Show ILL I'LL STOP GAMBLING SAYS FERRY We are not going to pe permit gambling g in Salt SaIt S 'S lt Lake City declared Mayor A W W. Mont Ferry to a TELEGRAM rep reporter reporter re re- p porter this morning following the publication of the fact fact- that wide open gamb gambling ing was being conducted in the Nauvoo block at 55 West First South We are not going to permit gambling there ther nor nor- at any other place There ere is no doubt but what there always has b been en and aid always alway will be gambling But we ai arev g going ing to enforce the law No doubt the gamblers vill will go from frain plate place to place That is wh what t makes it difficult to stamp out the tile gam gambling bl mg eVl evil 1 l We are ire going t to to enforce e the laws We Ve will enforce enforce- c th the laws here if we we have to re re enact the theold old Blue Laws J I Mayor Ferry was asked what t the e blue laws were He replied that at one time in the history of Salt Lake the ordinance ordinance ordin ordin- ance prevented the sale ale of most everything on on Sunday The ordinances he he- declared he-declared declared had been termed the Blue Laws I believe there are three roulette wheels in town said the mayor I dont don't know where they are they are moved from place to place place to to place We however are going to keep right after them I wish you would send a a- a aman man down to the West Side Automobile club and see if you cannot g get t s some me evidence for us us- S Did that place run last night M Mayor Ferry was asked I dont don't know I haven't heard from the de department art this morning he replied t v I S Chief Shores Shore Mum Mun l. l t i S Chief of Police C. C W. W Shores had little tittle comment to offer offer on the story printed in THE TELEGRAM last night telling where gambling was open to the public When he was approached by bya a TELEGRAM reporter this morning and asked if he had any ally com COlit- comment ment t to make on what appeared in THE TELEGRAM he said 9 o No I 1 have no comment to make 1 was asked by someone la last t night what I 1 I thought about it I told him him I 1 didn't know but I thought I felt s sorry rry Chief Shores then turned then away and went to his private office I quietly indicating that the interview was at an end Gambling Continues Ii Here Hei e 5 Gambling in Salt Lake did riot not cease with the publication of th story printed in THE TELEGRAM yesterday afternoon The 4 dig Big j jig Ho House seH l l ck n ni i il d'- d' ds d's as s lh the w wr worst r operated through the OW afternoon It H however closed f forthe r the night The Wayne club club quartered on the tile top floor of the Wayne Vayne hotel however did not not even even h hesitate sit te It continued operation through the night The Wayne club ran ran full blast and suffered l little from the publication of the tile story Business kept up Several sm small ll poker games dt in- in various parts parts- of f the he business district They however exercised more thorn care ca care e in the selection of patrons The Big BiK House closed last night completely The he rooms rooms were apparently under the e direction on of the landlady of the rooming house and tind no one was permitted to enter Editorial Ed zi 0 r z a I S' S i I S |