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He ~j stated that h~ thought at this time something further than just notifying the {~ 'I owners of the wood should be done at this time. He thought a complaint I -should be taken out against this party. The chief of Police said he would I take care of this matter. I I i At this time Councilman Farrington asked regarding the enforcement of i 101 the provision in the bicycle ordinance regarding lights at night. Councilman Hawn stated that he did not know how strict enforcement was being made of I this part of the ordinance but that he knew it was almost impossible to get batteries for the lights. " l , There was quite a delega tion present a t the Counci,l meeting that were , , I interested in the Rat Control Situation in Eugene, Mrs. Wier MdDonald was , , spokesman for the Women's Welfare League and she addressed the Council at i this time and explained how the women became interested in this work. She I I stated that a meeting had been held at the Eugene Hotel, at which 2 or 3 , I members of the Council and Mayor Large had attended. That Dr. Lindgren and ! Mr. Cloyes of the Health Board were present and that Mr. Chaney of the Fisn - I and Wild Game Commission was present. She stated that at the close of this I me~ting there was no doubt in their minds that there was but a rat menace in the City of Eugene. Mrs. McDonald stated that later they had a meeting in which representatives of the Restuarant Association,. the Wholesale Grocers Association, the Retail Grocers, the Produce Dealers, the Milk Producers and Retail Merchants were present and that the Feed and Meat Dealers wer$ unable , to send a. representa ti ve. Mrs. McDonald also sta ted that after this second ,~ , I meeting they'went up and down the street in the business section and contacted I various merchants but that theywere reluctant to make a statement for fear it I might injure their business. Th~t the information they received, strengthened i the tact that the rat situation vyas serious. Mrs. MdDonald stated that in 11 ~ order to put on anythin~ like a sucessful campaign 'the cost would be consider- able and that Mr. Young and Mr. C10yes had worked out the approximate cost and I that she was asking Mr. Young to explain the matter to the Council. Mr. Young I explained that a project to put on anything like a successful campaign would cost about $3,000.00 for the first six months and $3,000.00 a year after that. Mrs. -McDonald also stated in making this investigation they also discovered ~ , ~ that the City Health program was very inadequate. She stated ,that surveys showed that a proper health program for a city of the same size would cost . about $1.00. per capita and that Eugene was only spending 20 cents. Mr. Cheney of the Fish and Wild Game Cownission addressed the Council and stated that a reliable and efficient man must be provided to handle the different poisons. Councilman Hawn asked how the rat poisons worked and would the rats die instantl~ under the buildings where they would be difficult to be reached or would they I leave the buildings. Mr. 'Chaney explained that poisons were slow to take effect, possibly from three to twenty-four hours, and that it was impossible to say wher the rats would go before dying. Councilman Baker stated that he understood the rats were liable to hunt water and there' might not be so many dead rats under the buildings as one might think. O. S. Fletcher, County Agriculture Agent, was asked if the County would : be willing to put on a campaign at the same time as the City. He said that the I County was now carrying on a Rodent Control program but that the size of the 12 County would prevent them from carrying on an extensive campaign such as the City comtemplated. He stated that they only had a small revolving fund that would be used for this purpose. He stated that they would be willing to put on an educational program but that this would be as far as they could go wi th the proposed project. .1 Mr. Cloyes of the County Health Board stated that it might be possible that there would be money in the 1944-1945 budget for County Rat Control but 13 at the present time there was no money available for this work. It was stated that $500.00 or $1,000.00 might be available for this work, .from the Government - .. if an extensive County Program was worked out. Councilman Farrington stated that he had used poison and that the rats would disappear, but he did not know where they went. Councilman Crumbaker asked Mr. Chaney if the City would be liable for the dead r?ts-Mr. Chaney I explained that the mteaJ,th Board could decl;3.re an emergency and he thought this 14 ' would releive the City of any liability for the dead rats. Mr. Chaney explained that some of the poisons used was as harmful to a human being as to the rats and they would have to handle the poison very carefully. Mr. Chaney was asked about the city's liability in case anything should happen to a human being at the time the poison was being used. He stated that he did not know the answer I I to this question but. that in all his experience he had never heard of anything i of this kind. The question of financing the project was brought up and Mrs. McDonald was asked that if in visiting the various businesses firms that they ~