Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-07-27

TIE residents of the vicinity of
Cauthorn's Hill on Baseball Park, "
lave petition the city council to en-
ploy means whereby order may be
preserved among the negroes who
use the park for Sunday baseball. TIL
park is situated In the northwest par
Of the city and the residents have
appealed to the city authorities
through petition signed by almost a
hundred of these citizens.
In their petition, the citizens Of
this vicinity charge that the noise
the negroes make when attending
their Sunday games and the bolster
GUS way in which they conduct them
selves at these weekly entertainment
constitute public nuisance and be-
lieve should be prohibited by law and
the public authorities.
On motion of J, o. Tinsley, of
the Third Ward, Mayor Potts in
structed the city marshal to preserve
order and ON motion of Leo Hanley,
of the Second Ward, the city will
furnish Chief of Police Brown a
horse during the ball season so that
he may conveniently visit the ball
grounds and preserve order.
The city has started move to
give Mexico better lights. With this
in view, Mayor Potts has written to
mayors of other cities concerning the
public lighting methods. To one of
his inquiries, Mayor w. ]. Craven, of
Excelsior Springs, has replied as fol-
lows:
"Our posts in the business streets
of the city are about so feet apart
andare made posts of 4, 8 and 2in.
piping. These are paid for by the
business men ON the street at $500
each per month. We have similar
lights on Dunbar Boulevard to the c.
M. & st. P. depot. The posts are
about 200 feet apart and each has 3
lights on it, burn till midnight and
one burns the balance of the night.
For these the city pays $500 per
post per month"
The water and light committee was
instructed to investigate the proposi-
tion of better lights.
A protest to the paving of North
Clark from the Clark avenue bridge
to Monroe street was presented to
the council Monday evening. Messrs.
Tinsley, Taylor and Sanford were
named members of committee to
examine the petition. The professors
are j. B. Armstrong, H. l. Turley,
A. NJ. Trimble, Episcopal Church,
Alex Carter for Jail, Nate Phillip,
Mrs. |. Silverstein, 81 Phillip, Maur-
ice Phillip.
Miscellaneous Proceedings.
Resolutions TO extend the water
mains on the Boulevard and on North
Wade street were passed.
The ordinance to construct sew
er on East Love street was passed.
Messrs. Sanford, Ballew and Han
ley were named members of COM
mittee to perfect a compromise on
the w. II. White walk on Western
avenue.
Bills to the amount of $2S9.65 were
allowed.
The following letter from L. d. WI
liams, formerly of this city, will be
of much interest to his many friends
here. To those who did not know
this genial Missourian, for we claim
him still, his letter will also inter
est, telling, as it does, of the West
and its progress.
San Diego, July IT, 1911.
Mr., r. M. White,
Mexico, Mo,
Dear sir
Enclosed find one dollar to pay our
subscription for the Ledger for one
year. We feel now as though we
can not do without 1t.
San Diego is booming now and will
be for some time. We are celebrating
the Ground Breaking of our Big Fair
to be held in 1915. We expect thous
ands of people here this week. Some
of whom will remain We are grow
ing very rapidly now and the growth
is substantial. Our building permits
issued this year are almost three
millions.