The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-02
MEDICINE MEN
 OFF THE STREETS
COUNCIL CUTS DOWN REVENUE IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE
 MEDICINE VENDORS.
Busy Session Of the City Council in Which Many Important Actions
 Are Taken for Administration.

Medicine vendors must get off the streets. Last night at the regular monthly meeting of the city council, Alderman Ellis introduced and the council passed a resolution which pro hibits the sale or advertising or giving away of patent medicines or drugs on the streets of the city.
 Mayor Waters stated that when he went into office there were two medi- cine vendors here, operating for 70 each per month lie did not want them here, and ordered their removal. Later they went ont and got the con sent of druggists to operate, and of. fered to pay SlOO each per month. or $2,i00 per year to the city. and he let them operate.
 He stated that he did not favor the sale of medicines on the streets, but that they could rent room anywhere and operate without paying the city anything, as some others did. He called attention of the council to sev- eral medicines sold here from rooms, anu the city got no revenue whatever With the cutting down of many other revenues. and with Hale and his hatchet.' said the mayor, ''it was al most necessary to take this revenue when the opportunity offered"
 Alderman Ellis and Alderman Wei mar both agreed that the revenue was necessary, but the medicine vendors were preaching against treatments here as prescribed by the physicians, and were knocking the city and its waters, and should be removed. AL derman Ellis also stated that no pat ent medicine vendor, whether in a room or not, had the right to pre- scribe his remedies without having physician in charge, and the law in this respect was being violated all the time "The prosecuting attorney could find violations of this every day said Mir. Ellis, If he was not too busy with other affairs"
 | Mayor Waters acquiesced in the | purpose of the resolution, saying while the city needed the money, arrange ments could probably be made to get along without it and no further pay ments would be received from them. II There were present at the council, l Aldermen Ellis, Horner, Ledwidge, Burgauer Mclaughlin, Shepherds 1 Rigsbee, Weimar. Gunther, Mooney and Petit
 "A resolution was read for side walk on the north siie of Benton street from Cottage to Pleasant Adopted
 petition was read from H. E, Cald well. asking that drumming license be transferred. Passed.
 A petition was read from the sixth ward asking chat smith street be graded Referred to streets and at leys committee
 A petition was read from the resi- dents oG blocks lt6 to l2., asking that steps be taken for a sewerage system. Referred to the mayor and city at torney
 A petition was read asking for side walks on the north side of East Grand avenue Referred to city en- 1 eineer with instructions to make grade.
 A resolution was read for side. walk on Quapaw avenue from Violet to Fern streets. Adopted II A petition for a general sewer dis trict along ouaohita and West Grand was read and referred to the mayor and city attorney
 A resolution was read asking the board of public affairs to advertise for
 bids for sidewalks on certain lots in blocks TIT f79, tS0 t90 Amended to single lot and adopted A resolution was read authorizing the board of public affairs to adyer tise for bids for police patrol wagon Adopted
 A resolution was read for fire hy drants at Pleasant ana Palmetto streets and at Holly and Poplar
 streets and at Wilmington avenue and Woodhne Referred to fire com mittee
 The report of the city treasurer showed a cash balance of Si.S75.35.