The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-22
PETITIONS FOR MORE LICENSES
ARE TABLED.
BREWER OPPOSES ONE
Committee Reports Unfavorably on
Application Of Proprietors Of Turf
for Renewal-Frank kim and Kerr
& Co. Get Theirs.

Again the question of limiting the
number Of saloons and discussion on
saloon licenses in general occupied
the major portion of the time of the
city council last night. During the
discussion one of the saloon men
members of the council declared that
he would vote for q higher saloon Ii
cense providing another ordinance
was passed limiting the number of
saloons.
AS a ~forerunner to the discussion
of raising the licenses, discussion on
two retail liquor dealers licenses, one
favorably and the other unfavorably
reported was INDUCED in.
The license committee reported ia
vorably on granting a renewal of the
old license to Pawlus & Bolman, but
opposed granting a license to Warner
& Lawrence, proprietors of the Turf
saloon, on the grounds that the class
of people whose names we're on the
petition did not indicate to the mem
bers of the committee that the petit
TONERS were fit persons to be grant
ed a license until after further inves-
tigation.
Said 1t injured His Business.
Alderman Brewer opposed the
granting of a license to Pawlus & Boil
man, proprietors of the Last Chance
saloon, on the ground that the saloon
injured his livery business as well as
the business of several other persons
in that neighborhood. The upshot of
the whole discussion was that both
petitions were laid on the table for a
period of two weeks, and the license
committee was instructed to investi-
gate more thoroughly, petitions for re-
tail liquor Dealers licenses presented
in the future.
Frank kim, proprietor of the Com
mercial hotel, was granted a renewal
of the license permitting a saloon to
be conducted in connection with the
hotel and Kerr & Co. was granted a
license for the Blue Grass saloon.
The reading Of the ordinance pro-
viding for the numbering Of automo-
bles precipitated a lengthy discus
sion which was ended when the ordi-
nance was laid over for revision of
certain paragraphs-srelative to the
size Of numbers and other minor de-
tails.
r. New Plumbing Inspector.
As in the previous session Of the
council the introduction Of an ordi-
nance affecting the saloon business by
raising the licenses to $3.50 a year
caused a few remarks from each one
of the councilmen, during which the
saloon men members of the council IA
vored raising the licenses or at least
equalizing the licenses Of all Of the
business men of the city, If the sar
loon licenses were raised.
That the city treasurer is having
%dificulty in collecting licenses devel-
oped during the discussion and he
was instructed to call in the police to
enforce the ordinance providing for
the collection Of these licenses.
Mayor Foster announced the APP
pointment Of Mr.. Mitchell as plumb
ing Inspector and action on the ap-
pointment was deferred until the next
meeting, by the other members of the
council. at the request Of the mayor.
+ The petition, Of the Sande Hard
ware company asking to be permitted
to operate a moving picture machine
on Montana venue was granted on
condition that it may be revoked at
any time by the council, and the OPP
Grafton of the machine is subject to
police control and that the streets
will not be blocked by the crowds
gathering to view the pictures.