Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-31
ELECTION (. |. {: c TINE
APPROACHING
:
sIdestepping Of American
Members Of Council Indi-
Gates This Fact.
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SLOT MACHINE Z; HI HEARING OVER
SLOT MACHINE HEARING OVER
Fernstrom Attempts to Smoke out.
Deal. but is Prevented by Major
ity--!Thc yeros Case.

4 5lll<@1an 5eHort was made to give the ,,n
accountable actions OF the .America,,,
party officials in granting permission d,
the slot machines to resume bushes.
an airing In the city council last even.
ing, nut Councilman 7. r. Black, with
INC assistance OF L. u Martin ant
marx Reedall. managed to have the
resolution introduced by Councilman
:. Fernstrom sent over. for a. week
Mr. Fernstrom intimated that deal
4 haa peen made by which the machines
i were permitted to operate and said tina I
ne intended to smoke it out. In his
/ opinion there could be no necessity of
Iscont1scating the machines SO that the
decislon OF Justice Stanley A. Hanks
coula nave no bearing on the case. The
/ ponnnee.tsi they desired could arrest tho
iproprietors of the stores where the ma
chinest were used.
FERNsTRoM,s RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Fernstrom IS RESOLUTION. which viii,
come up again at the meeting next
week. reads: u i,3
whereas ssl11 : cas- The chief of police was in
structed some time ago to close gam
bling within the city, and, ..83s, L Il
- Vhereas Said instruction was com
Piled with and the city was fairly
icleanfsed from this evil until last week,
4 When some bargain or deal was perfect
$ed whereby gambling was again opened
up, and 54s3 " S s ~ .
a SVhereas {, The chief Of police Is seem
8lngiy In the deal not to enforce the law.
under the sfllnlsy pretext that decision.
mas been rendered In a Justice Of the
speaee 4, that the chief of police has
no right to c0nf1scate property. and
WI ereas, The chief OF 9ipoIice at the
oren1entioned instance when gambling
and slot machines were stopped found
that no conflscatlon of property was
necessary; therefore belt
Resolved, That the chief of police he
and he is hereby instructed to enforce
the laws and ordinances as far as tho
stopping Of gambling and slot machines
arrested; but not to confikcate prnperty
until the said case is finally disposed
OF, 81.
to the trial OF yeros & Demeros, con-
vfcted in the police court of selling
liquor on Sunday. but whom the admin
istratiOn does not considersit advisable:
to punish by revoking their license so
soon before an election Councilman
Fernstrom fought against n continu-
ance of this matter which has already
been pending for some weeks. but It
was continued until Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock.
PATIENTS CHARGED 50 PER DAY.
The council formally authorized the
charge of 81 day made to patients at
the isolation hospital. The county will
be made to pay for those not able to
bear this charge Councilmen l.. E.
Hall and H. T. Cowburn objected to
- L.. Il IT.. u. r.
levied, but it had already been deter
mined upon,
Il DR.. S. G. Paul reported that the ar
with the Salt Lake & Og-
den railroad for hauling garbage has
been unsatisfactory and that negoti-
lions hive been opened with the Saltalr
road. The Bamberger road is quite
willing to hand over the contract and
the Saltair line willing to take It. It
to haul the stuff to the citys property
west of the Jordan river. The BAN
berger line received $3.50 car. The
Saltair cars, however. are a third long
ar.
T. r. Black came In with a resou-
ton authorizing the starting of the |
elevator on the city side in the city |
and county building. This went to the
committee and city en-
yineer to prepare plans and speciflca-
ions The cost will be about $4,000.
Councilman F. S. Fernstrom moved a
resolution providing for the laying of
on Eighth West street be-
.ween Seventh and Ninth North streets:
IN Chicago street between Ninth and
Tenth North: on Ninth North between
Eighth West and Chicago streets and
IN Tenth North from Chicago to Tenth
West street, to cost sl,16l.1o and to be
IA III f(,r from the bDn6 fund. |
The word Veterinary was stricken
rom the clause in the meat ordinance
providing for the appointment of an
Inspector.
Appointment of A. c. Langton as
pecial policeman for the Denver & Rio
irande to take the place OF T. ].
,rowley was confirmed
There will be special session of the
ouncil on Thursday evening.