Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-03
CLOSE THEM UP.


DIsREPuTABLE HOUSES AND CHARACTERS IN
THE PRESCRIBED LIMITS.
Ordinance No. a. of the Ordinances If the
City OF Butte relates to houses OF prostitu.
ton, and reads as follows:
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
City OF Butte:
SECTION I. That from and after the pas
sose Of this Ordinance it shall be unla wful
| for any person or persons within the cor
poIate limits OF Butte to knowingly and
wilfully lease 81 rent to, or to establish, or
to keep, OF to maintain any house, room
or apartment for the purpose Of prostitu-
ton; and all such houses, rooms or apart
ments are hereby declared to be nuisances;
Provided, however. that this section
shall not apply to that portion Of said
city situate and lying south of the center OF
Blocks Nos. p and 20, and east OF Main
street OF SAID city;
Provided, further, that this section shall
not apply to that portion OF said city in
Blocks Nos. 81, az, 43, SO and SO, known
as chinatown"
SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall
violate any OF the provisions OF Section
No. one ~ OF this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof be punished by q fine of
not less than ten (1O) dollars, nor more
than one hundred 900 dollars and costs
OF suit.
Approved June Is, A. D., 1884.
WILLIAM OwsLEY, Mayor.
I thereby certify that the above and fore
going ordinance VAS regularly put upon it's
City Council of said City II Butte, and
approved by the Mayor thereof on the
thirteenth day OF June, A. D. 1884.
In witness whereof l have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the corporate seal OF
the said City OF Butte, H. B. SMITH,
Ex-Oficio City Clerk,
THE OPEN SECTION.
A glance at the map Of the city will show
that the limits in which houses of prosti-
tuition are tolerated commenced in the south
half OF the blocks east OF Main street and
between Broadway and Park street, and
take in the entire number OF blocks east OF
Main, while the blocks numbered 81, AZ,
43, SO and SO are those in and around
Chinatown. In all other sections Of the
city it is a misdemeanor. punishable by a
rooms for an immoral purpose. Little
attention, however, is paid to this ordin-
ancc, and in other portions OF the city
houses are conducted in such a barefaced
and disgracefui manner that their tenants |
act equally as ~vic;ously as do those of the |
quarter in which the degraded creatures
are permitted to pursue their vocation.
THE LIZZIE BLOCK.
One Of the best known of these houses is
in the heart OF the business portion of the |
city, and while it has been opened but q
short time, it has made q reputation for
itself which it will take a long time to re.
move. Tbs is the new Liszie Block, on the
corner OF Main and West Park street. The
woman conducting it has leased it from the
owner for two years, and while she claims |
that she did moi know the character OF the
inmates to whom she was renting the |
rooms, she has secured q number of room.
ers who are prominent as beerjerkers and
Others who are known to be public prosti.
tutes. The landlord. OF course, seriously Oh.
jects to this mode Of procedure, and the |
manager OF the premises has promised to |
clean them out. This is q new and hand.
some property. and one that the author;.
ties cannot afford to see turned over to
such a class OF occupants.
THE FRANZ CENTRAL.
Another so-called lodging house where
vomen OF the haser stripe are openly tol.
Grated is the Grand Central, situated on
the north side OF Broadway and in the i'm.
mediate vicinity of the school building.
This. also, is infested by these creatures,
and the fact must be known to it's con.
ductor. People living in the u~eighborhood
complain OF its presence and urge that it is
a disgrace for the school children p~articu-
larry to be compelled to pass and repass
the house many times q day. As yet no
particular disturbance OF a shocking nature
has occurred in either OF these places, but
there is no telling when the residents of
those localities may be forced to witness
acts and conduct which would cause the
most hardened to blush.
As will be seen, the ordinance above
quoted is very explicit and defines exactly
where bawdy houses shall not be permitted,
but they are to be found within the limits
prescribed. The two mentioned are not
the only ones, but are merely specified on
account OF the neighhorhoods in which they
are situated. They and all their kind
should be suppressed at once by the au-
thotities it the owners Of the premises do
not do so. The people OF Butte cannot
afford to have the younger inhabitants al
most daily brought ia contact with such
characters as they contain, and the only
way to stop it is to close them up.
That thereafter and on the thirtieth day
Of January, 1886, the said defendant cor.
poration, well knowing the premises did
compose and publish in said newspaper OF