The evening times., 1911-04-18
RESIDENTS ARE Up
IN Arms OVER
P|T|T|0N
Do Not Want Patrol Limits
Extended or Ordinance
Repealed

The residents Of the city are up in
arms over the petition Of the saloon
keepers to the city council, which
was reported by the Evening Times
on Monday, asking that the. patrol
limits" be extended 30 that they
might build new business houses in
the residence districts, at least that
Is the construction some of he citi-
zens make Of the petition circulated
Monday.
The present patrol limits, or rath-
or the limits Of the saloon district,
is confined to one hundred feet on
each side Of DeMers avenue from
Fourth street to the river. The Pc
tition Of the saloonkeepers is to the
effect that this ordinance should be
repealed.
The present ordinance was passed
by the city council of 1909 and was
drawn up at the instigation Of num-
ber Of the residents Of the city who
objected to having saloons located in
the residence district, and was passed
with the idea of confining the liquor
houses to certain districts of the city.
The saloonkeepers, or at least
twenty-five Of them who signed the
petition, claim that this ordinance
was passed by the saloon interests.
In conversation with one of the lead
ing brewery agents this morning he
stated that he did not know anything
about it II such were the case and
that the people who drew up the pc
tition were laboring under mis-
taken impression.
In conversation with one of ths al
dermen this morning he stated that
he was not in favor of repeating the
ordinance but that he did favor a re-
vision Of the limits and that such
revision would come up for the con-
sideration of the council some time in
the near future.
The petition as presented reads as
follows:
ITO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council:
I'VE, the undersigned retail liquor
dealers Of the city of East Grand
Forks, desiring to continue in said
business in this city, in order to en-
able us to purchase and rent proper
ty that might be available for saloon
purposes. and in order to free our
selves with your aid from the mon
opolistic powers Of the large brewery
corporations, who now appear to be
openly and flagrantly violating their
charters by engaging in, the retail
liquor business, and we do hereby
humbly petition your honorable body
to repeal, at the earliest possible date
Ordinance No. 72, entitled: IAN ordi-
nance designating the territory in
the city Of East Grand Forks, Minn.,
to be known as the patrol limits,
wherein intoxicating liquors may be
sold in quantities of less than five
gallons, and prohibiting the granting
Of license to any person to keep or
maintain saloon or place where
such liquor may be sold in quantities
Of less than five gallons outside Of
such limits Except to regularly IL
censed druggists to sell for medicin-
al, chemical or mechanical purposes,
not to be used or drank upon the
premises.)'
mo doubt you will realize that the
repeal Of this ordinance Is necessary
at this time in order to protect our
interests and at later date suit
able ordinance should be drafted to
protect the interests of the citizens
Of this city rather than the interests
Of the brewing companies, in whose
interests this present ordinance was
drawn and adopted.
Respectfully submitted" etc.