White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-25
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS
CLOSING OF ALL ELY
WINE ROOMS

As the result OF an agreement
.etween the grand jury and Mayor
vitcher and the city council OF the
city of Ely, wine rooms are now
hing of the past in the White Pine
county metropolis. The matter was
opened UP when the grand jury YER
bally requested two members OF the
city council to revoke a certain sa-
loon license on Aultman street. A
special meeting OF the mayor and
eouncil was Immediately called and
me matter thoroughly discussed. A
communication was sent by the city
authorities to the grand jury. This
directly opened up the question by
correspondence in which the follow
ing letters passed in their regular
order:
March 13, 1917
TO the Grand Jury of White Pine
county, Nevada.
oGentlemen: We have received
the verbal request of the Grand jury
which was made TO two of our coun-
eilmen By your body today. asking
for the revocation of the retail liquor
license of w II Lambert In the city
Of Ely and would be pleased to give
the matter our immediate consider
alton, but In this connection No
would like to know the specific
charge or complaint upon which your
honorable body thinks that this Ii
cense should be revoked, inasmuch
as no specific charge was laid before
the two members OF the council; and
also We would request mat the eyi-
dsnce in support of the charges be
laid before us. or. at least, that we be
furnished with the names of the wit
nesses in support of the charges
by order of the City Council
ALFRED Tamblyn.
city Clerk "
March is. 1917.
City Council. Ely. Nevoda
Gentlemen. Answering your let
ter Of the 18Th. relative to revoking
the license Of the Senate saloon.
"We reply that we have evidence
which would warrant the closing OF
The saloon mentioned
yours truly,
Grand Jury OF White Pine County
"George Doyle
Foreman
March 10, 1917
To the City Council. Ely. Nevada
Gentlemen At duly called
meeting of the Grand Jury of White
Pine county held today it WIS
agreed or decided that the Grand
lury would withdraw IFS request for
lhe cancellation Of the license Of the
senate saloon in Fly If the City
eouncil Of Ely will well and truly
eose all vine rooms nov onen ia tie
ety OF Ely and that the City Council
VIII Keep such wine rooms closed for
he tenure Of the office OF said coun-
u and that said council viii nre-
vent any other wine rooms from be-
ing eondneted within the limits of
Ely.
an immediate answes is asked
Yours truly.
''ahc jury of White Pine County.
George DOYLE.
Foreman
AT the meeting held by the mayor
suu CITY council last Monday night
anu at which the communications
"0m the grand jury we're read there
% ne an unusually large number of
'"e"s present and among them
many members OF the Grand iury
,,' as request for the closing of the
:, ae rooms brought up a wide rance
:. discussion Mayor witcher stat
~a' ne considered the request
,sa '0naoie and that while wine
!. "s mad existed in the city of Ely
"au never heard of any disturb
/ omn,. ORIGINATING in them. and no
n.s 'a'nts had previously been
,h., he further stated, however
Nm. mere was an ordinance prohib-
nj. s women from visiting these
loa" e rooms in connection with sa-
d,. aS and he felt that all such or
ona'. aaees should be enforced The
vha., saon was then raised as to
., 'er ~ or not since the granting
NJ. we y. franchise to women thew were
ana merely entitled to enter saloons
NAL. purchase liquors the same as a
aa '''lzen. Mayor Witcher stat
i W"i ne did MT ta,-. Al,