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Show PUBLIC fflllSI IDS IJPJilll 1JEEIG At Meeting Held Friday Night In Commercial Club Members Of Committee Of Public Safety Pass Resolutions Relative To Closing Hours Requests County Commissioners To Station Deputy Sheriff At Copperfield And Highland Boy. .The committee of public safety met last Friday night at the Commercial Club to take action relative to the matter of closing hours and other matters effecting the Interests of the camp. : The meeting was proBided over ov-er by Mayor Q. B. Kelley and members mem-bers of the committee from various sections of the camp took an active part in the work at hand. While the deliberations of this- body were secret, se-cret, the important matters of vital Interest to the public were given tQ the press. - Recently it was decided by the state-authorities state-authorities which have charge of the-closlng the-closlng hours that It would be better , to allow each community to fix these hours to conform with local condl- , tlons, the same to be adjusted by the committee of public safety. The conditions con-ditions in IBingham are different from other towns and it la almost lm- ' , perattve that the restaurants be kept open during the night In order that the miners who work on night shifts-might shifts-might be accommodated. And in addition to this matter It-was It-was thought wise that deputy sheriffs should be placed In. Copperfield and' Highland Boy to enforce the closing: regulations and for the enforcement of the law. Almost as many people live In Copperfield and (Highland Ooy as in IBingham and to properly supervise sup-ervise those ' communities it was thought well that the county should place a deputy at both places, Copperfield Cop-perfield and Highland Boy are both unincorporated towns and do not, have local officers. The resolutions prepared at this meeting reud as, follows" ' -RESOLurroN To Salt Lake County Commissioners, John . Corless. Sheriff, and W. F. Jensen, Commissioner of Commercial Economy, " Gentlemen: , , 1, The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Committee Commit-tee of Public Safety, representing the Bingham District, in meeting assembled assem-bled at the Commercial Club, August 2, 1918: . Be It Resolved: That the Bingham Public Safety Committee, after careful care-ful consideration and investigation of the needs and requirements of the community, do hereby recommend that the following closing hours be established es-tablished and enforced for the several sev-eral lines of business being . conducted: con-ducted: ' Retail merchandise , stores, 6:30 p. m. - Confectionery, soft drink parlors, coffee houses, drug stores, billiard halls, etc., 12:00 midnight. iRestaurants to be permitted to keep open all night to accommodate miners coming off shift. iBe It Further Resolved, That we recommend that a deputy sheriff be stationed at Copperfield and at Highland High-land Boy to enforce ail the recommendations recom-mendations of the War Board and for the enforcement of the laws. (Signed). A !L. Nelson, Boston 'Store, Charles B. Adder'.ey, Bingham Mercantile Mer-cantile Company. HI, B. Avens, Miners Mercantile Company, Earl Randall, Sanitary Market, T. B. Stephens, Plumbing Company. IH. Geffen, Jeweler. O. G. Schleip, Meat Market. Thea Schweitzer, Utah Copper Hotel. C. L Countryman, Postmaster. E. E. Dudley, Attorney. A. C. Cole, Attorney. F. E. Turner, Supt. Ohio Copper Company. ' Joe iMelich, 'Manager Serb Mercantile Mercan-tile Company. F. W. Qulnn, Town Clerk. A. E. Pautsch, Town Marshal. W. M. Collins, Proprietor Diamond Soft Drink Parlor. . Oscar Fullmer. Deputy Sheriff. William Thomppon, Plumber J. A, Boughn, carpenter and contractor. con-tractor. - l. E. Middleton, Thomas Reams, P. S. Hageman. Health Officer, Mayor Q. B. Kelly, Presiding. , John C. Green, Justice of Pence, ( ' . Secretary. |