The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-05-19
REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING WILL Be
HELD THIS MORN
Carnival Company Grafters Not to be
Permitted to Operate Any
Games. n
10 EvAsDNs OF THE LAW.
0ut-of- Town Sunday Visitors CON-
ment Favorably on Paducah's
Physical Appearance. IN

Many favorable comments were
made Sunday by out-of-town visitors
on the remarkable improved appear
ance in Cairo's physical condition.
Down town, instead of being clut-
tered up with refuse. boxes, barrels
and wagons was fairly clean. in fact.
the general effect was so noticeable
that where such obstacles still re-
manned that the few were not OBJ
served
1t is largely due to the spontaneous
voluntary movement of the citizens
of Cairo in recognition Of the efforts
of the administration to clean up the
city and give it a bright. clean ap-
pearance that this wonderful met
amorphosis has been effected within
ten or fourteen days.
Commissioners Feuchter and Hurd
have been freely complimented ON
the good work they have accomplish
ed, the former by managing his de-
partment until it now ranks as first
In the eyes OF the people. and the
latter by lending his department OF
the police in carrying out the wishes
of Commissioner Feuchter in regard
Ito notifying the public Of the neres-
slty of moving the ohstruetions by
arousing their civic pride.
While there still remains consiG-
cradle work to be done along this.
line, which will take time. it viii be
Eventually accomplished and the city
be all the better for ii.
The council will hold its regular
&eeky meeting this morning at II
o'clock. The only particular mat
ters that are positively known which
Iwill be presented for consideration
will be the reading and adoption
lof ordinances providing for several
offices, comptroller, city attorney,
city engineer. chief OF police, jailer
and possibly several others. Tie
commissioners are singularly silent
in regard to the matter of appoint
ments.
| There will be considerable local
Opposition exhibited II the carnival
company is permitted to operate any
candy or vase wheels, phoopla games
cane and knife racks, or any other
gaming device. owners of slot ma
chimes in two instances dragged
them out from retirement yesterday
and declared their intention of oper-
ating them with the gum attach
ments if the carnival grafters we're
permitted to set up their gaming de-
vices even though as subteriuge
the visitors sold gum or jewelry and
them made presents OF paddles.
One man, in discussing this eva
sion, said that under no circumstan
ces would he stand idly by and.
without uttering protest, permit
La gang OF carpet-hagging gamblers
to come to Cairo and tear OFF the
peoples money,
| He said that if any Cairo man at
tempted to operate sueh gaming de-
vices as the carnival people carry
with them, the carnival being used
as blind. simply for the purpose
of operating games. he would last
about as long as a clean shirt would
| in a SCOT factory
The man further said that cane
racks, ball spindles, poodle dogs, fish
ponds. pick outs, jingle boards,novel-
Ity shooting galleries hoopla games.
| with chewing gum and stun" tpho-
| ney 5ewelry costing SIS per toni.
were all classed as purely games OF
chance within the strict meaning OF
the law. no matter what was used in
connection with their operation to
blind the authorities and the public
| Chapter XXXvl, SIC Section 4.
jof the ordinances OF the city of Cal
lro fully covers the case.
The promoter of the carnival COM
pany had the audacity last night to
say that the council had granted the
company permission to operate the
| wheels II a piece Of gum or jewelry
was sold and the paddles given
laway. The fact OF the matter is
that the old council merely released