Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-03-14
LITTLE FALLS, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
.D0nGS OF COUNCIL.
MILK ORDINANCE Is DISCUSSED
LIVERY LICENSR ORDIN-
% ANCE REPEALED.

dinance and the repeal Of the ordinance
requiring >hackmen to take out a license,
were the principal transactions Of the
city council at an adjourned regular
meeting at the city hall Monday eve
ming. Aldermen Moeglein, Blake,
Brown, Hall, George Peterson, N. J.
Peterson and IaFond were present. In
the absence Of President Hall, Vice
President Moeglein presided over the
meeting. :
Several women representing the Civ
ic League, Young Mothers club, school
clubs, etc., were at the meeting and re-
ported their organizations as favoring
the proposed milk ordinance. Mrs. R.
j.. Cochrane stated that the women of
this city are vitally interested in the
matter of pure milk and that the only
reason they had not appeared at council
meetings to push the matter was that
they felt that the council here was suf-
ficiently progressive along these lines,
but that since the women have been
blamed for the failure Of the ordinance
to 60 through at once.
Mayor Bergheim stated that DR..
Archbold of the state board or. health
has signifed his willingness to come up
here and explain the value of the pro-
posed ordinance from the health point
Of view and that he could probably be
secured for the next meeting, next
Thursday night. The council therefore
voted to include the hearing on this or.
dinance in the call for the meeting on
March 20 to canvass election returns.
Alderman Brown stated that the pro-
posed ordinance would mean big ex'
pense to dairymen and it might result
in one or two concerns gettinga corner
on the sale of milk and thus bring the
price up to where it would be exorbit'
ant.
The Gordon Motor company was
granted a permit to construct a lire
proof building for garage on the va
cant lot pext to the st. Paul store, SUBJ
ject to furnishing $4,000 bonds.
The matter of amending the ordin-
ance on hackmen's s licenses 50 as to
change the license fees, was discussed
by the council. Several livery and gar,
age men were present and they stated
that the present ordinance is unjust in
that it is not being enforced and it is
consequently no protection to them.
Mayor Bergheim explained that it is
impossible to enforce this ordinance as
the police are not required to hunt up
those who have not taken out a license
and it was impossible for them to fol.
low cars everywhere to learn whether
they were making any charges for liv.
ery service. He said that any citizen
knowing Of persons violating the ordin'
ance had the right TO make a complain,
and it was their duty to do 80. He said
that he would not again sign such an
ordinace and would not attempt to en-
force it.
After considerable discussion of the
ordinance, pro and con, the councilmer
decided that it would be better te
have no such ordinance and they there
fore unanimously voted for its repeal
upon motion by Alderman LaFond.
Upon motion by Alderman Georgt
Peterson the park committee was auth
orized to expend not to exceed $25 t<
install feeding rack and oval feee
boxes for the animals in the Pine Grove
Park.
City Clerk johnson was instructed tt
purchase a state automobile license dir
ectory, to be used by the police depart
ment.
| Council adjourned to March 20, whe1
the election returns will be canvasset
end the milk ordinace will be brough
uD.