Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-26
STREETS SHOWLO7
Council Heeds Not Appeal Ask
ing For Reversal ofAction.
CLUB REPRESENTATIVES, TALK.
Aldermanic Body Having Granted Use
of Streets to Carnival Keeps
Faith.

The city council met in special ses.
sion last Friday evening, upon call
of Mayor Van Orsdel the object be-
ing the reconsideration of its previous
action relative to granting use OF
streets for carnival purposes. The
Chautauqua interests objected to the
Pollow & McClalland Carnival COM
pany exhibiting in Dallas the week
prior to their entertainment, and re-
quested that the aldermanic body re-
scind its order giving certain streets
over to this purpose. In this the
band, which has contracted with
another carnival company for week
in July, joined
In opening the meeting Mayor Van
'Orsdel asked Mr. Miles, representing
the Commercial club, to state his po-
sition relative to the council S ac-
ton, and this the gentleman did brief
iy He avered that the city could
not afford to allow anything to inter
fere with the Chau -auqua !; it being a
great institution and standing for the
best things it should be backed and
protected by the people of the com
munity. The show, he said, would
endanger its success, and place in
jeopardy the chances for creating the
guarantee fund, amounting to $500.
Of the sixty-four towns in the Chau-
tauqua circuit, Dallas is the smallest
in point of population, and the guar
antee can be reached only through
non-interference. Concluding his re-
marks, Mr.. Miles beseeched the
council to rescind its previous ac-
ton.
Mr.. John Miller, also representing
the Commercial club, and likewise
the interests of the Dallas band, spoke
against the measure as. adopted, and
in SO doing stated that he represented
the sentiment Of the Commercial
club.
Alderman Sibley demonstrated
against the protest made by the repre-
sentatives of the commercial organi-
zation, expressing regret that he
could not agree with their attitude.
The council, he said, had granted the
privileges Of the streets to the carni-
val company, there had been no OBJ
lection to such action at the time,
and on the faith of that permit the
company had completed its arrange
ments to come here, and consequent
ly he did not deem it wise to rescind
the order. In reply to Mr.. Miles re-
mark about interference, the alder
man contended that if the Chautau-
qua could not compete with five and
ten-cent show it would not endure
very long at best. The carnival, he
said, is a children s show, while the
Chautauqua is for adults. He pro-
tested against the council taking
further action in the premises. Mr..
Sibley believed that the city should
keep faith, after having made the
grant, and in this he was supported
by Alderman Westover.
Alderman Young favored rescind-
ing the action taken, saying in sup
port of his position that he had not
the situation when he vot-
ed on the proposition to give use of
the streets. He said, after applaud
ing the Chautauqua enterprise, that
some things in the council had been
worked cutely," and that he did not
hesitate to reverse his former action
He thought that he knew where the
had originated, and sug-
gested that the town needed some
thing uplifting morally and not so
great a regard for the dollars. He
anything that would
tend to injure the Chautauqua.
Alderman Westover objected to AL
lerman Young's insinuation that un-
lerhanded methods had been pursued
n granting the right of the streets.
he referred to the Moose as being
worthy order, at which juncture the
mayor informed the alderman that :
Mr.. Young had no reference to the
Moose, but failed to inform to whom ,
he allusion was made.
In order to get the question formal
Y before the council Mayor Van
)rsdel advised a motion to rescind,
nd Alderman Young moved that the
Iction of the council in granting the |
Ise of streets for carnival purposes q
'e rescinded, and the motion was Q
supported by Alderman I
Barber. Before the vote on the mo- '