Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-18

80 come Of the saloons ana dives
'Dg's INV saturday night Saloons
y -,,,b men and young boys slriS
.1er wears and mothers with
!. tbelr arms: hardened GRIM
'-g land toddllng children. mingled m
.,m,nstely. while women OF the uil
I'D openly piled their Illicit
oa Gambling houses open as the
(, which any who desired might
''' .,,.st,i Women Mattresses, aerN-
F'N - and other drinks to the
horde OF men, women ana
.as,,nl such in brief Is the condi-
wbleh called forth the remark
~. .ickening and disguised coun-
nom the Third Having some
ri, as TO the genuiness OF the as
~, Given by the present city adj
...,,,tion that tho saloon keepers
,onniving strictly with the or
,..ooes covering their operations
80 N Gentlemen headed by Coun-
r. S. Fernsuom, and under
.b.neronage Of officer Carlson, OF
~ ssriT-s force. saturday night made
,s9r m a few, just a few OF the
cons Of the city.
TYPICAL DIVES.
s-st rlace visited was "Sindar's
~. % asait Lake Brewing Co. Beer
10 west First South. In front Is
tneh counter which opens INTO
,,-,sr room az the rear. here seN "
~ we're seated around peer V"Dle7
.,.rirr cards. no money being IN eNl-
mi however. The next place vas
\. notorious "Bears, located AZ Oh
ID, First South street. rms rs the
80 dealt with In the news zen
,,v. ago Surveyed from the lroh'
1resents a very innocent appeuIs,,ll,,,,
orar the front door Whlch ehcloses
stairway leading to a pool Ioolll
hove Is an electric sign bearing w
IA, eBaers Chilli Fishers Beer.
.t. - ~ the main entrance
~ onens into chill con carne
.or which consists Of a ten foot
inter fanked with chairs. At the
.ssr end al the "parlor" a swinging
,,r admits the visitor to a large room
..siblv rs By 80 feet. and IL was
H. hat The visitors got their hrst
.,po8uotion into the way some OF the
,sees are handled in salt Lake city.
p-s- tahles sci in q double row, and
tended me full length OF the room.
,round these men. women and child
r.r al ali ages classes and descrip-
q obs sat drinking and carousing.
CHILDREN DRINKING.
4, one table sat a father and
.m,fber" with two little tots whose
eet scarcely reached % the first
ro1nd OF their chairs, each with
nan empticd beer glass. Ther
appearance OF uncOncern plain
indicating that the practise was
no. new or novel by any means. on
Ne side swinging doors opened into
'Bsrers" saloon. and upon each OF
hese some wise caretaker HAD fasten-
% placard reading Keep away from
these doors and the foolish, or for
eetiul one who should inadvertently
lne within too close proximity 20 the
zane would very likely find himself
groyeing upon the floor on the other
Do Of the r0om for the overWorked
alter. struggling and straining 10
fsp pace with the clamorous de-
nsnd Of bis thirsty patrons has no
hoe 70 indulge On the more genteel
rW o. opening the door with his
ls. but impels is into the room
d a kick of his foot that sets II
raaEng and groaning upon it's hinges.
40 e table iu the corner sat a man
holding an infant that could not
have been more than six months OF
80 IA nfnn sat
zoe mother in a more or less adj
anosd stage OF intoxication, while
'ue children apparently six, seven.
nd eight years of age We're amusing
themselves by draining the dregs
I1m he empty beer glasses set ON
anerent tables ln this one place
Keen women and siX children were
COUNTED by the visitors. and their
anoer we're being constantly aug
.aled by now arrivals. Out on the
Walk in front am old woman whose
-a hair marked her as being well
..aaeed 10 years was drunkenly
tAsling two young BOYS who
ely endeayored 90 persuade her 10
on The car and go home An alley
-nlhg M from West Temple passes
.le rear OF the place. and "A few
-les observation az this point
'se a difficult matter 30 decide
% llst which entrance-front or
aamiH the most people.
WOMEN MATTRESSES.
ne next visit was 20 the "Ameri-
inch Room al number g.
west Temple street. Entering
M, '-lcn room, which in reality IS
80. lohg counter iu front of which
IA -' meh and women-One woman
1ipe in her arms were seated
f-y passed through a swinging
ky INTO a small room at the rear
Nitn hFe women and three men
~ ..rQ at two tables drinking
ma tN9,lef door 90 the right opens
~ rear ~ what is known as
IN N' aIaI saloon which bears
80 %, WAGNER Brewing co.
r.t.,." large letters across the front
in lhH place "a woman watt
'l lh band was dispensing beer
motley crowd OF foreigners A
M. MI.uug stairway along the
winch the plaster WINS falling
.NNhHs from the wallis. lcav-
N Nsl faiths showing through.
l'W, ioul nmelllnr room, on
~ e .lor Tho main room how
nrs . ne'n divided OF by thin
W. l'iNuons into numerous small
0r "crIbs" al NOV .re
~ ..' me police the object of
I'm. economy N space being onlv loo
sr IN. parent ln the narrow han-
N. N extends the run Ienrth ~
rI.t.,- room, drunken man Law
aHe ana moanlng upon a boer
IN ~. .l masking tho air hldooua
49,. '''NoIn curses md profanity
@"s "ARRENs PROFESSION
M s5. me party arrived opposlts
arnsrar, in' front Groom" woman
sar =, between forty and afty
raisr IN, ,.me huu1ng out with
arr.5 M, visitors she halted snd
b Oa.c.r 6...I back The aharp eve
IN CARLSON Was t.o oWlae IN
aung eng ihrustur hor aside
'ood a ...A the door ana tber.
.., 'NNng boy. halo &c..