Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-26

secured charter for the Comstock
club on west Second South street for
Grant Mattlngly-
PATRoNIzED BY BOYS,
In many OF these clubs. men and
boys are robbed OF their money in
poker games. Some well known busi-
ness men belong to some of the clubs
In these cases. some observance Of the
laws and ordinances Is maintained
and only members are allowed TO par
ticipate but these are few. The patrons
Of most OF these places are young
men. Some OF them are of such
tender ages that a barkeeper in "a
saloon would be arrested If lie sold
them drinks
\ FEW CLUBS
Here is a list OF some of the clubs
IN operation at the present time The
Arlington, the Argonaut, the Bee club
the Bolo club. the Comstock club,
the Dewey club, the Lotus club. the
Log Cabin Social club. the oneida So
cial club, the Optimistic club, the Oc-
cideutal club, the Rchclieu club, the
Utah club. the Windsor club, the
Union club the Yosemite club and the
Mispah club
\ number out of this list are well
known 20 the police as Sunday booze"
joints, while some have an atmosphere
OF responsibility about them. II e the
same old old song with the police
however. The officers are unable TO
get the evidence. There is evidence TO
show. however. where one policeman in
full uniform watched a poker game in
one Of these clubs for an hour not
very long ago.
In two ~ the hest hotels in Salt
Lake, "hooze" is sold in one OF the
upstair rooms. on Sunday. This is
also practised by landlords and land
ladies in rOoming houses. Only one
arrest has been made Tor this Of
Tense despite the fact that Il has been
practiscd ever since the new liquor
ordinance was passed.
Tho saloons close on Sunday willing
iy because many Of the saloonmen are
interested IN these clubs. ON the face
OF things sunday looks like q day OF
rest and worship to tn careful OBJ
server on the street. But raise the
blinds Of these upstair windows over
saloons and gambling and drinking
will be found In violation Of the law.
GAMBLING IN SALOONS
The saloons are not free from gam
bling on week days by any means. The
over night entries for the races can
be obtained in half dozen saloons
besides the turf exchange and bets laid.
Well established poker games are
| going in the back rooms. The Ex-
| change bar on Main street the Fleur-
| dc LIS bar. the Gift house aud a
number OF others on Main street have
the most open Joints"
STRINGENT ORDINANCE.
The city ordinance covering the sale
OF liquor is stringent enough to COM
| rel a closed town on Sunday II the
| city administration would enforce H.
h.. d 4 %
| the most complete I'm the country. The
clubs could be abolished under this
ordinance but there seems 10 be no
| disposition on the part OF the police.
| the city councilmen, or anybody else
| connected with the administration TO
serve tho people. II might be added
| that the gambling feature in many Of
| these clubs comes with the main
tenance OF blind pig where liquor
Is sold without a license.
SITUATION COVERED.
Here are some extracts from the or
dinance which covers the situation
ana condemns the administration for
allowing the present conditions to
exist.
Sec. 1. Liquors. Selling Of License
required. u snail be unlawful for any
person. frm. ASSOCIATION or corpora
ton 10 Manufacture, SELL barter, give
J away, serve, OF an any manner zeal
, out % otherwise dispose Of any 81 lr-
ltuous. vinous, malt or otner intOXi-
eating liquors without first obtaining
a Incense 80 10 do, as hereinafter pro-
! Niaed
Sec. n. Sale on disposal of liquor on
| Sunday. Evidence. AZ shall be unlaW-
| iui lol any person, firm, association on
| corporation, or any manager, asent
bartender, servant or employe Oh any
| person. nrm, association or corporation
To sell, give away, serve or Otherwise
dispose "a any rpirituous, vinous, malt,
| peer or any Intoxicating drink, at any
| time on the FIRST day OF the week, COM
| monty called sunday, or between II
| O'Clock midnight and 6 o'clock a. m.
| on any day OF the week. except he be
a druggist and then only for medical
| purposes upon the prescription OF
| regularly licensed physician.
All salOons and bars where any spirit
uous, vlnous or malt liquors, beer or
| any Intoxicating liquor Is sold, given
| away or otherwise disposed OF, or kept
| for sale. or 10 serve. either al whole
sale or retail, shall be closed On the
| frst day OF the week commonly called
| Sunday. Il shall be prima faoie evi-
denco OF the violation Of this section II
any person other than the proprietor
| or regular employe Is seen going In,
! coming out OF or within said place dur
ing such restricted periods.
Sec 20 Duty Of chief Of police. II
shall be the duty OF the chief OF police
OF this city, aud he Is hereby directed
% enforce strictly the terms OF this
ordinance without regard to the IN
structions or directions of any commit
tee or the individual members OF the
| city council OF this city.
PASSED AS A CLUB.
The revised liquor ordinance was
| passed on April o. 1909, and the Gu
forccment of rs provisions would give
| Salt Lake a clean town on Sunday AMI
| every other day. N was passed by the
| American" members OF the city coun-
| cll 90 whip the salOonmcn and hQuor
Interests into line for this falls cleo
tlon.
Aa soon az Il was passed, The saloons
were put on the loOphole Ia the ordl-
nanCo The ordinance does not cover
clubs. II was tipped OF, 30 dozens Of
charters were obtained ana blind
| piga" were pat in operation as Vel
AZ week days. The saloonmen Who do
not have an interest in chartered clubs
have rooms meas their saloons wh re a
stock on liquor 10 taken each sunday
and sold hy the drunk or the bottle.
THIS MAN IMMUNE.
Although the ordinance defines The
duty on the chief OF police, he has not
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