Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-25

| lied to speak for the board of
| education in this matter. / am
sure that I represent the senti-
| ments of the board in earnestly
| protesting against the granting OF
this license"
Petition one-sided
! Mrs. Marion T. Boyd addressed the
board on behalf of the 9ntis. She
said that while Johanssen had petit
ton largely signed 1t came from the
property owners and not the tenants
those most interested-who she finds
are opposed to the license
She said the board did wrong to the
community in entertaining such a
license application.
Mrs. Katharine Pierce Wheat said
that masked behind a grocery counter
such an establishment would be more
dangerous than an out-and-out liquor
store. Many women were likely to be
inveigled into trading there. not know
ing the character of the bottled goods
In stock.
Counted the Pupils
Attorney Craig for Johanssen pre-
scented an affidavit of Otto ]. Zahn, VINO
deposed that on Monday morning, Sep
TENDER 23. he stood upon the soutneast
corner of Temple and Olive streets and
carefully counted the number of school
tween $3.50 and 9:s0. Only fourteen
passed during that time.
According to the report from the
office of the superintendent of schoois
the number of children attending Call
fornia street school was 364 on Sep
TENDER 2S and 1474 attended the Los
Angeles high that day.
Denied Weeks Grace
The request of Attorney Nathan
Newly for the civic righteousness COM
mittee of the church federation for
weeks continuance In order to permit
further threshing out of the question
was denied on vote of the board, the
mayor voting for continuance and the
other commissioners voting to grant
the license.
Chief Ed Kern of the police depart
ment stated the views of the board IN
his report on the license thus:
1.-THE location is in ground floor store
room of the three-story brick building
southwest corner of Olive and Temple
streets
"The block on the southern side ex-
tends from Olive street to Grand ave-
nue.; total frontage 1922 feet. There
Is signed to the application total OF
BOAT feet consents of property owners
on this side, being nearly the whole.
ION the opposite side the block ex-
tends from Hill street past the ailey
called Pavilion place to Bunker Hill
avenue, a total of 1868 feet, or with the
alley out 105S.30 feet. The applicant
has secured the consents OF properly
owners on this side aggregating $3.50
feet, being considerably more than 700
feet, which constitutes a. two-thirds
majority.
'.The question as to the character OF
Pavilion place. which enters into the
application of one Schooner, recently
considered, is not present at this time,
as the applicant has disregarded 1t and
gone clear to Hill street for consents.
1.-THE applicant has had about TWEEN
ty years experience in the grocery
business in this city and has lived mere
for nearly thirty-five years. He bears
an excellent reputation, is married and
lives with his family.
His desire is that he may open a
grocery store in this location and IN
this connection furnish cigars ana
LIQUORS to customers in manner SIM
liar to the business carried on by Jevne, |
Chanslor and other Wen
known grocers. He is entirely tamil
lar with the ordinances and rules gov
erning the conduct of such business
and promises to abide by them"