Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-28
TESTING
THE ORDINANCES
SAN DIEGO SALOON MEN MAY
SHOW FIGHT
PLAN ATTACKING ELECTION
Trouble Expected over Provisions Of
Screen Law, Which Dealers Show
No inclination to COM
ply With
PLAN ATTACKING ELECTION
Special To The Herald.

SAN DIEGO. April 27.-There is a
busy time ahead for the peace officers
Of the city after the 18th of next month
when the new Sunday closing ordinance
and the screen ordinance go into effect.
There seems to be no disposition on the
part Of the saloon keepers to comply
with the screen ordinance and some of
them say they do not intend to com
ply with 1t unless the highest court
in the state decides that the ordinance
is constitutional. committee of saloon
keepers has been looking into the pro-
position with a view of finding out
which is the best way to contest the
ordinance and it has been advised
that 1t is possible to attack the election
at which the charter amendments, in
Guiding that of the "Initiative and Re-
ferendum," were passed. The new or
dinances which the saloon men object
to were passed under the initiative
amendment and they have come to the
conclusion that it will be best to strike
at the amendment first.
and therefore the first contests, will
come on the screen law. 1t provides
that there shall be no distractions TO
view of the front of the bar from
the streets, no painting or frosting on
the windows, that windows must not
be more than four feet above the side
walk, and that the bar must not run
at right angles to the front of the
store and not more than five feet from
that front. No saloons are making
any effort to comply with the ordinance.
Four hundred persons participated
in the chamber of commerce excursion
party to Sweetwater dam and reservoir
yesterday afternoon. The reservoir
acres of land and contains 3,S24,O0O, 900
gallons of water, enough to supply all
usual demand for two years and half.
The great piece of masonry was COM
menced in 1886 and finished in 1883.
The dam is &c feet long and 46 feet thick
at the base; and 500 feet long and II
feet wide on top. 1t is 100 feet high and,
when filed, the reservoir back of the
dam will contain more than 1000, 900, 900
gallons.
Silver Gate lodge No. 296, f. and A. NJ.
held special meeting last evening for
the purpose of receiving the grand
master of the grand lodge of the
state, George w. Hunter of Eureka.
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invitation and there were number of
masons from all over the country.
After the lodge session was finished
those present repaired to the banquet
hall where "a bountiful banquet was
served Senator NJ. l.. Ward was
toastmaster for the after dinner
speeches.
Rains in Lower California
The steamer st. Denis from the lower
coast brings the word that there have
been quite heavy rains in Lower Cali
fornia during the past three on four
days, that the precipitation at San
Quentin had reached II inches for the
season and that Ensenadas seasonal
fall amounted to more than Is inches
Charley Stank was yesterday SEN
fenced to the reform school at Whittier
until he is 81 years of age, which means
eight years. Stank has been considera-
BILE trouble to the policemen, and
recently he was arrested, with two
other youths, for stealing a barrel of
beer and getting drunk on some of it.
The Fortnightly club, now that Lent
has passed, is planning to hold its
next picnic supper and dance at the
Country Club house on Saturday night.
The Sixth anniversary of the found
ing of the State Normal school will
be observed in the usual manner.
The exercises will be held in the new
auditorium of the new completed build
ing. The address of the day will be
delivered by President j. S. Millspaugh
of the State Normal school at Los
Angeles