Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-27
COUNCIL HDULGEs
N HEATED / |''|:: BRA WI.
consideration Of Saloon Cases.
Has Bad Effect on The
Aldermanic Temper.
d MOVERS SALOON Will RUN.
.noYeR's SALOON Will RUN.
,,ter Conviction iii Police Court,
Councilmen Vote His Place
Decent and Orderly.

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A,,,,yngh II. Meyer. proprietor Of q
I, loor, at so north Third West street
20 J conv icted in police court last week
~ keeping disorderly house, the citsss
eo,ncil reversed Judge Bowman 8 de-
.,slon md refused to revoke his license
u "a night, when the members sat as q
ho,rd of inquiry. 4 his decision was
arrived at after two hours ours Wr7a 1.rlgs'
/ wbich bore the earnlarks Of a saloon on.
brawI itself.
4; ma same evidence which convicted
Mover In police court was presented To-
the council last night Harry Joseph
trustee OF the State Industrial seh .
ana a. state probation officei, was the
Inmplainings witness in police court,
andfaf the request OF Chief Barlow he
anneared at the hearing before the
ca,Incil. Mr.. Joseph said that when he
alighted from the Salt Lake & ideal
train about ii o'clock on July IL that
no heard yells OF 'murde ~ II e3rushsd
into the saloon where he. heard 3thel
mise. AS he stepped in the door, ne
lodged b pool ball, then a beer bottle
md then ducked behind q chair just
\ In, time to save himself from being hit
oversthes head witllsa billiard cue.
There were at least four men engaged
4 in IA rough and tumble fight. They
a rushed from one emf of the saloon 70
) the other. One mans face was coVer .es
With blood and another nan Wa.s
knocked unconscious lying by the ios
iiox. Mover sat In the saloon wit toit
'a,,ifting his hand to stop the fight and
the bartender Went on SERVING ar inks
as if the fight was n usual Occurrences.
Joseph demanded that the proprietor
stop che fight Meyer mad es no response
80 Joseph went in search of al police
( man. He hunted for half an hour In
4 that district but could not find COP.
ner.'t anywhere Then he took the street
car m town and looked around the
business district for a policeman bu :
could not find one. II e. went home ana
the next morning called up Chief bar
low and related the circumstances 70
him. Joseph swore to a. complaint
which resulted IN Meyers conviction In
the courts. ri 3s 584 n
MINORS IN THB SALOON. II
Mr, Joseph also sold that the Juvenile
court officers had trouble with the Sal Z
loon on several occasions. There has
been a number OF cases where minors
have been allowed in the saloon IN the
rear Of the saloon is q. lot and beer IS
served there to men and women, Mr.
Joseph said. II
After he had given his testimony.
Attys. G. b. Diehl and Soren y. Cliri is Z
tensen cross-exAmined him at length
but did not change his story IN the
beast. Then Meyer was called and ne
told the council that he was only the 4
manager OF the saloon, and that HIS
wife Mary Moyer owned 1T, and that
the license was in her name. Ee said
that he conducted the place as peace
fulfy as he could. Policemen j. y. Riley
said that the salool, was we'll regulated
in every way. Patralman Henry Carl
ton said that he had walked the beat
for months and never heard of a fight
in the place He was unable to say
where he was about II o. clock on the
night when Joseph was hunting for
him, however. The bartender was q 50
called as q witness and said that he at
tempted to stop the fight when J Joseph
was in The saloon. This Joseph denies.
The council then wrangled over the
stestimany and finally came to the CON
clusion that Meyer was running n de-
cent sort of a place and that his li-5{
cense ought not to be revoked, ne
vote stood to 4. Wood, Holley, Fern 4
stlnnl and Cowburn voting for the
revocation OF the license. II
REFUSAL FOR DRUG STORE.
BY a vote of 8 to 2, however, the
council refused to grant DouLl Bros,
prnprietors of the Owl Drug store, q
liquor license because the firm sold
high balls over the soda fountain. Mr..
Wood who voted against It and then
changed his vote to the affirmative.
gave notice of reconsideration next
Monday night.
Heath Bros, proprietors Of a saloon
at tho Salt Palace and dement's &
Neros, saloon keepers at 501 west Sec
ond South street, who are charged with
selling liquor to minors, will he ar
Taisned before the council next week
to show cause why their licenses should
not be revoked In both cases convic-
tons have been obtained in the police
court.
The license committees report reduce
ing the license of trade vendor ma
chimes from $40 to SIS a year was adopt
cd An amendment to the ordinance
VIII be drawn by the city attorney
ana presented next wee s5 Al e.
City Auditor Rudolph ALI sent a COM
inunication to the council last night
~ u. which he stated that he had re-
FUSED to pay to Raleigh q Harmon S155a 4
lor gravel which Street Supervisor
Jake 4 Raleigh purchased from his
own firm for the city. Under the
statutes. Mr.. ALI Informed the council
that no officer could accept money
from the city for. goods or services
rendered by his firm to the city. The
bill vas referred to the finance cons
mittee without comment to considerit.
When the proposed euro aud gutter
extension on Dunbar avenue which
has been advertised and approved by
the property own efs, came before the
council 1t was filad. The city has no
more money to spend on public Inn
provements ..8i, f3 4s5it
The council passed three estimates
on the Main street paving extension
amounting to approximately $4,000 in
favor of p. ]. Moran. These estimates
We're held UP by the board of public
works on account of his refusal to
comply with. the orders Of The board
to allow expansion JOINTS which pre-
cipitated the trouble between the board |
and Mayor Bransford. The board held
a special meeting yesterday afternoon
TO y a pprove of the estimates as they
agreed to do in order to save their
scalps.
COUNCIL ROUTINE.
The council confirmed the appoint
ment of j. w. Tremayne, formerly a |
government Inspector made by Mayor |
Bransford as chief inspector under the /
new slaughter ordinance which goes
into effect on Aug l.
Z NJ ayor Bransford appointed Mrs. C. |
w, Boyd. George F. Goodwin and Mrs. |
Joseph w. Eohn as members of the
free library board for a period of three |
Years airs The council confirmed the ap-
pointments
Fisher Harris sent a letter to the |