Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-10
Council Refuses License to Apoth-
eCary Who Sold Liquor
To Minor.
MOREToN THEIR CHAMPION
Member From the First Ward Gets
Pecvish When Committees Recon-
mendation l. Buried In Files.

II bi' H iNIllFlidit OF the Incense CONF
mittee Of the American city admins
tration, Moreton, Mulvey and O'Don-
nell, has its way and If its threats
are carried out, the drug stores of salt
Lake Will lose q valuable asset in the
permit 20 dispense liquors
The triumviatc was both pIeved
and nettled last night when its rec
concentrations were turned down one
after the other, and the last straw
was when the recommendation that
the Clark Drug company in Sugar
House should be given "a retail liquor
license was not only filed but the
application denied in the face of the
committees recommendation The
triumvlratc accepted its forced defeat
but hardly gracefully. and there was
a sinister note in Councilman More
toms threat, you watch what we will
do 10 the other drug stores when
their licenses run out"
As was anticipated the proposal to
grant a liquor license to the Clark
Drug company ised a storm of pro-
test from Couucilmcn of even far off
wards and I'm the protest the character
Of the applicant company was banded
about with a freedom that even
Councilman O'Donnell could not quiet
down. When the report of the COM
mittoe was read recommending the
license, Councilman Lyme, member OF
the license committee, promptly
moved that the report be filed and
the petition denied. Councilman
Fernstrom I'm as promptly seconding
the motion, referred to the fact Of "A
former application for a liquor license
by the drug company, and cited that
after the rejection the company had
been arrested and convicted twice for
selling liquor 10 minors. and that one
of these cases is now on appeal
THAT drug store is one that needs
watching" Mr.. Fernstrom announced
Despite the TACT Of the former re-
lection Of a petition for a license, and
OF the arrest, Councilman Moreton as
chairman of the license committee
thought that as no formal protest had
been presented to the committee, IL
was the duty of the council to accept
the committees report and grant the
license.
Councilman Lyme, still as a member
Of the license committee. advised MT
Moreton that he had heard protests
and said 81 am informed that the
proprietor of the drug store bears a
rather unsavOry reputation and it is a
court charge against him that he has
sold liquor 20 minors. The people in
that section do not want saloon;
there is uo objection Co this snan SELL
ing drugs and an merchandise prop
orly belonging TO a drug store, but
when ne comes TO selling Intoxicating
liquors under the guisc Of drugs, IL is
something mo- thinking person Will
stand for a minute
Councilman Mckinney also opposed
the granting of the license and thought
as his earnest belief that the council
was being "trihed" with i'm the persls-
tency for AN application. Councilman
O'Donnell explained how inviting
ly Mr. Clark had violated the law 10y
selling three bottles of beer 10 boy
upon a forged order from the boy e
mother. but that tho case was being
carried into a higher court
BY this time, when he saw the inn
minent defeat of the committee. Mr..
Morotou used his threats. you are
making favorites." he said with "a
show of aspcrity why right down
here "a block or two you can see "a
drug store window filled with nothing
but whisky and beer There are Tot
more the Same way uu through inc
city. and M YOU defeat this license we
recommend YOU can bet lu look out
for the others within the next threo
months whom they come 60 have their
licenses renewed "
Although Mr. Mulvcy, as "a staunch
member and protector ni the license
committee. had recommended the
liconse. ne had little more 10 say than
advise the council that Pm not in
the drug business, I'm only I'm the
liauor business" and when Mr..
Fernstrom suggested that there was
n difference Of something Ike ST 100
I'm the license for a drug store ana "a
saloon. MIR. Mulyey commented.
81 didn't know that drug store
needed protection" but il seems that
IL makes an awful lot of difference
whose OK g. gored Why. II ! rcmem-
her right. our friend Mr. Lyme him
self used to be I'm the drug business
When 10 came TO the vote the license
committee lost out 10y vote of nine 10
six and the Clark Drug company
win huyc TO struggle alpng without
its license.