The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-07
Has Box Passed With His Compli-
ments Indicating He Will Con-
troll a. Formerly.
PATTERSON SHOWS ARE COMING
Granted Privilege Of Using Streets
July Is to 10 Under Bond to
City Of 5000.

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With but one dissenting vote, that
OF r. W. Hannah, the city council
last night granted liquor license to
Duncan McDougal. The license will
allow him to open a saloon in the
Lake Shore hotel on May and run
for one year. This is the location
used by Louis Anderson before his Ii
lcense was revoked.
Within three minutes after
the license had been granted, q
box Of cigars was passed to the
councilmen with the compli-
ments Of Louis Anderson. An
derson is at present serving q
county jail sentence, having
been found guilty Of law viola
lions. His license was revoked
BY the mayor. By granting a
license to Duncan McDougal, the
council allows Louis Anderson to
resume business.
When the application was read by
City Clerk Stein, l.. r. Johnson asked
If McDougal had been Investigated.
Vouched For By Smart.
He's all right" said Tom Smart. :
Il think the council should not
grant a license to take the place of
one that has been revoked, . said Mr..
Hannah. 'tIn this way we can grad
ually reduce the number of saloons
This man is here ready to pay
$780," replied Mr.. Smart. Il say We
get all the money that we can. The
city is taking no chances"
Some things cannot be measured
by dollars. The police force can't
handle the number of saloons we
have today. The mayor says So
Parker said SO when he was mayor.
The best interests of the city will be
served by keeping the number re-
duced." This from Mr.. Hannah.
"We have the same police force
now that we had ten years ago and
nobody was killed or injured then"
said Mr.. Smart.
Hannah replied, "The court records
will not bear you out in that state
ment.''
Following the granting of the Ii
cense to McDougal, renewal was
granted to Larkin and Dale.
No Comment on Higher License.
Ordinance 81. which il passed. will
gradually raise the liquor license
here from $500 to $1,000 had its
first reading last night but provoked
no comment. It will come up at the
meeting June for third reading and
a vote.
Patterson Shows Coming.
BY unanimous vote, the council
decided to allow the use of parts of
Fourth and Fifth streets to the Pat
terson shows from July Is to 10.
The carnival company is to pay IL
cense of SIS, per day and to furnish
a bond of $1,000 to idemnify the city
against any loss occurring az q re-
suit OF the carnival. A. communf-
cation from the advance agent was
read in which he said that the COM
pany carried $50 people and would
arrive in q train Of twenty-one cars.
It was also voted to construct the
road around the south shore Of Lake
Irvine that was asked for some time
ago. This road will furnish an exit
for the farmers living on the south
shore Of the lake The city engineer
was instructed to lay out the road
and then bids will be called for.
Will Have No Rest Room.
Because OF the expense involved,
the committee appointed to investi-
gate the advisability Of establishing
q municipal rest room reported adj
versely. The Crookston Lumber COM
pany offered to stand half Of the ex.
pense Of using the reading room asa
rest room. provided the Bemidt
Lumber company and the city would
split tho other half. TIE Bemidji
people did not see their WAY clear 70
come In ct this time 90 that the en-
lcontinusd o lest pase