Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-17
GENERAL QUALITIES
 HIS OPINION.
(from Sundays Daily.)

mcn From Arizona saloons, which took effect April j, in which he said that. tn his opinion, woman owning n saloon had right to be in her own place of business, despite the letter of 'he recent law, hc did not imagine that the opinion would be taken liter. aiIy and bounced upon by almost every lawyer in the Territory from whom n newspaper correspondent could get an interview, but such was tho case. and in the press of inc Territory lately have appeared interviews from the var. lons district attorneys, taking issue With the attorney general, and dcclar. ing that tho law barred women from saloons, be they owners of these self. same saloons or not.
 Tho late Speaker of the Assembly. Neil Bailey, was one who declared the law barred women from saloons, pro. prictors included, but Bailey added that the law came within the dciini. ton of what is known as tho "powcr Of police regulation. Speaker Bailey did not explain the limits of this power of police rcgulation," but it is taken to mean that if the police see it women can frequent saloons, within "policc regulation"
 District Attorney Shelley of I,isbcc is another lawyer who takes exceptions to the opinion of the attorney general. Shelley is quoted as saying that the law bars all manner of women. DO prictors included. from saloons, but adds, like Bailey, that it all comes within the "powcr of police rcgula. ton. -
 Other district attorneys throughout the Territory have also been quoted rc. gnrding the law, most of them differ ing with Attorney General Clark. The latter, who has been out of the city, since giving out the initial interview. returned Thursday, and yesterday, in conversation with n Journal Miner rep. rcscntative. said:
 'It K clearly the intent of the new law barring women from saloons to keep women out of saloons, and to pre-. vent their employment therein in any capacity.
 Since going into the matter l have become convinced that n woman can, and may, still own n saloon, but she cannot conduct it in person.
 "I believe, under this law, that she has n right to go into saloon that she owns. far the purpose of examining her books and accounts, but the law bars her from taking any active part in the conduct of the business, or net. ing in any capacity that would require her continued presence in the saloon. "
 Asked if woman could enter saloon 'o collect a bin from its pro pric;or, without laying herself liable 'o arrest for frcquenting n saloon, At torney General Clark said:
 "Nes, n woman, acting for herself, can go into n saloon for the purpose of collecting n legal debt or account from the proprietor without being liable to arrest, but she cannot loitcr there or stay moment after she has L..
 Speaking of poker playing, and it's connection with the anti.gambling law, Attorney General Clark said:
 Playing poker, according to the strict interpretation of the Arizona law, is not forbidden by our statutes, and the game can be played as long as it is not conducted as a banking, or percentage, game, by which I mean n game played by the many against the one; game wherein there is a fund owned either by the proprietor of the game, or one of the players, into which an winnings are turned and out of which all losses are paid.
 Interpreted, this means that no poker game with q kitty" or "take-off v for the house ,or proprietor of the game, is permissible under the anti gambling law.
 Acting on this theory, Sheriff Lowry has ordered all poker games that were running m saloons with "'takc'oif. to close, and as a consequence, Prescott
 is now strictly good town.
 That clubs. where liquor K sold, should pay the $500 liquor license, is also ihc opinion of Attorney General Clark, and speaking of the local Yava- pai Club. the attorney general said;
 ''In the operation of the new license law, requiring the payment of s3c9 for retail liquor license, in advance, ! be. LaVe that such sOcial organizations aa