The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-07-04
Two Drug Stores
Refused Licenses
Parents Glasses Protest Against Grant
ing Licenses TO Two Drug stores.
City Sued on Paving Warrents.

The City council met in regular SEES
sion Saturday evening, Mayor and all
the members being present Alma
Greenwood and Clifford Young of the
Home Coming Committee asked that
the City Hall lawns be used for meet
ings, etc, during the home coming
week The petition was granted. They
also asked that other assistance be
given. The council voted to supply
the committee with the silver band
for July 2, and without charge.
w. II. Chapman and Clifford Young,
representing the Parents Glasses OF
the four wards, asked that licenses
be withheld from the drug stores be-
cause OF their permitting the sale of
liquor behind prescription cases. The
gentlemen could not supply any di-
rect evidence, but were sure that much
was being sold
The head watermaster reported that
the volume of water had decreased
and recommended that hereafter only
primary rights be given turns. The
council voted to permit one more
turn to holders of secondary rights.
Mrs. Sophia Greenwood was voted
1915 as damages because of ditch
overlooking and drowning forty-fve
young chickens.
s. f. Grant asked that the city pay
for part of retaining wall In front
OF his place. The matter was re-
ferred to a committee.
City Attorney Whitecotton was
nraQpnt whan tho naftar uraptiny
the four drug stores licenses was TAX
EN- up. Because of the representation
made by the representatives OF the
Parents Glasses the four druggists
were telephoned to be present In turn
they were each asked the question as
to whether they permitted the sale OF
intoxicating liquors other than for
for prescriptions. William Thornton,
Lawrence Briggs and +. M. Brown
each emphatically denied that he sold
any other than under prescription.
Fon Chapman. when asked the ques-
ton, replied that he would not say
that he had not done so. Later he
expressed an opinion that any drug
gist who made statements to the con-
trary did so without regard to facts.
Councilman Thornton. who was an
applicant. did not take any part In
the proceedings. Thornton was grant
ed license and the others were taken
under advisement. Later, under the
advice OF the city attorney, Brown was
granted license because of no direct
evidence against him. In the cases of
Messrs. Briggs and Chapman the city
attorney ruled that as both had been
convicted In the Justices and district
court. with the appeals now pending
In the supreme court their licenses
could be withheld. The order sus-
pending their licenses will be effective
from the LIST inst. and they were noti-
fed not to open after June 80. How
ever. there is disposition to grant
them licenses providing some sntis-
factory guarantee can be made to the
council. Before the licenses can be
granted there will have to be a special
session of the city council
The mayor and recorder were auth
orized to borrow $1,000 for city pur-
poses.
The city attorney reported that he
had accepted service In the case
wherein Young and Moyle are con-
Quoting a friendly suit testing the
validity OF the city paving warrants.
AT special meeting held the week
pNioit WIG NOuuNii NOttu POU W lUt
home coming committee Councilman
Hawkins was appointed to collect the
pavement installments. and the city
marshal was instructed to collect
hotel and restaurant licenses from all
who boarded more than two custom
ers.
Special Session.
Another special council meeting
was held Tuesday evening. when an
effort was made to have the council
reconsider and grant licenses to the
two druggists, The druggists promise
10 obey the law in the future, but the
representatives OF the Parents Glasses
were also present and strenuously OBJ
jected to granting the licenses. stating
that similar promises had been made
every three months for the past year
The council decided to let the action
taken at the regular session stand
Later II was decided to let Chapman
and Briggs run their soda fountains
and sell their perishable goods until
after the Fourth.
So half of our drug stores after the
Fourth will remain closed until some
further action is taken.