Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-15

When the matter of purchasing the
rights was brought up months ago the
owners asked $4,000 for them. They
finally reduced this to $4,000 and the
city came back a couple of weeks ago
with an offer of $4,000. Last night
communication was received from Atty.
5. A. King, who represented Knudsen
and Bagley, accepting the offer of the
city provided the money was appro-
priated at once.
Holiday moved that the sum of $50,
600 be placed on the appropriation lisi
to the credit OF Knudsen g. Bagley,
and the deal closed. Mulvey seconded
the motion and made a short talk In
which he outlined the work done by the
committee In this deal and said that the
city should be congratulated upon its
success In the matter as now 1t had
the undisputed title to nearly one-half
OF the waters OF Big Cotton wood. This
water right was one that had to be set
tied before the city could use any of
the water from Cottonwood and he
thought the council was lucky to set
tie it without having to stand the ex-
pense of a lengthy litigation in court.
BY a unanimous vote of the council the
amount was appropriated and the deal
will be closed at once as the mayor
has already expressed his Willingness
TO pay the amount stated and will APP
ploNS Vi tilt dCtlOll VI inc SouliChs
BLACKS SALOON SCHEME.
A new saloon ordinance was intro
duced by Black last night and IL was
discussed quite generally by the mem
bers and was finally referred to the
municipal laws committee. The ordin-
ance restricts the number of saloor- In
the city TO one for every 1000 of popu.
lation and provides that when a saloon
keeper violates the law in regard to the
LIQUOR traffic his license shall never be
renewed. When a LIQUOR license is AL
lowed to lapse II cannot be renewed
under the new ordinance. This clause
is aimed at the summer beer gardens
which take ont a license for two or
three months each year. The ordinance
also restricts the matter OF breweries
owning and controlling a large number
of saloons and II also prohibits the is
suance of a license to any excepting Il
citizen OF the United States. This will
shut out a number OF Greek and Ital-
ian saloonkeepers.
FERNsTRoM's JOKE.
Black moved that the ordinance be
referred TO the committee and Pres-
dent Davis announced that II would
he so referred unless some of the
members object. Fernstrom object
ed and said chat the ordinance could
JukI us wei NC hllltd lUcI us luIti
He commended that the city had no
right to create u monopoly IN the sa-
loon business. and that 1t could not
shut men out from entering upon any
business they saw ut to enter provided
they complied with the law. He ar
gued that such restriction as pro-
posed would DO a violation OF the
constitution. THE American hier-
archy." he said, 'is the most unjust
one | ever heard of. When they cut
off Il member Of the church because
he did not pay his 'tthing' to the
American campaign fund he can't
come back again That Is not fair
at all and besides that | believe that
II Is unconstitutional"
ME TOO" SAYS MULvEY.
AIulvey said that he was nat IN
favor OF the ordinance either. If don't
think II necessary TO have any laws
AT all" he said. but lust leave the
chief OF police and the mayor alone
and we won't have any saloons nt ALL"
lie favored certain restrictions on sa-
looms and said that before he retired
from the council al the end OF the
year, ho not having resigned yet. he
would attempt 10 have a good saloon
law passed
HOLIDAY and Black both coutended
that the legislature gave the city couu-
eli absolute right 10 handle the liquor
license question as II saw NJ, and that
II could refuse a license 10 any ono
II wanted 10 and could refuse licenses
10 all After some other arguments
the motion 90 refer the ordinance To a.
committee was carried by a vote of
10 g. President Davis gave Fernstrom a
dig IN explaining his vote In favor OF
referring when he said that in an the
time he had served I'm the council he
had never before heard OF a council
man being so discourteous as 10 OBJ
Ject TO an ordinance introduced by
member being referred to a commit,
tee for consideration.
TAGS FOR TEAMS.
Holiday introduced an amendment
10 the license ordinance which re-
qulres all licensed vans. baggage and
express wagons and omnibuses TO Sc
cure a license tag from the city re-
corder which shall be attached To the
harness OF the horses 10 said vehicle