The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-18
BEER HALLS MUST GO
After Their Expiration Present Licenses
Will MOI B. R.n.W3d.
LAST AND FINAL EDlCT
Places That VIII. Be Affected By
the Decision of tho Commit
tee-A Good Thing For
the Community.
AST AND FINAL EDlCT

BUTTE. March 1.-The beer halls have
got to go.
This is the last and final edict and there
is no doubt that IT will he carried out -
the letter and that Butte will soon see the
last of the thlev,ng joints which are
largely the cause for this city's reputation
for toughness, aud which have made the
south side of East Park street n pitfall for
drunken men with money and innocent
tenderfeet. When the matter of issuing
new licenses to beer halls was referred to
the license committee at n recent meeting
OF the city council, Mayor Dugan eX-
pressed the opinion that the interests of
good government and public decency
were safe III the hands of that committee,
and subsequent events show that the
mayor knew tho men lac was taking about.
Without auybarc of irumpeis or loud dis
play to cali puOiIc attention to the cool
deed they were about To perform. ADDER
men knowlton. NivIon and Cardcr. who
compose the license committee. got qu.-
ctly together one or two evenings ago TO
discuss the IN liter in hand. To their
credit be II saId that they were all OF one
mind on The proposition, and after some
discuss Oh as o TIC best manner in which
! to secure the desired end, II was unanl-
mousiy decided nos TO ISSUE any new
! licenses to the tee + halls when their pres
ell iiGetlstS tAilEt. MS COuISc NtS
| taken for the reason that if the licenses
were TO he revoked the beer hail men
would have to he gwen the formalty of a
hearing, which would take up some time
| and delay matters to sucn an extent that
| 1t appeared to the committee that the re-
! suit could be attained quicker aud with
| great deal less trouble il the manner de-
| clded upon.
The new order of things applies di-
rectly TO the Clipper shades, Spread Eagle
| and tolispum The Coliseum license eN-
pires April :. and the license of the
| Spread Eig.e ami Clipper Shades, which
| are run jointly. expires n short time later.
| Tho committee then took another
| long step IN the right direction
and decided not TO issue n Ii
| censc to any saloon where women
are employed To sell drinks on percentage
| or where they are above to congregate
| for the manifest purpose of assisting in
| the sale of bad beer and worse whlskey.
| THIS will elfrctually prevent other persons
| from changing the names OF the Old jplnts
| and securing licenses therefor. Although
| the Newport and Castle were not men-
| toned in the committees list of resorts
| whose licenses will not Inc renewed there
| rs no room for doubt that the S tne action
| will he taken in regard to them after they
| have been investigated. Although both of
| these places pose as houses of prostitu-
| ton they are really nothing more than
| beer halls with an annex. The Newport
| is run by n big double-fstcd fellow named
| Mcdonald. who treats the girls that are
| employed there like slaves. They are
| Systematically fined to such an extent
that they are barely able TO make enough
| to live on, and II Is not long since one of
| the girls was turned out INTO the cold with
| nothing on that was worth speaking
| about. Mcdonald refused to allow her To
| reenter the house TO get her clothes and
| an officer who went in with her had to
| threaten TO arrest the big brute before he
would give up her trunk. The Newport is
| infinitely worse than The Clipper Shades
and the members of the committee will
| probably satisfy themselves of this fact
| before the next council meeting.
Tho license committee has hit upon the
correct plan of dealing with the beer hall
| evil and there is no doubt that their re-
port will be adopted by the council. If
such action is taken Judge Speer will no
longer be required to look after the NOR
ality of the city.