Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 19, 1916, Page 6

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 1916, FRIDAY MAY 19, Money to Loan on Improved Farms Plenty of Money for Good Applications Write Us if You Want a Loan Notrouble to do business by mail Interstate Securities Co. Oneida Building :: Minneapolis, Minn. PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR ~Whereas the CHARTER COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, has: pre- sented to the City Council of said city an amendment to the present Charter of said city, designated as amendment No. One (1) and has requested that it be presented to the voters of the said city at ai'specfal election to be ‘called 'for that purpose for their adoption or re- jection. ‘Said amendment is intended to vest in the City Council the right to erect suitable posts on the streets, avenues and sidewalks in the City of Bemidji and assess the cost thereof to the abutting property and the property directly benefitted, which said proposed amendment is on file in the office of the City Clerk; Now ‘therefore, pursuant to the auth- ority in me vested by Sec. 7 of Chap. 2/ 0f! the' Charter of the City of Bemidji. a, SPECIAL ELECTION is hereby called for ‘the purpose of voting on’said pro- posed amendment to be held in' the’differ- ent wards in said city on Monday, the 19th day of June, 1916, pursuant to’ the provisions of ‘the Charter of the City of Bemidji and the laws of the State of Minnesota. Given at the City of Bemidji and dated this 16th day of May, 1916 . CHAS. W: VANDERSL&ISV Attest: ayor. GEO. STEIN, ' e City Clerk. (SEAL) Amendment Io.‘l to thnlcmr of City. o The ‘Board of Freeholders of the City of Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minne- sota, duly appointed by _the district court ‘pursuant 'to the:provisions of ‘Séc- tion 36, Article 4 of the Constitution of, the ‘State 'of Minnesota and “Sections 1342 et. sec., General Statutes of Min- nesota, 1913, 'proposes ' ‘under Section' 1350 G. S. Minnesota, 1913, the following] as an amendment to the City Charter of, the 'City ‘of ‘Bemidji, to ‘be known ' as: Amendment No. 1, as follows: idment. ‘Wo. 1. The .City- (Council -of :the City of Be- midji is Hereby authorized and empow- ered to provide for, and to: construct en any of the streets and avenues -of| the said city, ‘or on any portion of either, a system of electric-lighting, which may be ornamental and attractive as well as useful and otherwise sérviceable, in pro- viding artificial light by electricity, and to that end-may construct at such points and places on such streets and avenues as it may deem suitable and proper. all meégessary poles, ‘posts, lamps, globes, wires, conduits, cables, tubing, switches, sockets, rosettes, receptacles, and all meeessary ‘or ‘proper appliances or para- phernalia connected therewith, and all such improvements are hereby declared toe be local improvements; of special benefit to the abutting property; the ex- pénse thereof defrayable by local as- sessment; and the frontage rule a prac- ticable and a reasonably accurate method eof apportioning such benefits. The expense of constructing the im- provements so mentioned shall be chargeable to the lots or parcels of land abutting upon such street or avenue in proportion to the frontage of such lots or parcels of land on such street or av- enue without regard to the value there- of; and the assessment therefor shall be made and collected substantially as pro- vided in the case of other local improve- ments; but in no instance shall the spe- cial assessment exceed the amount of the special benefit derived; and_ pro- vided, that the City Council may, in its discretion, where such lots to be charged are corner lots and are adjacent to the avenues and streets, and where the frontage exceeds twenty-five (25) feet aleng such avenue or street, apportior the amount specially assessed for any such improvement to said corner lot and the lots adjacent to the middle of the block upon which they are located, said apportionment to be made so that the corner lot or the lot abutting the street or avenue so improved, or along which said improvement is located, to pay not less than thirty (30) per cent of the total amount so levied, and the balance to be divided between the remaining lots liable to assessment, as aforesaid, as it may deem just and equitable. It in any case the City Council shall deem that a part of the expense of do- ing any work provided for in this amend- ment should be borne by the city at large, it may, by majority vote of all the councilmen elect, by resolution to be entered on the minutes of the proceed- ings. order that a part of the expense, not exceeding one-third (1-3), shall be paid from and out of the city treasury (Signed) A. P. WHITE, F. W. RHODA, H. SCHUMAKER, . ANNON, G. E. RSON M. E. IBERTSON J. OPSAHL, F. M. MALZAHN, . R. GETCHELL, W. N. BOWSER, LYC. B the Charter Commission. 