The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-03-28
NO AMENDMENTS
TO new ORDINANCE
Second Hearing Given $1,000 Liquor
License Measure VIII be
Voted on Next Monday.
SEVERAL ARGUMENTS HEARD
No Clause Adopted Whereby Number
Of Saloons in Bemidji be Limit
ed to Any Set Number.

ed to Any Set Number.
No little amount of excitement
was caused last evening at the reg
ular meeting of the city council
when the ordinance, which in effect
is, to raise the liquor license fee
from $500 to $1,000 was given its
second hearing.
AS the second hearing is, by law,
the time for amendments, IL there are
any, to be made, strenuous efforts
were made by several speakers to
amend the ordinance somewhat.
E. E. Mcdonald, a member of the
Bemidji bar, spoke at length in ia
vor of the present license fee, put
ting much strength on the fact that
in his opinion there was no dustifi-
cation whatever in the advancing of
the fee to $1,000. He also said that
the aldermen in deciding that which
would be the proper manner in
which to handle the matter should
not fail to remember the large
amount of money which the saloon
men pay into the city treasury, and
without the saloons Bemidji would
be worse OF, than it IL today.
To this Reverend Flesher, OF the
Methodist church, with the consent
of the chair, said that while some OF
the remarks of Mr.. Mcdonald were,
without doubt, true, they must be
considered as being simply opinions,
and that if opinions were to be con-
sidered he wished to say, that he be-.
lieved that if every saloon in Be-
midi was voted out, the city would
still go on, and that it would be bet
ter off, by far.
The remarks of Reverend Flesher
brought unlimited applause from the
citizens who were in attendance at
the meeting.
After a short reply by Mr.. Nc
Donald, after which S. e. P. White,
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
spoke, the president of the council,
L. F. Johnson, called for any amend
ments, and receiving no reply asked
what should be done with the ordin-
ance.
Alderman Bailey moved that the
second reading be postponed one
week, but as this could be done only
in the case that an adjourned meet
ing be called, it was decided that the
matter should be given it's third and
last hearing next Monday evening at
which time it will be voted upon.
Several remarks were made by
Mayor Parker, during which it be-
came known that for two weeks the
city has had two private detectives
at work in the city, in order to as
certain, whether or not the situation
among the saloons of Bemidji is as
has been pictured on several occa-
sions. The mayor said that the de-
tectiyes reported to him that the city
was in the best Of condition, and
that they had told him there was no
better police force, of the size. of the
Remidji force, in the state which is
as efficient.
Ordinance number 81, which eff
fects the discontinuing of eating
houses which are in the rear Of sa-
looms and which have no street en-
trance was given its second hearing.
and received no amendments
The only other matter of public
interest was the selpetton of . care
.taker for the poor There were
six bidders for this pnsttlnn. a bal
lot was taken and tesaIted in tie
vote between Georges carlton and
w. E. Haven. The ballot was taken
four times and on the fourth George
Carlton secured the necessary one
vote and uas given the position.
Bonds we're fixed at $1,000.