Show STATEMENT BY MAYOR Will Keep Them Closed Permanently I He Cnn p Mayor Thompson salcU last evening I I that he had glvorr the order to closo down the gamblinghouses on his own volition entirely A member oc the f > 1ihIslerJal association said Mr I Thompson asked J me about a month ago to order the saloons closed on Sundays I I Sun-days but said nothing about the ram jlers I tlmught however tho gain blers were getting too bold altogether iney are a cluus of people who If you j the them an Inch will take a yard e 4hqy were running their places wide 3 open Young people frequented them n very undesirable element was being r attracted hero and I thought it bclns time to cala halt Gamblers are no advantage to a community They are nonproducers Wo were getting too many of thwn and I thought some of I twem were strong enough to work AsKcd us to whether the closing e would bo permanent the Mayor replied Time alone can toll that but the In tention is that It shall be l I has been Intimated continued Mr Thompson that there was politics In the move I but there isnt There la nothing In tho nature of politics about i Wo were Retting a class of people here we cano can-o better without and I want to nee tlicm go WHY DONE AT THIS TIME Why was the order promulgated at this time ana not six months or a year aso asoIf done at all it had to be at nome line tme Thu evil was Increasing gam biers were coming here from other towns and I thought It ought to be checked o How aboijt closing the saloons on Sundays 11m considering I replied the ntiJr but have not made up my wind UJ nln about It yet II imrf Tho0 close to the Mayor say he has Ii Ilt J the closing of the gamblinghouses 3 ifldt t i con ldrtlon for a long time J4j4 al he is l fully ware of tho dIfficulty C i ruly dlfculy fc C noly supproKslng rambling but is > f of the opinion i ought to be kept down to the smallest proportions possible |