The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07
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CITY'S REVENUE FROM PROF
GENTRY'S DOG SHOW
Records Show That For Two Years
City Clerk Jensen Has Accented
$o ms the Fee for Allowing the
Pony and Dog Circus to Play St.
Fnui-Fifty Passes Are Thrown
In.

TIL tell you what the matter is"
sa1d one of the members of the council
10 a U b e reporter yesterday. "there
is too much fuss made by the citizens
ana officials of the city about saloon
iieeHses and the transfer of saloon
hcenses, and not enough attention paid
TO the payment Of other licenses.
kno" man III the western part Of
the Guy Who has been paying into the
cIty treasury Sc per week for operat-
Ing merry-go- round. Now, along
comes a dog circus, where the price of
sdmission is 10 and 25 cents, and what
90 you suppose the city charges the
parties Who run the show for A weeks
license! Nothing but Sc a week. The
man who runs the merry-go-round Ives
mere and the dog show people stop just
long enough to clean up $1,000 or 81, 600,
and yet, both are charged the same
price for a license
why, circus pays a license of $500
day. and a circus such as has been
playing to crowded houses on the hill
for the last week, should be required
to pay at least $50 per day. and to my
mind $50 would not be too much. l
don't understand how it's done. but
know the dog circus agent paid onlv
s. into the city treasury, but If I can
get an ordinance through the next one
VIII pay a reasonable license or not
show here"
Investigation at the office of the city
treasurer showed that the councilman
was right in his statements, as to the
amount Of the license paid both by the
merry sc-round and the dog circus The
license book stub No. 307 certified that
II. B. Gentry, as agent for Prof Gentry.
paid on Aug. l Sc for the privilege of
operating a dog circus for one week.
ending Aug 6.
Cashier Angel said the circus license
had been paid some time ago, and he
did not recollect the exact amount con-
tributed by Prof. Gentry.
Il. b. Maloney, who, up to Tuesday
last was the license inspector, when
asked the amount paid by the dog
circus manager, said the usual license
was $50 per week, but a representative
of the show had arranged with City
Clerk Jensen about a month ago, for
the license, and he was not sure just
What figure had been decided upon. The
license had not been paid at the time
the representative held the conference
with Mr.. Jensen, but the amount was
fixed at the time and the license paid
last Monday
City Clerk Jensen is out of the city at
the present time, and his version Of
how the dog circus license is regula ted
Or liked, could not be obtained. The
deputy clerk in the Office yesterday aft
erEoon, said he knew nothing about the
matter. except that a license had been
issued and the 81 fee paid, as was usual
in such cases.
Reference to the license records for
last year, show that the license for the
Gentry dog show for a week IN the
latter part Of August. was the same
as this year, namely, Sc.
The press agent Of Prof Gentry's
show may have thrown little light on
the subject. He told a reporter for
The G o b e that they had to give the
city fifty complimentary tickets
Whether or not those fifty compliment
tary tickets had anything to do with
allowing the show to play in St. Paul
week for Sc or not, Matt Jensen can
probably explain. But it is thought
that with a salary Of $1,000 year that
the city clerk ought to be able to buy
his dog show tickets, or those of any
show that comes along. If the repre-
sentative of the city had declined the
fifty tickets and accepted cash for what
they represented, it would have brought
the license up to $17.50 for the week.
which is nearly as much as it should
have been for one day.
Six dollars for allowing a tent show