The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
Sale of Liquors to Minors at
Saltair Beach Must Cease
Say Commissioners.
OTHERWISE LICENSE WILL
BE PROMPTLY REVOKED
Complaint Is Made That Man.
ager of Bar Defied Officers
of the Law.

The sale of liquor to minors at Saltair
beach must stop. This is the ediot OF
the county commissioners, and they III
tend to see that the sale is stopped or
the license to sell liquor at the resort
will be revoked. This statement was
made to Manager J. e. Langford, Of
the resort. by Chairman John {. Mac
kay of the board of county commits
sioners Friday morning, when Mr.,
Langford met with the members OF
the board and juvenile court officials
to show cause why the license should
not be revoked for violation of the law
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
liquors to minors
Complaint was made to the county
commissioners and the county attor.
ney's office Of the sale Of liquor to
children, and officers of the Juvenile
court declared that they had been IN
suited at the resort by Albert Herr: to
they demonstrated with the men at the
bar. 1t is claimed by Probation Of
ficers G. A. Sperry and Joseph Bur
dctte that minors were caught at the
bar Wednesday night with liquor In
their hands, and when the attaches Of
the bar were reproved Herr dared OF
flcer Sperry to go to court.
Boys Wards of Court.
In connection with the investigation
the boy to whom the liquor is alleged
to have been sold was before the com
missioners. together with two other
boys who are alleged to have secured
liquor at the resort on July last, and
who are accused Of afterward enter
ing the bathroom occupied by two
young girls, The juvenile court Of
ficers contend that this condition was
brought about solely through the in
toNicants which they had been drink"
ing, Both the boys and girls now are
ficers are withholding the names of
the parties owing to the fact that it is
believed that publicity would perhaps
be harmful to the efforts of the juve.
nile court to reform them,
Realizing that on a crowded day II
regular conditions will exist in even
well regulated places, the juvenile court
Officers took no action against the re-
sort as the result of the escapade on
July 4, aside from a quiet conference
with the management. but upon the al
legged insults which were heaped upon
the officers last Wednesday, Elks' day
made to the county commissioners and
Manager Langford and Herr were cited
to appear. Probation Officer Sperry
said that Herr defied him TO arrest
him and take him before q court. and
Officer Burdette testified to practical
~ the same thing.
Discourtesy Admitted.
Herr did not deny that he had
spoken roughly to the officers. but said
it was because he was excited, and
that he did not mean what he said, He
promised to live up to the law in the
future and make every effort to pre-.
vent minors from getting intoxicants
at the resort. He declared his readi-
ness always to do what is right and
apologized to the officers for the re-
marks he had made.
Chief Probation Officer Gardelio
Brown and Judge Alexander McMas-
ter of the Juvenile court declared that
they were ready to fight to a finish
and they did not propose to put up
with any more trouble.
The commissioners were of the opin,
ion that better conditions must be
brought about or the revocation Of the
license will be the result. Commissioner
Mackay admonished Herr not to let
anymore complaints be made and Com
missioner Oscar w. Carlson declared
that if another instance occurs like
that of last Wednesday night he would
not hesitate q single second to vote 10
revoke the license. The commissioners
took the matter under adysement, and
after the hearing it was decided To
notify the management of the resort
that minors must be kept out OF tee
Ship cafe entirely and that the provi-
sons of the law must be strictly lived
up to.