The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14

be at home after nine o'clock p. IN.
unless accompanied by parent or guar
dian. or is performing an errand or duty
directed by the parent or guardian. or
his employment makes it necessary to
be on the street after such hour. No
parent or guardian is to allow such
child to go or be on the streets after
nine p. IN. unless there exists rea-
sonable necessity therefor. Any per-
son or child violating the ordinance
shall on conviction be punished by a fine
not exceeding $25 and costs, or not eX-
ceeding twenty days in jail The or
dinance was laid over.
Ban on Free Lunches.
The committee presented an odinance
to do away with free lunches. 1t pro-
vides that no licensed liquor dealer in
the city shall sell liquor in any room,
OF in any place opening into any room
or place, where free lunch is conducted,
served or offered or where food is fur
nished free or for a consideration ma
terially less than the prevailing market
price thereof, where the purpose of such
furnishing is to induce, advertise, en-
courage or procure the purchasing OF
drinking of intoxicating liquor; or
where the food is furnished for checks
or tickets issued upon games of skill
or chance, or is offered by any other
evasion or subterfuge whatsoever. This
is not head off any meals or lunches
sold for fair consideration, where such
meals or lunches are served in individ
ual dishes or receptacles, with cutlery
and tableware that are sterilized and
clean and with at least one clean nap
kin furnished to each person so serv-
ed The punishment is made fine OF
not exceeding 500 and costs, or i'm
prisonment not exceeding ninety days
This was laid over.
Aid. Atchison stated that eighty pc,
cent of the saloon keepers want the or
dinance passed. One saloon keeper
states that he puts out lunch each
morning at a cost of So to 81, for bus
mess men, but that it is all eaten up be
fore business men arrive. The paving
contractors state that they never were
in town where there were so man.
men who will not work as in Manka
to. Their hands are so soft that they
cannot work two hours. Chief Donahuf
favord the ordinance.
An ordinance was introduced an
passed under suspension of the rules
providing that block "a, Burners plat
be included in the fire limits. 1t l.
bounded by Broad, Fourth, Jackson an
Hickory streets.
No More Park Charges.
Aid. Atchison stated that hereafte?
he would stand pat to allow nothing IL
the park where charges are made. Th'
people, especially the well to do, vii
not pay anything, as was shown at tn
recent carnival The other aldermen
seemed to coincide in what he said.
Aid. Schroeder requires that Plum
street be curbed and guttered betwee'
Fifth and Sixth streets, and that tn
matter be referred to the board of pub
lie works under order No. /. This was
carried.
Agent Moore of the Milwaukee roa(
appeared before the council and sai'
that if his company and the Great West
ern cannot have permission to leave
their cars on their Pike street track
the latter would be useless The only oh
lection heard has been from Mr.. Flet
cher, who fears that his property ma.
be damaged some time in the futur'
when that section shall be built W
There are no buildings there now excep'
one, Dr. Dodd's, who is not making ser
ious complaint. 1t would be hard for
Mr. Fletcher to prove that his proper
ty is damaged at the present time. TIL
companies would not like to have thu
order or request enforced at present
When the track was moved from thu
center of the street, it was suppose
the road could use it.
Aid. HeinZe said that the street i;
getting to be handsome one if tn
cars were off. The street seems to have
many empty cars, while the railwa,
yards are empty. Mr. Fletcher hat
prompted him to make the motion a
the previous meeting.
Aid. Atchison did not think that tn
cars were making any trouble for Mr.
Fletcher.
Manager Eaton of the Northwestern
Telephone Co. appeared and asked that
the council allow the company unit
next spring to take down the poles OF
Front street north of Main. The COM
panv intends to take the line from From.
street to the alley, when a new line is
to be built entirely through the city and
across tho SlOuoh