Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-09
CLUBS MUST PAY
TO SELL LIQUOR
Council Requires All Places OPP
Grating Under Federal IL
cense 10 Come In.
VIDE TIRES PROVOKE DEBATE
Martin y After Tcam-tcrs Who Cut
The ROads--salarN Loan
License Bill Passed

THE feature OF last evenings session
OF the city council was the adoption,
after considerable debate. of a iesolu-
don calling upon clubs and other I'M
stitutions 20 az once take out a regular
nunicipal license Tho resolution was
introduced by Mr.. Fomsuom. aud as
first read applied only 60 the CONNER
cial club. Mr.. Black offered an amend
mont TO make 1T include an clubs. ana
another amendment by MI Holey
brought into the category AN persons
and concerns doing business u.de
government license. Mr. Fernstom's
resolution read as follows:
Whereas. The board of governors OF
the Commercial club passed resou-
tlon last Saturday, Feb g. 1903, a p9r-
ton of which reads as follows:
Heartily favor the most stringent
regulations Of the liquor traffic OF This
city and state, and,
"Wheraos, The board OF governors
of Inc Commercial club are now, ami
have been for many years. operating a
uqu0r business In their club and have
Jailed TO procure a license from the
government license. and as such thew
are now conducting a liquor busine 5s
boz defiance OF the present rules and
regulations OF the liquor traffic of this
city. both as far as license is concerned
and also as far as the Sunday closing
law is concerned; therefore, bo it
Resolved That the license collector
De-. and he is hereby instructed 90 uou-
fy said club TO procure a license at
once. and 10 they neglect 20 procure
such license that De then notify the
chief OF police, that the chief may pro-
coed 90 at once close up the Illegal
liquor traffic OF said club
SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME
In speaking to his motion 20 adopt
MI Fernstrom said that the board Of
governors of the Commercial club had
put themselves ON record as fayorng
strict regulation OF the liquor tran C.
and they should make q beginning by
themselves coming within the pro-
visions of the law. They are liable
for the license, and why should they
not pay IL?
Mr.. Murdoch expressed a Willingness
90 support the resolution, providing that
the Commercial club were not singled
out 90 come under It's provisions. Mr.
Murdoch said further that the liqu r
traffic in salt Lake is a shame and
disgrace 10 an extent that be- had never
realized until last Saturday night
when ne had witnessed conditions that
nc had never dreamed OF.
The only member TO oppose the reso-
luton was MI Martin. In the course
of his defense OF clubs. which he said
maintained their bars az a loss be took
occasion 10 say that not one in ten
representative people In the state were
in favor OF prohibition.
Mr. Black said he saw no consistency
in the stand Of Mr. Martin iu favor
Of letting the big fellows go scot free
while the little devils are severely
punished for the least infractlon OF the
law. Let the laws be administered JUST
ly' he continued. "and treat an men
alike. Martins was the only negative
vote ON the resolution
WIDE TIRES DISCUSSED.
Another subject that occasloued con-
siderable debate was a motion made by
Mr Wood 10 grant a hearing 10 team
sters In the matter OF amending the
wide tire ordinance SO as 70 provide a
three-inch tire, and suspending the
operations OF the ordinance for six
months TO permit teamsters 10 come
within It's provisions without loss TO
themselves.
In this motion Martin saw nothing
but 4 knock on the street SUPERVISE
and his department, and he said ~ am
agIn 10. I am not very busy. and Il
this sort Of work goes on I VIII nm the
police court with teamsters. They are
running the streets and are absolutely
Indifferent 10 good roads"