The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-10-05
Council Gets After Saloons
and Poker Joints


Al it's Meeting Monday Night.
More Sewer and Sidewalk Inn.
prOvements Ordered this Fail.
The council held a busy session
Monday evening at its chambers.
The Mayor and all the aldermen were
present. After the reading and ap-
proving of the minutes of the previous
meeting, new business was taken up.
Mrs. Mary Baxter appeared before
the board and asked that a sidewalk
be put in near her property. AS it
was she had built her cement walk and
there was none between her place and
the German church in the west part Of
town. Alderman Manley moyed that
the new walk be ordered in. also .
cross walk, which was seconded by
Alderman Mittelstaedt.
After the reading of the treasurer's
report, the bills were suDmitte which
were allowed. The bill of Loathe &
Wolff of st. Paul for professional
services in the case of the city against
the Western Surety Co. for $50 was
considered too high for three dave
services, Ito this was added the ex-
penses of the trip Mr.. Rourke
said that he thought as this firm had
been we'll paid by the city heretofore
for its services $40 day or $50 was
enough and made q motion to that
effect, which was seconded by Mr..
Manley.
The different supplies needed for
the extension of the sewer work were
discussed and the city auditor ordered
to procure the same.
The question as to the advisability
OF advertising for bids for the laying
Of the sewer this fall or having e
done by day labor was discussed.
The Mayor said that thus far the city
had been able to follow up the latter
course and the work had been much
more satisfactory. The latter pro.
position carried.
The disposal of the Third street
sewer certificates was brought up.
Mayor Bouck read letter from Mr..
n. Schafer Offering to take them @
SIX per cent and two per cent c0mmis-
sion. Mr.. Farley did not belieye tho
city could do any better anywhere
else, as sewer certificates were NOT
wanted by local investors or BY many
others, and made q motion that Mr..
Schafer's offer be accepted. This was
seconded and ordered done.
Mayor Bouck spoke At length on
the question of the
SALOONS BEING OPEN ON SUNDAY
He said that several persons had spok.
en- to him about 1t and that there had
been an undue amount of drunkenness
on Sunday-that something should be
done. Mr. Farley believed that the
saloon keepers were taking advautago
of the good nature of both the peopIo
and council. They had been warned
. number of times when they had dis
obeyed the law. Mr.. Manley said
that this was getting to be an old
story and that they would not heed
the warning until one of them lost
his license. The matter was dis
cussed for some time and
THE POKER PLAYERS
were also brought under the law. One
of the slderman said that he under.
stood there were several of them in
town who helped themselves to the
earnings of many of the harvest
hands. The determin alton of the dis
cussiOn was that special meeting be
held Wednesday evening and saloon
keepers b- ordered to be present.
The matter was then to be fully laid
before them and they could act &C.
cordingly.
Mr.. Mittelstaedt spoke of the condi-
tiOn OF the cross walk between the
court house and DR.. JacOtel's. It had
been smashed by not being properly
planked when crossed with thresh.
ing outfit few days ago. The mat
ter was referred to City Attorney Rix
with instructions to prosecute The
party under the ordinance in such
case provided.
Oliver LeDuc appeared before the
board and was anxious to know what
could be done regarding a rebate on
his sewer tax or some kind of sewer
connections being made with his
house. Mrs. GaynOr residence The
street commissioners was ordered to
look up the matter.
A committee was instructed to meet
with the library board to endeavor to
make arrangements whereby the coun-
Gil could use the basement OF the IL
brary building for it's meetings. The
city was paying $40 q month
rent for the room now used, and
this could be saved.
The advertising for bids for the con-
struction of number of cement cross
walks was ordered.
No further business the board ad.
journed till Wednesday evening.
WEDNESDAY, NIGHTS MEETING
At its special meeting Wednesday
evening, the saloon keepers appeared