The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-20
COUNCIL DENIES STUBLE Frs
APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF
HIS CHESTNUT STREET PERMIT
Saloonkeeper's Attorney Charges
Law Violation in Many 9th
er Establishments.
MAYOR PUTS 1T UP TO
FIRE AND POLICE BOARD
Says City Fathers Never Have
Sanctioned Alleged ''Wide
Open" Town.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Charging that Jacob Stubler is not
the only saloonkeeper who has con-
Quoted a place, where the law has been
violated and that many saloons in
Virginia are running wide open,
Sigvert S. Dahl, attorney, last night
pleaded before the city council that
Stubler be permitted renewal of his
liquor license at 4O7 Chestnut street.
The application was denied by unani-
nous vote Of the councilmen.
Up to Commissioners.
In reply to Attorney Dahl's charges,
Mayor Murphy said:
IF such a condition as Mr.. Dahl
describes exists in Virinia, it is up
to the poloce and fire commission to
remedy it. Law violation in the sa
looms or anywhere else never has been
sanctioned by me or by the council"
In speaking for Mr.. Stubler, At
torney Dahl said that his client had
lived in Virginia only year, but had
conducted saloon in Duluth 81 years
and had mortgaged his property there
in order to open his establishment in
Virginia. A refusal to renew the Ii
cense would be great hardship on
Mr.. Stubler, said the attorney. In re-
viewing the saloonkeeper's past his
tory, the attorney said that Mr..
Stubler had never been guilty of con-
Quoting anything but a law abiding
place wherever he had been in the
business. Mr.. Stubler was at the
council meeting and spoke briefly.
Morgan's Opinion.
City Attorney D. D. Morgan said
that he didn't see how renewal Of the
Stubler permit could be gronted. He
pointed to decisions of the supreme
court which states that the proprietor
of a saloon is responsible for the acts
Of his bartenders.
Mr.. Stubler recently was arrested
for selling liquor to minor. The case
against him was dismissed, but his
sons pleaded guilty to similar charge
and were given suspended sentence.
Alderman NOLAN, chairman of the
license committee, presented the re-
port Of the committee, recommending
that the Stubler renewal be denied.
Appoints Committee.
Moxror M,,rrhxy 10
Alderman Heritage, Mattson and
Lundstrom as committee on city
hospital for Virginia. The committee
probably will meet this afternoon to
decide on the proper steps to be
taken to obtain such an institution for
Virginia. The need Of a city hos
pital was recited at the council meet
ing last week.
The housing ordinance was present.
ed for it's first reading last night by
City Attorney Morgan. The ordin-
ance covers Is typewriter pages and
many "fine points" The reading was
deferred one week.
Adelbert Trotter was appointed a
member of the board to conduct con-
demnation proceedings for the ac-
quirement of lands for the sanitary
sewer system. He will ltake the place
of J. E. Hansen, whose resignation
was necessary when he became a
member of the new fire and police
commission.
Accountant Hired.
S. S. Williamson, expert accountant
of Duluth, was named to audit the
city books covering the period from
April I, 1913 to April l, 1914, to give
the outgoing council a clean slate.
City clerk Bickford reported credit
balance to March 1, of over $296,000
Phone Company Busy.
The Mesaba Telephone company
submitted blue prints of an under
ground conduit system, which will ex-
tend from Spruce to Hemlock on
Cleveland avenue, and on Spruce from
Cleveland to the proposed new ex-
change on Spruce. The company
asked to be allowed to remoce 81
poles. The conduits will be laid be.
tween the sidewalks and the lot lines
according to the company, which
agrees to replace any pavement thai
has to be torn up in laying the sys.
tenn. The street committee was au-
thorized to handle the matter.
In the absence of Mayor-elect Mike
Boylan, Alderman Heritage occupied
the chair of the president Of the
council.