The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
BOOZE AND BEER
FLOW At SA[TA|R
Dispensed Over Bar and on
Floor of Pavilion Without
License Being Granted.
COUNTY OFFICIALS DECLARE
NO APPLICATION ON FILE
Certainly Time TO Call Halt and
to See That Law Is
Enforced.

| Booze and beer were sold in the open
over the bar and served TO customers,
men and women, at tables on the lower
floor Of Saltair beach pavilion on Fri
day evening. This, too, in face OF the
fact that if a license has been granted
by the board of commissioners such Ii
cense has not yet been paid for at the
office of the sheriff of Salt Lake county,
hence the natural presumption would
be that no license has been issued.
The law, therefore, in regard TO the
selling of Intoxicating and malt LID
uors has been violated, and the manage
ment Of Saltair beach is amenable for
the violation Of the law, and as such,
are subject to prosecution. Section
l242 of the Revised Statutes OF Utah
reads thus:
License Necessary. No person shall
manufacture sell, barter deal out or
otherwise dispose OF any spirituous,
vinous, malt or other Intoxicating LIQUORS
without first obtaining from the board OF
| county commissioners of the county, or
city council OF the city, or board OF trus-
| tees Of the town In which he intends 10
do business. license therefor.
Penalty for Violation OF Law.
The law then provides how such Ii
cense shall be granted, and expressly
provides that emo license shall be is
sued Tor q longer period than one year
nor for a less period than three
months; provided, however, that when
license is issued during the last quar-
ter of the year, it shall be issued for
the unexpired portion of the year"
| hos =
air beach TO sell intoxicating liquors
or any kind Of liquors this year or
since | came into office. [ cannot re-
call anything IN the minutes Of the pro-
ceedings of the board TO this effect L
am certain that nc license has been
granted, and ] feel sure that no appli-
lcation has come before the board. J"
tThis was the statement made by Com
missioner Murdoch when questioned by
The Tribune regarding the matter.
Commissioner Mackay was called up
at his home Saturday night and he in
formed The Tribune that not only had
no license been granted, but that no
application had come before the board
of commissioners. Mr., Mackay also
stated that when an application was
made for n license TO sell liquors, the
the sheriff OF Salt Lake county and
that il would come from that office
to the board.
Inquiry at the sheriff's office dis
closed the fact that DO license had been
issued, nor had there been any appli-
cation filed with that office asking for
license 10 sell liquor at SaltaIr.
UP to Officers of Law.
In Wow of these statements, it is
up to the Saltair beach management
| 4 bn
penalty for the selling of liquor with.
out license. The penalty is a fine Of
not less than 5000 or by Imprisonment
not exceeding six months in the county
iail or both fine and Imprisonment for
each offense. 1t might he well for the
county attorneys office to lnVesu-
gate this matter.
Friday evening, as said, both spirit
uous liquors and beers were openly
sold in the barroom at Saltair beach,
and beer was also served to patrons on
the lower floor Of the pavilion, both
male and female The fact was motor
ious and there were, 1T is sand, a
number of boys who were intoxicated.
Clerks Not Responsible.
The Retail Clerks association gave
a function at Saltair on Friday evening.
The Saltair beach management ran two
to every body, and the hoodlum element
took advantage of the opportunity 20
mix with respectable people, and this
hoodlum element saturated themselves
with booze at the bar. and became
boisterously drunk. There were no or
ficers present. so ii is said. and tins
gang of hoodlums tore themselves loose. |
Bows Of all ages. il is said, lined the /
bar, where liquor was sold, and they
were supplied without stint, so long as
their money lasted, or until they could |
drink no more 4 number of ladies |
who were shocked beyond measure at |
the orgies Of the hoodlum element. dc. |
clare IL was most outrageous the way !
that element acted
Organization Powerless.
The clerks organization was power
less they went to- Saltair for the pur'
pose Of having pleasant evening, but
the beach management marrcd their |
pleasure by opening the bar
II is a well-kDown fact that the
downfall of many a Young person can
be traced directly TO Saltair beach,
where, in the summer season, the bars
are down in so far as the selling of
liquor is concerned. Many mother S
heart has been broken. due TO liquor
and beer AT Saltair 1t is an outrage
and n shame that the sale of iutoXi-
cauts is allowed without restraint. and
the management deserves not only thc
punishment the law provides for selling
liquors without Incense. but they also
deserve the severest ccnsuTe upon the
part Of the law-abiding portion of the
community. 1t is time that halt is
called. that the laws be enforced.