Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-06-06
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Dog Ordinance Passed & S
Ordinance A4, reguiating the licans-
ting Of dogs which had been laid over
from the previous NEE TING, was brot
up for Its Anal reading but died
sasbornin' ''' soniinissio Snyder,
who at the previous reading thought
that the amounts of 81 for male and
81 for female dogs, added to the
county tax, was q little excessive. Mr..
ICountryman was Of the same opinion.
Mr. Bush really favored II as read on
even possibly more, SO far as he was
Econcerned. After further discussion
of the matter motion WAS made that
tsamounts be reduced to so cents for
males and $1 for females, which was
seconded As the old ordinance was
for the same amount OF license. City
attorney cFarland said its was not
necessary TO pass and publish another
Iordinance, which was acted upon ac-s
lscordingly
Haxsar Merchandls sire. ~ I
ordirssnce AS, oduced by Mr..
Snyder at the previous meeting was
lagain brought up for Its final read
/ ing. Mr.. Snyder at the previous meet
ling, and after he had introduced the
orsiinance thought that perhaps as its
was to regulate the license Ito be-
paid by outsiders who came into the
city to carry on sales Of merchandise,
fruit and other articles that are many
times shipped into a city, and which
stocks are not replenished and is In
direct compel etition with the home mef-
chant, had made motion that
1.-THE ordinance be laid on the table.
that the members OF the Merchants
Association might be talked with re-
1gerding what should be best and most,
equitable for all concerned. AT this
meeting several of the merchants
A were present Charles p. Park was
called on and said that he was not
here to ask for the passage OF an or,
dinance that was not equitable 70 ALI.
a that the trouble with the question
4 was that those who lived outside Of
the state shipped In merchandise,
A 3fruit ana other commodities and sold
them a. higher prices than the home
merchant asked for the same article.
4 He mentioned an instance where sew
4 eral hundred pairs Of blankets were
sold in this city last fall, at a price
4 which was 26 cents more than any
store in Watertown charged. A short
4 time ago man went about the city
4 taking orders for honey-aot a bit
better In quality than was sold In this
i city by the merchants, still the agent
sold his article for several cents q
B pound more than the home merchant
icharges. He stated that In the case
3; OF fruit, which many people believed
s was sold SO much cheaper from the
car than by the merchant, was gem
q orally FIRST crop. and was not of the
4 best quality. He believed the out
4 slider should pay an equitable license,
4 Tor in other words, tax. to sell their
. goods In the city. A tax Of $40 for
one day was not much when it js
iconsidered the boxcar merchant will
4 sell enough goods in two or three
J, days to clear up 500 or $500. II the
home merchant cleared that in q
!, month he was doing good business
I The home merchant IVES one who
{ Ipaid taxes, made donations for this
4 and that and when Improvements fol
the cityand otherwise were wanted,
j the home merchant was here and Was
|, asked to dig up. BY the month, the
!. tax tor boxcar or transient merchan
J dising was $50, So q day and that did
!, not look like a very heavy assessmen!
h to him.
h Other merchants present talked on
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