The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-03-28

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is quite evident fact that there will
be no saloon on the lot in question
for some time to come. The result
of the condemnation proceedings will
probably not be ascertained for sew
eral months. That will mean that
the percentage of the license fee that
has been paid, that represents the
part Of the year 1t Is not used, will
be a clear gain to the city.
1t has also been suggested that II
the condemnation proceedings are
successful,t that the holders of the
license will be estopped from recov-
ering their license fee from the city,
az it will be maintained that the IL
cense was granted in good faith and
that the city was not responsible for
any subsequent suits that might be
started regarding the status of the
property upon which the saloon was
to be erected.
1t is believed that the parties seek
ing the license, If they are in earnest,
will endeavor to secure transfer of
it to some other location, in case the
condemnation proceedings are sue
cessful. That will again bring the
matter up before the council. In
all probability. If the present license
is found to be invalid, another will
be asked, and then the entire ques-
! ton will be up to the council for its
action.
Robert Scott, the west side lumber
dealer, is interested in the fight to keep
saloons off the west side. He said. "a
saloon for the west side is a disgrace.
If I were sure that it would accomplish
anything I would put all of my ponder
Gus weight on a petition. if it would
crush the saloon on the west side out of
existence. | was one of the Committee
of the West Side Improvement club that
petitioned the city council last winter
to pass the ordinance to the effect that
no license should ever be granted to any
person on the west side for saloon pl,r-
poses. In way, the council granted
our request and we were all dumbfound-
ed when the license was granted last
Monday evening to these two men. 1t
will be stopping place for the farmer
boys coming to town and the damage
munity will be incalculable am
against it now and forever and I am
ready at any time to help all I can to
down the license proposition for this
side. will attend the meeting if it
is called and do all in my power to ac-
complish its object"
Another west side man who is in line
for a demand for the revocation of the
Selah avenue license is David r. Royce
Il signed one petition" he said, "to
forbid the location of any saloon on the
west side and l am ready to sign anoth-
er and do anything within my power to
prevent such a catastrophe. I cannot
bear the thought of having one of them
established on this side of. the tracks,"
Mr.. G. f. Wise. who has entered the
fight with a determination that is good
to see, said yesterday that he had con-
ferred with C. H. Human regarding the
ACCESSIBILITY of calling an idgnation
meeting. The two men, after considera-
BILE conversation, decided that it would
be wise to register the disapproval of
the westsiders in a way that could not
be mistaken. They both favor calling
a gathering of the residents and proper
ty owners west of the tracks for the
purpose of petitioning the council to re-
consider its action. Previous to that,
however, they both concluded that it
would be better to canvass the senti-
ment of the people. If a sufficient num-
Der can be obtained, who will take inter-
est enough in the fight to support it in
every fair way, the meeting will be call
ed at once.
| In this connection it is said by more
than one prominent citizen over the
tracks, that nine out of ten people who
reside on the west side will sign their
names to a call for a meeting and aid
in the movement by being present and
taking an active part in the movement.
Meantime it is interesting to note that
the petitioners for a license have no
building in which to conduct their bus
mess. This, it is said, does not inval-
idate the granting of the license, but
several have commented upon the fact
that it is rather expensive business to
pay for license upon the basis of
81 900 year, when they are not tax
ing advantage of it by running their
business. This fact in itself leads some
to believe that there are sinister plans
behind the application for license. One
man said yesterday that he believed that
it was a plan to enter the west side
and that after the storm of disapproval
has blown over, the petitioners will go
to the council and ask that the license
be transferred to some other location,
in a place much more undesirable to the
residents of the west side. Others still