The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-16

| owners of property adjacent TO and In
close proximity TO the said ''stockade" 4"
as plaintiffs. and the said Citizens In
vestment company and one Dora =. Top
ham. as defendants, and
| Whereas, the said use OF said property
is well known TO the public at large. and
| Is known, or ought TO be known to the
honorable Mayor and City Council OF
Salt Lake. City. and TO the Chief OF Po-
Whereas. said use of said property Is
In violation or law. and the lnJunctive
order OF said court. and is In violation
OF the city ordinances OF Salt Lake City;
and
Whereas. we and our children are con-
stanily exposed TO the dangers that lurk
In and surround this institution OF Vice
and crime and the peace, comfort and
safety OF our homes, are threatened and
will be destroyed by the establishment
and maintenance OF this Institution OF
vice. iniauity and crime in the heart
of the western portion OF this city, and
at our very doors. and
Whereas. It Is the sworn duty. of the
Mayor and City Council OF salt Lake
City, and the Chief OF Police thereof to
enforce the laws and ordinances which
Will protect us and the people OF this
city from the evils OF such an institution. :.
Now, therefore be IT resolved that We
the people OF the western portion OF Salt
Lake City In mass meeting assembled.
do hereby respectfully demand that the
salt Lake CITY. and the Chief of Police
thereof. lake immediate action to en-
force the laws and ordinances which will
effectually put an end 10 the wholesale
practice Of prostitution now carried
on In the stockade operated and con-
trolled by the Citizens Investment COM
pany and one Dora p. Topham, president
and manager thereof
Action Is Demanded.
We demand this action at your hands
under and by virtue of the oaths Of your
Office and the duties and obligations
resting upon you. and under and by vir-
tue OF the laws and Constitution of this
State, which guarantee to us life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. and under
which guarantee OF rights we are en-
titled TO have the peace and quiet OF our
wives guarded and protected against the
blightlng and bancful influences of this
cesspool OF vice and crime, which Is per-
niitted 40 flourish at the very doors OF
our homes, notwithstanding the same Is
condemned by the ordinances OF this city
and the laws Of this state. and notwith-
We have made every effort thus
far within our power to stop the illegal
traffic.
We have long since resolved and do
again resolve that this institution OF vice
and crime shall not exist In our midst,
whether the officials, whose duty II is
TO abatc the same, shall do so or not, Our
homes were here first and we firmly re-
solve that this institution shall be driven
from the place where IL is now located
rather than that we shall be compelled
To abandon the homes which we have for
so many years owned and enjoyed. You
must DO your duty in this respect or we
shall find way 10 protect ourselves and
our homes against this impudent, tyrani-
cal and unlawful thing that Is rearing
It's head serpent-like and is in defiance
OF law, morals and dccency striking at
ing all that is near and dear TO us
BE II further resolved, that a certified
copy OF these resolutions be forwarded to
the honorable Mayor and City Council of
Salt Lake CITY.
We. the Undersigned. do hereby certi-
fy that the foregoing is a full, true and
adopted at mass meeting OF the citi-
zens of the west side OF Salt Lake City
held on the evening OF the 18th day OF
June. \. d. 1909.
Witness our hands this 18th day OF
June, y. d. 1909.
+. C. ASHTON. Chairman.
JOHN l.. GOTHAM, Secretary.
Governor and Attorney General.
Whereas. The fact appears that GER
tain corporation, known as the Citizens
Investment eompany, has acquired certain
lands situate between Fourth and Fifth
West streets and First and Second South
streets, in Salt Lake City, Utah: com
monty known as the 'stockade," and III
which lands II has erected large num-
Der OF buildings commonly used as
cribs ana paror houses" which property
is, and has been for several weeks past,
devoted almost entirely TO the open and
ation OF the constitution and statutes OF
this state and in violation of the charter
granted to the said Citizens Investment
company; and.
Whereas. We, the residents and prop
srty owners living in close proximity 10
the said stockade, have and now are do
ng everything within our power 10 pre-
vent this illegal and immoral traffic, but
our efforts the said COM
pany insolently and unlawfully defies
Every effort put forth by us in that be-
half; and,
Whereas. We believe, under the laws
and the constitution OF this state quo
proceedings can be taken which
VIII efectuate "A dissolution OF the said
citizens Investment company on account
IF its open and fragrant violation OF the
statutes OF this state and the charter un-
Ter which 1t was Incorporated. and that
such proceedings lie within the power OF
the attorney general OF this state, acting
under the advice and suggestion OF the
governor thereof; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That We hereby petition and
request the Hon, William SDry governor
u the state OF Utah. and the Hon Albert
;. Barnes. the attorney general thereof
20 take such immediate action under the
laws of this state for the purpose OF
bringing about dissolution OF the said
citizens, Investment company. for It's fla
grant violation OF the laws OF this stat tc
and, be II further
Resolved. That n certified COPY Of these
resolutions be forwarded TO the honorable
governor and the honorable attorney gen.
eral Of this state.