The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-30
POOLROOM MEN
IN Bic SCHEME
They Are Planning to Operate
Just Outside of the
City Limits.
CASA CONTENTIA MAY BE
SCENE OF OPERATIONS
County Officials and Deseret
News, 1t Is Alleged, Have
Been "Seen."

Anticipating defeat in the action now
pending In the district court, ana fors-
seeing that the ordinance passed by the
city council bars forever the gambling
operations Of poolrooms in this city,
the proprietors of the Turf exchange
are said to be planning TO move thelr
headquarters to the Casa Contentla, at
Twelfth South and West Temple Streets
Just beyond the city limits 1t Is al
legged that arrangements already have
been made with Colonel C. a. Birtch,
proprietor of the road house, whereby
that place will hereafter be the mead
quarters for the turf gamblers.
The turf exchange gamblers nave
been keeping their plans sonlewhat
quiet, while they are declaring loudly
that the court will make the restraining
order, under which they are now oper'
ating, permanent. However, 1t is tne
consensus OF opinion that the clty VIII
win its case before the district court
and that the turf exchange will be drlY-
ell out of the city TO the welcoming
arms Of the county officials.
Sheriff Will Be Good.
In order that the operations may con-
tinue peaceably in the county II ls un-
derstood that there Will be no opposi-
ton from the sheriff's office nor from
either of the church newspapers Inc
Herald Republican has Tor some time
been the defender Of the turf exchange
and OF race track gambling. On the
other hand, the Dcseret News has been
making commendable night against
this form of vice. However, In accord
with the remainder Of the scheme where
by the church county officials Join hands
with the race track and pool room gam
blers 1T is understood that the Deseree
News Will be called off.
Although outside of the jurisdiction
of the city police department and the
other city officials the turf exchange III
its new headquarters at Casa Contentia
will continue to derive its revenue from
the people of this city. Agents for tDe
pool room Will operate in Salt Lake and
quietly collect the wagers from the Salt
Lake patrons of the poolroom- Tho
odds and results Of the races Will be OBJ
tanned by these Salt Lake agents
through telephone communication with
the main headquarters at Casa Con-
tentia.
Will Require Handbooks.
This condition will also bring into e1-
istence numerous handbooks and 1T Will
require for some time the utmost vlgl-
| lance on the part of the city authorities
poolroom hangers-on who will continue
70 infost the city. If saloons are used
as headquarters for the handbook max
ers, council will probably revoke such
licenses.
The friendship of the county officials
for the race track and poolroom gamb-
lers is undoubtedly a desperate political
move on the part of the church Repub-
lican party in order TO keep in control
in this county. The finances Of the Re
publican campaign in this county this
fall will undoubtedly be furnished by
the operators of the poolrooms and horis
races. In return for their aid In the
coming campaign the church Republican
leaders are Offering the gamblers i'm
munity from arrest while they continue
their operations with high hand out
side of the limits of Salt Lake City.
In addition to that the church Repub-
llcan leaders plan to deliver the next
legislature to the gamblers with the
assurance that NO antirace track gam
bling bill will be passed