The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-06-29
THE LIQUOR PERMITS.
Council Grants Fifteen. Mayor to
Reduce Them to Nine.

The city council came together
Monday evening for the purpose OF
considering the application for per
mits to operate retail liquor places
in Oskaloosa under the new petition
of consent. Fifteen applications had
been fled with the city clerk, Tom
Carlin.
Under the provisions of the Moon
law and its peculiar phraseology re-
tail permits may be granted for only
each thousand persons OF a town or
corporation and may be granted to
persons only. -,..-..-.
In accordance with the terms OF
the law the city council took up the
petitions and nine of the first ten pc
titions considered were allowed per
mits and five remained that didn't
come to bat in the first inning. Then
followed statement by the mayor
that he would not sign all of the per
mits that had been allowed by the
council in it's vote. In other words,
Mayor Reynolds then and there serv-
ed notice that he would exercise his
veto on certain of the names present
ed In the list of council permits.
There we're other talks by attorneys
q. C. G. Phillips and u. G. Waggoner
and members of the council. Messrs.
Lafollet, Seibert, Campfield, Ander.
son and Blattner expressed views
Mayor Reynolds also had word or
two by way of suggestion.
Following the passage of the first
nine permits, Attorney Phillips took
occasion to state that the deal did
not look square. He said he did not
appeared to a dsinterested party that
the deck hadn't even been cut. He
did not intend to accuse the council
OF any unfair conduct, bue he said the
proceeding might look as If the list
had been allowed by Encouragement.
Points of law were then talked over.
Councilman Lafollet complained that
one of the oldest saloon men in the
city. Homer McMains, operator of the
Last Chance, had been shut out and
one of the most recent owners given
place. It did not look right to him.
The understanding was finally
reached that the council should pro
coed 10 wash it's hands nf the whole
affair and the responsibility should be
pitched up to the mayor to decide
- hr a nd
what places should not run. On res
olution the council thereupon proceed
ed to pass all of the petitions that
had been filed with the city clerk
and Mayor Reynolds, on some date
this week will prepare his reto Of
the permits of the places that will
remain closed
The council reconsidered the per
NIT Of James Black, proprietor of the
Sunny Jim" saloon on South First
street. This permit had been laid ON
the table when it was reached in the
list. In the reconsideration Mr.. Black
was voted a permit along with the
other places
The first ten places taken up for
consideration we're;
!. Dennis Raglan
g. e. D. Nugent on High avenue
west
g. Robert Milner
T. John C. Dow
s. Lou Mitchell.
g. lanes Black.
T. A. Roesch
g. viii BeadIe. in the Howar block
o. J. r. Harrison, The Turf
10. l.. J. StoIer
The Black petition was tabled, the
nine other were allowed.
After the discussion the following
we're taken mp and petitions allowed
Homer McMains, The Last
Chance.
!. Osborn. Golden Grain Belt.
C.. f.. Mickey, The Bodega'
William Beadle, South A street.
f.. u. Nugent. the Arcade
Jim Black. The Sunny Jim'