Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-23
10 SAL. | LAKES
LASTING 6 / SHAME
Unchecked The Red Light Stock
ade is Going up on The
West Side.
UNDER "AMERICAN' CITY RULE
UNDER AMERICAN CITY RULE
Proposed by An American Of
fetal Hideous Dens Of In
fanny Are Being Erected.
Councilman, .lrc!iitcct and Builder In
tcrcstcd in Half Million Dollar
Tcndcrloin investment.
] she News" herewith presents

rhe News herewith presents it's
LADDERS with two photographs of the
Protected stockade to be occupied when
completed by the women of the under
world and their parasites under the
protection of the American party, un-g
less the people of this city take action
N time to prevent. The discussion Of
Ench a subject is not pleasant to con-
sldei', not pleasant to read and the col
lection of information is not a happy
task.A The welfare of this city demands
fhat the subject be given the consid-
piiation that is due it in time to put a
stop to the plans. in time to stop
plan that only in Toxic is paraleled.
The American, party would have a.
municipal bawdv house operate within
the city under the protection of the POI
lice. Y.
The proof of this last statement Is
had In the perusal of the annual report
pf the chief of police, Tom D. Pitt, rem
hered to Mayor Bransford early in the.
4 present year. In his recommendations
to the mayor the chief said
This question is certainly ques-
tiun hard to dispose of, and. being a
necessary evil, there is only one way
In which it could be successfully hand
led, which is as follow:
Let tho city set aside piece of
ground OF sufficient size to accommo-
date several hundred OF these prosti-
tutes. Inclose same carefully with high
fences; build houses or cottages to
accommodate these inmates; charge
them rent; license them and place them
under control of the police department
rs TO their safety and confinement, and
to the board Of health as to their.
cleanliness and sanitary conditions. In
this way every person could be handled
by the police court and run out of town
or, sent IL. the place Where she belonged
Z In this way this department would be.
incomplete control OF this element and
also control the drug element and men
who make a practise of living with!
this class of women"
AMERICAN PLAN.
In the above report an American
official gave voice to the plan. While
no other city official in an official act
voiced open approval of the plan, it
was not long before actual work was
begun looking to the adoption of the
idea. 1t was not long before a city
Z,
was drawing the plans for such a place,
the transfer Of building ground being
made and then actual construction
work begun This is now nearing COM
& pletion. The pictures above tell the
Etory more strongly than can any word.
To promote the scheme, the service
pf Mrs. Dora B. Topham of Ogden, a
Woman Of the underworld, known gem
eraily as Belle London, the Queen of
tile Junction City Electric Alley" was
enlisted. 1t was she who stood at the
helm. A company was formed. a COM
pany which has a state charter to
deal In realty in all phases of a realty
business. The purpose of the company
as set forth in its articles Of ncorpora-
ton contains no warrant to believe that
Its intention was to conduct any Illicit
traffic,
OIJTLAWED PRESIDENT.
at the head OF this concern stands.
Dora Topham, president of the Citizens
Investment company, as 1t is called.
How, much better would be the title,
1.-The American Party Association for
the Promotion of Crime and the Degree
dalton of Salt Lake" She holds 1850
shares in her own name and ] 200 more
As trustee. M. NJ. Wolfinger of Ogden.
who is vice president. holds 10 shares
shares. Alfred Bowles of this city.
holds 10 shares. G. e. Raybould Is
secretary and treasurer.
Following the organiza ton of this
company, building ground in the block
bounded by First and Second South
streets and Fourth and Fifth West
streets was transferred to the COM
pany at cost Of over S25O,0C0 Build
1ngs, sewer systems, lighting systems,
y water supply and other Improvements
have been begun and are nearing com
pletion.s The estimated cost of these
mounts IN to s25O000 This means that
half 4. million dollars is TO go into
this walled city of sin.
!. AGAINST THE Law.
There stands on the law books of
state and city, a provision against the
conduct OF such business as IS contem,
plated by this concern, foster enid
of the American city government.
Ihs law covers the creatures of the un.
derworId aud ii covers the owners OF
f,,ildinss TO be used for immoral pul'-
poses and every phase of the traffic IN
this connection,
Is there any man Of sound mind
who viii say that any man or asso.5
citation would undertake to RISK NoVo;goo
IN an unlawful business unless police
PROTECTION was first guarantees
Is BUT ONE ANSWER:
r,,e,.a can beSonly one answer to that
r,,isstinn. II Is an emphatic negative.
Addad cmuhasis is found in the fact
that the houses being built withii me y,
1#.foot brick wall are suited only n, =, 20
such purposes as Is intena 11ast ~ tle
a. the plans of the. stoe kade offers az
ditional proof of this ,o.,,,.
"A ,,tisans of every class may pc sen
within the wall ALREADY ra Da,I1 the the
!p'h s1as party is trying hard nara to.
have the place occupied ana .nat ~ Il tp NAY
Ton before election day ac, ,ha' suffrage age
a prsinp aThe American party has
cisansd out Commercial street 81, any
,nsnad it up to honest trade.
INTERIOR OF sTocKAlp7E.
ding completely the ground
u ,l5 hv the company headed by Belle 3
S Ssnsan y i rsetauglaE brick rick, val s,l II
rset high Ii fronts on ti ,tle suI
great in Z, row OF iieculi,a AL M ine no