Cañon City record., 1907-12-19
ORDINANCE
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tude, however, did not seem TO affect
the general sentiment in favor Of
sound. sensible pure food law.
DR.. Lamb stands sponsor for a new
liquor ordinance presented last night.
The ordinance, drafted by City Attor-
ney Taylor according to DR.. Lambs
ideas, is unique. 1t puts the lid on,
hard and tight. 1t forbids the sale OF
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors by
druggists The prescription business
is cut out entirely. Druggists cannot
be licensed TO sell whiskey or other
palatabIe forms OF fire water. One
clause provides that druggist of
good repute can be licensed to sell
alcohol for medicinal. mechanical or
chemical purposes. and book can be
kept in a drug store for that purpose.
Two former ordinances, authorizing
the sale OF whiskey by prescription
and the licenses Of druggists, are re-
pealed by the provisions OF the new
measure.
This ordinance is the result. Il Is
understood, of the recent effort of the
! city attorney to enforce, to the letter
the existing liquor laws. Local physi-
clans, II is said. refuse TO write the
certificate as provided for by law, and
since the recent action of the city at
! torney there has been considerable
wranglIng among druggists over. the
matter. II is understood, further that
the druggists are willing, for time,
I to put the lid on hard and fast and
| note the result.
| This being the first introduction of
the ordinance. many of the Aldermen
did not have a fair understanding of
its provisions. So II was referred to the
ordinance committee. and will come up
for action at the next meeting OF the
councilmanic body
1 A new city hall for Canon City.
handsome in all the beauty OF elabor-
ate plans prepared years ago. is a pos
I sibility of the near future. The matter
was discussed Informally at the
meeting. II is brought about through
I the decision of the county commission
ers TO build a Jail annex TO the court
house next spring. Plans for this addi-
ton have been made. and as soon as
the second instailment of taxes comes
in next spring, the work Will be start
ed. The site of this proposed building
: in now occupied by the Canon City
FIRE department. and II will be neces-
sary for the department to vacate as
Q soon as the building operations begin.
The plans now under consideration
were made during the administration
OF Mayor Peabody They are very com
plete in detail, providing for hand
: some, two story building OF brick and
stone. to occupy the present site OF
City Hall" The plans include com
plete quarters for the fire department,
separate Offices for all city officials
and complete police department and
prison.
The question that now confronts
! council is providing quarters for the
fire department. so II Is proposed to
provide these quarters and creditable
! municipal building at the same time.
But II is not the purpose of council
to build the hall. Alderman Reeves
has been figuring on the matter and
has . man who will be willing to make
the investment at a fair rate of inter-
est. The plans were originally estimAt-
ed at SIS 900. Increase in the price OF
materials would now probably boom
this to the neighborhood of $25 600.
The investment can be made, II 10 un-
derstood, for not more than S or less
than 6 per cent interest. The aldermen.
and. we believe. the people OF Canon
CITY generally. will favor the building
OF n city hall. Councilman Reeves was