Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-29
SOLID THREE GRANTS
WINERIES LICENSES
Fight Made In Behalf Of Lamanda
Park Residents Against Sierra
Madre Vintage Proves
Futile

81 am glad we have three men on
this board who have enough backbone
to stand up and fight against the In
Turing of legitimate business" said
Supervisor Eldridge yesterday after
vote had been taken on the granting
of liquor license to the Sierra Madre
Vintage company.
II am against refusing these licenses
regardless of petitions which have
been presented, for no charges have
been brought against the applicants
What's more, that will be my atti-
tude until January l when / will come
back and take my seat again. he
continued, as he brought his fist down
on the table.
The motion for the denial of the IL
cense was made by Supervisor Man
ming in whose district the winery ask
ing for the license is located. The
motion was defeated by the vote Of the
solid three"
Immediately following Eldridge's de-
flance a motion was made by him for
granting the license which was car
ried by the solid three" totally ig-
noring the recommendation Of Super
visor Manning and a verbal protest
by Rev. e. G. Talbot, pastor of the
Lamanda Park Methodist church, be-
side two written protests in the form
and the other by 100 women.
Chairman Nellis, Eldridge and Nc
Cabe voted against the expressed de-
sires of the majority of voters in La
manda Park
Rev. Mr.. Talbot appeared for the
protestants and pleaded with the board
TO deny the license. Following the ac-
ton by the solid three" Supervisor
Pridham urged the board to consider
lr,ff Of Ial OIL a
Manning. tits the least you gentle
men can do" he said. Captain Man
ming lives in that locality and knows
the sentiment of the people. His rec
ommendation on a matter of this kind
should carry as much weight with the
board as in any other"
''Mr. Chairman, l am surprised to
hear business man like Mr.. Prtdham
make such a statement" said Eldridge,
as he arose from his chair and brought
his fist down upon the table. He then
issued his defiance.
Directly following Eldridge, McCabe
Endorsed his ideas when he said that
1t didn't make any difference to him If
the petitions We're signed by every
man, woman and child in the district.
He would vote the way he thought
best.
Rev. Mr. Talbot in speaking of the
protest stated InaI Ino wineries were
nothing more than saloons in an open
district, and that he could produce
statistics showing the alarming in
crease of drunkenness In that locality.
The license of the Golden Park
winery, owned by Etienne brothers,
was also renewed by a vote of the
"solid three" and against the petitions
and protests presented
. In like manner the winery license
of Richard Kreds in the Azusa dis
trict, who was arrested some time ago
for violating the liquor ordinance, was
renewed in the face of opposition by
Manning and Pridham.
The restaurant license of A. c. Ros-
coe, Glendale, was denied upon motion
of Supervisor Pridham; also the Ii
cense of M. G. Verdugo, Verdugo can
yon. A number of licenses We're taken
under advisement.
Supervisor McCabe was appointed
chairman of an ordinance committee,
consisting of Eldridge, Manning and
Pridham, to look over the proposed IL
quor ordinance presented to the board
last meeting by Hartley Shaw, chief
deputy district attorney, before it is
finally approved. 1t will be the duty
of this committee to consider all ordi-
nances presented to the board in the
future.