Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-16
PROPOSED PAVING ON FOURTH
AVENUE NORTH IS APPROVED
Council Adopts Recommendation Submitted by
Public Improvement Committee; Argument
Over Water for Gardening.

Creation If u special Improvement
district for the purpose of draining and
paving Fourth avenue north. from the
west line of Fifteenth street to the
west line of Twentieth street. and
Sixteenth street, from Third avenue
north TO Fourth avenue north. and
Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets
from Fourth alley north to the south
line Of Fourth avenue north, was APP
proved Monday night by the city
iii in adopting recommendations sub
mtted by the public improvement com
inittee. City Attorney Charles Davidson
will prepare q resolution of intention
for the consideration of the council at
the next session.
Specifications for the paving of
Nineteenth street from Third avenue
north to the center line of Fourth
alley north. as prepared by the city
engineers office, were adopted by the
council. Bids on this project, which
will cost $1,000, will be opened May %
the first of July. The resolution Of
intention covering this project, passed
on first reading several weeks ago. was
finally adopted by the council. No
protests were / led against the work.
To Patrol Streets in Wee Hours
Rejecting the proposal made last
week by Alderman II. II. johnson that
the city offer a standing reward Of
500 for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction Of persons respon-
sible for the wholesale destruction of
street Fights. The JUDICIARY committee
made a substitute proposal that the
police department arrange for the ser
vices of q motorcycle patrolmaD to
patrol the streets between II o'cioca
p. m. and I o'clock IA. M. The reward
method was not viewed by the com
mittee as the best for meeting the
situation. The committees report was
accepted.
An argument which virtually divided
the councl was preciiptateG when an
ordinance providing for the assessment
of charges for use of water for garden
ing purposes. intended mainly 10 reach
those engaged in commercial gardening.
was read before the council. The
ordinance provided that a charge of Sc
should be assessed against q full or
more than a half lot and So against a
half or less th9I a half lot. the
charge to cover the gardening season
school children of the city. which has
Would Discourage Gardening
Aldermen G.. L. Bosley and John
Wilson protested against the adoption
the ordinance on the grounds that
the charges would tend 70 discourage
both feeling that cultivation
of vacant property should be encourag- !
ed rather than restricted. Alderman
G. T. Boyd, chairman of the wafer
committee. said the water rates in
in Great Falls were much lower |
than those in several Montana cities
and that the charges proposed in the
ordinance should not be objectionable
to the water patrons. The ordinance :
finally held over for another
weeks consideration.
Eradication of dandelionS by the /!
school Children of the city. which has
oeen the practice followed by the city
the past two years. will be in
force again this year. The children will
paid one cent a pound for dan
ielions delivered TO any of the three
ire stations. which is a half cent more
han was allowed last year. The coun-
ii ordered an appropriation of 500