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- 5'7""'l11l ~ . - __ - - - _. - __ n__ __ ~ _ _ _~ __ __ _ _______ __~.___~ ____ ~ ___ _____ __ -- ~- -- ---- - ::..:.c..:..=--_ _~~-=----=---=..:-=-..:..:::.~=-:.::-______--=-c'=-~~c__:-=--= --==---0:1 - -- - - - - - ~ -. ~- ---- ~--- ----- - --------- --~--~--- --.---- - ---~. -- - -- - - - --. - -------~_____ - __ _____._.____~~__ _____n___-_ __ ___ _______ _ _ _ ._______"_____ ____ _ __ ,. --~ -- ----------------- --------:.-- -"- ------------ -_._-------_..:_~---- ---------::_-- ---~---------_. -- ----------- ------ ! he was sleeping at the time. He stated that there was a high school dance hall I upstairs over his place and that these girls and boys came down for cokes and pops I j and that they were never served any beer. He stated that there were four or five 'I 17-year-old girls running around with soldiers that came in there but he did not P81 ' know just how -t-o ~:et rid of them. He stated that he had only been given one ticket. I and he had been operating the place seven years this coming March, and he felt that ;;'~ I this should give him favorable consideration by the Council. Councilman Hawn stated I that he felt this ,place was a little different from the others; that there was a II shoe shine parlor and a magazine stand in front and that he hai been in there a good II many times and never noticed anything objectionable and in view of their record jMr. Dragoo should be given another chance and that he wished to move that the action Ii at-the previous Council meeting be reconsidered and that Mr. Dragoo's license be i recommended for renewal. There was no second to this motion. Councilman Farrington Ii stated that this was a very unpleasant thing for the Council to have to act on and , that he would like to be fair in every way a-nd that he was Hoping action might be Ijpostponed until they could hear a report from Mr. Dietz, the juvenile officer. . Councilman Bond sta ted the; t he fel t the same wa~ and a motion was made by Farringto iand seconded by Bond that action be deferred until the next Council meeting, and l '1 that Mr. Dietz be reque~ted to be present and make a report. This motion was carried I ! The Recorder reported at this time that beer applications to be acted on at !this time were: Newman's Grotto, '764 Willamette, McCrady's Cafe, 878 Willamette, iLee's Coffee Shop, 757 West 6th, and Snappy Service, 860 Olive. A letter addressed Ii to Halph E. Newman and Isaa c H. Newman, 764 1Nillamette, dated November 20, 1942, II from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission suspending this license for ten days was 2 fread at this time. Councilman Bond stated that their license had also been suspende lonce before during the Trail to Rail Pageant. Councilman Bond made a motion that (the applications for McCrady's Cafe, Lee's Coffee Shop, and the Snappy Service, be !recommended for renewal, and the motion was seconded by Hawn and carried. A motion II was made by Farrington and seconded by Bond that t11e ma tter of the license for 11 Newman's Grotto be held over till the next Council meeting. This motion was carried. Ii I; Mayor Large stated tha t bids for gasoline for the Ci ty' s use for the year 1943 ;'iwere to be opened a t this meeting and that as some -of the oil men were present, ~thebids would be opened at this time. The bids were as follows: 1. . C01VlPANY REGULAR ETHYL I I Associated Oil Co. . 1550 .1750 I \ Standard Oil Co. .1550 .1750 3 il Gilmore Oil Co. .1372 .1535 ~:: !~ Shell Oil Co. .1550 .1fi350 I; " Union Oil Co. .1500 .1700 I! Richfield Oil Co. .1550 .1750 General Petrolewn Co. .1372 .1535 I\A motion was made by Penn~ngton and seconded by Bond and carried that ina smuch as "the Gilmore and General bids were the lowest and the same, at .1372, that the contra.t 11 be awareed these two firms and the gasoline for 1943 be divided as equally as possibie ~between the two firms. Ij Ii The Judiciary Committee had no report. ti 'j The following pro~erty offer was submitted by the E'inance Committee: $100.00 11 I! cash for the lot on the north side of Clark Avenue jus t east of Monroe Street, 4 I~being a lot 54 feet by 160 feet. It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee !i tha t this offer be accepted and the. recommendation of the Finance Committee was !!adopted. l:~ I The Street Committee had no report. .1 , 'I ;1 II Councilman Stewart, reporting for the Fire and Water Committee, stated he had ~a request for a light at 23rd and Lawrence. He stated that Lawrence Street was an lunimproved street at this corner and only one house in the block. He stated that 5 lit was a dark corner and it was reported that there had been several robberies in !that neighborhood. It was pointed out that a couple of other requests for new ~street lights had been deferred on account of the Water Board not being able to ~secure material on account of war restrictions. No action regarding this ~equest ~was taken by the Council. 'I . _ Ii Councilman Brownson, reporting for the Heal th Committee, stated that complaints Ilhad come to the Health Committee regarding conditions a t the New York Rooms I ~upstairs at 571 Willamette Street, and also regarding the rooms upstairs over the IICarroll Drug.Company at 730 Willamette. He said that the committee, together with 6 Jthe Fire Chief and the City Attorney had visited these places and found them un- ~lsani tary. Attorney Calkins stated that before anything could he done it was necessar.y tto give ten and thirty-day notices and that these notices have been sent by registered ilmail and are now running. " I I said that the tree on the south side I Councilman Hawn, reporting for the Parks, jOf 13th, west of Kincaid and tl"1e one at 4th and Jefferson, had been further inspected! 7 land that they were dangerous to pedestrians and that the cost of removing them would I~be $30.00 and $20.00. A motion was made by Councilman Hawn, seconded by Barette, !'!and oarried that these two trees should be removed under the supervision of the III 1,;Ci ty Engineer and the money should be taken out of the Emergency Fudn. Ii ..... I'