Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-02 | Page 5 | Issue Closing Order at Ogden

i ISSUE CLOSING ORDER AT OGDEN i Movie lo Theatres Ignore It Sunday u l Authorities Confer Confer Confer Con Con- fer Today Irrl Sp Special Og Ogden en Feb 1 Despite 1 I Despite the thc order of ot tho the Ogden board of oC health effective at noon toda today that no person firm or corporation shall shaH operate or conduct an any dance picture show theatre sale or public service or cause ause or permit any gathering or con congestion eston of oC people from l 12 o'clock noon Sunday February 1 J I H O until such uch time as s this board of or health shall rescind this rule an and t order picture shows throughout the city ran this afternoon amid tonight tonight Time The They w were ro not molested b by the police The picture men held a meeting with wih tho the board of or health this morning and after showing that they the had spent considerable con con- mono money in advertising their shows which tl they stood to lose and that advance ad sale of ot seats eats ir in II some fome I cases h had d hc been n lar large e. e were iere alI alj al- al j I lowed to continue their show place places It Itis Itis I I is understood that a meeting of oC the bu business men of ot the tho tw city liV and the time board of health will wil be hold held hell tomorrow tomorrow mornIng mornIng morning morn morn- ing Ing relative to th the order Issued toda today I Speaking of ot the time order City Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- J J. J 1 n R. R Wart Ward ar r chairman of ot the I U Lu U Ul I al My I interpretation o of tho the order is that thIt it i covers ers both tho time churches and the time schools as the they are public services public services ser In the one instance and public gatherIngs gatherIngs gather gather- Ings in tho the other othel Naturally tho order Ings the closing Of the schools Is left lee up UJ to the board of or education Thirty practicing physicians were consulted regarding the thc order before it I was issued and twenty-eight twenty of ot them declared that tha It was essential and would be a means toward preventing pre a avery avery er very serious epidemic and the thC other two were warm luke on the proposition