Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-03-17

Only quorum of the council was
present Thursday night ready for busi-
ness, those in their seats at roll call
being Messrs. Henry, Scott, Miller
and Carpenter.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. The COM
munication of the state treasurer re-
garding the commission on liquor Ii
censes due the state was referred to
the finance committee.
A communication from property
owners on Alder street regarding the
draining of lots and II was read and
referred to the street committee.
The bond of j. C. Miller, marshal,
was read. The bond is in the sum of
$2500, the sureties being Neil Stewart,
L. c. Staley, E. P. Arms, C. N.
Gaddis and A. T. Fariss
An ordinance creating park COM
mission was introduced, read and
passed. The ordinance provides for
commission of six, two of whom shall
be women. Of the original commits
sion, two shall be appointed to serve
one year, two to serve two years, and
two three years. The terms of office
of two will hereafter expire each year,
their successors to be appointed by the
mayor on March 1st The commission
is to have direct supervision and con-
troll over all the parks, public squares,
and like places within the city, and
will have the disbursement of all funds
appropriated by the council for park
purposes.
An ordinance was also read provid-
ing that all telephone and telegraph
poles on Main street shall be painted
black for distance of ten feet above
the ground, and white from that
point to the top, and that no signs or
advertisements shall be nailed or post
ed on any of the poles. The ordi-
nance was laid over for further consid-
Grafton.
The sensation of the evening came,
however, when Councilman Carpenter
presented the following statement with
motion embodied:
"As it is commonly reported about
the streets that J. B. Hicks, of this
city, was beaten out of large sum of
money and his watch in gambling
game conducted in the Burns saloon on
the evening of March 9th, | move you
that the city council Immediately in
vestigate such report, and if it be found
to be probably true, that the council
and mayor shall set a time for Mr..
Burns to appear before the council
and show cause why his license should
not be revoked and his bond forfeit
ed. F."
Mr.. Carpenter supplemented the
above statement by adding that Mr..
Hicks had made written statement
setting forth the fact that he had lost
a sum of money and his watch, in the
establishment named.
After painful wait, Councilman
Henry seconded Mr.. Carpenters mo-
tion, and it was unanimously carried.
Mr.. Carpenter then moved that Mr..
Burns and other witnesses be cited to
appear at the next regular meeting of
the council, when the investigation
would proceed. The silence following
this motion was even more oppressive
than in the former case, and remained |
till the mayor announced
that the motion was lost because of no
second.
Mr.. Henry then moved that the !
marshal be instructed to notify all |
saloons or other places where it was
rumored that gambling games were
being conducted, that such gambling
"must be stopped at once or their
licenses would be revoked. - This mo-
tion was carried, when the council adj
journed.
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