The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19
SOFT DRINK ORDINANCE is
KILLED AS BEING SUPER
FLUOUS
War Garden Water Cut
Eliminated
Burns & Mcdonnell to Supervise
Construction of New System
Bids Called for April 18-Sal-
ary of Engineer Determined.

The city council at its session last
evening engaged Burns & Mcdonnell
as engineers for the supervision of
the waterworks system to be install
ed allowed $185.33 extra on the sugar
factory road within the city limits
made new arrangements regarding
methods of notifying the plumbing in
spector; killed, as superfluous, the or
dinance providing for a licensing of
soft drink dealers; determined to cut
out the reduced war garden" water
rate, thus making water charges for
garden and lawn the same; called for
waterworks bids for April IS; ac-
cepted tender of free inspector for
sidewalks from the Portland Cement
company, and accepted the report of
City Attorney ]. e. Davies regarding
the salary of the city engineer, to the
effect that it is fixed by ordinance at
$3.50 day while employed.
The proposition to license soft
drink dealers which was brought be-
fore the city council at its last regu-
lar meeting led to remonstrance,
signed by a number of dealers in soft
drinks, who were represented in per-
son before the council by Albert Be-
mott of the Blue Lakes Bottling com
pany, and T. G. Macauley, of Macauley
brothers store. Mr.. Benoit explained
that he had been unable to see all the
dealers in soft drinks, but felt sure
that he voiced the sentiments of prac-
tically all of them. The company
with which he was connected dealt
only in soft drinks, strictly so-called,
and yet it's business as well as the
business of most of the grocers of the
city would be affected. The proposed
ordinance being sweeping in charac-
ter would compel any grocer selling
bottled grape juice to take out Ii
cense. Many grocers handle other
kinds of soft drinks and these would
be affected, and this in turn would
hurt the bottling business. He stated
that the bottling of soft drinks was
subject to many forms of taxes, direct
ly and indirectly by the government,
and to this they were in no way object
ing since it was held a non-essential
Industry, and they were willing to bear
their share of the war burdens, but an
ordinance which would have the effect
of simply hampering their trade, was,
he believed something to which ob1ec-
tion might be taken.
II. c. Macauley made short talk
'. along the same line.
Chief W. ]. Taylor, of the Twin Falls
police force, said that he thought per-
haps they could get at certain dealers
selling cider which had become
= hard" better if they could revoke
their licenses. Some time ago num-
:, ber of "drunks" were found all ol
! whom claimed they were "cideI
drunks" 1t was hard to prove law
violation on the part of dealer. He
thought impossible that the cider claim
was camouflage to a great extent.
number of men were buying bay run
: and drinking it, and he suspected thai
: some of those followed it by cider as
"chaser" and laid all the blame fol
their subsequent condition on the
cider. He said that he had seen &
number of empty bay rum bottles be-
hind pool rooms and elsewhere.
Mr.. Macauley took exceptions to the
: term pool room which he claimed Il
be incorrect, saying that pool room
was originally place for gambling II
stocks, and that because of this, bill
s lard halls were identified in thu
t minds of many with gambling, al
= though no gambling took place II
r them. He said that, as the matter wal
being discussed of closing the social
ed pool rooms, he wanted to offer |
: suggestion, (Which proved to be in lin'
!, with that put forward some time ag'
7, by Harvey Alfred of the state bureau
y of farm markets), namely, that thes'
s halls were the sole resting rooms TO
: many workmen after working hours
: Mr. Macauley said that the city had NJ
rest room for men, end workme'