4w-d 5-19 6-9 ¢ May 15th, 1916, PROCEEDINGS CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINN., MAY 1st, 1916. Council met city hall at 8 o'clock P. M. A quorum being present meeting was called to ordér by Pres. Lycan. Roll Call. Upon roll call the following aldermen were declared present: Moberg, Lahr, Bailey, Smart, Phillippi, Foucault, Mil® an. Absent, Ervin. Minutes. Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. Bills. The following bills after being audited were on motion and second allowed: Pay roll, month April .. .. .$960.00 Street gang, labor to date 160.50 Jos. Hahn, scavenger work...... 4.50 Jos. Hahn, cleaning ptic tank per bid - ... 188.00 Louis Shadiow, swe and cleaning contract, April . 62.70 Fred Petrie, boarding paupers to 76.00 el 1 18.51 20.00 poor. . 7.70 Co. WO 4.50 pauper Burns ... 2.00 Minn. Elec. Light a Wer Co., pumping contract and light pump station April . . 141.71 Minn. Elec. Light & P C current library month April. 3.1 Minn. Elec. Light & Power Co., general lightin; contract April ....... . . 485.17 C. E. Battles, m art ment .......... . 5.35 Jos. McTaggart, h: m 3.76 Marie Klein, making specifica: tions_engineering dept. ....... 6.00 Clyde Petrie, ‘mdse. police dept. and city jail ................ 12.05 Pioneer Publishing Co. official publications ............. 0000 25.60 J. A. Fenton, staty. water and po- 106 GEDL. e evonsrnnnnnnnnsnes 6.25/ Bids. Bids for extension of water mains were opened and Tead, being as follows: Wm. C. Fraser—Laying 4-inch pipe, $4.60 iper foot; placing 4-inch hydrants, $66.00 each; specials .05 per lb.; placing 4-imch gate valves, $25.00 each. @®oodman & Loitved—Laying 4-inch pipe, $1.48 per foot; placing 4-inch h: d&remts, $58.00 each; specials, 06 ver 1b.; placing 4-inch valve gates, $14.00 each. On motion and second bid of Goodman & Loitved was declared accepted. Bids for extension of storm sewers were opened and read, being as follows: Robinson Vanalstine Co.—Laying 15- inéh pipe, 90c per foot; laying 12-inch pipe, 65c per foot; laying 10-inch pipe, 55c_per foot; laying 156x10 Ys, $3.00 each; laying 12x10 Ys, $2.00 each; lay- ing 3 bends 10-inch, $1.50 each; placing manholes, $45.00 each: placing inlets, $20.00 each. Pastoret Concrete Co.—Laying 15-inch pipe, $1.02 per foot; laying 12-inch pipe, 80c per foot; laying 10-inch pipe, 70c_per foot; laying 15x10 Ys, $2.90 each; lay- ing '12x10 Ys, $2.25 eac laying % bends 10-in, $1.20 each; placin:y manholes $35.00 each; placing inlets, $12.00 each. Goodman & Loitved—Laying 15-inch pipe, 80c per foot; laying 12-inch pipe, 65c per foot; laying 10-inch pipe, 60c per foot; laying 15x10 Ys, $2.10 each; laying 12x10 Ys, $1.80 each: laying % bends, 10-inch, $1.40 each; placing man- h\)l%s. $38.00 each; placing inlets, $16.00 each. On motion and second, bid of Goodman & Loitved was declared accepted. Bids for'extension of sanitary sewer were opened,-being as follows: . F. Bosworth—Laying 8-inch pipe, $1.62, per foot; laying 6-inch house con- nection, nil per foot; placing manholes, $65.00 each; combined flush tank and manhole, $128.00 each. Robinson Vanadstine Co.—Laying 8- inch pipe, $1:65 ‘per’ foot; laying 6-inch house connections, $1.05 per foot; plac- ing ‘manholes, $65.00 each; combined flush’ tank and manhole, $150.00 each. Pastoret Construction Co—Laying 8- inch ' pipe, '$1.63 per foot; laying 6-inch house connections, . $1.25 per foot; placr ing manholes, $60.00 each; combined flush' tank’ and manhole, $100.00' each. Grand Forks Concrete Co.—Laying 8- inch’'pipe, '$1.60 per foot; laying 6-inch house' connections, ‘$1.20 peér foot; plac- ing manholes, $65.00 each; combined flush tank and manhole, $120.00 each. Kirscher Bros.