The Cairo bulletin., 1904-11-02
FATHERS IN
IMPROVEMENT VAN
Twenty Join Ohio Valley I'm.
proycment Association
.BAPTISTS VS.. SALOON
ASK THAT LICENSE BE NOT
GRANTED--ciTY ENGINEER
MAY LOSE JOHN.
PRovEMENTs STOP.

Egan, Fraser, Jocelyn, June, Magner
Mulcahy, Nelhs, Snyder and Wood
The other aldermen appeared later.
| The most important business trans
acted by the council was the appro
prlation of 500 to be applied as mem
bership fees for twenty city Officials
20 Join the Ohio Valley improvement
association.
Messrs. George Parsons, John S
Aisthorpe, John Miller and f. A
Smith. members of committee ap
pointed jointly by the Board of Trade
and Merchants league, appeared be
fore the council and asked that sl0e
be appropriated by thai body to aid
In advancing the interests which that
association represented or. in Other
words, to appropriate 800 to be used
in paying for membership Of twenty
city officials in the ast'cfiation at
the regular price Of s5 per member
They alco asked that five delegates
be appointed from the city council. in
Guiding the mayor, to represent that
body at the annual meeting of the
Ohio Valley Improvement associa-
tion which will be he'd al Huntington,
w Va, Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday Nov. 1G. II and rs.
All OF the committeeman made
shor. talks before the council setting
forth the advantages to be derived
rom the improvements proposed by
the association and the adyisaaility
Of having large number of repre-.
sentative citizens as delegates . tho
huntington meeting.
Upon motion Of Alderman Meehan
he appropriation OF 500 was made
without dissenting vote, and Mayor
Winter stated that be would consul,
he aldermen and ascertain who could
attend the Huntington meeting before
naming representatives from the coun
ell.
This action CT the council make
the aldermen and Mayor Winter
members OF the Ohio Valey Improve
nent association and there arc five
more memberships to be disposed of
City Clerk Hatcher. Comptroller Pow,
I'll. City Attorney O'Shea and Police
Magistrate Robinson will each prob
ably be given one and .herc will be
ono other 10 dispose Of.
In the course Of the remarks made
% the council by the committeeman
t was stated tha. an effort would be
eade TO have tae convention meet
Cairo next year end tho hope has
,een confidently expressed that hi
an be done. Should such a thing
lappen it would prove of great beue
L to TIE city as there are from 500
500 delegates composed Of repre-.
en.ative citizens Of the Ohio va le
attc- lance az these convention;
'hlch last three ds-s.
Ina'much as there appeared some
likelihood n the next convention he
ng hell In Cairo Alderman Jcha Sny
'er E7~ed that tae city council OK
end an invitation through the Gele
,atcs FROM the Board oi Trade. thC
ierchants' leaguo ard TO city coun
ii to the OHIO Nallcv Inprovemen'
association to hold the ne@t meeting
II this city The n0'ion clrrie'
f1animnn t..
Petition Against Saloon.
The following petition was present
I'd TO tho council by TIE members o
he Cairo Baptist church
"C5iro w oct &c. 1904
ITO tie Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Cairo. H.
Gentlemen:
Your petitioners. the members Of
he Cairo Baptist church. while as.
sembled on the twcnty-four,h anniver
sary Of their organization. desire to
respectfully rcEew their petition ant
protest. presented on several former
against the reissue OF L.
cense for sal3ca in the building
kBown as the Germania hcuse or
Tenth street at the junction Of Wash
ington avenue and Poplar street. opDo
site the house of worship Of your petl-
TONER As previously represented
this Is more Of a residence than a
business section of the city. and
should he entitled TO protection from
Influences which are adverse TO the
best interests Of home life. TIC main
eBtraD~c TO Washington park is i'm
mcdia;cly opp site the luilding nam
II. and as the park is a resort for
adie5 and children. u would seem
that they rhould be assured Of free
dom from mclestaticn or insult Ev-
an when this saloon was conducted
In a most quiet and orderly manner.
Il vas objectionable. but during the
past year the officers Of our church
have been obliged. on some occasion
10 apply to the city authorities 70
lbate the noise and disorder on the
premises At other times the seats
IN the park have been m5aopOlized
b. drunken men sleeping OF their de
5auch. to tfo scandal and disTepute
Of an Otherwise reputable neighbor.
hood. YoHr petitioners again sug
gest that they have been carrying on
their religious work ar Tenth and
Poplar streets for more than TWEEN
fy-hve years. during which time they
have expended many thousands oa
dollars IN money. they have 2 consid- /
erable sum invested in bnlldinss
xhich are an ornament to the city
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