The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-23
City Council by Unanimous Vote
Accedes tc Request Of Petit
TONERS; Cut Tax From
SITS to $l00
JlTNEY QUESTION
COMES UP AGAIN
New Ordinance is Introduced; Hays
Proposes. Motorcycle for
Il Cops to Catch Speeders;
0lher Business

Ringing Bros shows will stop al
chickasha this year ii the only thina
that was keeping them away was the
sl75 license tax the old city ordinance
placed on circuses requiring more
than 40 cars for the transportation oi
their paraphernalia. The city council
at its regular meeting passed a new
ordinance making the license 800 a
day for such shows and President VIM
Reinheimer of the Grady County Re
tail Merchants association stated ia
the council that the merchants would
stand for the difference II necessary
between this amount and $75, the sum
the show man said his company would
pay to enter Chickasha.
Little discussion followed the intro.
duction OF the new ordinance which
attached to it the emergency clause.
When Clerk Reynolds finished reading
the petition of the merchants asking
for the reduction. the reading of the
proposed ordinance followed, and the
only discussion was as TO whether the
reduction should be to 500 or to $75.
Mr.. Reinheimer. representing the mer-
chants association, and Y. w. Darnell
both spoke favorlng the reduction TO
SIS. Councilman Linn stated. how
ever that the advance man had left
the impression with him that 800
would be satisfactory TO show people.
Another councilman suggested that
they should be sure to make the tax
low enough so that other shows would
stop. Mr. Caneman declared that he
individually did not believe the reduc-
tion was good thing, but If the mer-
chants wanted II. he believed they
should have it.
On roll cail, every vote was yes
Jitney Issue Again.
Besides the report of the city treas
urer giving the estimate of expenses
OF running the city government OF
Chickasha, two other important ques-
tions came before the city fathers at
their meeting last night. One was the
question of furnishing horse, motor
cycle or automobile for the city police
department, and the other was the
threatened re-opening OF the 1itney
license question. The ordinance pass
ed two weeks ago was not signed by
the mayor. Mr.. Coffman stated this
morning that 1t would automatically
become law without his signature on
the intervening o. one meeting after
the passage of the bill and publica-
tion. One councilmen stated that he
understood the ordinance would not
stand before the courts.
A substitute ordinance which was
presented 10 the council was referred
TO the city attorney 1t was present
ed by Councilman Caneman and was
said to be far more drastic than any
before presented 1t will not be In
troduced until City Attorney Grigsby
has passed upon II.
Motor for Cops Proposed.
Considerable discussion was precip
itated by the motion of Councilman
Hayes that horse or motorcycle be
furnished the police department Chiel
phillips spoke in favor of a motorcycle
both here and when an automobile
was suggested as substitute.
"Not the first thing but one of th'
most important things to consider,
the chief said, lis the cost believe
a motorcycle would he almost, If no
quite. self supporting We woul'
probably get enough automobile
speeders' fines to pay the total eS
pense of the machine. But there i
also another side to II. another reasol
why the police department should D
better equipped. Speeding in ths
town Is going to result IN terrlD'
accident some OF these days unless
is stopped. 1t is impossible TO sto
the practice without the aid of ms
chine by which one can not only &c
proof Of the speed but also overtak
and arrest the violators.