The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-05-05
LIQUOR STORES
 ARE TO REMAIN
 OPEN ALL NIGHT
Council Rules No Bar Exists Fill on Waterfront
 Section Recommended

Unless a new City Ordinance IS passed prohibiting it, retail liquor stores in this city can remain open "A hours day if they desire. This was settled last night by the City Council which agreed with City Attorney H. L. Faulkner that there is nothing in municipal laws which forbid such operations.
 All members of the Council were present except Mayor I. Goldstein, who was kept away by illness. Councilman w. s. George presided as Acting Mayor.
 Will Curb BoOtlegging
 Since the legal opening of the retail liquor stores, they have been forced to close at l am. daily due to a misinterpretation of the ordi- nance regulating amusement places. Councilman Henry Messerschmidt opened the question last night with a motion to have new ordinance drawn removing such restrictions from the liquor stores After some discussion, in which members gen. erally favored continuous operation by them as a. means of curbing bootlegging and promoting the in- terests of the legitimate merchant who pays licenses and taxes, MT. Faulkner was asked for his opinion on the subject He said he had no doubt that there is no ordinance on the subject.
 Considerable doubt was expressed as to the workability of the city's present closing statute and the Police Committee was directed to confer with MT. Faulkner and, if necessary. to prepare a new ordi- nance covering the entire field.
 Scott to School Board
 The resignation of M L. Mer- ritt as a member of the local School Board was accepted by the Council with regret and vote of thanks passed for his fine service. On the recommendation of the other two members of the Board Grover C. Vim and R. E. Rob- ertson-the Council appointed Wal ter P. Scott, former Councilman and Mill Superintendent at the Alaska Juneau, to fill out the unexpired portion of MT. Merritts term which is one year.
 Ray H. Stevens was elected City Tax Assessor for 1884, a position he held last year. The City Clerk was directed to notify him that he would be required to make a per- sonal appraisal of real property.
 John Reck, President of the First National Bank and longtime City Treasurer, was reelected to that office for another year MT Reck's application was misplaced when the other City Officers were elected and it was overlooked until last night.
 Recommends Waterfront Fill
 Dr. w. w. Council, City Health Officer, urged the necessity for immediate filling of an area of the business section between Front Street and the new section of Will loughby Avenue where a tidal pool is formed and which has developed into an open cesspool. Odors aris- ing from it, he said, are practical ly unbearable and conditions are steadily growing worse.
 None of the business houses there, he added, can maintain sewer connection under existing conditions as they freeze up and break during the winter months. The trunk sewer coming down Franklin Street and emptying into the bay is broken in two places and incoming tides force all of the refuse it carries back into the basin which is now practically covered with it.
 Must Be Filled
 The Street department, it was said, is repairing the broken sew CTS. This, the Health Officer said, would not remedy the situation so far as it affected the immediate section. Business houses there must have sewer connections throughout the year and this can be done only by filling up the basin.
 The Street Committee was di- rected to take up the matter with the Mayor and with him consult the firms affected to see what ar arrangements can be made for fill ing the entire area.
 A contract was given to the Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Company for placing weather strips on the doors and windows of the