The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-02
BAND MUSIC FOR SICK,
PLEA MADE TO COUNCIL
From Mondays Daily.

ell passed unanimously the new or
dinance relating to pool playing by
minors and cigaret smoking in the
pool halls. BY this ordinance it is
unlawful for anyone under twenty
one years of age to play pool, bill
lizards or ten pins In any public
place or enter q pool or billiard hal
without a written permit from his
parents which has been filed with
the city clerk, and a certificate given
for il. 1t IS also unlawful for any
of the pool hall proprietors to allow
any minors to play pool, or frequent
the pool halls without seeing the
certificate of permission. The Ordi
nance further provides that no one
minor or adult, may smoke cigarets
in any pool or billiard hall, and
that the proprietors may not allow
any cigaret smoking to be done. City
Attorney Schaub said that he had
conferred with the proprietors of the
pool halls and said that it met with
their approval. Any violation of the
ordinance may he punished by fine
of not more than 500 or ninety
days at hard labor.
Jack O'Brien and Wentheiser &
Deglman applied for licenses to sell
cigarets, and they were granted up
on the payment of the license fee
of $25
The plumbers ordinance was
passed as it was read before with
the exception of sections 23 and
"a, which provided rules and regula.
lions to govern the installation of
plumbing. These rules were cut
out, and the ordinance was passed
as it then stood. The rules and reg
alations will be left to the city en-
gineer to provide, and to give to
the plumbers.
Want Bandstand in Park.
Joseph Stahl brought. up the mat
ter of having the bandstand put on
the court house lawn and said that
he did not think that this would be
an appropriate place. He said that
the people who came to hear the
band would despoil the lawn, and
that benches could not be placed
there. He wanted the bandstand
put in Washington park, and EN-
phasized the fact that this location
near to the hospitals would be an
ideal place because the patients
would enjoy hearing the music very
much. He also said that benches
could be placed in the park and offered
to help pay for them. Ed. Schu-
macher voiced the same sentiments
as Mr.. Stahl. and said that as most
of the dinner pail class" live in
the north end of the city, it would
not be amiss to cater little to
their desires. They put in hard
work all day, and would appreciate
having the band play in their end
Of town very much He also
thought that benches should be put
in the park. A. F. SLIDER was of
the same opinion as the other two
gentlemen, and favored very much
the purchase of benches to be placed
around the band stand. DR.. A. G.
Liedloff agreed with Messrs. SLIDER,
Stahl and Schumacher. The com.
mittee which was appointed to look
into this matter, Robert Lamm, John
G. FGerlich and A. G. Lack, made no
report, but will continue in their in |
vestigations and report at the next |
meeting.
Wants an Armory Site.
Captain A. o. Scott asked the |
council to donate a site for a new
armory. He said that $4,000 to
build the armory was available from
the state provided the city furnished
the site and $1,000 The company,
he said would raise this $1,000, if
the city would provide a place to
erect the building. He said that
this would be very desirable build
ing for the city, as it would seat
from 1920 to $500 people, and that
all the large meetings and conven.
tons could be held in it. The coun-
ell took no action on the PROPOSE
ton, but will investigate the matter
as committee of the whole, and
get prices on several lots, which
might be suitable for the armory.
o. S. Doolittle, manager of the
Webb company at Allentown, Pa,
builders of fire fighting apparatus,
spoke briefly upon the merits of the
Webb fire truck, which he thinks
would satisfy the demands of the
city at this time in the way of a
motor driven chemical engine and
hose wagon. His company has
made bid for the construction of
this apparatus. No action was tax.
en- upon the bids at this meeting.
as the report from the hydraulic
engineer which will tell what i'm.
provements are necessary to lower
the insurance rate here, has not yet
arrived. The action on the bids was
delayed until May IL.
G. E. Charland furnished bond
OF $4,000 for the use of the streets
this summer wherever he may be
laying sidewalks. and he was given
permission to use the streets as
much as was necessary.
Sale of Fruit From Cars.
letter signed by F. A. Fisher. F.
M. Otto. H. Lester Davies and N.
Peterson, a committee from the
Commercial club and Otto Brock.
meyer, president of the Mankato