Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-25
LIGHTS ARE OUT
GLOOM PREVAILS Il.
Fourteen Commercial Street
Saloons Take in TWO
Dollars Per Shift.
WHAT WOMEN HAVE TO SAY.
Ono Claims to be a Citizen and Tax
payer ana Deiics Authorities to
Make Her Move.

Any old place ! can hang my hat
is home sweet home to me- The soft
refrair. Is being sadly sung by Cont
smercial street parasites. women of the
town and frequenterss of low CONNER
cial street saloons today.
The streets where the brilliant lights
slowed, the houses wherefrom issued
sounds of revelry and ribald songs, the
dives where strangers We're made mad
with drink and then robbed, presented
an entirely different appearance last
night and today. The lights We're but.
The houses We're closed. The loafers
We're not to be seen. The parasites We're
without their meal tickets
On Commercial street, or situated 50
they have drawn revenue from that no
torious thoroughfare and contributed
their. quota of vice. there are IA sa-
looms. The raids made by the county
authorities proved knockout blows to
them. Their craft is in danger. Busi-
ness is at a standstill and the wolf Is
growing at the door. "A policeman who
walks Commercial street said this
mornings.
'.NIURDER ROW. HIT HARD.
There are IA saloons on Commercial
street Last night the place was In
darkness, the houses closed and II Is
safe to say, that no saloon took IN
more than So last night"
Hence the great clouds of gloom, 20
thick they could be cut with knife,
lowering over the tenderloin.
Last night deputy sherlffs kept Gloss
watch upon houses OF i'll fame.
One t'landlady" turned on the lights,
She was Immediately notified that 1t
would be a case of darkness or the
county Jail. The lights were turned off.
The raids have played havoc with deni-
aens of Commercial street and Vic.
toiia alley but those hardest hit are the
parasites. The white and black loafel&
who live from the crimes OF; fallen Wo,.
men. They are without meal tickets,
SllulEing they sneak from one dark
< doorway to another. 9lnuttering impre-
cations against the agents of law and
order but too cowardly to show thel'
evil faces.
some Of the '.landladiesY are bli
defiant. Some of them own consider.
able property and are reluctant to part
EMilh3 the same None of them OWL
real estate In the tenderloin but they
own much valuable furniture and haY'
L considerable money invested in sthel
places OF Ice. go
One prominent Commercial stseetswo
man said this morning;
the crusade. have been here fol-
years and have occupied the sam,
place. The house Is closed and / sup.
pose VIII remain closed Indefinitely
don't know. There have been no com
plants about this place but; the trouble
has been caused by the street walkers
and women thieves vino have infested
the street They have caused tbs
trouble and not places like this
REFUSES TO MOVE.
Another woman, Sproprie tor of houst
of i'll fame, was most Indignant.
Me move? Well, L guess not, said
she. Who has a right to tell me that
L shall leave the city or so to a new
district? own property in this city,
Il pay taxes and am q citizen, and
don't propose to get out or move into
some other district unless l want To-
< L have fulfilled every requirement de-
manded by the city administra ton and
will stay here MS long as I wish. OF
course, il the authorities are deter,
mined to close up the houses they VII
be closed up and we will have to sui
fer the consequences, but if5the officers
MillSpay more attention to the hop head
niggers and the female niger dips who
,,ar,,Ios y; pj,tl nd Ieft and ger them