The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-08-23
necessity, was referred to the board
of public works under order No. l. q
Meals Too Good.

ICOlHIS IepoIteu Ill ldNoi VI ohoWiHS
bill from the Ideal restaurant fol
$22.O5, for meals to prisoners and lodg.
ers, from April l6 to Aug. IL, at ,25
cents meal.
AID Atchison moved that the chiei
of police secure bids for furnishing
meals. He thought that Is cent lunc hes
were good enough for tramps. Bread
and water was good enough for mer
who are not working. The motion was
| carried.
A resolution condemning large
number of sidewalks was adopted
A resident of East Mankato asked
| for culvert on Swiss street and
said that he had procured tile, and
asked the city to dig ditch and
Law the tile to Germania street. The
matter was referred to the street COM
mittee.
Aid. Gary favored renovating the
| book of ordinances and reprinting it.
The matter was talked over, and
was finally referred to the committee
on printing and the city attorney.
License For Tent Show.
An agent for dramatic entertain
ment to be given under canvas for
three nights appeared and asked for
a license. He said that there were
seats for 500 people, and one performs
ance aNday is given.
Aid. Atchison did not favor allowing
it to come, but Aid. Gary thought
that it had as much right to show
under canvas as in the opera house.
1t was decided to allow the perform
ance at S. a performance.
A discussion took place as to wheth-
er a license had been collected from
the Wonderland Theatre, but without
result. The theatre has paid nothing
so far, although the Majestic paid $50
Aid. Gary stated that the Windmiller
company has left the Washington street
well, and he wanted to know what.
was to be done. He had spoken to
Contractor Mccarthy some time ago
and the latter had not encouraged the
idea of doing anything more on the
well. f=i
Aid. Atchison felt the same way.
Judge Porter asked that any action
be delayed and that the aldermen and
board of public works meet and talk
the matter over before the next meet
ing.
The bills were allowed, including
payroll of $S3SS2, of which $436.ll was
for street work; Fowler & Pay,
1897 so; T. r. Coughlan & Co.,
S255.4O; Sheriff Donahue, $25 for board
and providing a matron for Edna
Marquardt.
Mankato daily papers came in for
an overhauling at the council meeting,
that began with some hot shot from
Mayor Andrews on their way of treat
ing the Detective Smith incident, and
ended with mild criticism by Aid.
Atchison for referring to certain prom
inent people against whom criminal
charges have been made as John Doe"
and Richard Roe" instead of giving
their real names.
The onslaught was precipitated when
a report from the committee on claims
and accounts was called for. Aid. Atch-
ison arose with bill in his hand for
S24 for Detective Smith for serv-
ices as special policeman from Aug.
2 until Aug. ID, at So a day. He
said to the. mayor that the council
wanted to know something about this
bill.
Explains detective" Bill.
Mayor Andrews addressed the coun-
ell at some length and at times with
considerable heat. and emphasis. He
said: 'When | was made mayor of
this city there existed few houses
of i'll fame, or, more properly speaking,
houses of designation, and few loose
characters were about the town. My
worthy predecessor did all that he
could to rid the city of them, and have
done all that | could to do it. These
are the worst hell holes in the city,
and are most destructive to the health
and morals of our young men, and
ought not to be tolerated. | am sure
that there is not a member of this
council who would hinder the city
authorities in getting rid of these
places. Perhaps the aldermen do not
know that they exist, but they do,
nevertheless. Since / have been mayor,
people living near these places, and
mothers, wives and fathers have APP
pealed to me to rid the city of them.
Police Are Landmarks. 'af"
practically everybody in town
knows the members of the police force,
and these elements that | refer to
know them full we'll and are especially
good when the officers are around. Al
most every citizen of Mankato ID
known to them, and it is impossible to
get evidence against the places through
people that they know. | promised
these citizens that have been appeal
ing to me that as far as l was able
to do so | would rid the city OF
low women and houses of designation.
/ talked many times about the matter
with the police department. and the
chief of police as to the best way
to rid the city of this class, ana IL
was felt that the only way to DO
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