The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-09
COUNCIL GRANTS
LIQUOR LICENSES
All Applications FaVOrably Act
ed Upon Except Those of
Two Drug Stores.
ONE TO BE GIVEN HEARING
TO PAVE THIRD WEST WITH
ASPHALT.

RSPhAE !.
Except for two drug stores, all the
liquor licenses for which applications
We're made this year have been granted
by the city council. Today all the liquor
stores IN the city win be retailing the cup
which cheers, OF handing out packages Of
the stuff with the sanction OF the law, a
state Of affairs which has not prevailed
for ten days
The licenses were granted at special
meeting of the city council last evening
A report was made by the license commit
Tee recommending that all be granted.
This was signed by two members of the
committee, n. r. Black and Z. G. ODon-
nell The name Of the chairman of the
committee. J. J. Stewart. was COnspiCu-
ously absent. Mr. Stewart was not even
present al the meeting.
Two druggists, who have not been good,
were refused licenses These were the
building, and the George IT. Brice Drug
company ln the Kenyon hotel building.
The DOull company still has a chance 10
square itself with the committee
Before the report was presented Coun-
Gilman Black made a statement to the eff
feet that Nr. O'Dounel and himself had
Investigated the applications, that all de-
tects had been remedied and that the APP
Sharp Words Pass.
Then Mark ReedaH. seconded by G. H.
Rayboulo, moved that the name of the
Doull Drug company be stricken from the
list He argued that this concern had been
persistent in violation OF the ordinance
and sold case upon case Of beer and
liquors on Sundays. OF this he said he
had evidence that was lndisputable.
T. r. Black fought for The license and
some sharp words ensued between him
ami ReedalL Mr. Black said that any
man who had anything against any ap-
piicant should be man enough to come
and state fl To the committee.
ar beedau retal'ated to the effect that
hc DIDN'T have to do any such thing and
had no intention of going before any com
mittee. The COMMITTEES could have Sc
cured all the evidence 1t wanted from the
chief of police. Brice was refused a IL
ccr5e ON the very same sort of evidence
Az Re DAN contended that he was TAX
ing his action in the interest of the
liquor dealers who paid $500 for license
and should be protected against drug
stores which paid only SOC Both the
Brice and Doull places were alike and
should receive similar treatment he said.
Vote Is Close.
J.. d. Martin agreed that any violator
Should lose his license and the word of
any councilman that he had sufficient evil
Gence was enough for him. He had seen
personally evidence OF the Brice com
pany.s Violations and had stood I'm front
OF the store at o'clock Sunday morning
after the saloons had been closed and had
seen liquor sold with bottles openly on
the counter by the clerks Of that con-
Germ
Councilman Black then tried a new
Trick ana moved that the Doull company
Doe heard before the committee. L. j.
Wood seconded this and 1t carried BY the
following vote:
Yes-Black. Fernstrom. HoiIey. Martin.
o DonneA Wood and Davis-L No-Cow-
burn, Hodgson. Hall, Murdoch Raybould
and Reedall-6.
Councilman John Hoiley then asked if
the other applicants had and were com
plying with the ordinance. Mr.. ODon-
nell answered that they had.
How about poker games?f
we didn't investigate it," said Mr..
ODonnell.
Rumors Of Gambling.
Then Mr.. HoIley went on to say that he
hao heard mat gambling was being car
RED on and Mr. Hall followed saving
that ne voted to ,grant all the licenses
with misgvings- he had heard persist
ent rumOrs Of gambling and held that this
vice should be checked. Ia was as much
q violation Of the ordinance as anything
else and henceforth he would oppose the
granting Of license TO any place where
it was allowed
President Davis said, and there was a
smile amcng a few, that the chief of po-
ttSe was Undermined 10 stop all and every
KIND of gambling IN any saloon in the
city. He assured Mr.. Half and the other
members of the council that there Is now
no gambling in Salt Lake City
vote was then taken on the licenses
and all passed. The list includes I26
liquor dealers. wholesale. retail and man
ufacturers agents, and thrty-two drug
stores.
Before adjourning a resolution passed
shat the board Of works advertise for bids
i@r the new paving with asphaltum of
Third West between Third South and
North Temple streets