The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-20
MAYOR REvOKES TWO
LICENSES
BOARD OF TRADE AND HEAD
QUARTERS SALOONS ARE PUT
OUT or BUSINESS.

| Mayor Logan made good another of
MS campaign promises at the meeting
OF the council last night, and again
thoroughly demonstrated the fact that
ne fully intends to carry out the plans
Whlch ne announced before his cleo
tlon and to bring about the reforms
70 Which ne is pledged The oppor-
tunity for the action of last evening
came about in connection with the
gambling and Illegal liquor selling
charges recently filed against certain
Mlssoula dealers and as a result of
the mayors decision the licenses of the
Headquarters and the Board of Trade
saloons We're revoked by the council
IN bringing up the matter mayor Lo-
gan spoke of his campaign promises
and OF the need of setting some ex-
ample to the saloon people of the city,
and said that in consideration of the
charges recently made against certain
of these he felt it necessary to revoke
the licenses On motion of Aldermen
Patterson and Wilkinson the council
unanimously sustained the action
The Inside Story.
That there is an inside chapter to
the revoking of at least one of these
two licenses is evidenced by a. state
ment made last evening by a special
officer a member of the corps that
is in Missoula for service during the
days of registration. This man gives
the credit for the closing of the Board
Of Trade saloon to Sam Cone, special
officer for the government. "The way
Cone secured evidence against the pro-
to me-" said the officer. "a couple
of us had been sfadoWing a suspi-
cious-looking character for some time,
and finally trailed him down. only to
find that he was Sam Cone, special
officer for Uncle Sam, and man we'd
all known for years. Then we watched
him work His disguise was perfect;
he resembled nothing as much as a
yeggman on a drunk, or a hobo Of the |
tougher sort He was lying on the /
floor of the Board of Trade when |
next saw him, seemingly too drunk to
even stand, and While lying there, an
inert pile of clothes and man, he saw |
the bartender sell liquor to two In I
dians, Sam Resurrection and Gray
Bear, | believe their names are.
Pretty soon the Indians started out |
the door and the bundle on the floor,
stertorously. rolled over, h
shook itself and staggered to it's feet,
following thenpto the street. The cool
ia,J,+ ~, Il -
and he followed the two visitors from
The reservation around through the al
ley and back into the rear room of the
same saloon. Nobody questioned his
right to enter and soon he was again
prone on the floor. snoring once more
From there, he saw the Indians sit in
he poker game that was going on and
them lose what money they
he told me afterwards. Then
ne left. He attracted little attention
perhaps none at all--but the arrest of
he bartender for selling liquor to In
lians and the revoking of the saloons
license attracted whole lot of no.
ice"
Session Begins.
lie councll was called TO order
at $50, six aldermen being
present when the roll was called. AL
ierman Moody, the new councilman
rom the Fourth ward who was at
he last meeting elected TO fill the va
'ancy caused by the resignation of AL
lerman Bayes, took his seat without
my particular ceremony, and began
lis official duties. He was appointed
" the mayor to all committee posi-
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