Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-01-23
BAR. BOYS OUT
OF POOL HALLS
CITY COUNCIL PASSES ORDI.
NANCE IN WHICH AGE LIMIT
IS PLACED At 1e YEARS..
WILL uQU|DATE BONDS
Indebtedness of the City Will Be Re-
duced by Ten Thousand Dollars,
Thus Saving Five Hundred Dollars
in Interest AnnuaiIy-May Change
Method Of Collecting Taxes.


At the regular weekly meeting of
the city council, held last night, the
special committee appointed to inves.
tigate the situation with reference to
pool halls, and comprising Aldermen
Traywick, Brice and WINS, reported
an ordinance which had been prepared
by the city attorney, the provisions of
which make it a misdemeanor for the
proprietors of pool halls to permit
minors under the age of 18 years to
frequent their places. ProprietOrs of
the several pool halls were present
and stated that the ordinance me-.
with their entire approval. :
Early Closing Laid Over.
The suggestion Of Mayor Marshall
that the pool halls should be COM
PEELED to close at some specified hour
came up for discussion. 1t was the
opinion Of the mayor that the closing
hour should be o'clock on all nights,
with the exception of Saturday night,
when they might be permitted to re-
main over for an hour or two longer.
The pool room men stated that their
desire to remain open without restric-
tion arises from the fact that many
men in the city now work different
shifts and the shifts Of some are such
as to make it impossible for them to
take their recreation during the day
or early evening After considerable
discussion, the matter was laid on the
able for the present.
Would Stop Gambling.
The special pool room committee
asked that the city attorney be in
structed to see If some means can
not be invoked for the prohibition of
gambling on pea pool.
Garbage Ordinance.
Acting City Attorney DeKalb stated
that he had prepared a rough draft of
an ordinance on the garbage question
and requested that the sanitary COM
mittee confer with him on the sub
ject. 1t is desired to arrange some
manner of disposing of all garbage
promptly and thus keek the city clean
Reduce the Indebtedness.
City Treasurer d'Autremont noti-
fled the council that the city had the
option, on March /. of redeeming $1O,.
600 of the initial bond issue, which is
bearing interest at the rate of per
cent. The matter was referred to the
finance committee, comprising Alder
men TrayWick, Sutter and WINS. This
committee today took the matter up
with the city treasurer and found that
there is now in the sinking fund the
sum of $4,000. 1t has been decided
to pay off the $4,000 in bonds and
thus save the city $500 in interest an.
nually.
Change in Tax Collection.
The finance committee will also
recommend to the council that the
collection of all taxes due the city be
placed in the hands of the city treas
WV. A1o - uOW ldhcu care OF Dy
the county treasurer. This matter
will be worked out after a conference
with the county treasurer.
Want First Avenue Opened.
Messrs. Walter Smith and Andrew
Green presented petitions for the
opening up Of First avenue from Main
street to the northern limits of the
city. That street now ends in a morass
in the northern part of the city and
the Great Northern Railroad company
has purchased all of the land in that
part OF the city. The matter will be
thoroughly threshed out at a future
meeting. Attorney o. w. Belden in
formed the council that the chief en-.
gineers of the Great Northern will
soon be In the city to confer with the
council as to their plans for buildins
through the city. At that time the
council will go over the entire route.
so as to be thoroughly informed on
the subject before taking final action
concerning the right of way matters.
c. H. Seeley requested the city to
take some action toward properly
draining that section of the city where
Third avenue and Washington street
intersect each other. The street and
alley committee will take care of this |
matter.
A charge was presented to the coun-
Gil against Acting Chief of Police |
Joseph Friels, In which the officer is |
accused of brutally treating a prisoner |
in his custody. Referred to the police !