Arizona republican., 1907-10-15
FINAL ACTION TAKEN
 ON SALOON QUESTION
Ordinance Passed Closing All Places Where Liquor Is Sold on Sundays, Effective January 31, 1908.

The city council was not fouriiushing a week ago when it passed a motion 10 iraucrlrate weekly drouth in this city on Sundays It met again last night fin sober and earnest deliberation and steadfastly carried out the purpose in- dicated a week before. It was the first order of business after the roll call. The recorder read the ordinance pre- pared by the city attorney. the effect of which is to dramatically seal every container in which liquor may hope to b,. found, at F o'clock every Saturday night. for the space of twenty-four hours. Councilman Christy moved to adopt the ordinance and it was sec- onded. The mayor stated the question and paused. The liquor fighting breth- ren were there in strength, but no ef- fort was made to sound 8 syllable. They knew where they were tat" The liquor selling brethren were also there, but like the sheep before the shearers, they were dumb, also having deter mined to their own satisfaction where they were "at." It was not talkfest. not even a moving picture, but instead a tableau in which the recorder called the roll and i've men answered yes. the brethren, both wet and dry, then filed out into the October darkness lost in meditation.
 To explain this mechanical conduct on the part of everybody 1t should be said that the liquor dealers had in the afternoon at an informal session, pre- scented the petitions of protest to which reference has been made during the last week The councilmen gave them q hearing and fair but fatal consider ation They therefore expected noth- ing at last nights meeting and were present only as a matter of courtesy as the corpse might be expected to be at the funeral. just to make it suc- cess by lending his presence and not with a view of participating in the proceedings.
 The ordinance Is in every material feature like the one presented by the ministers. except that instead of ro- ing into effect immediately the council changed the date to January 31, 1908, the anniversary of the day in which gambling got its throat cut, day that has been fixed by precedent as sacred to the execution of vice. The council does not agree to work no reforms on other dates. but anything of a vicious nature hanging around this bailiwick hereafter best keep out of sight along about that time in midwinter. This is a warm climate. but even here some things get frostbitten.
 The council then approved and ord- cred signed. the contract with the Pa cific Gas and Electric company to fur nish power for the water works. The contract is for two and three -fourths cent per kilowatt, except that the min- imum amount of power used shall not be less than s416.66 per month. An other contract for lighting the city was presented and seemed to be satis- factory, except that the city only wanted, to make a contract for three years. while Mi. Ensign representing the company, wanted it renewed for five years. the same length of time as the old contract. His argument was that the company had about s33,O00 tied up in machinery and fixtures main tained entirely to meet the city's pur- poses and for such an investment he thought five gears was a very reason able length of titme for the city to be tied up and for the company to know what it could depend on. Action was postponed.
 Specifications for new chemical en- zine to cost approximately s2500, filed by Fire Chief Bellas at the request of