The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-06
NEW AND STRONG LOBBY
Indians Appear in the Council to
Ask Permission to Dance.
HURDY HOUSES AND BEER
An Ordinance Affecting This Branch of
Industry Not Passed Under Sus-
pension of the Rules-Lots
of Business.

There was new lobby in the council
chamber last evening buttonholing the
/ aldermen before the session was called
I to order. 1t was a lobby of Indians
/ from the Cree camp out on The city
/ dump, and it was certainly a strong
lobby in some respects. They wanted
I, the privilege of having war dance in
the city so that they might raise money
| to keep from starving. Nest of them
are Indians who Were here a year ago.
/ Some of them have been here EVER since
and some of them have been II Canada
and back again. for they say they can
not sell horns in Canada.
The Indians were admitted to st3y
| in the council chamber and sat patiently
! all through the medicine talk. Early in
! the proceedings the alderm IN NoieG 10
| grant them permission noli tn" war
dance and gave them the audi. orium Tor
three days. But the Indians did not
/ get onto this fact and waited patiently
until the council adjourned at IL o'clock.
in spite of the long walk that waited
them out to their reservation on the
dump. But through the thoughtfnlIess
of Alderman Bowman they got in on
the cigars which the Miner and the
Standard Manufacturing and Printing
company sent around last night in
grateful remembrance of the printing
contracts.
peIspicacity and eclat in the absence of
the mayor. whose cousin was one of the
| victims of the Never Sweat fire. The
matter OF most interest perhaps. was a
new ordinance introduced by Alderman
Pascoe against dance houses ard hurry
gurdy houses where liquor is sold. Soe-
eral proprietors of these houses We're ar
rested recently, but they could not be
convicted under the old ordinance. They
eVaded the law by having the saloon in
another building from the dance, but
connected by a door or passageway. The
new ordinance does not permit q dance
house to be connected by door on pas
sageway with any place where liquors
are sold. An attempt was made to have
this ordinance passed under suspension
of the rules, but the vote necessary to
suspend the rules was not obtained.
The vote was as follows: Aye-Davey,
Helig, Leggat, Ljubibratich, Melcher,
Pascoe, Rowan, T. Noes-Bausman,
Bowman, Cannon, Macarthur. Munt-
ger, 5.
A bill from Chief Mulholand of 1872
for collecting fines of dissolute women
passed the council without attracting
any attention.
p. d. Sprague presented, through his
attorney, a claim of $164 for damages to
his hack, sustained by reason of a hole
left in the street, corner Of Main and
Galena streets. The claim was referred
" lllt committee On SlIEelS ana alleys.
protest and claim for damages of
$40 was received from Miss Annie
Handley of No. 533 East Broadway in
regard to change of grade on that
street. Referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
claim for damages to the amount
of 5,190.60 was received from Louis
Metz for injuries claimed to have been
received from a defective sidewalk in
West Quartz street. between Main and
Alaska, was referred to the judiciary
committee.
F. B. Themes & Co. offered to put in
police telephone and signal service for
the sum of $4,000 or to receive 81 for
each arrest for a period of five years.
IhlS was referred to the police commit
tee. communication was received from
the county board of health asking for
joint meeting with the city board Of
health, so that the two boards may act
in conjunction. was laid on the table
A communication received from the
Butte q Boston company asking per-
mission to construct a stairway from
East Granite street to the shaft house of
the Bluejay mine was referred to the
street and alley committee.
A bill from S. De Wolfe of S1475 for
sundries was allowed. A bill from +.
j. DierkS of $3.50 for professional serN-
ices in the case of Margaret Joyce VS.
the city of Butte. was referred to the
committee.
A petition for license to conduct a
plumbing business from the Teschle
Plumbing and Heating company was
granted. A petition for license to con-
duct a secondhand clothing business,
received from George S. Thomas was
granted. license to conduct second
hand clothing business was also granted
to William r. Martin of No 1873 East
Park street
The contract and bond of the Miner
Publishing company to do the city
printing was accepted The contract
and bond of the Standard Manufacture
ing and Printing company to do the
city job work for one year was also
accepted.
The monthly reports of the chief of
police, building inspector. inspector of
weights and measures and chief of fire
department were received and filed. The
report of the inspector of weights and
measures. Joseph Dorais, shows $1,619.50
collected during the month.
The report of Fire Chief F'lannery
showed 10 fires during December, en-
failing a loss of S175. on which was an
insurance of $4,000. the property in
Nolved being valued at s12.150. The ex-
penses of the department We're 81, 534 20. /
Chief Flannery sent in q further COM
munication in regard to responding to 4
fire alarms outside the city limits. call I
ing attention to the fact that he has re- F
SpOnued 10 seven alarms outside the City /
limits. A committee of three was APP F
pointed to consult with the county COM
missioners in regard 70 paying the city I
for services rendered in extinguishing t
fires outside the city. T
a communication was received from /
Treasurer Mccarthy. asking that his /
second assistant be continued until the |
work of the office is caught up. Such |
privilege was granted up to March l I
next.
The report of the street and alley COM
mittee. as published in yesterdays I
Standard, was adopted.
The sewer committee presented the |
following report. which was adopted:
we recommend that the rate OF assess
ment to defray the cost of a sanitary
sewer on Utah avenue and Front street
be fixed at so cents per linear foot OF
property frontage"
The following report of the judiciary
committee was adopted: We refer the
7ffer of compromise Of James A Muir