The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03
TO SHUT COUNTRY
SALOONS SUNDAY
MOVEMENT rs ON FOOT IN HEN
NEPIN COUNTY.
Respectable Property Holders and Resi-
dents Object to Their Towns Becom-
ing Regular Sunday Battle Grounds
for City Toughs and 'Booze-Fight-
ers'' Sheriff Will Be Asked to Act.

Residents of the country districts Of
Hennepin county are said to be quietly
lining up their anti-Sunday saloon
friends and neighbors preparatory to
starting a saloon crusade in the coun-
try. At present the saloons in Rob
binsdale, Golden Valley, Keegan' s Lake,
Medicine Lake and few scattered
roadhouses are open on Sunday, being
out of reach of the Minneapolis Sun
day closing rule, and reap rich re-
ward for the trouble and extra work of
passing out intoxicants Of all sorts to
thirsty Minneapolitans and country
yokels. Il ...ss ga -
An organization, it is said, is form
ing quietly and will soon be ready to
begin an active campaign against these
outside resorts. The membership is
| composed of property holders and resi-
dents who object to their districts be-
coming regular Sunday battle grounds
for booze-fghters' from the city.
While they are willing to have the sa-
looms in the neighborhood, the results
of four closed Sundays in Minneapolis
have shown that the country Sunday
saloon will have to follow the city sa-
loon. 3,@ss: 2 -
AS the first step in the movement the
sheriff will be asked to exercise his
authority and order the country resorts
closed. If the sheriff refuses to act
the cases will be laid before the county
attorney, who will be furnished with
evidence and asked to proceed against
the resort keepers. In the organized
I villages the same plan will be followed,
but the offenders will be taken before
the local authorities. In Robbinsdale
there is a citizens committee that will
handle the situation there and will seek
to close the four saloons of the town.
If the regular arrest and fines every
Monday morning will not produce re.
suits, more drastic measures will be re-
sorted to.
While the governor. has the authority
to order these places closed and to order
the sheriff to see that they are kept
closed under the state law, it is thought
that he could hardly single out Henne
pin county alone for such a movement
The leaders in the movement are il
earnest, however, and say that they viii
keep at it until they win. If the mat
ter is not settled this winter for COOS
and all it is feared that life in these
country districts will be unbearablt
next summer. ~ -. +.
If the country resorts keep open dur
ing summer while the city is shut tigh
there is reason to believe that Their.
will be a general exodus to the rura
joints each Sunday. Men and wome,
from the lowest classes of society will
simply transfer their orgies to the gree,
fields and open air and make the coun
try Sunday general nuisance. Eve,
with the city saloons open, as they hav
been in the past, there is general,
enough disorder and debauchery t,
sicken those who wish for a decentl,
: quiet Sunday. It is therefore feare,
that with the additional crowds O
toughs, sports and questionable wome
!. who would be attracted now that tn
city is closed, orgies and jousts Of tn
worst description would be an ever
Sunday occurrence.