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Show ! THE CITIZEN tnuiiiuiiiiiiiHiiiiiuiu HllUllllUIIIIIUI J, jmni-'U- '.j OBSERVATION PLANE Is And Prosper, Sports Advice hle perity depended upon the saloons and that if we rid ourselves of them we would not have enough taxes to pay our debts. We have abundant taxes, but it is quite certain that we are not e profoundly grieved to letter which we append to CJ were re-th- paying our public debts promptly. troduction. once before with tho favored us account of the spright-jnt- s fltaminatiug The letter, in fact, is filled with good things and we must not steal all of its thunder for the introduction. Without more ado, therefore, we present the picturesque views of one of our most enlightened indoor sportsmen: Editor The Citizen: Well, what do you .think of it by now? It is just as i' told you some time ago, your knocking the gambling dont get you very much, does it? You dould not even prevent them from even if they had been closed, which most of them wasn't. circles. in gambling that we grief is due to the fact iiven the city commissioners fnot their due. It will be recalled represented the city commis-as trying to devise means could reopen Mlby the gamblers Q we it a new and liberal license sys-!- a Rhounder, who seems to be Highly familiar with all the ins 4 lilts of the gambling business, i re-openi- into our midst by tell- that the big gamblers have been a jgtlting all the time. To employ the nwular of the esteemed Mr. Rhoun-hSmselthat makes us look like a bomb You see the idea is this: the city commission pays no attention to you because they know that we have a - f, big majority of the city behind us; they know that many property owners V00V plot dawns on The city authorir dow intellect. al I kept talking aout the reopening I the card clubs and all the time jiwas not the slightest necessity jourse, the entire Of are with us, we pay them big rents for their buildings; the preachers are with us because if they were not they would be hollering; the daily papers are for us because they say nothing against us and the good people must be with us or they would have some betterment league or something wait- because the gambling were open. They never were reopening, A I Rhounder is to be credited, that he is deserving of belief we A id re The Athletic club ing on the commissioners every day with a kick if they were not our friends. The politicians, too, are with us, as they need our votes next fall at lambs. the city election, but we know right now who will be elected, as we will remember our friends, and that makes it a cinch. demonstrated to our own satisfac-- a to which he odes is in full operation, victims be- i fleeced there daily. And yet some Dflle say there is no business in ; '?. lag Wifle the commissioners the dust to nbters were As A were beat-- ' obscure our vision the plucking the golden Rhounder wittily re-ftot- he e process is not gambling, element of chance has been be-,th- yL jy eliminated. we must for give Mr. Rhoun-credsome original views. His it low of Salt Lake as a great and Prous city because of gambling is t Impressive. He points out that brings in moneyed men who sily deprived of their entire for-Th- Mjng e cash remains In Salt Lake, though Mr. Rhounder does not M out all this k2 the glorious possibilities process we can see how it The money will be contributed to the elect the politicians who gamblers, k88 Severally. but to stimulate The same argu-8ta- s employed when we had the aSl were told that our pros the people generally are wise to the fact that gambling in a You see city is a great drawing card it brings people in from the outside who have money, and the people realize that there should be soihe legitimate form of amusement whereby these moneyed their people can be separated from the coin, as at the present time, we, Why, dont western you know, thaUll of the large cities owe their growth and prosperall built up ity to gambling, they were people, need the money. in the first place by the gamblers. With all of these, facts staring you in the face, why dont you get wise to one of us and yourself and lay off of some of perhaps you, too, might get off in the coin that is being taken this burg every day. Is an AthWhy, my good sir, there South letic club at 35 West Second street, that is taking off more dough 9 every week than you can hope to make with your kicking magazine in a year. It is called Athletic club, 1 presume, because there is no form of athletics permitted, but anyway they are sure framed up right and are reaping a harvest and if they continue for a year they will no doubt tear off as much as Bernstein does with his pony game with a little stud horse for a chaser. How do they do it? That is easy. They are framed right, card club license for the front room where the public and policemen are admitted. They only play stud horse and pan in this room, sell the checks in a little back room that looks like a billiard or pool hall but it isnt, that is, unless they get a flash or danger signal from the look-ouotherwise it is a smash- body is with us for a wide open town, a good live town, and a town where your knocking will not get you anything, so why not get in line and go out after the money while the getting is good. Do you get me and will you take the tip? Yours for a greater Salt Lake, A. RHOUNDER. April 5, 1921. How Pep Can Be Put Into City s Annual Report Mayor Neslen urges that each city ing good crap game on the pool tables, both and fading from banking which they tear off percentage from the players as well as to take their money with the loaded ivories. Of course if they get the flash everybody grabs their cue and get busy playing department resume the practice of making complete annual reports. The practice was discontinued in 1916 to save expense. Up to that time these memorable reports which gave exciting data about receipts and expenditures were published in book form. We can understand why the commissioners would wish to discontinue the book form. It was a convenient form which advertised too readily to the public the stupendous increases In ex- pool. penditures. t, i There is no chance to get any evidence that they are gambling if the cops should rush in, except in one way, and that way is not considered fair, either by the gamblers or the police department, and of course the police will not be a party to dealing a crooked game to the gamblers. The one way mentioned would be to resort to the small town stuff of hiring some spotters or stools and having them play in the games and testify later. But it. is all understood that the city will not stoop to such crooked work, if they cant catch them with men in full uniform they will have to let them go. Another point where we have them is: In order to make a charge of gambling stick in court, the element of chance must be proven. This has been taken care of by eliminating chance from all of the games dealt, leaving them a sure thing for the house, therefore not gambling. Some of the smaller houses are worried over the talk being made by the commissioners of making the clubs furnish a bond, as they say the result would be that only three big joints could meet the requirements, thereby giving Bernstein, Vincent, Red. Crow and Riley-OweCompany a monopoly on the gambling business. This they say would not be fair, as many of the boys running places are native sons n of Salt Lake, and many others have been here a life time and are entitled to their bit of any easy money that happens to show up around town. Nowr, I have shown you how every- The mayor does not insist that the reports shall be published in book form. He thinks it would be quite sufficient if they were prepared and embalmbed among the cobwebbed records of municipal affairs.It is a pity not to have these annual books. The great defect of the - their cost, but their dullness. The official mind does not know how to supply thrills and yet our municipal government or rather mis- - old ones was not government has been full of thrills. We suggest that some newspaper man be employed to write each report and develop the human interest. Bock, for example, could make a fascinating report. He could supply such chapters as these: My Career of Crime, How I Built a Political Machine to Fool the Public All the Time, AbAdvice to Official Criminals, sconding as a Fine Art, Pulling the Strings to Obtain a Pardon. Mayor Neslen might have such chapters as these: Why the Water Bond How I Was Appointed Issue Failed, Mayor Without the Consent of the People. Commissioner Burton might have a chapter on "How I Built My Porches With the Citys Cement and Labor. Arthur Barnes could get any police reporter to write chapters like this: Church How I Stopped Gambling, Salt Services in the Card Clubs, Lake as a Summer and Winter Resort Helping the BootCriminals, leggers Get on Their Feet. Books with chapters such as these for (Continued on Page 13.) |