The daily sentinel., 1906-12-27
CITY COUNCIL ELECTS
New Night Policeman Elected by the
Council-Purcell license Is
Brought up Water
Question Discussed.

AT a regular meeting of the city
council last night all the officers and
members Of the council were present
save Aldermen Alkire and Lutes. who
were unable to be in attendance.
The matter Of choosing a new night
police officer to succeed c. C. O'Nen
who was recently elected city marshal
was the first matter of business.
There We're five applicants: Frank
Butler, Dell Burrel. Levi L. Counts.
IL. p. Barnard and E. Mcfarland.
Four ballots were taken and on the
fourth ballot Mr.. Barnard was elect
ed, The first ballot resulted as fol-
lows:
Barnard 3 votes.
Counts, votes
Mcfarland. l vote
Second ballot
Barnard. votes.
Burrell. 3 votes.
Counts. l vote
Third ballot
Barnard. 3 votes
Burell. votes.
I Fourth ballot
Barnard, 4 votes
! Burell, . votes
Barnard having received majority
of the votes was declared elected
Before the last ballot was taken
/ City Attorney Coles stated to council
that he understood one of the ap-
plicants before council was rooming
at a house which the council had seen
/ fit to order closed He was asked to
name the man and he announced that
it was Mcfarland
Water Supt. Vedder was author
lied to purchase a feed pump for the
three boilers at the city water works.
the old pump being incapable of sup
plying all three boilers. The new
pump will cost about $500.
When the mayor announced that
any verbal or written petition to coun
ell would now be heard. Attorney
George f. Greer, in behalf of the min
listers and the w. c. T. U. addressed
the council on the matter Of the Pur-
cell license. urging that the license
committee make a report last might
on the demand that the license be re
Noked. Attorney Greer declared that
as Purcell had been convicted of viol-
ating the law the council had a right
to revoke his license and volumin-
GUS petition, praying council to re-
woke the Purcell license, which he
said had the signatures of about four
hundred citizens and tax payers. This
petition had been circulated in sew
eral of the churches and in this man
ner the signatures had been secured,
He stated that the petition had not
been circulated on the streets.
Attorney Greer made quite leng
thy appeal. Alderman O'Boyle. chair
man of the license committee. stated
there We're only two members of the
committee present last night and these
two could not agree, therefore he ask
ed that City Attorney advise the coun-
Gil
Attorney Coles explained the or
dinance regulating such cases and
then he made the statement that as
long as he, as city attorney, had the
officers of the city working with him
in efforts to prevent such violations
of the law, and as long as convictions
for selling whiskey to minors could
be secured that he and the regular of
dcers of the city could punish all Of
tenders. He stated further that So
far he had been able to secure prose-
cution and had secured convictions.
The city attorney declared that
when It was found that the city attor-I
ney and police officers could not care
for such cases then, and not until
then, was it up to the council to take
such action as demanded of 1t by the
The city attorney does
not believe that such a time is at
hand.
No further action was taken and I'll
is very probable that acting on this
advice of the city attorney. the mat
ter viii be dropped. The city at
torney was very reasonable and clear
in his statement.
There were several ministers pres
ent at the meeting last night to see
what action would be taken in the iii
cense matter.
A communication from the Ram
ey-Udlock Investment company stat
ing that they desired to withdraw
their bid for the mountain water bond
issue at par, holding that their at
torney had advised them adversely on
the bonds was received.
a motion prevailed by unanimous
vote that the Ramey Udlock company
make a full statement of their reasons
for refusing to take the bonds and
the objection made by the attor-
ney and also they are asked to furn-
ish the name of the attorney. The
city clerk by this motion was instruct
ed to hold the certified check of So
OqO until the notions provisions
had bepu complied with.