The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-20
ANTI-FREE LUNCH ACT
NOT FAVORED BY DADS
From Mondays Daily.


lunch ordinance by the present coun
Gil At this mornings meeting, tn,
proposed ordinance. drafted by Cit,
Attorney Schaub at the request of ,
committee OF the Mankato Retail
Liquor Dealers association, did no
seem TO have one friend. Council
man Lack was absent. The res
all let the matter be tabled.
The proposed ordinance provides
that no free lunches shall be seryet
I'm any OF the saloons OF the cit,
and provides n penalty OF fine o.
SIS to 500 or Imprisonment not Il
exceed ninety days
Mayor Meyer remarked that {
farmer not long ago told him tina
IL II were not for the service Of
free lunches In the city, II would
not be so hard to get men to &c
out and work on the farms. They
would not find It so easy to be fed
in the city. However, the mayor did
not seem at all eager to put the or
dinance through. He said that he
had been informed that the saloon
keepers were unanimously in favor
OF cutting out the free lunches, and
he thought they could take that
action themselves without the coun.
ell passing any ordinance. All they
wanted the ordinance for, Il seemed.
was to keep any member from break.
ing through the agreement.
Councilmen Gerlich and Bradley
both expressed themselves to the
effect that this was a matter that the
saloonkeepers might just as well take
care Of themselves through their own
organization.
Turned Down License.
An application was read from the
General Amusement company OF
Chicago and Lesvenworth. Kan, for
a license to give an exhibition in
Mankato during the week OF June
s, 1914. The company offered to
pay a license fee OF s25 per day.
This company has exhibited In Man.
kato before. A request was read
from the United Commercial Travel.
ers Of Mankato asking that the
license be not granted. as that was
the week during which the Grand
council of that order was 10 have
a meeting in Mankato. and as sew.
ersl hundred travelling men we're
expected in the city, the other show
would be a decided handicap. Ac.
cordingly the license was refused
for that week, but IL is likely that
the council would give the company
another week, IL one should be ap-
piled for.
A communication from the Ladies'
Relief society. commencing the city
authorities for the effectual work
that had been done in keeping
minors, habitual drunkards and
others out of saloons, was read and
placed on file. The mayor said n
was indeed pleasant to get a compli.
ment once in a while.
a letter was read from Captain A.
o. Scott Of the local militia CON-
pany. asking that the city furnish
additional aid for the new armory
Captain Scott said $1,000 was a
large sum to raise locally and there
was $500 yet to be raised.
The city gave the lot for the Arm
DRY, this amounted to a donation
of $4,000. The state has given
$4,000.
Councilman Gerlich said Captain
Scott had told him that II the city
would add $4,000 to what had been
subscribed, the company would re-
lease the city from the obligation OF
providing janitor service for the new
building.
Mayor Meyer in Doubt.
Mayor Meyer expressed some
doubt as 10 whether the city was
under AMI such obligation. The council
referred the whole matter to City
Attorney Schaub to see just how the
law stood In regard to the matter.
The question was raised also as TO
whether the city could legally do
more than to donate a site for the
building. Mr.. Schaub said the city
could also aid In the construction Of
the building.
On application license was grant
ed to Roy Lusk to hold a public
dance in Richards hall on the even.
ing Of February 90.
A request was received from
George Anderson, who recently
bought out the pool room and to-
bacco store Of Aldo & Shana on
South Front street, for a transfer
OF the pool room and cigarette n.
censes OF the sellers TO the pur.
chaser. II was found that the pool
room license could not be transfer.
red, as the law made no uroyision for
that. so a motion was passed to give
the sellers rebate for the unex.
pired period and grant a new license
TO the buyer. The cigarette license
was transferred as requested.
Transferred the Licenses.
The saloon license held by George
Klages at s11 North Front street
was transferred by request to his
uncle. George Klages. as the nephew
has undertaken TO run another saloon
on the same street The R-Cade sa.
loon license, 427 South Front street,
was transferred by request from NJ.