The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
MOVIES And Lights
Two Much Mooted Questions Settled
BY City Council,

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! Oskaloosa city councilmen cele-
brated the last regular meeting of
the year 1914 at the city hall Mon.
iday evening BY drawing their pay
! for twentyFseVen council sessions
and three board of health meetings,
a sum total Of $4,000 for those who
had no absences. sCouncilmen are
much like human beings around
about Christmas time, they like a
| little extra money for spending pur-
lpOses. .gH..
Movie managers were at the SEES.
sion in force Monday evening to pro-
test against the collection of license
fees charged by city ordinance. The
show men are in arrears. They
asked for q reduction in the license
some time back. The license re-
CURED by ordinance Is $500 pay
able quarterly in advance. No other
town or city in Iowa makes such q
charge and many places ask no Ii.
cense. In addition ii Is said that
the opera house has been paying no
license whatever, getting by on pa
per, as it we're. The theatre oper.
ators stated they had no objection
Ito paying fifty dollars per year, but
with the new war tax of fifty plunks
and the city license one hundred,
they couldn't swim. They wanted
the privilege of paying another $25.
added to like amount paid earlier
IN the season and obtain autaorIza-
tion from the mayor to operate up
to April 1, 1915. The council want.
ed the boys to pay up what was due
on the old basis and every one
start new again under q new ordir-
ance, but this the picture men OBJ
jected to- ,,a
= w. l.. Neagle was fortified with
facts and figures showing how 9th.
er towns stood and several OF tae
councilmen. asked Questions or took
sides! They claimed they could not
settle the way the film peipie de.
sire, as 1t would be Illegal After
much debate, pro and con, Wells
moved that new ordinance be
drafted making the license $500
per annum, somewhere near what
other towns We're charging. All.
though no record is made of the
transaction the mayor was told to
go ahead and settle book accounts
lre and the new deal will start
April I, 1916. ,..M. . ,'.a.a .Sr.
Manager A. H. r. Jackson, of the
Fraction & Light company, came be.
tore the city council asking that
some action be taken toward settle.
nent for the current used In the
electroliers Of the new white way,
he matter being continued from the
irst regular session of the month.
rhe resolution offered at the meet
ng Of December Z was for five dol.
aFs per post each month, or at the
ate of $4,000 per year. d.. ~.
Mr.. Brewer objected a, to this and
opposed action. He had obtained
rates for electrolier service in
humber of towns of the state and Of
Tered these in. support of his contan,
ton that OskaloOsa should obtain
he service at $48.0O, the Mason City
rate. Discussion ensued. Mr.. Jack.
son, James A. Dewitt, H. II. Sheriff
and members of the council talking.
Conditions in Mason City and Oska.
oosa were shown to be dissimilar.
Mason City uses a cheap, but more
effective fuel than that In use In the
ocal plant, etc.
Williams moved that the city
'lerk and the mayor enter into con-
ract for the city upon the basis of
5000 per post per year for term
IL two years. In seconding tie mo-
ion Mr.. sLafollette, of the First
ward stated that tie light was one
VI the best things the city of Oska-
oosa had ever obtained; as an ad.
yertisement 1t was worth all it cost.
hat the people wanted the light
we're satisfied with it; that he saw
10 taxpayers before the council pro.
esting against it, but on the contra.
y business men were saying go
head" In addition 1t had been I'M
lerspood by himself and BY other
members of the council when the
lew service was ordered by the
ouncil that the rate per post was to
'e $4,000 and the people went ahead
vita that understanding.
Mr.. Williams defended his position
n similar talk and the question
vas put to vote, the record of which
ihows Messrs. Williamst Lafollette,
toberts and Wells voting for It and
Brewer, MendenHall and Penders
gainst 1t. And the motion was de
Jared carried. ~ 49,.
c, Winter desires to sell the city
ONE garbage cans. A special COM
nitted RobertS Lafollette and
Wells was appointed to look into the
ans and determine if the city need.
d the same.
New lights, on order of the coun.
IL, are to be placed at the intersec.
ion OF Eleventh avenue and F st.
Eleventh avenue and Seventh st.
X avenue and Third st.
Sixth avenue and Sixth st.
J Numerous other detail matters
'ere taken up in turn, including the
emi-monthly claims list and some
AK matters, etc, etc., and adjourn.
lent was brought about at 1O:S6
clock ,s