The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-09-19
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Mayor Fechfer Gives Reasons for vetoing or
dinanee other Business

city council Monday night was the veto
message of Mayor Fechter, giving his
reasons for knocking out the new ordi-
nance regulating the licensing of patent
medicine vendors, and the passage Of a
new ordinance entirely, without reserva-
tons, to take the place Of the one vetoed
and the other that has since been de-
clared null and void by the federal
court. The mayors message is long and
gives detailed account of the proceed
ings leading up to and succeeding the
fight with the Quaker doctors. The or
dinance provided for license If $25 per
day or $400 per quarter for such peddlers
or hawkers. The Quakers offered to pay
the 800 license by paying 800 down
and the balance was to be placed in
bank here to be turned over to the city
at the expiration OF the time on the con-
dition that the city give the doctors pro-
lection, specifying that in case the doc
tors were interfered with many way the
5000 was to revert to them. The mayor
could not agree to this. The ordinance
was passed as above noted, and in veto
ing it the mayor says:
The amendment makes but one change
i'll the original ordinance, namely that
license may be taken out for one month
at Il hundred dollars per month, instead
of four hundred dollars per quarter; it
leaves the license at twenty-five dollars
per day in case the license is taken out
for one day only or for any period less
than month; the contention therefore
that the license is prohibitory and there
fore unconstitutional, applies with equal
force to the amendent as it does to the
original ordinance, in other words, il the
one is unconstitutional the other is
equally SO the effect of the amendment
is merely to discriminate in favor OF
those who carry on this class of business
on large scale and who as in the case
in point, are probably abundantly able
TO take care of themselves, as against
the itinerant peddler. who carries pack
and goes from house to house dispUsing
Of his goods in less demonstrative and
objectionable, but more laborious man
ner.
one was passed that applies particularly
to vendors and hawkers OF patent medi-
Genes. 1t fixes a license OF $25 per day or
$400 per month, and makes no reserva-
ton for the products Of Yakima county.
The title in the new law is as follows
Al ordinance III relation to the sale
and disposal OF drugs, medicines and
nostrums. giving shows and exhibitions
in connection Herewith where an admis-
sion is charged or where the same is free,
and providing a penalty thereof within
the city limits Of the city of North Yak
ina"
The mayor has signed the ordinance
and it will not go into effect till five days
after publication, which will not be till
Thursday, September 26. As the
federal court has declared the old ordi-
nance null and void, further steps will
be awaited with interest after the new
ordinance is once in force.
Thomas I.und was granted a whisky
license to do business at his old place on
Yakima avenue and Front street
A remonstrance was presented against
the matchmaking Of First street from
A to Chestnut. The remonstrants asked
council to defer action on the paving till
4 the improvement OF Yakima was thor
oughly tested. They are not opposed to
the paving OF the street, but believe it
would be the best thing to wait to give
the other work thorough test. There
are 900 feet in the district to be i'm
proved, and, as only 700 feet was repre-
scented by the remonstrants, when two
thirds is required, council declared its
intention to 90 ahead with the work Of
paving Front and First streets.
i The city engineer made a report on
(, the cost of changing the course OF the
Schanno ditch by running it down Rain
! Ter avenue from c street to the south
side of Yakima avenue. The scheme is
practicable and will cost not over $3.50.
Street and Ditch Committee Allen and
/ Hall approved the report OF the engineer
and council directed that bids be adver-
tised for covering the improvements.
The reasons set forth in the petition to
make the change is to get rid Of the bog
gy places made by the ditch between the
points specified and on account OF the
| overgrowth Of willows in the ditch,
which have clogged il up and caused the
water to spread ont OF its original course.
| Councilman Hall reported that the
new hydrants had been placed according
to the direction OF council.
The city engineer made verbal report
l ~ The condition nf the sewer on Natchez