Cañon City record., 1906-10-25

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Joe walton's place is closed up
tight and no one con go in or out.
The place is guarded front and back
by trusty men and will be until sat
isfactory assurance has been received
by the city officials that the joint will
suspend business.
Mayor Coulter. Marshal Houston
and other city officials are all COOP
Grating in enforcing the law.
Promptly at 6 o'clock Wednesday
at the instance of Mayor Coulter. four
special police deputies we're placed
on guard at 610 Main, two in front
and two at the rear Of the building,
to prevent ingress or egress to the
Canon City Labor club. which for sew
eral months has been engaged in an
Illicit traffic OF liquor.
The drastic measures resorted to
by Mayor Coulter were taken under
the provisions Of Ordinance No. s.
Series of 1906. adopted a couple of
weeks ago. which declares certain
places u public nuisance and fur
nishes q means for their abatement
The Canon City Labor club is a mis-
nomer and for months II has fagrant-
ly violated the ordinances relating to
the sale of intoxicating LIQUORS. The
orgies carried on by the mebers OF
the so-called club at 6l0 Main street
have been a stencil in the nostrils OF
all law-abidlng and self-respecting
citizens. esplte the notoriously i'm
moral character OF the place II has
been allowed TO exist through the pa
uence and long suffering OF the pub
lie and from the fact that the ordi-
nance defining a nuisance was be-
heved to be an Ineffective instru-
ment for Its suppression. II has been
n difficult matter for the people TO
permit the club to continue its ne
farlous work, but II has been general
ly realized that II must sooner or lat
er come to grief by reason OF the ex-
cesses OF Its members. and on that ac-
count has been due the forbearance
and liberation of the better element
of society An outraged public will
stand n good deal without making
an effort to redress its wrongs. but
there Is a time when forbearance
ceases TO be a virtue and II says TO
the aggressor thus far shalt thou go.
but no farther"
So II has been with Joe Walton and
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the Canon City Labor club. They
have been arrested time and again
and taken into the courts to answer
for their misdoing. but they have In
nearly every Instance escaped pun
ishment owing TO a failure to secure
their conviction or by an appeal OF
the cases against them to some higher
tribunal where 1t is difficult matter
to get a trial on account of crowded
docket, or a postponement upon some
technical question. There are now
nearly n half score of cases pending
In the Supreme court OF the state
against Joe Walton. ct al. Of the
Canon City Labor club. but when they
viii be cited for trial is a question
that Il would be Idle TO attemp to
forecast.
In view of the uncertainty in rela-
ton to the legality Of the old ordi-
nance dealing with public nuisances
II was thought best to draft new one
that would meet the exigencies OF
the situation. for It had become oh
yious to the most Indifferent citizen
that something must be done or all
law would be brought into contempt
and trampled under foat. A new or
dinance was drawn by one OF the
most skillful attorneys in the state
at the request of the mayor, and. on
submission to the council was prompt
ly adopted. and this morning became
q part OF the law governing the COM
munlty. 1t is believed that Its en-
forcement will abate the nuisance so
long conducted by Joe Walton and
froends OF the club In question. Its
effect will be to seal It up as effect
ually as a tomb of the dead. for under
It's terms none may enter It's doors
on any pretext whatever. Those who
come out are not permitted to go
back again. hence II follows that but
q short time must elapse until It be-
comes as deserted a. Roman cata-
comb. The club ID reputed 10 have
four or flve hundred numbers. but
thus far none Of them have cared to
run the risk Of arrest By attempting
10 take forcible possession Of their
property. OF the four deputy police
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