The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-16
DANCE HALL IS IN SONERS
Proprietor of Park Gets License From
Both City and Town Board and
Laughs at Attempts to Close Place at
Eight O'Clock on Sunday Nights.

John Neubauer, owner of a saloon
and a pleasure park on the north lin
its of the city, has played smart with
the license committee of the common
council and as result of clever ar
rangement of dual licenses he is going
to be able to override city regulations
so far as his park is concerned. Last
Sunday night liquor was sold in the
park, or at least in portion of it, un-
til midnight and when the facts in the
case were brought to the notice of
Alderman August Kisten, head of the
license committee, he hurried to the
saloon of Neubauer to make an inves-
tigation. He got a rude shock He
had no trouble getting Neuba1er to
admit that liquor had been sold in the
park after the time limit set in the
regulations of the city of Kenosha and
he threatened to get busy and seek a
revocation of the city license. Then
Neubauer took Kisten out into the
park and showed him an imaginary
line which marked the limits of the
jurisdiction of the license committee of
the city council and supplementing the
showing of this imaginary line Neu-
bauer trotted out license which had
been issued by the town board Of the
town of Somers which gave him the
right to sell Intoxicating liquors in
the park.
Neubauer s park is partially in. the
town OF Sonlers and as the town of
| Somers has shown no willingness to reg
| ula 3e such places it is probable that
armed with, license from the Gown
| board Neubauer will continue to keep
the park in operation until midnight or
any other old hour. The pulling out of
the second license for the place came
as stunning surprise to Chairman
Kisten of the license committee. He
notified the other members Of the com
mittee Of his discovery and as yet NO
plan has been worked out by the mem
bers Of the committee
So far as we can figure out, - said
one Of the members of the committee
"Neubauer with Somers license has
right to sell liquor in the park and
it is impossible for us to send city po-
lice officers out to stop the activities
of the park at eight O'Clock on Sunday
nights. We can not regulate saloons in
the town of Somers, in fact we have
enough to do to regulate saloons with
in the limits of the city of Kenosha.
Neubauer IS cleverness may bring him
considerable business this year, but
he will be forced to settle with the
license committee next year. y
The members of the committee will
take the matter up with Sheriff Achen
and with the members of the town
board, but there is no reason to be-
lieve that anything will be done to
stop the sale of liquor at the park
Annexation of the park property will
be necessary before Neubauer can be
/ brought under the saloon regulations
/ of the city and the summer season
would be long passed before any an.
nexation ordinance could be passed
No notice of the granting of the license
to Neubauer was given to the Local
4 authorities. The Neubauer dance hal
has been moved over the townshop line
and like the sale of liquor dancing
may be continued just as long as the
Somers officials will permit.