Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-27
ALBUQUERQUE WILL
BEASDRYA AS THAT
DEAR KANSAS
LID GOES ON TIGHT UNDER
ORDERS FROM SHERIFF
Sunday Closing Law to Be En-
forced on All Places Not Spe-
officially Exempted Under the
Sunday Law"

Acting under instructions requiring
the strict enforcement of the so-called
Sunday law Sheriff Perfecto Ar
milo yesterday caused his deputies TO
notify all business houses in Albu-
querque of whatever nature. which
have been accustomed to keep open on
Sunday. that they must close today
and on all future Sundays, in compli-
ance with the law.
The lid is to go on tight today. Sa-
looms are to be shut up, front door
and back. under penalty of prosecu-
ton, and with the aloons goes every
other business not specifically exempt
ed under the New Mexico law which,
while 1t has features generally APP
proved by every me, contains other
features which might reasonably be
compared with the blue laws of colo
NAL days. While the front doors of
saloons in Albuquerque have been
closed for some time on sunday, 1t
has been the general impression for
10 these many days that the back
doors of many of them have been
omen.
The New Mexico Sunday law"
however, does not apply specifically to
saloons, although the originator of
that law is said to have aimed it to
apply to the retail liquor business. 1t
includes everything which can be
classed as labor on Sunday, except
the protection Of property. a farmer
may harvest his erop If it is in dan
ger Of being ruined by a rain, but II
there isn't any danger the farmer is
subject to a fine and also a possible
pinchlnent.
A livery stable. for some curious
reason. is exempted under the law,
and likewise an hotel. boarding house
and drug store. 1t is uncertain wheth-
or the milk man may be pinched or
not. but it Is probable he can not.
Under the law, however. cigar
stores. shoe shining shops. stationery
stores and news stands can be shut
nm. and under the order of the sher-
IFS office. since the law is to be en-
forced. these places will be closed
along with the saloons.
Drug stores are exempted under the
law. but whether a druggist being ex-
emepted as to his drugs, can sell
cigars and soda water, Is as yet an
omen question. The newsboy on the
street may be uinched for selling pa
pers, il the law is enforced to the let
ter, and If the orders given out yes
terday are carried out Many an Albu-
auerque man who neglected to supply
himself with his sunday magazines
will find himself up against II. The
nd goes on light and hard. The posi-
ton of the sheriff's office is simply
mat being required 20 enforce the law,
Il will enforce IL all along the line, in
order to be fair and impartial to every
one.
Must News Stands Close?
An interesting question came NJ last
in Connection with the Sunday
order. Must the news stand
in the AlvaradO, conducted by Fred
Harvey, as part of the hotel, close
along with news and cigar stores con-
Quoted uptown?
The question is apparently the same
as that of the drug store, which may
drugs, but in which there IS a
as to cigars, perfumery, can
DIV and soda water. The hotel may
under the law. but nothing Is
said about the hotel conducting a news
and selling cigars. THIS Is but
one Of the features of New Mexicos
sunday law
on the trains will. II the law Is
enforced TO the letter, find ii impossi-
HE 10 buy a newspaper or a magazine
a hout he Santa Fe station. 1t is a
which Is not particularly at
The enforcement OF the sun
day law therefore appears TO nave us
complications and the duty Is not a
very pleasing one.
Rut according to the notices served
,,, the sheriffs office yesterday on sa-
.oons and cigar stores. shoe SHINING
and stationary stores alike, me
goes on and goes on tight ana Al.
buauerque will have a taste OF what
genuine Sunday closing means.