The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-01-01
COUNCIL DEFEATS
LICENSE MEASURE
LIVELY DISCUSSION BRINGS OUT
DEMENT'S OF PROPOSED
ORDINANCE.
SIS SALOON LICENSES
Are Granted For New Year Besides
Wholesalers and Druggists
Printing and Other
Bids Opened.

| Another special meeting was held
Hast night by the city council to hear
reports from committees on matters
| Preferred TO them at the meeting the
might before There We're present
His Honor Mayor Parsons and Alder
men Koehler, Thistlewood, Bourgeois,
/ Nellis, Kelly, MagneE Meehan Davis,
| liner. Meehau Davis, Burke, German
Eprke, German and Greaney,
The committee reported fayorabIy
on all but one of the applications for
retail liquor licenses, and the council
approved the report. The enc eXcep,
! ton was that of Stephens & Barger,
who are in Ed Malty's old place at
i3il Ohio street. These people came
from Paducah recently and il was
said were refused a license there for
what the authorities considered good
reasons.
Applications for licenses in a1dt
tiCn to those received the night be-
fore were read by the clerk as fol
lows Retail liquor, Rudolph Lau-
rent, 1907 Washington. Thos Gard
nee. 1921 Sycamore Marion Hobbs,
1901 Commercial Pharmacists liquor
w. f. Simon, w. }, Cochran Whole
sale liquor, Andrew Lohr Bottliug
company Sol Farnbaker Pawnbroker
Samuel O, MichaeIson Junk dealer
Joe Solomon. Two hotel runners Tor
Planters House Ali were granted
Bids.
Bids on removing garbage for 1908
were read as follows: F. L. Hoskins
81, 400: Albert Hurst $2,025; ThCs.
Meehan $1.975; John Reynolds $1,000
Thos Sutton indefinite. Referred to
Board Cf Health
Bids on lumber: r. 7. Langah
from sl7 to $40 per thousand feet;
Kelly Bros. Lumber Co, from sl6.79
to s1S.75.
City printing: Bulletin Co. so
certg per 100 lines; Citizen Co, 571s
cents per 100 lines
Peddlers' Ordinance.
The ordinance committee reported
recommending that the substitute ordi-
nance submitted by the Retail Gro
GERS association raising the peddlers'
license to $50 per year be adopted
Alderman Meehan moved to re
ceive report and concur in recon.
Alderman Burke seconded the mo-
ton. but explained that he did so
only to bring the matter before the
council and that he would vote
against the ordinance.
Alderman Meehan asked Attorney
Leek 10 explain why the ordinance
sought to repeal the section EXEMPT
ins farmers.
Alderman Greancy asked the az
torney to explain not the repeating
section only, but the amending see
ion in order that all might under. 7.
stand what effect the new ordinance
you'd have if adopted. He said he
rad three brothers in the grocery
business in Cairo, but none of them
lad been able to satisfy him that the
adoption OF the ordiance would bene
it them aud be a good thing for the
people He would vote TO tax
lucksters. but not farmers.
Alderman Meehan said one purpose
# the ordinance was To stop
IuCksters from meeting farmers on
he outskirts of the city buying his
ulplies at low figure and then
,etdling them in Cairo.
Alderman Greauey replied he knew
he. several Cairo groccrs We're -
he habit of doing this very thing.
.nd then notifying ether grocers nut'
D buy any more of tho same supplies
rom farmers as they were over
tcCkcd and would diyi;e.
There was q warm "suat" between |
hesc two and the mayor used the
avel 10 restore order.
ON vote being taken the ordi-
ance was lost BIS 3 yeas and NAYS. L