Arizona republican., 1898-08-24
AT,LT THE COUNCIL.
yhc Commission of inc Dog Catcher
 increased.


 The city council met again last night to take up the complaint of Henry Moeller and other residents of ahe Fourth ward against saloon lately established in the Anton Gould building by Odette Lambert and Cora Bernard, late nymphs du pave. It license be revoked but City Attorney FIannigan said there was no ordinance authorizing such a procedure for the Here reason of sex and locality. At half of the women and said his inter ference had been requested by a male friend of the women, who were trying to lead different lives and ought to be given municipal encouragement.
 The compliments themselves were xsked to state their grievances. J. T. Johnson, the contractor, described the seHdition of things for the last four was broken up there was a sigh of re- def, but that the sigh had been sud 5enlF extinguished before it had de- keIoped into g. joyful pean. The es- Ablishment of this saloon looked as if Ihe Misses Lambert and Bernard were zle advance guard of the returning scarlet army
 ffr. Moelier repeated his statement made at previous council meeting and rt.1T stfcer having been in the saloon half IF hour last Saturday night He was asked to name the officer. He said it was Officer Buck. Officer Buck arose ard striding to the side Of Mir. Moeller said, You are a liar This remark sas made with frequency and regular try, broken at times with the observa- hon, You curl" Once the acting of fcer raised his arm in a menacing manner and Mir. Moeller throwing uD his right hand to ward of the expect s2 blow. stepped back MT. Buck then Ez4sxfned that he was net onIv rot III etFas saloon on that night. but he was not acting in any official canacity.
 te then suggested that Mr Moelle1 was not proper person to complain about discrderly houses. since he had not only lately rented rooms to two prostitutes in the neighborhood in which he was living. but had let an- Uher house he controlled in Churchill addIsfon to parties who had converted It into rough house, scandaliZine hat respectable neighhorhood, calling Somplaints from many citizens. MT Nosfler replied that he had got rid of HIS tenants as soon as possible after ne lad learned something of their esaz1sgtter
 The. council took no further action regarding the complaint against this feminine saloon than to direct the city attorney to prepare an ordinance farther extending police reg aiatICns over saloons. The ad- 3itlondf regulations will prob ably prohibit women from con- dtctIns saloons and will give the city The right to say where saloons shall got he located
 communication was received from Ernest Abs-Hagen, the hydraulic en- slneer. who came here from Los An seies to prepare plans, specifications and estimates of a water works and sawerage system, asking the council 70 appoint a time for receiving his re- port It was decided to let the matter gp over until the return of Mayor Adams, soon after which a meeting EIll likely be called for this purpose.
 The last, but not least, important action of the council was with refer ence to the emolument of Emanuel B. Scott, the official catcher and destroyer af dogs, MT. Scott was induced to ac- sept this responsible position by the Saszntless throngs of dogs which filled -,re streets and impeded traffic. The dug crop was white for the harvest a1i'. looked as if it would be boun- seous: MT. Scott saw, or thought he saw, ill those dogs early aff1uence at EHca bits head He provided himself Nlth' horse and wagon and assist ants: The first days work was sat Isfactory, but the receipts each day awlndled with the rapidity with which the terms Of an ascending geometrical series grow. Of all the dogs, MT. Scott got only f1fty-niae. The rest have gone, he knows not where. He has oeen in the dog catching business just oue week and has earned only s14.75 s1r himself, his horse and wagon and assistants. The council raised his commission to 50 cents for every dead dog. and adjourned
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