Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-20
NILSSON & SMITH
L0WESTBIDDERS
FOR PAVING JOB
Disabled Veterans Apply to
City Council for Permission
to Hold Carnival.

Submitting the lowest of three BIDS
opened by the council. the contracting
firm of Nilsson & Smith was Monday
awarded the contract for paving tourth
alley north. from Eighteenth to Twen-
tieth street. The successful bid was
S3.954. Other bidders and the amount
of the bids were Fagerstrom Broth
ers. S4.416. and Ralph Hansen. S4,26l.
The Improvement work is to be started
at once.
The petition Of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans of the World War for
permission to hold a carnival in Great
Falls during the week beginning july
II was referred to the public vel
fare committee for a report at the
next meeting. The petition set forth
that the carnival contracted for APP
pearance here bore a good reputation
and that it would be conducted In ac-
cordance with the laws of the city and
state.
No Gambling. Says Mayor
Emphasizing n stand taken several
weeks ago. Mayor X. VI. Armour an
nounced TO the council hat a carnival
would be permitted to show here only
on condition that paddle wheels ana
other gambling devices be eliminated.
He said he had refused two requests
from carnival companies desiring to
conduct games of chance. and that ne
expected to follow the same policy III
the. future.
A modified ordinance covering the
sale and use Of fireworks. introduced
by Alderman Bernard Joyce. was re-
farred to the fire committee. judiciary
committee. the fire chief and the city
attorney for further consideration be-
fore passage on first reading. tnder
the modified ordinance. sale and use o.
torpedoes of the safety variety, safety
sparklers. small caps and cap pistols.
.'spit devils" and small firecrackers
will be permitted.
Another Special Improvement
A resolution of intention 70 create
a special improvement district for the
purpose of constructing a storm sewer
on Third avenue north. from Twentieth
to Twenty-second street. at an esti-
mated cost of $3.50. was adopted on
first reading. The council ordered the
construction of sidewalks in front of
Marshall & Wells company, Second
street south. between Ninth alley and
Ninth avenue south. This improvement
was requested by tho company.
The council granted the petition of
]. J. Musselman for permission to
construct a three-story apartment
house at 316 Third avenue north. with
the front walls of the building standing
four feet from the property line. The
building code provides that such build
ings should be constructed 20 feet
from the property line. unless permits
sion to do otherwise is granted by
the council. p.
City Clerk W. II. Harrison was in
structed to advertise for bids for fur
nishing the city water department with
an automobile. The water committee,
which asked for the purchase. recon-
mended a Ford truck.
Wants Political Banner
The petition of the Great Falls CAN
for permission to erect a cloth sign
across Fourth street. in front of its
office, was referred to the public well
fare committee, 1t was said at the
council that the banner was to be of
political character. Petition of the
Crescent Dry Goods company to erect
a temporary cloth sign in front of the
store was referred to the fire com
mittee and the fire chief.
The council denied the petition Of
G. A. Knutson and others for the in
stallation of an arc light at the corner
of Fourth avenue north and Thirty
second street.