La Junta tribune., 1911-08-12
City Council.

muCn oOihk ON tnlS particular Oc'
casion. Mayor Kearns presided. and
all Of the aldermen. with the excep-
ton Of Daimler. were among those
! present
Under the head Of communication
and petitions one OF the latter was
read signed by John Beard, ct al, re.
Questing that street crossing be
installed on the corner Of Ration va.
enue and Sixth street. The peti.
tion was referred to the street and
alley committee.
The city council has decided to
enforce the ordinance passed about
six years ago requiring all druggists
who desire to sell liquor to take out
druggists permit. Each druggist
has to give a bond for 5000 In
which he binds himself not to viO.
late any OF the laws regulating the
sale of liquor, the penalty being
forfeiture OF the bond. This law
was passed while La Junta had sa
looms, and the saloon men were in,
strumental In securing the passage of
the ordinance as a protection To
] themselves. The druggists have to
keep all liquor In plain view. and all
sales are by prescription only. the
liquor prescriptions being subject to
inspection by the city marshal a,
any time and being filed with the
city clerk at the end OF each month.
The ordinance Is to be strictly en-
forced. 7. c. Coltman is the only
druggist that has thus far filed
bond In the sum OF $1,000 and asked
that he be granted permit to dis
pense liquor for medicinal purposes
only.
Some time was taken up in dis
cussing the ordinance regulating the
speed OF automobiles within the cor.
porate limits. The ordinance limits
the speed In the business section
to six miles an hour aud I'm the res
idence section TO ten miles an hour.
There has been considerable com
plant of late regarding the violation
OF this ordinance. but II seemed
the speed limit is too low II was
thought that twelve and eighteen
miles would be about the proper
caper, and il is probable that the
ordinance viii be changed. The
forty and fifty mile limit. however.
Is under the ban. and the speedoman.
iacs who insist upon travelling at
this rate OF speed will probably find
themselves In the tolls OF the law
Alderman Davis reported that
the hauling Of sand from city prop.
srty near the pump house WAS endan.
I EerinR five OF the city wsns and
likewise the suction line. and he
advised that the practice De- discon-
/ tinued. II was so ordered.
City Clerk Brown reported the re-.
ceipis Of his office for the month Of
July ss 3i.+o7.75. OF which amount
81 .336.25 was for water rent. and the
remainder Was from miscellaneous
sources. dray and pool license. etc.
Monthly reports from III. city mar.
shal and police magistrate showed a
total Of twenty-nine arrests during
the month Of July. The cash fines
amounted tn ss5. with police fees
paid out OF 1915. The fines work.
ed out aggregated u total Of $500.
this amount including 500 In fines
served out In jail by women.
The sewer and water committee re-.
ported that II would require the
laying OF $50 feet Of water pipe In
the alley between First and Second
street to connect up the residences re-
Gently erected by q. A. Dahlgren.
The pipe WAS ordered In and the
city clerk wss instructed 10 advertise
for bids.
Considerable time. was spent IN
discussing the prospect for soft
water supply north Of the river. but
nothing definite VAS decided upon
a. the experiments and iny.stiss.
tons are still In progress. II wss
xsccrtained. however. that II would
cost about $4,000 to cross the
river. In cas-. an available water sup.
ply Was discovered there.
Richard MsloM appeared before the
city council and wanted n permit To
keep his stor" open on Sunday for
the purpose Of selling fruits and soft
drinks. The request was denied and
the city marshal wss instructse TO
strictly enforce the ordnance con.
ccrninE sunday closing.
On motion III. salary Of Night Mar.
shai Emerson wss raised "a $50 per
month. this being the amount that
a