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Show PDGATELLO BIS Mayor Whitaker Directs Police Officers to Enforce Ordinance Against It. BpecUl to The Tribune. POCATLLO. Idaho. Nov. 15. The "shimmie." which has become very poptj-lar poptj-lar in the city of late, must go, says Mayor W. P. Whitaker. acting after re- I ceiving numerous complaints from parents and organizations of the city. There is an ordinance regulating dancing in the city, but heretofore the officers have had much difficulty in enforcing It. but the ruling by Mayor Whitaker will remove re-move all the obstacles that have been In . the way of the officers, and strict instructions instruc-tions have been issued to stop tiie shimmie shim-mie and similar dances in the halls or Pocatello. Dance hall managers say they have been unable to cope with the situation, and some of them were among the complainants. complain-ants. The city ordinance specifically Prohibits Pro-hibits the shimmie, reading as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep, maintain, control or al- 1 low on any premises under their control I any hurdy-gurdy, shimmie or I other improper or indecent dances or to participate therein." Officers will be detailed to the various vari-ous halls for some time to come to enforce en-force the law. |