Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-06-14
BONDORDINANCE
IS REPEALED
Saloon Men May Now Take Down
Their Bonds and Conduct Their
Places Of Business as Before.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE GRANITE
eilIings.Lewistown Company Must
Furnish City With One Teie.
phone-AQainst Cross Walks.

I tnlnS OF tne past ana mas Deen
placed among the other curiosities !
and relics of bygone times. This was
decided in the adjourned meeting of
the city council held Monday evening
in the council chamber. The only
voice was that Of Alderman
John Laux, who fought the repeating
measure and steadfastly voted against
it when 1t came to ballot.
The ordinance passed last night
reads as follows:
can ordinance providing for the
regulation of places where liquor is
sold and for the revocation of licenses
for breach of said regulation"
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the City of Lewistown:
Section /. Ordinance II of this
city, "An ordinance providing for the
regulation of places where liquor Is
sold and for the revocation of licen-
ses for breach of said regulations"
be and the same hereby is repealed.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect from and af-
ter it's passage and APPROVAL.
Passed and approved this 18th day
of June. 1905. j. E. PINKLEY,
Mayor.
Attest: H. LEONARD De KALB.
City Clerk.
The vote on this measure stood as
follows: Ayes-Aldermen Smith,
Brown, Tubb. Bradbury and Sloan.
Nays-Alderman Laux. With this
vote Lewistown returns to the old
days when the gambling was wide
open and Lewistown was the haven
of the tin horns and sharks. There
is state law against gambling, but
no effort was ever made to enforce
it. The city will now get not in
significant piece of revenue from the
gamblers in the fines they will be
forced to pay every three months or
so. It was this pecuniary considera-
ton which was responsible for the
move of Monday evening.
Other Ordinances.
Two other ordinances were passed
Monday evening. One which says
that sidewalks on all avenues cross
ing Main street shall be nine feet
wide for block each way from Main
street, and the walk on Fourth
avenue shall be nine feet wide from
Main street to the city hall.
The other ordinance is to the effect
that the number of retail liquor sa.
looms in Lewistown is limited to sew
enteen, the number now in business
here, and the city treasurer is prohib
tied from issuing licenses to any In
| excess of this number without the
special permission OF the city council
| Some discussion was aroused by the
petition of Brooks Bros. to be allowed
| to open the Tivoli and rent 1t to Mr.
Grady, who was the proprietor Of the
place when it was closed by order o.
the council last year. 1t was the sen
timent of the council that the place
should be kept closed, although nj
definite action was taken. Other bus
mess of minor importance was trans
acted before adjournment was taken
Regular Meeting Thursday.
The time of the city council Thurs
day night was occupied chiefly In con
sidering the dandelion nuisance. am
discussing a request for PERMISSION
to lay a cross walk from the Allel
& Robinson building to the Lam
building on Main street. those pres
ent, in addition to the mayor, bein
Alderman Smith, Laux, Brown an
Sloan.
The Dandelion Nuisance.
George ]. Bach and thirty other eli
izens sent in the following commur
ication in regard to the dandelions
"We, the undersigned residents c
the city of Lewistown, 40 hereby p'
tition your honorable body to TAX
steps towards eradicating the growt
of dandelions now about TO ruin tn
lawns of the city and the meadows al
: joining.
"Realizing that the beauty of tn
. city is menaced by the evil, and ths
untold harm will be done in the futur
we believe immediate steps shoul
; be taken, and respectfully suggest tn
3 following plan:
l.. "The city to keep the streets an
, alleys clean of dandelions by plowin
them up or otherwise, as may see
E best, and that an ordinance be pr
3 vided which will make it compulsol
8 for property owners to keep the
off their lots, and If not done, II
r city to take it in hand. Where vacal
e lots exist and no one 70 look aft'
}. them, the city to have power to clea
= them, and If not reimbursed in ar
Il other way, to make such expense
8 lien on the property, to be collect'
at tax paying time
k The petition was referred to Il
t ordinance committee, and the matt
e will be given immediate considerable
n although it is feared that 1t will
too late in the season to do mu
n good by the time an ordinance c.
&, be made operative.
a The Telephone Franchise.
e The ordinance granting franchi
" to the Billings-IIewistown Mutual T
!. ephone company. which has been pei
10 ing since the last election, when
taxpayers ordered the franchise gra
,e ed, was finally passed. The ordinar
ID went through without change. exec
,e that a clause was added requiring
" company to furnish the city with {
telephone The company notified
council that it's office was located
" the office formerly occupied by I
q. ger & Busenburg, and asked that