Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-15
CITY COUNCIL TAKES HAND AND
THREATENS TO CUT SALARIES
If SALOONS ARE CLOSED.
CIVIC LEAGUE CHARGES
ATTEMPT AT COERCION
Council Declares $4,000 Lost in Sa-
loon Taxes Must Be Made Up By
Cut in Salaries Of Firemen and Other
City Employes-citizens Offer to
Make Up Difference to Firemen.
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SPECIAL TO ellDilSeih
Boone, April 15.-The city is torn
asunder over the saloon situation here.
Both sides are fighting hard the saloon
interests quietly but persistently while
the Civic League is using the pamphlet
and press route. Yesterday and today
the situation took a new turn When the
saloon interests scored one and which
is causing both sides to get busy. AT the
meeting of the city council last eve
ming a resolution was passed py the
city fathers, only one dissenting VOTE
stating that it was the necessity OF the
present council owing TO the uncertain
condition of the immediate future Oh
the citys finances to cut down eA-
penses and the resolution is best tod
just as il passed. 1t follows:
Nv hereas, the city council OF the city
Of Boone, Iowa, on April ., 1911, passed
a resolution in which the amount 10
be placed in each Of the several funds
to be expended during the fiscal year
for the various purposes as provided BY
law, and
Whereas, the amounts so approprl-
ated include the receipts from the IL
censes 10 Keep FOR sale and sell spirltu-
Gus liquors as estimated for the entire
fiscal year beginning April l, 1911, and
ending April l, 1872. at the amount OF
SIS 900 per year for the ten saloons now
maintained in said city, and
''N hereaS, the term OF the present IL
censes expires on July l, 1911. said Ii
censeS not having been renewed py a
petition of consent and 1t being the de-
sign OF certain OF our citizens 70 defeat
me renewal Of said petition OF consent.
and
Whereas, the loss Of the stated
amount OF revenue Will necessltate the
increase OF taxation about s mills, or
require the curtailment OF expenses in
the several departments OF the city;
therefore, be II
Resolved, That in the event the said
am cunt Of revenue is lost TO the city, it
is hereby declared TO be the policy OF
the city council OF the city OF Boone,
| Iowa, to reduce the salaries and curtail
the expenditures, or both, in the paid
| fire department, the street commits
! sion's department, the permanent wa
| ter works department, the city officers
and police departm ents, the invest
! ment in cemeteries and public i'm
! Drovenents, and such other depart
ulenls 20 the extent and in the manner
| necessary TO meet the requirements
made by the loss of the funds men
| toned, and be it
! Resolved, That the mayor and COM
! IIlittees on finance, on streets and al
| leys, on paving and sidewalks, and on
| city property and lights are hereby
| instructed to work to the end that the
! intent and spirit Of these resolutions
| be observed in the management of the
business of the city"
Tenn perance People Up In Arms.
| the Civic League people and W. G. 7.
L. were UP in arms. The News-R Re-
| publican last night published lengthy
| advertisement from the Civic League
protesting against this, stating that the
council had exceeded it's authority in
so doing, that 1t was q plot to coerce
| the people into signing a saloon petit
ton, or have salaries cut and taxes
raised. Mrs. Dora A. Farrow, of the
| w c. T. u, in a paper phich will be
published this evening, will state that
| she has secured enough signatures to
| guarantee to the firemen every dollar
Of their salary which the city proposes
to cut The situation is waxing warm.
| The Civic League claim that the saloon
men are having hard shedding in the
| stcuring the signatures.
In the meantime the saloon men are
saving wood.