The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-29

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is the time to regulate the traffic a
other cities in the state have done"
When President Browning had fiji
ished, DR. Powers again arose and sal
that the matter was being forced b
a few ministers of the gospel, and 70
himself he was not going to be force
by outsiders into doing somethIn
which he was not In favor of "Thes
ministers come into our city and afte
a snort residence here, during whicl
time they do not own or possess
single foot OF property, and attemp
to dictate to this body what Its polio,
shall be. One In particular who ha,
recently left on a vacation, has sale
things about this council to which
take exception. and am not going Il
let any outsider dictate to me wha
my policy snail be in a matter Of this
kind.
Gentlemen. can sec evils which
VIII grow out of this high license
measure. Some of the saloons will be
forced to go out of business Which
ones VIII they be? The poor men. OF
course. 1t will build up whisky trust
controlled by the few of the richer
class in the business Many of the
saloon men in the city own homes,
and others are building homes
Il can see where high license will
be the open door for dives such as
used To exist in this city years ago.
II we are going TO have prohibition,
let us have it, but let us not rush into
this matter without due consideration
and with too much haste
Councilman Humphris arose and said
tnat he was in favor of increasing the
| license to $1.500 and more strict reg
ulation of the liquor traffic in the city.
| The city, he said, was growing and
| therefore licenses would be worth
more, especially If the raise resulted
I'D closing some of the saloons.
1T Is my opinion" said Mr.. Humph-
ris, that saloon men are just as good
citizens as any other. and | have no
ak to grind with them | was elected
TO this council by votes from both
political parties to do what | thought
was right and best for the city and |
propose to do that thing now
Il am not in favor of prohibition"
he continued, but | am in favor of
higher license and stricter regulation"
Councilman Dana arose and asked
the chair:
rs 1t not a fact that the liquor traf-
fic is better regulated at the present
time than it has been for fifteen
years."
President Browning; Yes, 1t is;
but it is nothing to be proud OF yet"
After DR.. Powers had again occu-
pied the floor in favor of his motion,
during which time Councilman Humph-
ris interposed complaint that Pow
ers was out of order, which called
forth a sharp rebuke from Austin. in
the chair. Councilman Peery arose and
said that he wished to indorse the
statements of Councilmen Browning
and Humphris; that he did not favor
prohibition but that he thought the
liquor license had been too low for
years; that an increase to 81. 800 from
$1,000 in Salt Lake City had had the
effect of driving eight OF more dives
out OF business In the capital city
Councilman Humphris called a re-
buke down upon himself when he stat
ed that the revenue derived from H.
censes to saloons was being used to
build up the city. When he had fin
ished, Councilman Dickson arose and
said that if the city had 10 depend
upon saloons for revenue to build it
self up he would sooner go down into
MS own pockets for the money than
take il from saloons for-that purpose
Councilman Peery again took the
stand and started to speak On the ad-
Visibility of closing saloons earlier
than o'clock in the morning, when
Councilman Dana interposed, saying
that the same rule should apply to
clubs and other resorts, referring to
the Weber club, where, he said
drinks could be secured at all hours
of the day and night Mr. Peery said
he was in favor of putting the clubs
OF the city under the same regulations
as the saloons. although he
was a member Of the Weber club him.
self.
AT this point Councilman Thomas
arose and asked that vote be taken
on the motion of Powers. and on roll
call action on the measure was post
poned until January 2, 1910. The vote
was as follows:
Yea-Austin (R), Dana (R). Flyg-
are Cd. Powers (R), Thomas CD
and Wilson (R).
No-Browning (D). Dickson (R).
Humphris (D) and Peery Cd.
The street car committee reported
that three bids had been received for
the painting of the bridges over Og- !
den and Weber rivers in the city, the |
lowest being from lngebretson &
Wadman. of s345. which. on motion.
was ordered granted. An amendment
to reject all bids was lost
Bids were received for building
steps at the police station. and the |
lowest-that of William Bateman for
sos, as well as ais bid of $3.50 for a
cement walk about the station, was
accepted by the council
City auditor reported that S10125, |
interest on the special waterworks |
bonds to July 2, was due and payable |
at the Chase National bank in New
YORK City. On motion warrant was
ordered drawn for the amount.
A communication from j. S. Lewis
the city quarter section of
land In Coldwater canyon, which en-
braces considerable water right, for
$500. was read and on motion the
council decided to meet in a commit.
Lee of the whole to inspect the prop
erty on Friday July 2, at 4 p. m The
city engineer was instructed to survey
The land previous to the councils visit.
Payrolls to the amount of S3,119.05
we're read and allowed
The report Of the sanitary inspector
was read and showed that at present
here are four cases of scarlet fever
and five of chickenpox In the city.
Applications for license from saloons
doing business In the city were grant
ed.