—Laying 8-inch pipe, $1.70 per foot; laying 6-inch house con- nections, $1:26 ‘per foot; placing man- holes, $65.00 each; combined flush tank and ' manhole, '$120.00 each. Wm. C. Fraser—Laying 8-inch pipe, $1.66 per foot; laying 6-inch house con- nections, $1.05 per foot; ‘Placing man- holes, $65.00 each; combined flush tank and manhole, $125.00 each. Goodman ‘& Loitved—Laying 8-inch pipe, $1.38 per foot; laying 6-inch house connections, 80c per ‘foot; placing man- holes, (355,00 -each; 'combined flush ‘tank and manhole, $107.00 each. On motion and second bid 'of Goodman & Loitved was declared accepted. Bids for extension of concrete pave- ments were opéned and read, being ‘as follows: Farnam Bros. — Laying ’pavement, $1.18 square yard; laying curb, 29cper lin. foo‘tl.;‘re‘movlng surplus dirt, 48c per eu, Geo. Kreatz—Laying cement, $1.21 stuare yzu-eti 1dyirig’ cirb, 29¢ per. 1lin. foot; removing -surplus @irt, 50c per cu. yard. ‘Robifison Vanialstine 'Co.--Laying pave- ment, $1.22 square yard; laying curb, 40c per lin. ‘foot; removing surplus dirt, 50c per ‘cu. yard. Goodman & Loitved—Laying pave-. mient,’ $1.12 ‘square yard; laying curb, 2bc per. -lin. foot; removing surplus airt, 45c per cu. yard. ‘On ‘motion and sécond, bid of Good- man & Loitved was declared accepted. Bid of ‘Goodman & Loitved for con- struction of necessary cement sidewalks at 9 cents per square foot, of curbs at 25 cents per linéal foot and street and alley crossing at 14 cents per square foot was declared accepted on motion and second. Miscellaneous. Petition of property owners asking for installation of proper street lights along Dalton Ave. and 21st, 22nd and 23rd_streets was read and referred to the light committee. Petition of property owners asking to have 12th street graded between Dalton and Norton Ave. was referred to street committee and city engineer requested to furnish estimate cost of same. Petition of citizens was read request- ing the establishment of a highway from the dock at east end of Third street along the lake Shore and connect to the south of the river and construct a bridge from that point across river to a point north of the east end of the pres- ent bridge. Same was ordered accepted and filed. Bond of Louis Shadiow in the sum of $500.00 with C. W. Vandersluis and IBdw. Anderson as sureties was ap- proved. Application of Jacob Goldberg for a junk dealer’s license was granted. Bond of Jacob Goldberg in sum of $1,000.00 with the Aetna Accident and Liability Co. as surety was approved. Application of Frank Pogue for jitney license was granted. Letter from the M. & I. Ry. Co. pro- testing against the opening of east end of Second street was read and filed. City engineer’s report of estimate of 208. of 1mp.oVil the road west of 4th street was read and ordered filed. It was moved and seconded that all lights in city building with exception free lights be placed on a meter. ied. City clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for improving the road west of ith street in accordance with city en- gineer's report. Carried. On motion and second the city attor- ney was instructed to draw resolution appropriating not to exceed $50.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day. Aldermen Bailey, Miller and Mayor Vandersluis were appointed a commit- tee to act with the G. A. R. committee for the Memorial Day program. It was moved and seconded that when this meeting adjourns, that it adjourns until Monday, May 8th, at 8 o'clock P. M. Carried. ity engineer was instructed to fur- nish estimate cost of bridge and 40-foot road along the old route at end of Bel- trami avenue and also bridge and road along the Lake Shore to Second street and opening the east end of Second street. Matter of laying new floor in hallway and clerk's office was referred to build- ing committee with power to act. No further business appearing meet- ing was adjourned until Monday, May 8th, 1916, aty 8 o'clock P. M. Approved: Geo. E I, 8. LYCAN, Pres. 1td 519 PROCEEDINGS OF ADJOURNED MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL FROM MAY 1st, 1916-MAY 8th, 1916. Adjourned meeting of city council from May 1st, 1916, met city hall at 8 o'clock P. M. A quorum being present meeting called to order by Pres. Lycan. Roll Call Upon roll call the following aldermen were declared present: Moberg, Lahr, Bailey, Smart, Phillippi, Foucault, Mil- ler, Lycan. Absent, Ervin. Miscellaneous. Report