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.L) Atty. Swenson (contd) commercial, but that if he had bought four or five blol~ks away his property would havo higher value. The Dairy Way will be built, lighted and landscaped in such way that it will not harm Mr. Bifulk's property to any extent, Swanson said, but that they cou 13 not guarantee there will be no depreciation in the property. Some business, he said, will be going in there, that Mr. Rees has the right to use the property for business and to make the best financial use of it. Swenson said that his clients want to work with-the people living ad3acent to the Fees property, and that they will do everything possible to cooperate. i1~r. Litsheim said that Mr. Weber, of Weber's Cottage Inn, said he would be glad to get rid of Dens and rubbish now in the area through the proposed Dairy Way's plan for blacktopping. bfir. Bii'uIk questioned that instructions could be effectively given to children as Attorney Swenson suggested, and said there wil l always be danger but to increase this danger is something else. Bifulk also questioned that this type of business would improve the neighborhood and asked what the building would be used for if the Dairy Way failed. He asked that if the business can be prevented from coming in, that this be done. Dr. Stenberg spoke of resulting traffic that will Dome out on Arona and questioned that the owner would have cartons picked up. Mr. Litsheim said he would definitely clean up the area, that his. lease runs for 10 years with option far five, that he is going to do everything he Dan to make a go of it and would not be investing X10,000 otherwise. Mr. Anderson Sales Manager ,Dairy Way, said economic conditions may change but that tt-e~ Dairy Way is a dime business and pointed out it was stores like Woolworth's and Grants that survived poor economic conditions in the past. As to the building not being in use in the winter; ~.nderson said it could be rented out as a Christmas tree. lot. Also that there would be no sound from clinking glasses as none are used in the Dairy Way business. Be doubted i f there would be more than three or four cars at a time; and as to poking up cartons, said they would make it a point to hire a.boy to pick up around the neighborhood. Said the gross volume in the country for this type of business last year was X65,000,000.00, which indicates it is not a fly- by-night type. Anderson said. Dairy Ways attract families, mothers, fathe rs and children as customers, and if not, that the business would go broke. In connection with hours of operation, Anderson said that by operating certain hours a day more money can be made than at other times. He said the council cou ld view a Dai ry Way Store on Ford Highway in a high type neighborhood where there has been no ob3ection to the Dairy Way operation.