Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-27 | Page 1 | $2000 Beer License Fee May Turn Ogden into Desert; Charge Declared Prohibitive

I 2000 Beer License Fee May Turn Ogden Into Desert Charge Declared Prohibitive Ogden whose coffers once were kept brimming by police court fines against liquor dealers may become now that drinkIng drinking drinking drink drink- ing is legal egal as well as t fashion fashion- able T This ls' ls strange state of ot affairs which may turn tho the Junction City into a a desert surrounded by foaming foaming foam foam- ing beer taps was brought to light Wednesday y as a result of ot the tho city fixing draft beer license fees at 2000 The Tho Ben Lomond Lamond hotel and Healy hotel of ot Ogden whose applications applications ap ap- ap- ap for new draft beer licenses li licenses li- li censes were among the first five in the state approved by the liquor control commission Informed in informed in- in formed the commission they could not pay the fee The Tho Ogden city commission explained explained ex ex- tho the fee was made high in order to make up tip the loss in city revenue that will result from limIting limiting limiting lim lim- the number of draft beer establishments to 14 under the state liquor control act Under the law such establishments establishments establish establish- ments meats arc limited on a population basis with the muni municipalities fixIng fixing fixing fix fix- ing the foes fees and the state commission commission com corn mission Issuing the licenses The Tho lees fees revert to municipalities The Tho liquor control commission said it had no authority to interfere inter Inter- fere fore with municipal affairs but admitted it regarded the tho 2000 fee tee as us prohibitive Hugh B. B Brown commission chairman said it was unlikely any reputable applicant for tor a beer license could afford 2000 He expressed a hope the O Ogden den city commission would reconsider its action j