The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-23

For the first time I'm weeks there
was a meeting of the city council
without fireworks this morning. The
matter OF granting saloon license
TO Louis p. Kaufman, to do business
at 225 South Front street, the To-
cation of the saloon OF John C.. Hag-
en-, who recently lost his license on
account of having been convicted OF
selling liquor contrary to law, came
up and did not draw out a single
warm speech. The council passed
upon the application favorably. with
but one negative vote, that of Coun-
Gilman Bradley.
II will be remembered that when
the question OF granting license to
George Klages was up before the
council week ago. petition. cir
Culated by officers of the Mankato
Federation of Churches, that the H.
ccnse be refused. was presented to
the council. and little attention was
paid TO IL. The petition was not even
placed on file. The same petition al
cense TO Louis =. Kaufman. There
was no objection TO either OF the ap-
plicants. as TO their fitness, but the
contention was that the number OF
saloons I'm Mankato should be re-
Guced, and not kept up to the legal
maximum of twenty-seven.
Has Fought the Place.
Councilman Lack asked Mr.. Kauf
man whether he had actually bought
cut Mr. Hagen. or was merely GO
ing TO run the saloon for him under
another name. Mr.. Kaufman said he
could show the banking papers that
proved that 81. coo in cash had actually
been paid NJ. Hagen for the stock,
and that the rest of the purchase
money would be paid latter.
Attorney G. J. Laurisch said he
new Mr.. Kaufman well and did not
hesitate to state that he was
good citizen.
The new ordinance forbidding sa-
loonkeopers to allow minors or ha-
bitual drunkards TO stay in their
FALCONS and forhidding such persons
TO loiter in saloons was given It's
second reading, and was passed as
amended to give the court the option
of sentencing violators to prison
without the privilege of paying a fine
instead. The ordinance provides for
a penalty OF SO TO 500 fine to be
imposed on the saloonkeeper or ten
10 ninety days in Jail. and for
penalty of IS to 500 fine to be i'm
posed on the minor or habitual
drunkard CT net more than ninety
days in jail.
klupherz Wants Ordinance.
Chief Klugherz OF the police de-
partment called attention to the
theft OF a harness from the barn
ago. He said that a LEGAL liveryman
who bought the harness had report.
ed the purchase to the police, as
soon as he knew that such a har-
ness as he had had been stolen. The
liveryman reported that he bought II
from a local secondhand goods mer.
chant. He gave the name of the
merchant and the police went to
that man to get some description of
the person or persons from whom the
merchant bought the harness. but II
was found impossible to get any
useful information out Of him, or TO
get him TO say anything that would
throw any light on the identity Of
the thieves. The merchant Simply
said he could remember neither who
sold him the harness nor TO whom he
sold IL. The chief said he had at
tempted to get a warrant for the
arrest of the merchant, but found
would have been possible TO have an
arrest made In case the harness had
been bought by a junk dealer. The
chief asked whether an ordinance
could not be passed. compelling
secondhand dealers. like Junk deal
ers. to give information in regard TO
stolen property that came into their
hands. or be subject to arrest.
City Attorney Schaub remarked
that a secondhand man might be re-
CURED TO keep a record Of what he
bought and sold.
No action was taken but the Of
ficials win take the matter up at
a future meeting.
Grading Matter sroached.
Mayor Meyer said the matter OF
grading Fourth street from Elm to
Lafayette ought to be taken up. In
asmuch as the weather would prob
ably socn be quite favorable for
this work. A motion was passed In
structing the city engineer to have
plans and specifications for this work
ready at the next meeting.
Councilman Gerlich broached tie
matter OF storm sewer on Fourth
street from Lafayette to Vine and ON
Vine from Fourth to Third. On his
motion the city engineer was In
structed To draw up plans and speci
fications for this work.
Mr. GerlIch also spoke Of the pay