Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
CREATES DISTRICTS
TO RfSURfACF WOOD PAVING
Estimate Improvement Will Cost $4,000; Refuse
to Modify Fireworks Ordinance; Carnival
&@<~N<s# Will Be Held

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Action looking to the resurfacing Of
all block pavement in the city with the
exception of that beyond Sixth street
on Central venue was taken Monday
night by the city council in the adop.
ton of two resolutions to create specia
improvement districts. The improve
ment, considered by the council az nee.
essary to maintain the paveme nt unit
such a time when it can be replaced
will cost approximately $4,000. =.
A survey made by the city engineer
! office to determine what material
should be used in resurfacing the pave
ment, brought put that a combination
of bitumen and sand could be better
and most effectively used. This ma
terial, it is said. will be effective against
the egress of water underneath the
blocks and the subsequent swelling OF
the blocks.
Fireworks Ordinance Unchanged
Despite a resolution carrying 11d
signatures in which the council was
urged to modify the fireworks ordi-
nance so that fireworks described as
harmless could be sold in stores during
the week prior TO July 4, the fire and
judiciary committees recommended that
tHt pICSCut OEuidduCC SAOuIu NV ~
changed and the report was adopted by
a ) to 4 vote. Alderman Bernard
Joyce, at the last meeting, introduced
an ordinance modifying the present
ordinance.
Signers of the resolution, who de-
scribed themselves as merchants who
had gone through three profitless
years. said that s%parklers. small tor
pedoes. spit devils, caps for pistols and
baby firecrackers, were harmless. They
were a bit sarcastic in the wording OF
the first paragraph Of the resolution,
which said, Whereas. Fourth of July
has been celebrated by speeches, red
lemonade and outbursts OF oratory at
Gibson park. ETC. The council. in dis
posing of the modified ordinance. said
it could not be described as an emer-
gency measure and that its passage,
through the usual channels, could not
be effected until after the Fourth OF
July had passed.
Carnival viii Be Held
A report of the public welfare com
mittee. denying the Disabled War Vet
Grams a license to hold a carnival here
beginning the week of July II. was re
iected after considerable argument and
a close vote. Those aldermen who ia
vored the report were not backward IL
showing their disfavor of carnivals.
1t was finally decided that the vet
Grams should be permitted to bring in
carnival on the payment of half the
usual license fee and with the under
standing that all gambling laws of the
state and city shall be observed tC
the letter. Members of the veterans
organization, who were present at the
meeting, were instructed that they
would be placed on their honor to see
that the carnival was clean and "abovt
/ board"
Collins Heating company was award
ed the contract for the laying of watel
service pipes on Fourth venue north
from Fifteenth to Twentieth streets
at a cost of S1.413.S9. Other bids anc
amounts considered by the council were
submitted by Harris Brothers, 81,
742.S so, and Duggan Plumbing & Heat
ing company, S1,627.90.
Protests Against Crawling
Three protests against the resolu
ton calling for the crawling Of Sec
ond avenue north, from the end Of the
pavement to the city limits, were re
ceived by the council. Only o.
them, according to City Clerk w. II