Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-12-21
Council Considers
Conditions in City

At special recessed meeting Of the
city council held last Monday evening
i'll the office OF City Clerk Whitacre,
that body was waited upon by COM
mittee which had been appointed at
the recent meeting of representatives
OF the church. American Legion, Com
nnercia Club Woman's club and 9th
er civic and fraternal organizations
which had been called together at the
request Of the Parent Teachers, Asso-
citation Of this city The committee,
consisting Of George f Willis, H !. c.
Dukes. Mrs. T. +. Rawson. Mrs
w. H. Churchyard. DIR. G. Leavitt,
Mrs. ]. A.Dixon, and Mrs. P. F.
I4aurendean, discussed with the coun-
ell conditions in the city which they
characterized as intolerabe. and asked
that the council cooperate with them
to secure a more rigid enforcement of
laws and ordinances and particularly
the prohibition law and the curfew or
dinance
George + Willis. as chairman of
the committee. stated that resolutions
adopted at a recent meeting of the or
ganization above named. favored the
appointment OF a probation officer,
and rigid enforcement of the curfew
ordinance It was also requested
an effort be made to suppress illicit
liquor traffic.
Dr. G Z. Lcavitt as representa-
tive OF he AMERICAN LECTION. stated
that the organization which met at
the high school favored an effort to
enforce the state prohibition law i'll
prcfcrelsee to the Nolstead act.
Mrs T. T. Raws,on, representing
the Parent Teachers, asked for rigid
enforcement of the curfew law. par
ticularly in keeping all minors off the
street at night.
Mrs w H. Churchyard stated
that the city should support and de-
termincd offort OF the authorities to
keep boys from obtaining liquor
Mr II c. Dukes believed that the
on!y remedy was the~complete srp-
preston OF bootlegging in the city.
At the request of Mayor Archer,
Chief OF Police Kelly told Of the ef-
forts made BY his Office to enforce the
prohibition act, saying that local Off
GERS were withou. authority under
Hi ,.Lp
lively, Kelly said, by the Dolan case
Dolan plead guilty to violation of
the prohibition act and was sentenced
BY Jj,dge Blanchard TO serve six
months in the county jail and pay $500
fine \ few weeks later the Supreme
court OF Nevada turned Dolan loose;
stating that Judge Blanchard had no
jurisdiction iii the case. Kelly told
OF the arrest of NJ. Cunha for making
stills, the case being dismissed when
Attorncy-General Fowler gave it as
his opinion that Kelly was without
authority to make the arrest The
chief said that on August 25 tn he
wrote asking to have Internal Reve-
me men visit here. Two months
ago he explained the situation to Capt
Donnelly of the state police. who
stated that he was too busy at the
time but would soon be here. Haley,
OF the narcotic squad, was here few
weeks ago, looked the town over, and
dclared it his intention to send two
plain clothes men to Yerington im-
mediately.
Members OF the committee then sug-
geSted that it was in the power of
the council TO revoke the license of
any business house suspected of vio-
lating any state or notional law.
The curiew ordinance was read to
the committee, and il was pointed out
that the responsibility is clearly up to
the parents and if minor is out after
hours il is the parent that is liable
to punishment for the delinquency
This same committee will next
month prescat lis case to the consid-
GRAFTON OF the Lyon County Grand
Jury, which it is expected will be in
session some time during January,
They will also, il is said. address
state and federal authorities