The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-11-14

certain limit.
Mr.. Logan asked him if he could |
offer any suggestions as to where the
limit should be established, but Mr..
Avery thought that was the duty of
the oomncilmen. After an argument
between Mr.. Fisher and the mayor as
to where the first house of prostitu-
ton in Kalispell was located. the
committee retired.
During the different speeches and
the talks between Mayor Logan and
Messrs. Avery and Fisher, the coun-
cilmen maintained a discreet silence.
but on their departure they all had
something to say. The matter was
discussed pro and con, and different
suggestions made only to result in
no action. The councilmen are of the
opinion that it would be unwise to
take drastic measures and drive out
the women. as they claim that thew
would onlv return and locate in diff
ferent parts of the city, where thew
could not be under police suryeil-
ance. AS they are now, tney are
grouped together and can be watched
by one policeman. The mayor and
some of the councilmen also laid
stress upon the amount of fines col
lected from the women of the row
amounting last month to enough TO
pay the salaries of two policemen.
They claimed that the vice was bound
TO exist, and that being the case. the
city might as we'll derive a revenue
from them. The fine of two dollars a
week Will be Increased to S., and the
chances are that this will be the only
action taken Some of the counc..
were in favor of assessing such a
stringent fine that the women would
be forced to leave and those that did
remain would be punched in one or
two houses.
The matter will probably be taken
up again at some future meeting of
the council, but if the action of last
night be any criterion, the petitioners
VIII have to do lot of hard work
with the members before their aid for
social purity is realized.
Mayor Logan, after stating that
there was a vacancy in the position
OF city clerk, presented to the coun-
Gil for appointment thereto the name
of Jesse H. Stevens. Before a vote
could be taken, Alderman Cutler
arose and stated that he was op-
posed to the nomination and would
vote against it on the grounds that
Mr.. Stevens was incompetent to
handle the affairs of the city and ex-
travagant, and in placing him in the
position formerly held by Mr.. Gray
it would be case of jumping from
the frying pan into the fire. Mr.. Cut
Ter based his opinion upon Mr.. Stew
ems services as assistant secretary
of the Flathead Fair association.
Alderman Listle, too, was opposed
to the nomination and so stated.
Seeing which way the vote would
go, Mayor Logan withdrew the nomi
nation for the present, and as it
now stands, the city has neither
clerk nor attorney.
There has been some dissausfac
ton felt by the councilmen and May
or Logan for some time over the city
clerkship, which eliminated in Mr.
Stevens nomination last night Mr.
Gray was told several months ago by
Mayor Logan that a successor would
be appointed, but the matter was al
lowed to hang fire until the many
special improvements and sewer mat
tiers were arranged. There were ;
number of special sessions held to ar
range these matters, and considerable
extra work fell to the lot of the cit,
clerk, for which, at the last meetins
of the council, he put in bill fo
$500. The auditing committee though
: this too large and refused to o. =.
it, and the council sustained them
but after talking it over with MI
Gray, they compromised by payin,
S475, thinking that that would settl
: the matter for good and ALL Las
: night, however, Mr.. Gray put in tw,
: bills, one for $46, and the other TO
$3.50, for items that were cut on
when the compromise was made TIL,
council promptly set down On then
and rejected them unanimously. TIL
3 rejection was followed by Mayor La
L gan's futile effort to appoint MI
e Stevens, Mr. Gray may bring sui
4 to, collect the bill, but the auditing
committee claim that he stated whel
the compromise bill was allowed tina
+ that included everything, Mr.. Ora
y has been a most capable clerk, bu
/ the council and mayor thought h
y was grating.
, 1t was known at the time of MI
Il Logan's election that Mr. Steven
= would be his appointee for city clerk
9 and Mr.. Logan stated last night tina