Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-18

BATHHOUSE
LEASE Up IN
COUNCIL!
Ordinance Turning Park Priv
leges Over to Private
Party Defeated, and Propo-
sal Of Citizens Considered

The mooted questions before the
city council. that OF tho leasing OF tho
municipal bathhouse and the lower
Ing OF the license for the maintain
Ing OF billboards through out the city.
like nanquo's ghost, refuse to down.
They are stlll live Issues. the mem.
bors Of the council declining TO part
company with them when the oppor-
tunlty presented itself.
All members OF the council were
In their seats when the billboard
question was presented through the
medium OF protest from the civic
improvement committee OF tho
Ladies' Auxiliary The protest. ad-
dressed TO tho members OF tho coun-
ell. read as follows:
I'VE. tho undersigned members OF
tho civic Improvement committee,
speaking In behalf OF the Ladies'
Auxiliary OF Grants Pass, s,fbmit the
following for your consideration In
regard to the billboard ordinance:
Tho petition aled by the rcpresen-
tative OF the Pacific Coast Advertising
association Is In direct opposition to
aud will tend to eountoract all OF the
work carried on by this committee.
The matter OF restricted district for
the placing OF the billboards seems
Impractical. and hardly advisable. as
d thing 30 thoroughly Objectionable In
one place In our city could hardly
prove q benefit In another lacatlon.
"As an advertising agent, we
heartily disapprove OF Il. believing
that any concern wishing to adyer-
tlso In tho community should use
the legitimate means OF advertising
through the medium of the press,
I'VE heartily approved the action
OF the former council In placing the
license fec at the figure OF 5000 per
annum. having given them vote OF
thanks for their action. and We re-
spectfully pray that your honorable
body win not lower this fee and thus
permit this nuisance to be imposed
upon a protesting public"
The ordinance reducing the bill
board license from the $500 at which
II was placed last year, to $40 per
annum. where II had previously been,
was read, but the council declined
TO advance the measure and take Anal
action upon II. II will, therefore,
come up for final action at the next
regular meeting OF the council.
The ordinance providing for the
leasing OF the municipal bathhouse
and park privileges to II. ]. Schmidt
was taken up through the presenta-
tion OF on ordinance prepared at the
instance OF q citizens committee. This
ordinance followed the Schmidt or
dinance In its provisions, guarantee
ing the city Ave per cent OF the gross
receipts from the bathhouse and other
park privileges, The essential differ
ence was that the profits from the
operation OF the park concessions are
to 70 to tho betterment OF the city
park property. II provides that II
the lease with the citizens is made
that a company will be Incorporated
TO conduct the business. The moor.
porators are TO be Messrs. Cramer
Lundburg. Macy. Macdnff and Sabin
The Schmidt ordinance, which has
been before the council for siS
months, was killed when placed on
final passage, oil the councllmen ex-
cept Burkhalter voted against the
ordinance. A motion then made &c
advance the citizens bnthhouse or
dinance and place II upon its second
reading was lost and this will come
MP at the next meeting. The mos,
volumlnous petition ever read before
the council was presented In protest