The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-05-18
CITY COUNCIL
ADOPT BUDGET
May Extend the Side
walk on Broadway
to Fair Grounds

The city council sat until a late
hour on Tuesday night, and among
other things, reviewed the estimates
of operating the city government
for the coming year and adopted
what is called the budget. The
levy for taxes this year will total
23 mills as against "a mills last year
and 25 mills two years ago.
There is really no reduced cost
of operating, but last year the coun-
Gil had to buy 1000 feet Of fire hose.
make the final payments on the fire
truck and make some improvements
in the city building. This year there
is none of that to do, and that en-
abled them to cut one mill, tho
some Of them doubted whether they
could meet necessary expenses on
20 mills. Anyhow they are going to
try it, and they ask the cooperation
of citizens in keeping within the
estimate.
Citizens and ditch companies
could help some by meeting squarely
one of the matters that has come up
in the disposition Of rubbish thrown
out of the bitches. along the streets.
AS we have said before, the leaves
from trees not owned by the ditch
companies, but by the residents,
blow into the bitches and they are
still the property, of the tree owners
and not of the ditch companies. But
the council has no business hauling
1t away just because the ditch COM
panies dump it out upon the streets
to get rid Of it. If the owners OF
those leaves will not do their duty,
the bitches vii have to. The council
has served notice on them to remove
the rubbish thrown out of the
bitches and now it is up to them
and the real owners of the rubbish,
mostly leaves. Some Of the citizens
have done their full duty in this
matter and others have not. The
council is not going to tax the will
ing folks to get money to haul away
the leaves belonging to those who
shirk. The same question of right.
and wrong exists within each ditch
company, and the people who shirk
have no right to side-step their
duties and put the burden upon the
stockholders, tho that is no part of
the councils troubles.
P. G.. Johnston and Otto Mas,
speaking for the Commercial club,
asked the council to extend the side
walks to the fair grounds on Broad
way, and it was referred to COM
mittee. These walks are much
needed, but If they are built, some
body has to pay, and that will be the
property owners, and the city pay
ing for the crossings of streets and
alleys, and that is not allowed for
about
REQUESTS have been made for ex-
tensions of sewer linse on ward two,
and there is some money in the fund
to the credit of that ward, but not
enough to pay more than about half.
| If the extensions are made as asked
the people receiving the benfits will
hav to put up part of the money
and be reimbursed in future years.
when the ward has money.
A representative of the Barber
| Advertising company asked permis-
sion to erect metal signs on the tops
of some of the business houses, but
the council denied the request. 1t
is the policy of the present council
to keep the town clean and sanitary,
to govern so that all must do their
share and to protect the willing
workers and the prompt payers from
carrying the burdens of the others.
In the matter of sign boards and OBJ
structions to the vision, they have
taken stand against what may be
termed nuisances or what may be
unsightly.