El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-26
HOWE WILL NOT
ACT INF0RDCA5
Travis County Court Must
Say If Vinton Saloon
Man May Open.

Judge W. D. Howe, oath district
court, Saturday afternoon continued
the hearing in the John Ford case, on
the theory that the Travis county
court had prior jurisdiction over the
Vinton saloon man. This means that
Ford's place will have to remain
closed until the Travis county court
dissolves the injunction. That tri-
bunal Is not in session now and viii
not be until the first week in No
vember.
The short life OF John Ford's booze
resort was interrupted at Z o'clock
Friday night. when deputies J. 3
fitzpatrick and B. J. Zabriskie served
papers based on an injunction Issued
by judge George Calhoun. Of the
Travis county district court. follow
ing a telegram dispatched by county
attorney Clarence 5. T. Folsom TO the
attorney generals office containing
the details Of Ford's venture in de-
fiance OF a complaint alleging selling
liquor without a license.
The county attorney also instituted
Injunction proceedings before judge
Howe. the law allowing such cases to
be brought either in Travis county or
in the county where the alleged vio-
lation Of the law takes place. The
matter was to have come up at 10
o'clock before judge Howe, but was
continued in order that more details
OF the proceedings in Travis county
could be secured A telegram asking
for this Information was dispatched
to the Travis county court
60 For Booze in Rain.
In spite Of the rain there were many
automobile parties either at Vinton.
or on the road there, when the officers /
arrived TO service Ford with the war
rant Visitors said there was nothing
but whisky and gin on sale, and Of low
quality. There was prompt compli-
ance with the order to close the sa-
loon
New Fixtures Seen.
Saturday morning a truck load of
new bar fixtures, apparently from FL
Paso, arrived at the Ford saloon at
Vinton. but the door had a large pad l
lock on It
No Information was learned from
military authorities OF a report that I
soldiers might be stationed near Canu- I
tillo, II the court proceedings resulted I
in Ford being permitted to reopen his 1
saloon
Ford Car Overturns.
A Ford automobile bearing license /
1882 went into the ditch on the upper 4
valley concrete road Friday night at I
a point about a quarter mile south Of 1
Canutillo. turning bottomside up. The 4
car had been removed Saturday morn
ing.
Brewery Not ReOpeninE.
At noon Saturday the FL Paso
Brewing assOciatiou's office stated
that il ii would resume operations on
account Of the recent decisions of the
courts it had not yet found out about
IL. This statement was made in re-
Spouse TO an inquiry growing out OF
the story current Saturday that the
brewery would at once begin the man.
ufacturs Of beer
Can Only Get Refund.
No tax collector has the authority
TO issue licenses 70 wholesale or re-
tail liquor dealers. according 10 an
opinion by the attorney general, and
the opinion forbids tax collectors
from receiving money for licenses
when rendered II is also the opinion
Of the attorney generals department
that all licenses, wholesale and re-
tail. were made void when the state
vide prohibition law went into ef-
feet and the only right the holding
OF an unexpired license gives TO the
owner is the refund for the unusued
portion