The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-15
JOINTS MOVED ON
What a New Alien Deputy
County Attorney IsDOing. S
-.
Closed ifesortsIn La Harpe, lola.
aud Other Towns.
THE LICENSE REVOKED
Mayors Of Second Glass Cities
Are Cooperating.
Gambling Houses with Roulette
and Faro Quit.

lola, KAN Nov 15.-The Record
THE licenses. Of the joints. clubs. ana
gambling houses IN lola have been res
! voked," said Carr J. Peterson this
morning The mayors in all The sec
ond class cities in the county have been
them and all haye consented to lend
all the atdeiH their power. No violator
of the law sshaaI b Shielded. They will
ali be treated just alike"
Mr. Peterson was sworn into office
as deputy county attorney yesterday
afternoon at s O'Clock. Within an
hour he was in consultation with Sher-
III Richardson concerning the joints
and getting his experience in the meth
DDS of going after them. The sheriff
gave him all the Information he could
and pledged him his support and OFF,
cial cooperation In every effort he
would make toward closing these
This morning Mr.. Petersonsearled on
Mayor Dresbaeh sand asked fsiflls for
the ceroperation the police fefce ia
told him that he was in favor ofletting
the people rule. Mr.. Peterson's cleo
ton demonstrated that the county. as
whole, were in favor of closing the
joints. He would. not only not stand in
the way of Il but he would lend the
movement all the4aid in his power.
Mayor iShufert of Gas City talked in
a similar strain He said that he
Mayor Fem Of Humboldt, the only
mayor in the county, with the excep-
ton of Mayor Defy of IaHarpe who
was elected ensa temp platform,
said he would do all he could. In
LaHarpe there appears to be but little
need of cooperation. Mayor Doty was
elected on a temperance platform and
in few days he ran every Joint out
Of LaaHaaERe and they have never re-
4 lEErl Cd - Mayor Fem hasn't provenz
equal TO the task in Humboldt. Mayor
Doty long ago gave everyone notice
that he would attend to the Joint bust
ness in IaHarpe and he seems 10 nave
kept his word.
And so the three largest cities. the
county and the people have combined
to drive the joints out of business. 1t
will be interesting to watch progress
and see whether all these forces CO.
operating will be able to do the BUSH
ness. Everyone who has given the
subject any attention believes that it
will be comparatively easy matter
-N During the heat of they campaign
there may have been places where Mr..
,Retersonss pledge that he would close
the Joints did not carry conviction with
it But these. places did not include
the Joints, themselves. They havesl
taken ~hls word for 1t and yesterday
eNening when the Record told that Mr.
Peterson was in office clothed with all
the power possessed by, the county at
torney they began q hurried exit La Dor.
was scarce last night Every man pos
sIble was put to work cleaning out tn e
iiggers. the bars, the ice chests, the
.liuuor and everything that might be
conhscated. Today the old familiar
places which knew Pabst, Anheuser
and Falstaff will know it no more for
ever. Even Diplomat whisky and VIII
sons rye have been hidden or returned
to the city. Nothing but clear spark
ling water is available as beverage
The joint fixtures have been stored
or taken to the depot for shipment.
The business is apparently dead in
The two gambling houses in lola
have moved. One of them had prob-
a bIy as fine a layout as could be found
in the state. Roulette, faro. craps,
KIondike, English hazard and all the
games that a man can lose money on
were carried on with the greatest open !
ness and within sound of the office OF
the city council. When there was
of the city fathers might have been
heard operating a few doors distant. |
Ru+ this is all past now The council |
can conduct their business in peace, |
unvexed by the gambling room which
operated SO successfully for years.
It is said that the gambling house
has been the source of great profit /
Some estimate It's winning each month, |
clear above the heavy expense neces-
garv to conduct It, as high as $1,000,
'F1s other Eah7 bling house has been
rim practically under cover and -prob-s
a hlv hasn't more than made living /
for the proprietor. They are poth smut
down for repairs.