The Owosso times., 1922-06-23

TABOO DICE GAMES
IN 0WOSSO STORES
|ayor Wright Orders Dis
Continuance of Pastime
for Present.

N (WOSSO, June 90 with tue
a *ren1oval OF all dice boards from
*the INHERENT pool rooms and cigar
Isto<Xs about the city Monday by
8 <fh6<bolice, under the MAYORS or
* *dofX caused several owners OF
6sllcX business places to appear al
8 Mon lay nights commission meet
Y inRin an effort to have the
a boards restored.
The complaints made TO me.
a said Mayor Wright, that caused
N me 10 have such action taken was
bec4bse of boys 16 and II years
<of age being allowed to take part
+ in such a game of chance. 1 also
,nndefstand.t that in one place shak-
Ing Tor money was allowed.
n M, II can see no harm in shaking
\ dicof for a cigar. but for money,
\ or ofher articles used as an induce
u1el1t, cannot agree upon"
III is my belief" said Andy
\ 0roen of Green's cigar store, ''the
& Sar1e amount of harm is derived
# from shaking for. cigar as when
shaking for a dollars worth of
I'll never allowed a boy under
II to shake, or anyone to shake
Tor money in my store, and be-
cause Of one person doing wrong
\ why should we all be made to
< After much discussion the ques-
t<I0u was left. to be settled Tuesday
r1ibPhing
,:>City Attorney Van r. Pond re-
&rted to the commission body, of
Hn Receiving no reply from the
t<orney general in regard to his
inter- in which he asked for advice
to the regulation of interurban
buses, and parking ordinances.
:. However, with the plan outlined
'A& Attorney Pond in his letter to
<6X attorney general. already
6I0pted by the city of Holland, and
y I1o0ked upon very favorably by
many other city attorneys, who at
|tended the convention of munich
palities in Holland. the commits
sion body Monday night. thought
1t advisable to adopt a similar
plan.
That each bus operating from a
point within the city to a point
without, or from a point without
ito a point within. be charged a IL
tcense fee per bus, according to
their capacity.
The Philips and Taylor Bus Co,
operating between Owosso and
4 Flints are much in favor of the
ordinance. and believe it will be
great asset in the protection of
their business.
The commission BODY also re-
fused to accept the bill amounting
TO $65 for the painting of the new
REQ Fire truck by the Bromley
Paint company on E. Main st.
THE job done upon the truck is
absolutely no good" said Mayor
Wright, "and / feel we should not
pay the bill"
The truck, according to a state
.ment made by Fire Chief William
Howell was given into the care of
fhe partners with the understand
ing IL was to be finished in 10 days.
This, however. was found to be too
short a time. and three weeks was
asked to complete the job. This,
Chief Howell says. was granted,
and at the end of the allotted time.
the job was said to be finished.
However, not to the satisfaction of
the city officials.
With discussion of bills the
mayors hotel bill while at the
convention at Holland, was brought
to the minds of everyone present,
tby no other person than Mayor
Wright himself.
upon our arrival in Holland we
We're told to go down to Ottawa
Beach, a suburb, as the hotel ac-
|cGmmodations were much better
there, and everything was already
arranged for u.s." said Mayor
Wright.
fThe three of us, Mr.. Stebbins
MIR. Lucas and L, had supper in the
hotel dining room. and for sleep
ing quarters Mr.. Lucas and j slept
Together. and Mr.. Stebbins slept in
another bed in the same room.
y THE next morning, mind YOU"
said the mayor. after / had arisen
too late for breakfast, uopn reach
ing the lobby and the clerks desk.
/ was presented with a S1450 no.
tel bill. Whether they discovered
y was the mayor of Owosso. and
should have lots Of money. ] can't
say. did find out, however, that
they cater to a rich class of peo-
pie from New York, and l guess
they thought the three of us were
from the big city.
by a long argument. in which
freely expressed nv felings as TO
Abe hotel rates of the place, fin
<}Ily succeeded in having our bill
reduced to SO.
*Then much to my disappoint-
5pent. ! found the argument had
Caused me to miss the boat back
to Holland. compelling me to wait
AN hour for its return"