Wakefield City Commission October 25 1923 Proceedings
Regular meeting of the Wakefield City Commission held at city hall with Mayor Alvin II Rummel presiding. Bills approved and paid. various budget and utility extension items referred to departments. charter commission pay and meetings rules set. community notices and social events listed. local marriage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the City Commission
City Commission of the City of
Wakefield
Alvin II
Rummel
Tornibrook
Hart and Strough
Strough
Hart
Marshall Wells Company
Peyton Paper Company
Christie Lithograph & Printing Company
Twin City Iron Works
Holconic Manufacturing Company
Werk
Dinifecting Company
James B. Clow & Sons Pipe and
Tudiensiceens
Southae
Wakefield Advocate Publishing Company
Hornibrook
Tart
UT. 8
Fidelity & Guaranty Company
City of
Rid Ry
Feo
John Ahola
Thomas Ashland
City of Wakefield
Oscar Hill Quade
Ievasion Road
Biccuibrook
Light & Power Department
Andrew Yatczak
Ntancock Street
T Hornibrook
Charter Commission
City Hall
Aldermanic Government and Local Spending Critique
The piece argues for a yearly election of aldermen to ensure city improvements benefit all areas. It notes water mains and lights advancing since the current election, cites alderman pay limits and mayor and commissioner salaries, and recalls an absent commissioner still paid, urging accountability and broad-based improvements.
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Commission
Bessemer
Apri
Verona
Martin Goza
Petries Visit Then Return Home From Jefferson City
Local notes report Mr and Mrs Cecil Petrie visiting two weeks with Mrs Petrie's parents Mr and Mrs FE Hillis and leaving Friday evening for Jefferson City Missouri where they reside. A Wakefield High School science head Miss Kettering sustained a painful hand wound when a glass tube broke. Mr and Mrs Godfrey Stevenson welcomed a son born Monday. A discussion notes the city fire truck received extra shine this week. A group of Ironwood and Erwin township farmers will ship a carload of cattle to Milwaukee livestock firm this Thursday or Friday amid poor Ironwood shipping facilities and long distances to stock yards. The Gogebic range needs a large federally inspected slaughter house to handle surplus livestock. Legislative notes discuss bounties for noxious animals and the repeal of prior acts, with attorney general opinions on the matter.
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Cecil Petrie
Miss Kettering
Wakefield High School
Godfrey Stevenson
Stevenson
Livestock Commission
Milwaukee
Lronwood
Erwin Township
Gogeblie
C. B. Gunderson
State to Fight Test of Bus Law
C. J. Smith, deputy attorney general, plans to go to Detroit Sunday for the Liberty Highway Co suit opening Monday to test the motorbus regulations. The Michigan Public Utilities commission is the defendant. The Toledo firm seeks an injunction arguing the act violates interstate commerce, contracts, and imposes confiscatory fees. A ruling could trigger long litigation.
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C. J. Smith
Detroit
Liberty Highway Co
Toledo
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Smith
Bounty on Wolves Questioned by Upper Peninsula Boards
Upper Peninsula boards of supervisors in Delta Dickinson Gogebic and Menominee voted bounties of 10 for wolves and coyotes despite repealed bounty acts. They argue state trappers aren’t eradicating pests fast enough while Marquette County prosecutor Thomas Clancey questions the legal authority under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Boards of Supervisors
Delta
Dickinson
Gogebic
Menominee
Thomas Clancey
Marquette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commissioner Tlook
Hook
Victor Hallberg
Tobin
O'Brien
Strongh
WM. Jacobson
James HH. Trebilcock
Rebecca
Allen Olson
Minneapolis
R. JC. Prout
John Michaels
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Willian Fritz
Tula
Wakefield Fire Department
William Mallgrew
Fred Thompson
Bay City
Odd Fellows
Wakefield High
Bessemer High
Lyceum
Woman's Club
Davis Opera Company
Rho‘da Agnes Bullen
Evan Bullen
William Buller
Janes Roberts
Methodist Church
William Carroll
Boler
Wakefield Lumber Co
Community Theatre
Viola Dana
Croak
Wakefield Community Theatre
The
Wakefield Woman's Club
Davies Opera Company
Americas
Khick
Wescery
Overland
Home and Tourist Service
Garace
Attorney General's Department
ISG
Homer Quay
Sistent
Dougherty
Olson Bros
John Warren
WM. G. Cloon
Charles M
Humphrey
Glasner Building
Ironwood, Michigan
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