Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-11
HEIGHTS WANTS
A DIVISION OF
FOURTH WARD
Citizens Appear Before Council
Matter Referred to City
Attorney.

Asserting that inequality exists in
the present ward division of the city,
215 residents and voters of the Fourth
ward Monday night presented a petit
ton to the city council asking that
body to consider the creation OF a new
ward, taking in that portion OF the
city north of Central avenue and east
of Twentieth street.
Three members of the Boston
Heights Community club, which spon-
sored the movement for a new ward,
addressed the council in support of the
petition. Residents of the proposed
ward, they said, have long felt the
need Of a division of the ward. They
also set forth that the inclusion of
their district in the Fourth ward with
held from them certain advantages,
such as fire protection and convenient
school facilities.
Because the creation of a new ward
involves a legal point, the law decree
ing that wards shall be created so that
each will have approximately the same
number of votes, the council referred
the petition to the judiciary committee
and City Attorney Charles Davidson,
with authority to confer with the board
of county commissioners. The petit
TONERS said they desired the creation
of the new ward by the time Of the
next city election.
Five bids for the paving of Fourth
avenue north, from Fifteenth to Twen-
tieth street. were opened by the cogn-
ell and referred to the public improve
ment committee for report at the next
meeting. Proposals were submitted by
the firms of S. Birch e. Sons, Liegland
& Kleppe, Mcclure e. Blakeslee. Nilsson
& Smith and Hansen & Hogue. The
paving job, according to an estimate of
the city engineers office, will cost
approximately $4,000.
Permission to open their carnival a
week earlier than scheduled was grant
ed the Disabled Veterans of the World
War after il was announced that the
organization intended to close the show
from q to 9 O'Clock tonight in order
not to conflict with the American Le-
gion boxing card. The American Lee
gion Athletic association, in a COM
munication to the council, protested
the granting of permission to open the
carnival earlier unless the management
would suspend operations during the
boxing show. Representatives Of the
two organizations told the council that
their difficulties had been settled and
the permit to open the carnival last
night was granted. The council also
agreed to remit the half license fee the
city collected.
The public improvement committee,
to which was referred the petition of
\. Z. Lund and others, requesting the
creation of a district for paving Fifth
avenue north, from Ninth to Twenti-
eth streets and cross streets, recon-
mended the creation Of two districts
TO take care of the improvement de-
sired by the petitioners. The recon-
mendations, however, were referred
back to the committee when it was
brought out that a protest petition,
now carrying 62 signatures, enough to
defeat the district, was being circulated.
Protests against the construction of
concrete curbing on Seventh avenue
south from Second to Eleventh street
were referred to the public improve
ment committee. The signers of the
petition said they were having enough
trouble paying their household expenses
without an additional burden being
placed on them.
Specifications for the improving of
Third venue north from Twentieth to
Twenty-second street, by the laying of
a storm sewer, were adopted. A reso-
luton embodylng the Improvement and
ordering the creation of a district was
this work will be opened on July "a.
A resolution of intention to create a
district for laying a storm sewer in
Fourth alley south from Sixteenth to
Twentieth street, at a cost of $4,000,
was passed on first reading.
Bids for official city printing, job
printing and for furnishing the city
with books. etc, during the year begin
ming August l. will be received by the
council July "a. Specifications cover
ing the three classes of work were
adopted.
Dan Juricich. 2O7 Sixth street south.
was granted a permit to build an add
ton to his house, on recommendation
of the fire committee and Fire Chief
4. J.. Trodick. The Prentice Automo-
bile company was granted permission
to install two oil tanks in front of its
place of business at 113 Second ave-
nue. north. the tanks to be buried. Ole
Watne was granted a drain laying per-
NIT.
The report of Fire Chief Trodick
for May showed nine fire alarms had
been answered during the month and
that expenditures of the department