The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-28
PROCEEDINGS OF
The CITY COUNCIL
Wolf Point. June 25. Il

Wolf Point, June 25, 1872:
Minutes of a regular meeting q
the city council of the City of VOL
Point, Montana, held at the city hal
the regular meeting place of tn
said council, at 800 o'clock p. m.
Acting Mayor Ferguson called tn
meeting to order and the following
members answered roll call:
Acting Mayor Ferguson, presiding
Aldermen Champlin, Johnson, APP
pelgren, Chapman and Rogers.
Attorney %Schoening.
Clerk Williams.
Absent: Mayor Moore.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
James Linderman came before
the council and asked for about d.,
900 feet of smooth wire for fencing
the park. The matter was referred
to the park committee.
Claims
Moved by Alderman Champlin that
all claims that had been audited be
allowed as audited, seconded by AL
derman Johnson and carried.
The following claims having been
audited, warrants were drawn for
the respective amounts:
w. V. D. Chapman, II men at
fire at roundhouse.----$ 22.O0
Stennes-M M Common Co., file LOO
Russell Burnison, digging up ~.
meters $50
Stennes-M Common Co., sup
plies for pump house. LOO
Stennes-M Common Co., tools
for fire truck -- 600
Stennes-M Common Co., lock LOO
Stennes-M M Common Co., rent Of
pest house $3.50
Motor Sales Co., supplies for
pump house -- 1888
H. A. %Schoening, cleak's bond $50
Regarding Sale of Fireworks
The clerk reported that complaint
had been made to him in regard to
the sale of fireworks in violation of
the city ordinance.
Clean Cemetery
Alderman Chapman, who had beer.
appointed on committee to investi-
gate the condition of the dumping
grounds reported that refuse was be-
ing pumped on the cemetery grounds
and recommended that the cemetery
grounds be cleaned and signs posted
exactly where the refuse
should be dumped.
Moved by Alderman Champlin that
he city employ a man and team to
,lean the cemetery grounds. Sec
onded by Alderman Chapman and
,arried.
The dump grounds committee was
asked to go ahead and have the work
lone and the signs directing the route
the grounds made.
Police reported that they were hav-
ng some difficulty with young boys
IN the streets nights and stated that
he light plant had offered to blow
heir whistle.
Curfew
Moved by Alderman johnson that
he curfew be blown at 900 o'clock
i. m. Seconded by Alderman AL
and carried.
VIM. Reed came before the council
nd stated that he had not put in
ouse traps in any of the houses in
hitch he had installed plumbing for
ne past three or four years and that
ne Inspector had not asked him to
ut them in. Acting Mayor Ferguson
that in that case the Inspector
ad been lame on that work for the
rdinance called for it and that in
ehalf of the council he would re-
uest Mr.. Reed to see that house
'aps were put in all the plumbing
lstalled by him in the future. Mr..
eed agreed to trap the sewer he
lstalled at the Ablin Oil Station.
eport of the Street and Alley Com .
mittee
Alderman Johnson reported that I
lie street and alley committee had !
cen to review the ashes at the school ;
and they did not deem they |
ere worth 40c per load to the city |
that the next lowest bidder to 4
school board had cut his bid to I
and put the ashes on the streets !
the city might direct without cost
the city.
Stampede Committee
o. T. StenneS and O. c.. Johnson 1
me before the council and Mr..
.ennes asked that the council take
me action on the West Boundary
rect so as to put it in shape so that
e public would be able to get to and
ON the Stampede grounds. The
after was referred to the street and
ley committee who were to go and
spect the street in the morning and
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