The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-19
OGDEN WANTS
EQUAL SHOW
WITH ZION
Committee of Representative
Business Men Call Upon
Commissioners to Discuss
Closing of Saloons.
HOLD CONDITIONS
FAVOR SALT LAKE
Declares Too Many Ogdenites
+ Go to Capital City to Spend
Leisure Time and
Spare Cash.
Special TO The Trib,Ine-

OGDEN, July lS.-Failing to obtain
response from the city commissioners
after presenting them with petition
signed by 80 per cent of tho business
men of the city, and asking that the
hour Of closing the saloons be, changed
from Q O'Clock to midnight, or the
same as Salt Lake, committee rep
resenfing virtually every line of bust
ness In Ogden, called upon the board
at its regular morning session. The
regular business meeting of the COM
missioners was adjourned in order to
give the business men a hearing, but
there was no decision, other than r.
statement from the commissioners re.
garding their sentiments on the propo-
sition, after the matter had been thor
oughly discussed for two hours.
Representative Men.
Those who composed the committee
were A. R. Haywood, II. M. Rowe, j..
w. Abbott, j. S. Carver, Arthur Kuhn,
Fred W. Harrington, D. A. Smyth, j..
II. Thomas, Samuel Thomas. II. Mack,
7. n. Pierce, p Haley, A. r. Wright,
Daniel Ensign and S. II. Browne. With
few exceptions, all Of those named adj
dressed the commissioners during the
course of the conference. In their pre-
liminary statement it was outlined
that they did not appear as antagon,
istic to the city administration, but
merely as representatives Of the busi,
ness interests and largest taxpayers.
1t was declared that business con-
ditions are not as they should be, that
Ogden is suffering because its saloons
are not on an equal basis with those
Of Salt Lake, and that the business
interests Of the capital city are taking
advantage of the unequal condition by
ducements which influence Ogden S citi-
zens to spend their money and leisure
time in Zion.
Hotel Men Complain.
From the representatives Of the no.
tel people came the statement that per
sons who formerly stopped off in Og
den to transact business affairs, now
preferred to go on to Salt Lake, where
the restrictions regarding saloons were
less severe.
President Rowe Of the Weber club
voiced his disapproval OF the present
arrangement, declaring that the 9
'clock closing of saloons in Ogden
while those of Salt Lake remain open
until later hour, is distinct draw
back to this city's business interests.
He WAS of the opinion that there should
be no discrimination, either Salt Lake
should close its saloons at 9 0 clock OF
Ogden should remove the present re-
strictions and allow l2 O'Clock closing,
OF the three commissioners, Mayor
A. &. Fell was the only one to state
that he could realize the disadvantage
of the clock closing in Ogden and
the resulting damage to business in
terests. He said that there should be
no discrimination and favored the same
hour Of closing the saloons in Ogden
as exists in Salt Lake,
Ignores Transients.
1.-The transients are not the people
who build UP communities, - said Com
missioner T. Samuel Browning, "and
cannot see why the city administration
should give them more than passing
consideration. If Ogden S commercial
welfare depends on transients or other
people who do not care to live In IL city
where they cannot get something to
drink after o'clock. then the city Is
in bad way.
With Mayor Fell and Commissioner
Browning apparently opposed in the
matter of clock closing, Commits
soner j G. Nyc ventured no personal
opinion in the matter. According to his
statement. he prefers 10 be governed
by the will of majority of the people
and is willing that such guidance
should be followed.
Now that the proposition has reached
the advanced stage where the commits
sioners have. in effect been asked to
take some definite action in the matter,
it is the intention Of those behind tho
movement TO secure a standpat eX-
preston from the city 3 LEV governing
board,