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· .~ Coun,'.ll Chambers, Dl~ene, Oregon. · 0et. 2V~h, 1924. Adjourned me,ting.of Common Coun,;ll h~ld October 2V~h, 1924, .at Y;30 o'clock P,N. al~ ~embers of the Councl~ being p're~ent. Neeting eall~ to order by M~or E.B. pa~ks; ~. Attorney ~red E. ~lth appeared b~fore the council on behalf of the o~aim of J;0. Burgess~, which claim was tabled at a prl.~r meeting, and asked that said claim be allowed and paid at $50.10. After a discus,~lon of the matter same was referr~.t to the Sewer Cmm~tttee an4 the City f~gineer with power t~ae~. A petition was neeelved and referr~ to the Y&re and Water a~d the Police Go~ittee asking for the abatement of the "Da~ Wash Laundry~ on OLive Street as b e lng a au is ane e,- A petition' was received ~rom merohm~ts and others a~king for betteR night police [~roteetion from robberies and store breaking In the city. M~rehants Grah~.and Me,rill spoke on,. th~ subject showing the neees.~lty of having additioc~ a~ night patrolman. Said matter was re~err~ to th~ Police Committee with power to act la procuring one ~1ditiona~ patrolman till the First.of the year. A petition was also reeel'fed fr~ merehauts and other~ asking a new 0rdlna- n~e be passed ~equlrlng ail operators of vans and dra~en moving people from me p~aee to a~ther ~o report weekly to the Chief was referr~ to the Judiciary Jommlttee. Auctioneer J.K. Gree~ appeared in response to the bill sent him for back - auctioneer fee~ unpaid and after a'ful~ discuss!on of the matter it was voted to ~et him come under the third cl~s auctioneer section of the 0rdlnanee g,~vern- lng auetioneer~ and he to p~ all past due fees ~d up to J~uary the ~ount of ~:120.00 as the sum due to that time. A petition was received from the W.C.T.U. oo=~ittee working'in t~e interests of ~he new buildings for children at the Coca,lis Children's ~arm Home asking the City to pledge whateve~ tt could toward that cause. Councilman Wallace spoke on the matter stating he thought a contract could be m~q with this home to care for such children from ~gene. A Committee consisting of Wallace, ].~o- A~ister, and Washburne were appointed to ~ook into the matter and reporb. A petition was read from residents living on Falrmount.Blvd. ,e. sking for the vacation of additional portions of said street in addition to the portions here- tofore petitioned .for, a hearing on which original petition be%ng set fo~ this 4ate. A remonstrance petition was also ~ead as to th~ grant.lng ~f said first petition to vacate portions of such Boulevard and N..Svarverud ahd Councilman Washburne spoke on the matter. It wa~ agreed by petitioners an~protestants that notice o£ hearing bn said new and additional petition be po.~ted for a hearing 'on DeCember 8ti1, 1~24, and ttmt the hearing set for this date be postponed and heard at a meeting of the Council on December 22nd, 1924, at 7;30.o'clock -and that the additional petition filed thl.~ day~be also finally ,ti~posed of at that time and both petitions b~ heard-and treated as one. The matter of the Patterson Strett improvement for paving said Street from llth to 14th Avenues was taken up and the Chairman of the Road and Street Commi~- tee recommeade~ the bid of Stien BroS., filed at t.he last meeting, be accepted. Dlsc,~slon was had on the matter end it was reported that less th~ EO~ of the o~mers of Fron~ foe ~ge on said proposed i~provement h~ signed ~uoh Several C°uncl~men explained theiP Fo~er v~tes on granting thepetltlon stating they v~ted ,,Aye~ supposing the'petition had over ~0~ of the ov~ers of front food- age signed. A metio~ th~ carried that all bids be rejected, ali voting "~e" except Nonroe who voted Hetty HeaVe appeared and reported trains were repeat~ly Holding'up traffic on s~reet crossings la ex,ess'of the time limit. He was informed as to his rights la the ~atter. ' Aerial pe~lts were grated as follows: W.E. BramEi at 260 High Street, - C.S.:~rank at 3VY 9th Ave. E. ' Bids were~reeelved and open~ on the construction of a sewer in the al'ley