Transient Traders Ordinance

Transient Traders Ordinance will be tried in the circuit court

Callaghan and Co.'s representative put in no defense and appealed to the circuit

The first round in the transient traders case was fought Friday in Justice Doty's court. No defense was put in by Clark or Callaghan & Co. to the complaint that was made by Charles E. Barthel under the ordinance which requires transient traders to pay a license of $7 a day. Cavanaugh & Wedemeyer stated that they believed the ordinance to be unconstitutional and void as unreasonable, but that they did not expect this question to be decided in justice court. They cross-examined Barthel in an effort to indicate that he might be considered in the same category as Mr. Clark. There was a crowd of students present, who seemed to enjoy the cross-questioning. A.J. Sawyer, jr., appeared for the city. No arguments were made and Justice Doty imposed a fine of $10 and $9.31 costs. The case was at once appealed to the circuit court.