The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-22

FOR POOL HALL
Under Law Now In Operation
Public May Protest Against
Licensing Places
BOOTLEGGERS ARE NOT HOPEFUL

The new state law regulating pool
aud billiard halls went into effect to.
dny aud twenty nine applications for
licenses were flied with County Judge
Iwick, II is expected TINT mnny 9th
er> will he filed nearly all NJ those
who filed today are already In hnSi
ness and as far lis is known great
majority of them are reputable
Application was made hy o. A. cat
hon for pco and billiard hall II.
crusc at ~ West Grand, the rooms ot
the Southern club NOW closed 10y the
action Of the county attorney George
I. Cuffcy asks Tor II license at u
North Broadway the old Elite both
Of them known iu tile past uS boot
Logging aud gambling pluccs.
Those who made applications to-day
are ) r. Frcntrr>, 92i West Main;
/ W. l.. Lake. Juuc, city, l.. Garrett, l26
South broadway. Lee CrosSley, Luth.
Ter, Charles y. Holmes, 2235 Exchange
/ avenue; Sylvester Braun, III West
| Reno; G.. d. Jones' l23 Broadway {,
James Irwin. - 21 West Main; llar
Try ruNtlrwnite, 222 North Broadway :,
ID G. Thompson. Is South Broadway !,
/ Patterson X Hoffman, 22 North Rob
| usou. \. G. Furruy 23OS Exchange
/ avenue, I.ce-Iluckus hotel; q. A. Cal.
houu - West Grand George +. CHf-
/ lry North Broadway. \ Shipmnn,
/ ~ West California, g. T.. DANA l3G
. n.
/ North Robinson Il t. Finley base
mcul American National bank build
ing, II II Clarke ZIG North broad
way. " W. Wright Jones city, Ey-
nm, 4 hangs, ~ South Broadway 4;
|C ". Sims, llj West Main; c. W
| Sims. ll5 North broadway; Patterson
Il Hoffman 2OO - West Main; Roy
H. Taylor - West Grand Znck
Winston, T. West PottawntomIc; $.
II. Nihlo. lO1 North Broadway; W. II.
Mitchell l25 East Main.
Under the law these applications
must be- set down for hearing aud
public notice must he given Of the
time when they will be heard. Those
'Whu know " any reason why license
should not he granted 10 the applicants
Iarc privileged 10 testify at the hear.
iug
The law provide that licenses shall
hr granted only lo those WHO are oi
good moral character and who have
never been convicted Of violating auy
NJ the laws prohhlting traffic In spir
imuus yiuuus, furmcutcd ar malt u
.uuors or NJ any laws commonly call
ed prohibition laws The applicant
cannot be- granted license under the
new lnw II he hu5 ever been convicted
NJ violating any N the gambling laws
uf the state. or II he has paid any
spcclal Iuuur dealers tax to III,
United Stntcs. No liquor dealers tax
stamps or receipt issued by the Unit
ed States must be held by any per
on occupying that part or adjoining
that part of the building In which The
pool hail is tu be- maintained and op
q Grated
II rs expected that many " tn,
hootlcrucr- viii try 20 get back Int
business through the new pool hal
act. hut II will be- very difficult fo
b them to do ,u II Judge Iwick follow
: the law closely The matter ~ grant
Ing licenses is all In his hands how
ever The applications are made dl
rectly tu him and he receives the fe,
'of $40 thnl must accompany each II
ccnsc. After the hearing II rests will
the county Judge and he must decid,
whether the applicant Is TO be- grant
led n license Or refused.