of city engineer on cost of bridge and proposed route of the M. & I. Ry. and bridge and route along lake shore to foot of Second street connect- ing with the east end of Second street was read and ordered filed. On motion and second the city engi- neer was instructed to prepare blue print showing route of bridge’ across Mississippi “River and road along lake shore to Second street and joining east end of Second street. The city engineer submitted a blue print showing route of mnew _ bridge across Mississippi River and the lake shore road to Second street and and Jjoining east end of Second street, which was on motion duly accepted and order- ed_filed. It was moved and seconded that the city attorney draw resolution covering the opening of the new lake shore route according to the accepted plat submit- ted by the city engineer, now on file. Carried. .- Matter of installing 32 c. p. lights at ‘America and Minnesota Ave. on 16th sStreet was referred to light committee. City clerk was authorized to purchase not to exceed $100.00, Tarvia for re- pairing concrete pavement. No further business appearing it was moved we adjourn. Adjourned. A ttest: Approved: GEO. STEIN, F. 8. LYCAN, City Clerk. Pres. 1td 519 Gold Medal Sale Starts Tomorrow Hoosier’s unrivaled convenience won the Gold Medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, and this sale is to celebrate its leadership and let the public see the many ways that Hoosier excels. ~ People allover America will attend this great event at the "Hoosier stores and we have had to prepare weeks ahead to get a special allotment of Hoosiers from the factory for our own home folks. The sale starts tomorrow and will last all week if our supply of cabinets lasts. Those who come first are sure of being supplied at once. If you don’t want to wait for your cabinet, then please don’t put off your visit to our store. Remember there are Hoosiers for farms, camps, apartments, big and little kitchens, for window spaces and the center of big kitchens. No further need for old-fashioned, buiit<in, tincleanable cupboards. See the Demonstration of Hoosier's 40 Labor-saving features $15 to $46 Every woman who wants to be up-to-date in household af- fairs will want to see this demonstration. You will want to see ' * what expert men and women have achieved in ecutting your $1 on Dellvel‘ y kitchen work in two. How a Hoosier lets you sit down with $1 Weekly 400 articles all handily arranged at your finger’s-ends. How it N E t F 0 LLXira rees Money-Back Guarantee ClubTerms $1 Now ends incessant walking back and forth to gather supplies and put them away each meal. We want you to see the many patented features that have won a million women. Hoosie:’s Full View Roll Doors don’t slide into pockets or inclos- ures where dirt and vermin collect Domestic Science Experts have designed and located every Hoosier convenience exactly at how you can lift out’ these doors A : . or cleaning. your fingers’ ends. Skilled mechanics and inventors have per- fected the many working features. Nothing Has Been Overlcooked that could improve its convenience or add to your comfort. That’s why a million women use and praise the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet for the hours of time and miles of steps it saves them. You can easily roll the Hoosier about on its ball bearing casters, and the metal sockets can’t break. These, and other Hoosier Gold Medal features, will be demonstrated to all the folks who call tomorrow.” Those who are not ready to buy won’t be ex- pected to. We will scarcely have enough cabinets to last the week out anyway. But we want you to come and learn the inside facts about kitchen cabinets. If you missed this demonstration at the San Francisco Fair, this is your chance to see what interested thou- sands of ‘people. Come tomorrow and bring your friends. Huffman & O’Leary The Home of Good Furniture The Famous Roll Door ““Hoosier Beauty’’ 4. STORE FOR RENT About 20 ft of Welch Store Cabinet consisting of 2 hat cases, 2 boys’ suit cases, 1 triplicate mirror-10 ft., 1 men’s shirt case 10 ft., 1 plate glass 10 ft show case, 100 ft. of shelving. Building now occupied by The Leader 210 3d Street. Posession given June 10th : Apply on premises to G. F. HATCHER, Mgr. Macomber Sales Co., of Minneapolis.