The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07
So AND 5OCOMpLIMENTARIES
CITY'S REVENUE FROM PROF
GENTRY'S DOG SHOW
Records show That For Two Years
City Clerk Jensen Has Accented
$S as the Fee for Allowing the
nS ana Dog Circus to Play St.
Fnul--Fifty Passes Are Thrown
In.

I'll tell you what the matter is -
Sale one or the members of the council
~ q " e reporter yesterday, there
is TOO much fuss made by the citizens
ana officials of the city about saloon
licenses and the transfer of saloon
licenses, and not enough attention paid
TO the payment Of other licenses.
Know man in the western part of
the city who has been paying into the
cry treasury S. per week for onerat-
Ing merry go-round Now. along
comes dog circus. where the price Of
Gdln&s1on is 15 and 25 cents, and what
90 you suppose the city charges the
parCes who run the show for a weeks
Incense! Nothing but SIS week. The
man who runs the merry-go-rourd Ives
mere and the dog show people stop lust
loHE enough to clean UP $500 or $1,000,
anu yet both are charged the same
price for a license.
why, circus pays a license of ssoO
DAY, and circus such as has been
playing to crowded houses on the hill
1or the last week, should be required
TO pay at least S25 per day, and to nv
mind $50 would not be too much. I
don't understand how it's done, but I
Know the dog circus agent paid only
50 into the city treasury, but if I can
Will pay 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 -go-round ard the dog circus. The
Incense book stub No. 307 certified that
H. b. Gentry, as agent for Prof. Gentry,
paid on Aug. l $6 for the privilege of
q DIV
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
L. B. Maloney. who, I'D 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 lust
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.
the present time, and his version OF
how the dog circus license is regulated
or liked, could not be obtained. The
deputy clerk in the office yesterday aft
erroon. said he knew nothing about the
matter. except that 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, IS.
The press agent Of Prof Gentry's
show may have thrown a little light on
the subject. He told 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
a week for $6 or not, Matt Jensen can
probably explain. But it is thought
that with a salary Of $1,000 a 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 $3.50 for the week.
which is nearly as much as it should
have been for one day.
Six dollars for allowing a tent show