The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-14

ORDINANCES PASSED
Provo Solons Take a Fall Out of Slot
Machines and Cigar
cites,

OttCOs
Provo, March f3.-There were. petitions
at the City council meeting last evening
from the Ministerial council of Provo;
the faculty of the Brigham Young uni
versity and from numerous citizens
asking that slot machines be suppressed.
AS the committee on judiciary aad the
matter under consideration and had a
DILL for abOliShing the machines. ready 10
present the petitions were accepted and
IiIed. The bill presented, which was
passed and became an ordinance, pro-
hIbItS entirely the use of slot machines
ard makes 1t unlawful for a person to
have in his possession any cards or other
devices for use in gambling. 1t is modelled
after the Sdlt Lake gambling ordinance,
and contains the provisions which have
been found most effectual IN securing
convictions by Salt Lake officers. The
penalty for violation of the provisions Of
the ordinance is a fine Of from s. 10 Sl0U,
or Imprisonment not to exceed 100 DAYS, or
10th fine and imprisonment. Councilmen
Bott and Giles voted against the ordi-
nance, they believing its enforcement
would prevent the playing of games at
soclables. The other councilmen did not
thlnk It would be so enforced, and COuu-
Gilman POWelsOn said, even If it was, the
people wanted a strict ordinance and
The bill for an ordinance TO license
QFUS stores, which IS being considered
IN committee Of the whole, went over
I'll the next meeting, but the bill to
license soda fountains, which is to be
considered after action on the drug store
license ordinance. Was read for informa-
ton This Will provide for a special
license for soda fountains. except when
operated in drug stores, and also that
whenever a soda fountain is used in a
place where liquor is kept for sale il
shall not be used on sunday or after
i o'clock midnight
Another important ordinance was
PASSED 2 8 I'm making ak 9EoI it g; ~ &. off s 3 punishable
Inent from ten to thirty days. or both.
for any person to sell or give 70 a minor
Under IS years of age tobacco or mar
CortiCs in any form. or for a minor to
have any of the prohibited articles in his
possession or TO .mtsrepTesente his
age IN order to obtain any of said ar
tlCles- COuncilmCn Bott and Miller voted
against this ordinance Mr.. Miller want
ed il to be permissible for parents to send
their children after tobacco, but il was
Tointed out by other members that this
permission was not given in the state
law, which the ordinance follows closely,
and, besides that, some Of the member
were opposed TO giving TO parents the
privilege of placing temptations i'm the
way of their children by sending them
sfter tobacco
The bill posting ordinance was referred
to the committee on licenses. on motion
of Councilman Snow, who was under the
impression that some of the bill posters
were evading the ordinance. He said the
ordinance was enacted On the sOlicita.
ton of bill posters, and if they did not
want to observe IL he Was in favor of
having it repealed and giving everybody
the right TO do their own bill posting
and circulating without paying any IL
Cense.
A marriage license has been issued to
irving l. Hansen and Estella A. Gray,
o. D. Bullock and ]. II. De Lamar were
convicted of vagrancy in Justice Moons
court today. and fined SO each. which
they will probably serve out in the city
jail. They were fortunate in coming tC
Provo, if they had to come, at the time
] #Aa- ~ I e I'll q
son having gambling devices in his pos
session. enacted last evening, had beer
in force, the strangers might have had
a more serious charge TO face, as they
certainly have the tools
John Gardner was fined $50 by Justice
Noon today for intOXicatiOH.
A daughter has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel II. JeppersOn, Jr-. and a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Dunn. Al
we'll
Grand Chancellor Beatty. Grand Pre-
late Radon and Grand Keeper of Rec
uTds and Seals WaTdleigh, of the Knights
of Pythias, were in Provo last evening
making an official visit to the Provo
Manager Evans of the b. Y. L. basket
ball team informs The Herald that hi,
team cannot accept the challenge of tbs
Z. NJ. c. A. for the reason that the league
season viii close with the game to be
played between the 3. Y L. and the Il
Y g teams. here saturday After THU
game the members of the B. Y. L. team
will be so busy in field and track worl
that they cannot play ball.
The people of the Sixth ward will en-
terrain the old folks Of the yard Fri
day. It is expected the Sixth and Third
Wards Dramatic company will play fol
the guests in the afternoon.
Tomorrow Wednesday, the UtaF
County ~Postmasters' association will meeI
at SantaqUin. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected. and resolutions D
respect to the late Postmaster DOugaI
OF ~Sp-ingviile will be adopted.
President George II. Brimhal of tn,
Brigham Young university and DR.. Byron
w. King will lecture at the Teachers
institute 10 be held hers Saturday.
+. II. Roberts lectured today before the
students of the Brigham Young univer
sity on THE Internal Evidences of the
Book Of Mormon"
John SundrageT. a very capable clarinet
list Of the Brigham Young university or
Chestra. has accepted 4 position Offered
by Professor Shepherd OF Salt Lake.
The Utah County Fair committed will
begin work on the fair buildings Thurs
DAY
Markham Cheever, for several wear,
With the Telluride Power company q
Niagara Falls. has come 10 Provo TO con.
tinue his work for the company
Provo had high winds and a snOwstOrn
last night. The electric lights were out
several times and the telephone wire.