Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-08
CLEAN UP DAY.
Ladies Will Have It Changed to
May 20.
Cleanup Day on May 22nd.

Cleanup Day on May 22nd.
The officers and committees of the
Civic Improvement League met at the
library on Wednesday afternoon for
the consideration of several matters
of Importance.
The committee appointed to circu-
late and present the petition to the
council made a report on their work.
1t was decided to ask that Cleanup
Day be changed to May 22nd on ac
count of the circus being here on May
10Th. Citizens are urged to do all the
cleaning up around their own pre-
misses before that date, so that May
22nd may be devoted particularly to
the general cleaning up. The street
commissioner will be asked to provide
team Or teams to assist in the work,
and a committee was appointed to
look after this. After the work is
done in the evening, ice cream and
cake will be served to the workers on
one of the lawns. Mrs. Reeve and
Mrs. House will have charge of pro-
viding these refreshments.
A committee was also appointed to
confer with the council relative to
providing dumping ground at some
place away from the public streets.
The present dumping ground is a
nuisance on the river drive-one of
the incest drives about town
A report of DR.. Bracken's lecture
was given.
1t was decided to request the news
papers to publish the law prohibiting
minors frequenting pool rooms, and
also the curfew ordinance.
The pool room law is as follows: =
CHAPTER 1911. F. No. $50.
An act prohibiting persons under
eighteen years of age OR minor pupils
of schools from playing pool, billiards
Or bowling in public places, and pro-
viding penalty for the violation
thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota
Section L. All persons under the
age of eighteen years, or who are min
Or pupils in any school, college Or uni
versity are prohibited from playing
pool Or billiards or ten pins or bowl
ing whether on a ten pin alley or a
box ball alley in any public pool Or
billiard room Or bowling alley or in
any public place of business, and any
person under the age of eighteen
years of age, Or any minor pupil in
any school, college or university who
shall engage in any game of pool or
billiards or bowling in any such place,
or frequent, or loiter within any pool
or billiard room or bowling alley, or,
public place of business where pool,
billiards or bowling are playing, shall
be guilty of misdeameanor and shall
be punished by fine of not exceed
ing ten (1O) dollars.
Sec. 2. Every keeper Or person in
charge of any public pool or billiard
room, public bowling alley or public
place of business where pool, billiards
or bowling are played who shall per-
nit or allow any person under the age
of eighteen Cs) years of age, Or any
minor pupil of any school, college or
university to play any of said games
therein, or to gather in, loiter in or
frequent any such place, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor aud be pun
ished by fine of not less than twenty
five (25) dollars, Or by imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding thirty
800 days.
Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall
prohibit the parents or lawful guard
ians of such minors from granting prir
vileges prohibited by this act, provid-
ed that same shall be in writing, sign
ed by such parent or guardian.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved March 81, 1909.