The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-20

OF macs dslU iuis VIII I1t- IA .tDi
,nisaahle IN the city a snfiieient
OF garbage cans viii be putg
10 use and tho cleaning o. the cans
enforced. Privies, cesspoois or prI.1
vate sewers will have to be kept
in the most sanitary condition and
cannot be installed within twenty
feet of any street.
..'. For Barn Refuse.
Boxes shall be provided for the
barn refuse which boxes must be
cleaned at reasonable intervals and
nothing but the barn refuse must be
put into them. ScavengerS must
use tight boxed wagons to prevent
their contents from spilling on the
streets. No privy or private sewer
can be cleaned without a permit
from the health commission. The
ordinance will also enforce the anti
splitting law. Death certificates will
be given by the board of health and
when the person had died from the
effects Of any contagious disease the
remains cannot be carried through
the streets without a permit from
the health commission. Livery rigs
used by persons who have been ex'
posed to the contagious disease
which may have caused the death
of the person whose funeral they
are attending will be disinfected
after the funeral. In fact, to put the
gist of the proposed ordinance in
a nutshell, it will provide for the
enforcement of strict sanitary cOndl.
tons all over the city. ..
Conditions in Easements.
Theodore Williams, the insurance
man, appeared before the council
and spoke on the dangerous condi'
tons which prevail in some base
ments in Mankato on account OF
poor wiring and the presence OF rub
! Dish which makes danger from fire
| imminent If the proposed ordinance
Is passed it will remedy in a large
measure the conditions of which Mr.
Williams spoke. Anton Mayer, 81;
North Second streets, asked the
council for relief in regard to the
unsanitary condition in the junk
yards near his residence. He says
that the junk men have piled
quantity of old bones in the yard
the stencil Of which endangers The
public health as well as making resi-
dence in the neighborhood very
unpleasant. He also complained tha
the high board fence around the
junk yard was too close to the side
walk and INSTRUCTED the view from
other parts of the street. The mat
ter was referred to City Attorney
C. o. Daley
A petition signed by thirteen
property owners was presented b!
C. e. Keith, which asked that al
electric arc lamp be put in at thu
intersection of Highland avenue AM
Weaver street. 1t was referred Il
Commissioner Bangerter. City war
rants 36, 81 and SO have been takel
up by the city treasurer, amountin!
to $4,000. The action was approved
w. ]. Pierce, manager of tn
Wonderland and Unique theatres
stated today that the American
Amusement company is going to pu
$4,000 in the motion picture thea
tire which will be built on the 10
leased from J. T. McCleary. TIL
lot is now vacant and Mr.. Pierre
says that work on the new structure
will be begun about the first of thu
year. He says that the BUILDING
will be 1874 feet long, fifty fee
wide and will seat 1,OS7 persons. l
will have a stage large enough 81
that if necessary vaudeville stunts
can be put on to the best advan
tage A full equipment of scener.
will be secured. The building viii
have a balcony and two boxes oil
each side Of the stage. Fifteen cent
will be charged for box seats blu
the rest Of the house will be solt
at the regular ten cent rate.
Plans for the theatre are not ye
complete but it will probably b.
built more than one story high an;
office rooms will be rented on tn
upper floors. Regular theatre chair
will be used throughout. An invis
ible heating system and a magniil
cent electric lighting system will b.
installed 1t will be equipped witt
two motion picture machines so tina
; if one becomes unruly and refuse
to work during show the othe
can be Immediately brought into &C
ton. At the completion of this play
house the Wonderland will be closed
When the building is finished Man
kato will have the finest and larges
exclusive motion picture theatre il
the state. Mr. Pierce will be tn
, manager.
: Has anyone called you up by tele
phone recently and asked if you wer
going to be home, or If there wer
any men in your family or for othe
information about your household
and then hung up without giving an
satisfaction? If they have you ma
be on the lists of the burglars, VIII
have adopted this plan in other cite
not far from here in getting informa
, ton.
; In some cases parties have calle
and finding some one at home to ar
swer the call, have asked some irrelt
want question about the location Q
, some store or building and the
hung up. It might be we'll il you re
oe &c u n coll ha n