The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
New Law Raps
The Open Dance
From Mondays Daily.

| From Mondays Daily.
Not at all discouraged over the in
efficiency of the old ordinance that
refused to regulate the pool halls i'll
| Mankato, City Attorney Arthur Schaub
| came to the council meeting this
morning with some amendments and
additions TO the present ordinance
that will make it comply with the
state law and ii gives special pro-
| lection to the student classes OF this
city. lie. also brought in an ordi-
nance that will regulate the public
dance halls of the city. Hereafter
people giving public dances in this
city will be compelle to pay a fee
of $40 per dance, if this ordinance
becomes effective and it will bar
the sale, Or the bringing to the
| hall of any intoxicating liquors and
will prohibit girls uner the age Of
| eighteen from attending the dances. 1t
also leans against the new dances
| tango, exc. This new ordinance is
not aimed at the dances given by
the lodges or the social organiza.
tions. Both of these ordinances were
given their first reading this morn
| ing.
Will Have Waiting room.
Permission was granted to the
Mankato Electric Traction company
to erect waiting room at the Sib
| ley park end of the line This struc-
ture will be 6 by % feet and will
be arranged SO that it can be COM
pletely closed in the cold weather
and opened, for the summer months.
1t will be placed on the portion of
Spence street near the Omaha road
and will be two feet inside of the
sidewalk line.
The Sisters Of the Mother House
,sent a request to the council to in
stall an, arc light. at the corner of
| Fifth and Ruth streets so that they
could have, light when it was neces-
sary to make, trips to and from the
place, in the hours of darkness. The
| light would be on the hill leading
up to the mother house from Fourth
street. The communication was re-
ferred to Mayor A. G. Meyer and
+ the lighting committee.
The Compensation Law. -
Councilman A. G. Lack brought
up the subject Of the liability of the
city, under the new Workman's COM
pensation law. and advised that the
city do something in the matter at
! once. Mayor Meyer said that the
! city of Minneapolis is trying to deter,
mine wAMher the, police officers of
the city are employees or whether
they are officials, and said that the
supreme court would render a dec
sion on the case this week and that
pending. the decision he wanted to
wait. a t.,.s.,
The commissioners looked at the
plans and the specifications that Ed
Austin had submitted to the council
for the remodsling of the barn on
Jackson street. City Attorney Schaub
said that the plans and the specifica-
lions were all to the good and that
If the house was built according to
the plans that it would be all right
! City Engineer BloQmquist will prob
ably issue the permit and the coun-
Gil may confirm it at their next meet.
ing, and they may not.
Granted Liquor, Licenses.
Joseph Stahl and J. p. Dineen were
granted liquor licenses, at this morn,
ing's meeting they. having furnisher
the proper bond. ]. Dixon and Son
will also be granted a license as soon
as their bond. arrives. ..a
C. F. Huntley was given license
to buy and sell junk The city
clerk and treasurers reports were
accepted and placed on file.
John G.. Gerlich reported the Elks
/ water meter for speeding and said
that il had run up bill of SIS in
two months. which was too much.
City Engineer II. f. Bloomquist was
asked to do traffic officers duty and
reduce the, speed of the unruly meter.
City Engineer II. F. Bloomauist re-
ported issuing the following building
| permits, both Of. them being outside
the fire limits. g,
Charles RAINY. all north of S 100
/ feet of N 1859 acres of S $50 acres
of w 10 acres of S w II OF s Wa,
town 1OS, range &c. section IS, frame
dwelling, "a by % feet, estimated
cost $500: T. and A. Iceberg. w. 5215
feet and N 10 feet of E 52lb feet of
lot Z. block So, city of Mankato. one
and one-half story frame addition, IA
by "a. estimated cost $1,000.
All of the commissioners were pres
apart for the use of the worship
ent at this mornings meeting with
the exception of Robert Bradley who
telephoned i'm from Madison Lakeland
reported that he. had a sick automo-
bile out there and couldn't get to
the meeting.
! With Deputy Sheriff Albert Ner-
dahl, Sehriff O. r. Sunday Of Rem
vile county holding the leashes, the
Blue, Earth county blood hounds
achieved another victory to so with
| their long record when they trailed
down sick woman who had wan
dered away from her home in the
neighborhood of Buffalo Lake.