Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-26

Attention was brought to the city
council Monday night by Alderman H.
r. johnson that grocery stores IN the
city are violating the city ordinance IN
regard to the selling of fruit n veee-
tables from the curb and from trucks
in front of the stores. He referred
specifically to the Cash and Carry gro
Gerry, a department OF the STRAIN Drotn-
ers' department store, and r. ). Gles
& Co, which establishments he hao
personally observed were selling pro-
due from the curb, he said.
Johnson said that he had asked a
policeman on the beat why he did not
stop these sales, as he knew that they
were conducted in violation OF the CITY
ordinance. The reply of the policeman
had been. in effect, Johnson said, that
the stores were too big TO stop. The
matter drew considerable discussion
from the aldermen and Mayor Ray Nj.
Armour instructed Chief of Ponce Mar
Gus Anderson TO make a personal m
vestigation relative to the curD saies
of all produce dealers and instruct his
officers to rigidly enforce the govern
ing ordinance. CO.,
Several persons residing on Sixth
avenue north addressed the council to
ask for a reconsideration on the part
of the council regarding the creation
of a special improvement district TO
nave Sixth avenue north from PARK
drive TO Twelfth street. The petition
TO Great the special improvement DIS
trict bad previously been passed by the
council on its first reading. carrying
the signatures of a majority OF the
property holders in the proposed dis
trict. Later, a protest bearing me
signatures of Al per cent OF the prop
erty owners of the district had beer
filed with the council.
Claim Too Expensive
The representatives of the proposed
district who were present at the city
council meeting Monday night said that
many of the property owners IN thai
district were hardly able to meet then
property taxes this year and that II
would be impossible for them to finance
the proposed improvements. No fIna
action was taken by the council.
X. J. McDermand. representing
committee of west side citizens. ap
peared before the council to prOtes
the proposed paving of a strip on tlrs
avenue north between the east end o.
the First avenue bridge and the end o
the pavement west of the Great North
crn viaduct. The majority of thu
people of the west side protest agains
any further expenditure of city fund
for paving in that district until thu
street railway service is extended t
the west side. McDerman said. HI
asked if it was not possible for tn
council to demand that the Montan;
Power company extend its lines owe
the bridge. Mayor Armour asked Cit.
Attorney Charles Davidson to read tn
ordinance and considerable discussion
followed.
Alderman John Wilson. elected from
n west side ward. moved that a com
mittee be appointed by the mayor +
meet with the committee of west sid
citizens and arrive at a definite prop
osition to put before the street railwa.
company. The motion carried on
vote Of the council and Mayor Armou
appointed the public improvement com
mittee TO represent the council.
Criticises West Side Alderman
McDermand criticised city counci
representatives from the west sid
saying that they had failed to take
decided stand on issues vital to ives
side residents. He declared that tn