Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-24
WAR ON LIQUOR
RQUs|NG IDAHO.
Ada County WillEVote on Question
Of Permitting Its
Sale.
GOV. BRADY is TO PRESIDE {: II;.
sir Temperance Meeting to be Held
In Boise Monday-strong scntl-
ment Against Saloons
Special Correspondence

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- oIsE, July 22.--Harry Orchard,
life prisoner, self-confessed as
sassin of former Governor Frank
steunenberg and murderer Of
obout Fl other men, was baptized yes
to-day morning in the large plunge at
the state. penitentiary, by Rev. stew
ard of the Seventh Day Adventist
church, who has been the spiritual adj
visor of the prisoner since his term OF
life imprisonment began. John SAN
ders. another life prisoner from Ban
nock county, received the baptismal
rites at the same time.
REV. Steward stated that Orchard is
n 1evout convert and feels that his sins
have been forgiven him. "Orchard
K said to me yesterday" he added, that
he had fully determined to take his
own life If he received q sentence OF
life imprisonment; but that IN his faith
he had found consolation and was con-
tent to remair behind the prison walls
for the renal + of. his natural life.
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
Ada county will hold an election on
the 18th of September to determine
whether the majority Of the voters OF
This county want the sale of intoX-z
jcating liquors prohibited. This or
der was issued yesterday by the COM
missioners of Ada county, acting upon
a petition Of over 40 per cent OF the
nualiiied electors OF the county, under.
the provision of a law passed by the.
last session of the legislature. the
demurrers to the peoples petition and
the affldavit of their representative
Harry Kessler We're overruled by the.
commissioners. An appeal to the as
trict court will be taken by the liquor
interests at once to test the constitu-
tionality of the law, and In the mean
time while this action is pending, 9.
restraining order will be issued IN an
attempt to prevent the commissioners mss er,,
from going ahead with the plans for
an election. s..,i
Several lively sessions We're held by
the commissioners in which the liquor
interests We're represented and every
move upon the part of the former was
contested by the latter.
1t was at first declared that ESQ Sig
natures to the petition, giving as adj
dress SsBoise, Idaho" were fictitious
and that practically $50 others either
gave insufficient postoffice addresses
or were duplicates The commissioners
obtained ruling from the county at
torney in which he held that Boise,
Idaho.' was address sufficient, They
then examined all other charges with
the result that only ITO names We're
stricken from the list, which lacked
g1a of &being sufficient to reduce the
petition to below the 40 per cent, rs re-
CURED by law. The liquor interests,
therefore, found their case was lost on
this point and consequently Withdrew,
only to prepare themselves. however,
for another attack in different man
ner.
RED LIGHTS MUST GO.
Present indications are that the red
light districts OF Boise Is doomed to
obiteration. Arrests have been made
of all property owners in the restricted
district, who have pleaded guilty to
the violation of the city ordinance. The
complainant was Harry NJ. Havird
who recently purchased the cribs In
I.evilalley, the district in question, but
was denied permission to open same. rs
was contemplated whereupon he de-
clarad that others should not run their
houses IL he. could not, and swore to
a complaint, for the arrest of other
property owners. The following were
consequently arrested Ellen Bush.
Charles Granhalm and John Broad
bent:t charged with permitting the use
Of their property for illegal purposes.
The Smatter was taken under. advise
ment by Judge fWnlte, WHO stuteu tuttL
he did not wish to be at all hasty in
rendering decision, as an exceedingly
important moral question was involved.
1t Is, however, understood that the
judge will or can find but one consist
ent way out of the case, and that Is
that every house of i'll fame in Levi
alley must be closed.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN TURNED
IN STREET.
Abandoned by her husband on the
End of this month and left destitute
with@her two little Children and now
turned into the street by a relentless
landlord because she was behind In the
payment of her rent, is the sad plight
of Mrs II. G.. Emmett. The case has
been. brought to the attention OF the
city. and county authorities who arc
providing for the poor wolnan's COM
fort.
The police have exerted a strenuous
effort to locate the missing husband,
but to no avail The delicate little wo-
man and her two children were left
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