Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-09-04
Committee on the Houses Of III Fame
Says That the City Laws
Must be Enforced.
BONDS FOR CITY WATERWORKS
Meeting to be Held Next Monday to
Arrange for Placing Question
Before Taxpayers.

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the council chamber. Many bills were
allowed and the usual reports sub
mltted and approved. The city
marshal collected $40 from DRINKS
and di%sturbers OF the peace during
the last month and in his capacity uf
street commissioners had expended
$5S9 - on street improvements.
Treasurer Wright showed II bal
ance on hand in the general fund OF
$799.59.
The report OF the Investigating
committee On the houses OF i'll fame
was read as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Coun-
ell:
We, your committee appointed to
consider the petition presented to
the council relative To houses Of i'll
fame within the town OF Lewistuwp,
respectfully report
That, after consultation with the
prominent citizens OF the town and
fully considering the matters set
forth in said petition. we ARE of the
opinion that it would not tend TO
the mitigation ui the existing evil, to
expel the occupants oi houses Of i'll
fame from the city, or to remove
them from their present abodes; to
move them to IA location beyond the
city limits we deem impracticable.
That my hasty or i'll advised
wholesale raids would only end in
crowding these ONE into the
tenements and flats of the city, and
that that il II danger infinitely
greater than any flowing from their
presence where they are and as they
are.
That each center uf moral conta-
glon hy this scattering process
would become Increased, and planted
where ii would do the most possible
harm.
The experience of other cOmmuni-
ties Is that To- close these houses IL To
turu these women into the streets to
shift for themselves; the jail docs
not keep them, Christian families
will not receive them, they cannot hr
killed, NO doors open to them, yet
they have to 20 somewhere, an
they go where they think they can
hide from the police, ana still ply
their avoCHiiOn, under the guisr eli
other avocati0ns, pursuing the only
living available To them.
That n judiciuus enforcement ni
the existing laws aud on finances by
the proper officers will prevent this
evil from becoming "A nuisance.
Very Respectfully.
EpwANu BRASsEy.
l.. w. ELpRDGE,
f.. T.. WRIGHT.
The city attorney wanted tn know
what the meaning of ''judicious en-
fOrcement" WAS and Alderman Bras
sey said that the idea was TINT the
residents OF the Bnd Lands be keptin
order so that they might not be n
nuisance.
The city attorney said that he had
requested the city marshal to inform
all property holders In that section
that thay would be required to pay
$40 per month to the city treasury.
No objections were made to this
proposition.
The clerk placed three ordinances
before the board which were recon.
mendel by the ordinance committee.
They were passed, ON being put to Il
vote and were as follows; Ord. "a,
for regulating the width Oi city side.
walks. Ordinance 81 concerning the
licenses granted to retail liquor deal.
ers. Ordinance IS, relating To the
abatement of nulsances. 1t was de.
cided by the board on n Communica.
tion being presented, that in the IN.
ture all ordinances should be pub
lishcd 10y posting IN conspicuous
places and that the ordinances ap