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Show POOLROOM MEN A IfiKHEJ They Are Planning to Operate 1 Just Outside of the If City Limits. . . CASA CONTENTIA MAY BE SCENE OF OPERATIONS f County Officials and Deserc. News, It Is Alleged, Have Been "Seen." 1 . , Anticipating defeat in the action now pcndiuK in tho districi. court, and fore- seeing that tho ordinance passod by the j city council bars forever the gambling operations of poolrooms in this city, j the proprietors of tho Turf exchange Hjj are said to be planning to move their t headquarters to tho Casa Contontia, at jj Twelfth South and West Temple- streets, J-just J-just boyond tho city limits. It is al- . I.f icgod that arrangements already havo ll been mado with Colonel C. A. Birtch, proprietor of tho road house, whereby that place will hcreaftor be the head- quarters for tho turf gamblers. 1 Tho ,turf exchuugo gamblers have been keening their plans somewhat m quiet, while- they aro dednring loudlj that tho court will make tho restraining order, under which they aro now operating, oper-ating, permanent. However, it is tho consensus of opinion that tho city will win its caso before tho district court and that tho turf exchange will bo drty-en drty-en out of tho city to . the wclcomis arms of the county officials. Sheriff Will Bo Good. In order that tho operations may con-tinuo con-tinuo peaceably in tho county it 13 understood un-derstood that thero will bo no oppost-tiou oppost-tiou from tho shoriff's office nor rom. cither of tho church newspapers. Tho Ilerald-Renublican has for some time been the defender of the turf oxchaugo and of race track gambling. On the . other hand, tho Dcserct News has been making a commendablo light against X this form of vico. However, in accord , with the remainder of tho scheme where- ' by the church county officials .ioin hands f with the raco track and pool room gam- biers it is understood that tho Heseret News will be called off. I ( Although outside of the jurisdiction v r of the city police department and tho -I, other city oflicials tho turf exchaugo iu J1 its new headquarters at Casa Contentia .li will continue to dcrivo its revenue from - If tho people of this city. Agents for b.po' , I pool room will operato in Salt Lako and. r quiotly collect tho wagers from tho Salt ' L Lako ' patrons of the poolroom. Tho Wf odds and results of tho races will bo ob- . 'K taincd by these Salt Lako agents through telephone communication with ,B the main headquarters at Casa Con- mfc tcntia. if Kg Will Require Handbooks. SW This condition will also bring into ex- H istonce numerous handbooks and it will C require for some timu the utmost vigi-lance vigi-lance on tho part of the city authorities to rid tho town of the touts and othor Mi, poolroom hangcrs-on who will continue J0w& to infost the city. If saloons are used 47:. as headquarters for the handbook mak-crs, mak-crs, council will probably revoke such Wi licenses. Si The friendship of tho county oflicials m for the raco track and poolroom ganib- W lors is undoubtedly a desperate political M move on tho part of the church Kopub- 'JH lican party in order to keep in control f 7 in this county. Tho finances of tho lie- ' publican campaign in this county this fall will undoubtedly bo furnished by tho opera tors of tho poolrooms and hor. j races. In return for their aid in tlio coming campaign tho church Ecpublicnn. leaders aro offering tho gamblers immunity im-munity from arrest while they continue I their operations with a hi"h hand out- 1 side of the limits of Salf Lake City. I Tn addition to that tho church Eepuu- 1 lican leaders plan to deliver tho next 1 legislature to tho gamblers with the I assurance that n'o anti-race track gain- J bling' bill will be passod. |