The producers news., 1923-01-12

eQ Cne request.
A petition asking for the removal
Of the dog kennels of T. C. Greer and
S. c. Greer was then placed before
the Council and the matter was turn
ed over to a committee composed of
Louis Moe, Albert Kollman and S. C..
Nelson to investigate. They are to re-
port at the next council meeting, jan
uary 18th.
Jack Bennett appeared before the
Council at this time and asked that
something be done to stop young boys
and girls from doing mischief in the
posofice after 600 P. NJ, at which
time the pOstofice is supposed to be
closed. The children have been in the
habit Of putting on skates in the
building where it was warm, but that
the privilege had been abused and
mail boxes had been tampered with
when he came to lock up. Mr.. Ben
net said that he did not want to de-
prive the public of the opportunity Of
using their mail boxes after 600
o'clock but that it was necessary that
the children be kept out. The Council
acting upon Mr. Benefits request
gave orders to Chief of Police Parker
to see that the children stayed out un-
less they were after mail.
The reports of the committees were
then heard, the most important being
the water works committee which had
just finished checking out c. L. Chap
in, former superintendent of water
| works. The committee found that Mr..
Chaplin had turned over the tools and
that he had sold oil drippings to sew
eral people in town during the last
year and he turned the accounts over
to the council for collection. They also
discovered that there was on record a
cooler that was sold to the Fishbeck
electric light plant and some pipe
in the year 1915 and which had not
been as yet accounted for. The re-
port was accepted and made a part of
the minutes.
E. E. BelansId term of Office as po-
lice magistrate having expired, the
City Council at this time appointed
George Wheeler temporarily to fill the
vacanacy.
The dog question again came up for
consideration of the Council again, but
this time it was of a different nature
and was in reference to stray dogs
running the streets without a home or
without a license. Several citizens Of
Plentywood have been annoyed by
these strays and after discussing the
problem it was finally decided that all
dogs must be licensed and the tag put
on the dog or the dog catcher will see
that he is put in the pond and after
an allotted time will be taken out and
shot.
The curfew at 900 o'clock p. m. was
the next subject for discussion. The
city dads made it plain that they con-
sidered that all children under Is
years of age not accompanied by their
parents should be at home after the
curfew rang. 1t was brought out en-
phatically that the parents of the child
are. as responsible as the child for the
breaking of this law and punishable
by fine or otherwise. The question
of the skating rink was brought up
and it was ruled that the curfew law
held there as elsewhere. So it be-
hooves all the children up to the age
of 18 to seek the parental roof after
the curfew rings.
1t was also decided by the City
Council to place a light over the
switch which turns on the fire siren
and which light will be turned on at
all times during the night, in order
that no difficulty will be found in To-
eating the switch when a fire alarm is
turned in.
The City Printing was then gone
over and Mr.. Nelson, a printer and
member of the City Council, took a
bill received from Dolin and went ov-
er the various articles purchased and
the prices and showed where Dolin
was not living up to his contract and
showed that Joe was good bidder
but did not deliver according to his
bid. After this showing Mayor
Grave suggeste that the curfew ordin-
ance be printed in the paper and also
have them printed on 1000 cards for
distribution. But the Council said
nothing doing because while they
knew what the price might be accord
ing to the contract they never knew
what the bill would be after the work
had been done in Joe Dolin's printing
Office.
After a few minor matters were
taken care Of the City Council adj
iourned to meet at the regular meet
ing next Monday, January 18th.