The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-10
Discovers That Having No
Permit Does Not Bother
Some Applicants.
OTHERS ARE WORRIED
One Place Open But Refuses
to Sell Soft Drinks and
Another Closed Tight.
why bother about getting permit

Why bother about getting permit
That evidently is the attitude of
some of the applicants for Class A
soft drink parlor permits who thus far
have been unable to secure these per-
mits.
A reporter from this paper made the
rounds of some of these places over
the weekend and holiday and found
that some of the places were running
wide open without a permit and also
that some were taking their medi-
cine" nicely and we're closed up tight.
The reporter made no attempt to visit
all of the places which are now on
the anxious seat, many of them be-
ing known to be closed.
Finds Schmidt's Open.
One of the places which has been
under fire is the Auto Stop Inn, oper-
ated by Martin Schmidt at TIP Mil
waukee avenue and now without eth
er a Glass A or Class permit,
making it illegal for soft drinks of
any kind to be sold there. Special in
terest centers around this place by
reason of the fact that Schmidt, in ap-
pearing before the city council in be-
half of his application for permit
urged that it be granted in order that
he might show chow place can be
run legally" "I'll run a model place."
Schmidt told the council.
The news reporter found the doors
of the Schmidt place swinging wide
open to him. He found man behind
the bar-the same man who several
weeks ago pleaded guilty to selling
pop there without a permit.
It was no hard task at all to buy
soft drink for the News man, who
bought the pop, drank it and walked
out. While there he noticed a man in
the place who gave all the appear
ances of being pretty well "pickled",
in the terms of the street.
Another Place Had Sign.
At 156 Park street, a place which
is fairly widely known in the down
town district and which has no per-
nit to operate as soft drink par
Tor, the News reporter found an in
teresting situation AS he entered the
place he passed man going out who
was smacking his lips with real
men sitting around the tables but
none was drinking,
He asked for lemon sour and the
man in charge pointed to sign which
read that mo soft drinks could be
sold because the place had no per-
nit"
The next stop made by the News re-
porter was at the place where the per-
nit was formerly held by Stanley Jo-
cius at 900 JENNIE street. This place
has been refused a permit and has
once been caught selling without a
permit.
Easy to Buy There.
There was no trouble whatever get
ting almost anything you wanted at
this place. The reporter ordered a
soft drink and drank in" what was
going on around him along with the
pop which he had bought.
Two men were up at the bar. One
ordered a beer and drank it down. The
reporter didn't hear the others order.
He saw the bartender bring out a
whiskey glass with some amber fluid
in it--of course it may not have been
whiskey but it looked the part. The
bartender also put a glass of water
there for chaser.
"My that's good stuff" said the Gus
toner after he hal taken his "shot."
"Sure, leave it to him, said the beer
customer. "He always has good
stuff"
The Jocius place is one which was
found operating without a permit sew
eral weeks ago when the News report
err made a similar jaunt around the
circle to find how the law was being
respected or disrespected.
Anderson Park Closed.
On to Anderson park went the re-
porter. This place has been refused
permit for several months. At the
last meeting of the council Henry An
derson, former operator of the place
but not the Anderson seeking the per-
nit, threatened to run the place with
out a permit if one was not granted
Immediately.
The reporter was therefore some
what surprised to find that the place
was locked up tight. Moreover there
was a film Of dust on the bar which
gave Indication that it had not been
used at least that day.
At Sam Locante's place, 165 Pearl
street, which has also been refused a
permit because of a law violation
there during the past year, the re-
porter got nothing to Stake his thirst, |
being told by the white-aproned bar
tender that the place had no permit to
sell any soft drinks. While the re-
porter was there, however, the truck
from a well-known wholesaler of soft
drinks backed up to the place and un-
loaded several cases of drinks.
In all of these places with the ex-
ception of Anderson park, which was
closed tight, the front doors were wide
open. 1t took no special knock or
backdoor entrance to enter the places.
1t is expected that some of those
who have been refused permits will
renew their applications this evening I
at the regular meeting Of the city
council.