The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-08-15
Mayor and Chief Of Police
Present Their Reports on
Monday Evening
PARKING ORDINANCE
GOES ON THE TABLE
Council Gives Prosecutor Au-
thority To Purchase Car
Load of Food

The city council met Monday even.
ing in regular session and transacted
considerable business.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and approved
without correction.
The July report of Mayor Bair was
read and consisted of the following:
Fines during the month, So; licenses
issued from the Office totaled $142.50;
the total being $147.5O.
The July report of the chief of DO.
lice, P. j. Parker, was then read and
consisted of the following: Arrests
for intoxication 2, bastardy 1, assault
O. total of 5. The police answered
% calls during the whole month.
The proposition of what was to be
done with the old patrol wagon, which
has been put away for sale to some
one, was brought up by Mr.. Auskings.
The old patrol is much like an old
fire-horse-it is likely to stay in the
city hall until it is given away for
keeps.
The anti-parking ordinance before
council was again deferred because of
the action taken by Chief of Police
Parker relative to the schooling of
the auto drivers of the city. The diff
ferent members of the council ap-
proved the plan of the chief and they
agreed to await developments of the
scheme. If it works there will be no
need for further action on the part of
council
The long-standing trouble over the
israel property, which the owners
claim has been assessed far too high,
was referred to committee with the
service director as chairman.
An ordinance to issue bonds for the
Improvement of Pleasant street and
two adjoining streets and to put in a
sanitary sewer in this section was
introduced, and passed after three
readings.
The resolution to put down a side
walk on the west side of Mechanic
street and on Vine street in front
of Young's feed barn, which was sub
mitted and adopted. brought up the
whole question of the pavements oy.
er the whole city that need to be at
tended to in the same manner. The
council decided that by the next meet.
ing the committee on sidewalks
should have the walks looked over
and the necessary preliminaries COM
pleted for action. "There is only one
way to take care of this matter" said
Mr.. Hookway, land that is to lay the
walks where the owners don't do it,
and then have the owners pay for
hem at the first tax assessment
This is the probable plan of the COM
nittee on sidewalks, because they
lave asked that certain walks be put
lown quite often enough.
A resolution was passed giving the
county prosecutor q letter of certifi-
o'Aoh " tuC oNitcu States IOOu COIQ- |
missioner in Columbus, authorizing
lin to purchase one carload of meats |
or the city Of Mt Vernon, which will |
lrrive here for distribution on We'd
lesday evening, provided the plans
re not hindered.
The contents of the car will be |
Mostly bacon, but there will also be O.
,oodly supply of corned beef in one
nd two-pOund cans, and canned roast
'eef in cans also of the one and two.
'ound size. The reason that there
will be limited supply of canned
oast beef is that the price of the
neat is the same, if not a little more,
han roast beef in the markets of the
ity. The bacon will be in slabs and
he people are asked to come pre-
ared to purchase a slab and not less
han half slab. The practice of
lany of the towns receiving this ba-
on has been not to cut a slab but
D sell them whole. This bacon will
e sold at 80 per cent of the cost
rice. There will be no vegetables
/ the car as the price of the vege-
ables is as high as the prices of the
ONE markets and there is danger of
polling.