on
Illinois avenue.
No action was taken on the appl.
cation to grant Sisters of st. Fran
els $4,000 gallons of water for free
consumption. 1t Is pointed out in the
communication that since the erec-
tion Of the new building, the vol
ume Of water consumed has mcreas.
ed to about twice the quantity used
heretofore The school. located on
the southeast corner of Seventh
street and Colorado avenue, Is given
$4,000 gallons monthly free Of
charge.
Application Of Carl HebinclS for
permission to build and erect
sheet-iron building on tho northwest
corner of Kansas avenue and Sixth
street, for the purpose Of dealing in
the retail grocery business was
tabled.
A petition signed by several resi-
dents of Idaho avenue, asking that
this avenue from Eighth street west
to Tenth street be surfaced with Gin
ders, was passed without action
A petition signed by several citi-
zens living on and adjacent Thir-
teenth street and asking that two or
more lights be installed on the
street south Of Minnesota avenue
was also held over.
DuBose's. Ordinance Fails. oc
The ordinance introduced by Coun-
Gilman Hy D1 Bose, Regulating the
conduct of city officials and EN-.
ployes and establishing certain regu-
lations governing said officials and
employees failed before the council
last night. 1t died for the ws of
motion.
The ordinance provided 'tifat from
and after the passage OF this ordi-
nance all officers elected and ap-
pointed for said city, including the
mayor, shall be required to give
their entire attention to their re-
spective offices and positions to
which they shall be elected, ap-
pointed or employed, eight hours
each day, and III officers and em-
(Cont ~ on page six)