The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-19

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products in which our people are inter
ested, writing material and conYeninces,
blank checks and drafts on all the banks
| of the county, to be comfortably furn-
ished and pleasant; smaller rooms
where men may go to make their trades
and talk their business privately, or Wis
It and talk over old times, when Empo-
ria was STRIPPING. Connected with this
shall be restaurant. at nominal rent,
where q square meal can be procured for
twenty-five cents. or cup of coffee and
| sandwich for nickle. Ice water by the
barrel, but no intoxicating liquor of any
description shall ever be sold or drank
Over the main entrance are the words:
Welcome TO all. - and il IS TO be the So
cial home for the stranger, and where
the farmers 60 TO buy or sell their farm
products, or their cattle and hogs, or
anything else they may require. Erect
such a building and you have driv-
en- the first nail in the coffin of the
liquor traffic of EmporIa that has ever
been driven. Men do not as q rule
drink whisky because they like it. But
men are social beings and when the
| man from one portion of the county
other part OF the county and they want
to talk over old times or trade horses,
there is but one place in Emporia where
they can go, where the owner always
! smiles, where 1t is warm in winter and
cool IN summer, and that is the saloon.
Most every mans sense of remuneratIVe
justice will require him to take at least
one drink and pay for it before he goes
out Give these men another and bet
ter place and the whisky trade of this
or any other city viii tumble so per
cent in the first 80 days. believe the
county commissioners of Lyon will help
US to build this building, and if brought
before the people believe they will say
so by their ballot.
l do not expect to see this building go
up while am mayor, yet We have dur
ing the last three months, got things in
to pretty good shape so that we can be-
gin to see daylight ahead. Ii by the
strictest economy and close attention to
details by the committees we can man.
age to live within our means and save
some money this year, think by an
other year we ought to save enough to
put 1t up. II not the next council can
use the old building if we can.
Gentlemen, have told you what l
think about this matter not to influence
but as the mayor OF the city ! would
like to see you buy it; as an Individual
1t makes no difference to me, do not
own it only so far as my contract with
Mr.. Beck, that it was for the city. The
man who says / have q selfish motive
in this matter, or has said it, does not
know me, and will not trouble to an
swer hlm.S
Motion made to buy the Fifth Avenue
property for $500, lost by the follow
ing vote:
Aye-Thateher, Bill, Price. Moore.
Nay-Walkup, Mccain, Theis.
Mr.. Lewis here took his seat In the
council.
An ordinance entitled ian ordinance
pending for the purchase of property
for the purpose of city buildings" was
introduced, considered by section, and |
adopted by the following vote:
Aye-Bill, Lewis, Thatcher, Price,
Moore.
Nay Walkup, Mccain, Theis.
= Clerk was instructed to advertise the |
property on Sixth avenue, and Washing
ton Park addition, for sale, bids to be
opened at adjourned meeting; the Sixth
avenue property TO be for cash, or one
half cash and balance in one year at 8 |
per cent, and the Washington Park adj
dItion property, in lots or all, for cash
or one-thIrd cash, and one-ihird in one |
and two years at 8 per cent
Bills on clerks desk referred.
Adjourned until next Monday even
ing at 8 p. m, for the purpose OF open |
ing bids. L. M. FoRDE, Clerk.