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Show Zl HAS SUNDAY IB A ffl ill! Saloons Obeyed Chief McKen-zifs McKen-zifs Order, and One Tried Lid-Lifting. DAY OF REST MAKES THE BARKEEPER HAPPY ('hie. Makes a Tonr and In Satisfied Sat-isfied No Drinks Were Sold. Fait f.oko was dry Sunday, dryer than over before In its history of Sundays. Under Un-der Chief of Polk.. Roderick McKemile's orders Sfyturflay the lid went on air-tight at 12 o'clock that night and was not lifted until 12 o'clock Sunday night. It not even tilted al any time In the intervening inter-vening J-l hours. Paid Chief M- Kensle 'aft funds: risr.i: "I do not believe there was a drink ' ! liquor sold in tiie saloons of sail Uake today. All the saloons obeyed the closing I order to the lettei as nearly us I can teir. ' Onlv one report of s disobedience of the ! order .a:r,e in and ti;ai was disbelieved I first and aft.-.n-.-Js Micre-Mted." To see tiiat his order waa being Uvea i up to 'hie? M Ken.i. made a :our of the oitv Sonda, -tti-rroo- A '! -lo- .-al. ns , were clOSM and the view into them from the street was unobstructed, blinds and I the like having been drawn as-.U; Hi.ii H public mlghi nave an unobstructed view of the interior. j The bartenders are nearly t; Wed to ; death over the closing of the saloons Sun-. I days and, f course, nope will continue. contin-ue. Barkeepers a-.-.-i saloon men who nave not spoil a. Sunday at home or In any other recreation for years wei free to do las thev pleased Sunday. Of course some j of them have got into sn. : a habit of working Sunday thai time hung heavily i on their bands real trdaj and there were I manv thirsty loungers about some of the drink shops looking for ' nance to break in and piench their '.hlrs-ts The chaai e I didn't come. In two or three months, the new chief thinks, the saloonkeepers will be used to having Sunday off ;jid they will not want to go back to the old prac tice Ol K OC J.' I : K " o " . ,.r- on the day of rest The saloons, generally speaking, were prompt in closing at 12 o'clock Saturday night Tiie chief gave them 4" minutes of race. that Is till 12:4.". to get crowds that might gather In tlie saloons out and clone shop, but n almost eveiy case the time was not consumed. Inquiry by the saloon mn was rr,ad- regarding their entering i heir places of business some time Sunday to lean up &nd Chief alcKenale told them that they may mop up and tiie like In tlie forenoon but they must not attempt the oW dodge he saya, of selling Uojuor while they are cleaning up. If they do there will be trouble. The pool rooms aNo respected the chief's orders and suspended business Bnnday |