El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-27
CLAMPS LID ON
SOLDIER BOOZE
Council Penalties Selling,
Giving or Delivery Of It
to Men in Uniform.

+ The selling or giving Of alcoholic
! liquors to soldiers is now q city, as
( well as a federal offence. in the city
F of FL Paso. an ordinance to that ef-
feet having been introduced and
/ passed Thursday morning by the city
I council.
4 1t shall be unlawful. it is provided,
/ for any person TO sell, give or deliver.
/ or cause TO be sold. given or delivered
+ or 10 be in any way concerned in the
/ gift of any spirituous. vinous. malt or
! intoxicating liquor to any soldier
sailor or marine in the army or navy
Z Of the United States. or 10 any enlist
ed man In the service of either the
army or the navy.
Any person violating the provisions
I Of the ordinance will be deemed guilty
Z of q misdemeanOr and unon conviction
be fined not more than $500.
The ordinance carried an emergency
cause and was passed on one reading.
to take effect Immediately.
First Gun Against BOOtIeEgers.
This is the first act of record in the
I campaign of the city officials to
stamp out "boOtleEgers' in the city.
and instructions have already been
given police judge Ben F. jenkins 10
. impose strict fines on all offenders
brought before him. City attorney J
H. NcBrOOm has also been advised TO
fight all appeals from the corporation
court employing assistance If neces-
sary.
No Liquor in Secluded Places.
Mayor Charles Davis announced
after the passing Of the ordinance that
another would be considered in recess
session by the council, at the request
OF the government This ordinance
would make IL unlawful to sell LIQUOR
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anyone.
City attorney J. H 1IcBroom ex-
planned that the ordinance already
passed would have two important re-
suits. First. IL would give the police
legal authority TO arrest bootleg
rested for the government. and Sec
Oud. il would enable the city to col
lect the fines in the cases. instead OF
delivering the arrested persons TO the
federal authorities for prosecution
Sanitary commissioner l. d. Hullum
reported that during the week ending
Wednesday he had caused To be
hauled ASSOC pounds of Earbage.
1lLeuo pounds Of ashes and $4,000
pounds Of manure
Gives Cost Of Paving Cedar.
City engineer B. n. Williams filed
an estimate showing that the probable
cost OF paving Cedar street from Non
taua TO Grant would ne S5,7eSSS. the
city paying s666S4 and steam rail-
roads S752.29. A resolution was adopt
ed by the council accepting the esti-
mate and setting Jan - as the date
for hearing protests against the pro-
posed paving
The following petitions were grant
ed 10 pave Main street from Buchanan
to West Boulevard: TO pave san Diego
from Louisiana TO Dakota. 10 pave
along Highland Park car line from
Erie to Louisville streets.
The following petition was referred
Davis brothers for sewer connection al
Hayne and North Stanton streets
Deaths Exceed Blrths.
There We're IS deaths and % births
in FL PasO during the week ending
Wednesday. as shown in the report Of
the health department TO the city
council The deaths were 16 Ameri-
cans and 19 MeXicans. and the births,
five Americans and p AIeXicans-
Contagious disease cases remaining
in the city numbered IS, as follows:
Two measles. four scarlet fever. five
typhoid fever, three diphtheria and
four chicken pox. Five pounds Of
meat and one hog were condemned
during the week.