Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-17
Street Medicine Men Cannot Do
Business In Butte.
THE TAX IS $50 PER DAY
Council Passed an Ordinance For Their
Benefit Last Night--Other
Municipal Matters.

The city council passed an ordinance
last night which, if it stands the test of
the courts, will prove a death blow to
patent medicine taking within the con-
fines of Butte. 1t provides that street
medicine men shall pay a license of $50
per day. Presumably the law was passed
for the benefit of the alleged Quaker doc
tors who have been doing a land office
business in Butte for the past three
months, and who have succeeded in sep
arating the people from several thousands
of dollars. The ordinance is as follows:
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, persons, company, corporation or
aggregation Of people for the purpose of
advertising, selling or giving away any
drug. medicine, nOstrum or any other
substance for the cure Of or pretended
cure of n disease or ailment. to give
any public exhibition in any hall or build
ing or tent, or upon any streets or alleys
or vacant lots or elsewhere or in any place
in the city of Butte, whether the admis-
sion to said performance and said exhibit
ton be free or not; and for any persons,
company, corporation or aggregation Of
people by proclamation, public cutlery,
auction or theatrical performance or show
Of any kind in n hall or building or tent
or upon any streets or alleys or vacant
lots or elsewhere or at any place in the
city Of Butte to sell, barter or give away
or offer to sell, barter or give away any
drug, medicine or other substance for the
cure of or pretended cure of any disease
or ailment, until such person, persons,
company, corporation or aggregation Of
people shall have first procured a city IL
cense therefor; and for such license there
shall be paid the sun Of $50 for each day
or part Of a day.
Sec. 2. All ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed
Bausman moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the ordinance placed on it's
final passage. Attorney Kirk requested
that DIR. Berry, representing the Quaker
Medicine company, be allowed the privi-
leges of the floor. The request was grant
ed. The doctor said hat he paid city and
county licenses and also a concert license,
and that his business was legitimate. He
asked that action be deferred until there
could be a thorough investigation.
The council then adopted the ordinance
by a vote of s to 4.
A resolution providing for the grading
Of Silver street from Main to Colorado
was referred to the judiciary committee.
Wooden sidewalks We're ordered con-
structed in the following localities:
On the south side of Front street from
AL AOt1o ~ oSASSSoS oA Liz Z
side of Colorado street from Galena to
Porphyry streets; on the east side of Col
orado street from No. 612 to GIG; in front
Of No. 632 Colorado street; on the west
side Of RenshaW alley from Park to Ga
lena streets.
An ordinance changing the grade Of
Front street was referred to the judiciary
committee.
The clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids for the construction of the Col
orado and Fremont street sewers.
A resolution making each ward an i'm
provement district was referred to the ju-
dietary.
Ownen Thornton presented a claim of
$155 for damages alleged to " been sus-
tanned at his mine by the recent storm.
The claim was referred to the judiciary.
Water claims from Margaret Dayton,
$3l7; D. E. Schmetz, for 1914; J. D. Dyer,
for $3S. 80, and G. Girson, for $500, took the
same course.
A communication from Benti Bros.
praying for the extension of the Missoula
gulch sewer was referred to the sewer
committee.
Ferns, Medin and Arthur were each
allowed 25 days pay for attending ses-
sions Of the board of equalization.
A petition of F. w. Blackford praying
referred.
Fireman John O'Farrell's resignation
was accepted.
City Attorney Lamb, in a communica-
ton, stated that the city paid to the own
ers of property for the opening of Dakota
alley $745, and this will be taxed to the
abutting property.
A communication also from the city at
torney showing cost and judgments for
condemning property necessary for the
opening of Aluminium street to be 81, 900,
was referred to a special committed for
the purpose of adjusting the taxation.
J. Wehrspaun was granted permission
to make certain sewer pipe alterations.
George Robinson was granted permission
to conduct a secondhand business at No.
so West Park street.
The contract and DOR Of William Har-
kins, the Galena street sewer contractor,
was approved. The bond is in the sum Of
ST. 900, with James H. n Edward Lynch
as sureties.
The judiciary committee presented this
report:
Il. That they have had under consid-
GRAFTON the claim of Susan A. Lynch in
reference to damages to property at the
southeast corner Of Covert and Broad
way streets, and recommend that the
city council instruct the street commits
sioner to remove the dirt accumulated
on said property and place a dry retain
ing wall along the east side of Covert
street and along said property.
SO. That they have had under con
sideration council bill No. 81. a bill for
an ordinance providing for the payment
of licenses to the city of Butte and re-
pealing ordinances Nos. All, 492 and 500,
and recommend that Section Is, relating
to lodging houses, be amended by strik-
ing out the word four and inserting the
word six and recommend that Section
8, relating to pool rooms, be amended by
striking out the words sun of one hum
dred dollars at the end of line three. and
inserting the words sum of one hundred
and fifty dollars and that as amended
the committee recommend that said ordi-
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