| Show I D buque s Old Saloon Days Gone Under New Regime scores t l IowA Feb 17 I D old order bur paned d The of u tints has ball brunt ht a In th the OIl of tic Ut Mar r towns town bUt now nowhere H fit tM aa 1 more apparent than In III the old key town it was wat wid 14 state law had o place w whets public sentiment wa IV the theone one on lIy by which tile the Individual felt old tale State ot of It wu wa not marry year ago aco th that t It wa customary on opening a loon In Dubuque DubUqu to 0 UI thi w Ute the U key Into a well II III I me What otar where recovery we was I altale It wa on only a short bon Um alma before thU that ny nearly every grocery and 4 e every 1 tore etore In The Ju Jug waa a common and eight tat nor dial It bear either the vinegar sorghum ur or ker label Ibel Good wt then wee on sale for little IItti store then than tile the government tax and we looked upon a more morl In the ne na tare ot of household necessity lly than It flYer elver will ke Twenty t yare ago aco when Dubuque Dubuqu crony lad 4 not oot more than tte It then the were more u thus within Its border To Tot t here a In the city etty and as lD in tM expo W N TOWN rowN W wAB AI WIDE OPEN Twenty yew ego aco the river leach of at Its prestige y at a national highway The Iba packet a between St Louy sad 4 Ili at Paul steel of tw tiel and the freight ht Hat trat All is we Th There wee scarcely cely a point of on the bluffs over OYer the river In this vicinity that at any II tI tine dories art tile the summer ummer would net JIM have to the observer orver two m Ibis raft boats liP up or down the stream TM The of the north had not yet Jet denuded the lands 1114 of fed Wisconsin WI n ot of their timber and tb the Dubuque lev wee a scene ot of activity of aU aB hope W Of the day 41 std and night There wen chandler a house bouw rat establishments aM trU joint All AU were busy Pew steamers team pied the wharf without shins In and man many of them tied up he hers at the end of their I voyage The packet pack with Ith It its guy y list lent color to the throng tbs ne as asIre Ire roustabout tM the most w character ra ter perhaps b in bi hi his rollicking pit gel carelessness of the morrow W IL and d hI his primitive philosophy lent mIrth wl while the lumberjacks sad 4 furnis ed a rusted setting of brawn and The These made tile the to town n a cosmopolitan place AU All AUth th their with the decline of elver traffic haw bave pared to other scenes or ceased to exist Those W tile the da days of the wile leIe open town lown Dubuqu hed not nol to be beAfter After fter a a I town lown Then en railroad service began beCan to 10 Improve Th The number of road The rl river became becam hemmed In bY the on one aido and the Burlington on nn the theother theother other tracks llaU lay parallel with the stream tream and th the roads road made mado inroads Inroad on the freight traffic of th the river During Durin low water season on a boat cargo caro wu was of lit at It its destination Sandbar frequently to In d Boa Bats often tied up for tur MY days at a I Um time on no o II newly newl formed bar ber and lid modern were such luch that the delay would use not I be TM The river all as an artery ul of traffic lost Its Ita prestige TIle The levee for tor a chain year III I has been beell I all I but bul A lar large element of the towns beet log i Ie passed PId with the do dolIn dor r lIn of I the river Iver There WU was In this Ibl element now now gone aone mat musk that w we lawless Mon Money was wall freer then and there were more mca It who had drifted from t the salt said w were with waua hone TOWARD TL Dubuque Dubuqu today barn baa a population that I Ma ae II a N New York town This ellana Iua has with It a duals of public but It Is III as aise Irlo true that Ih these altered n do 40 n nc not c carry with them hurn a II fell uPI ot of the be t bane The aide wlM open toW lot Iowa I Iao to ao the th aast ft is III be beaming 1 a ul or the he Gant l I is TI Those are aro t those Irh paint III to 10 Ih the rt fu t that some IRe 11 y ya yen ta taa a c crusade swept the tl try end they sake mak the Ow that thai the It situation U JI similar pre that like lI tu she former wave when It its wry fury M spent a r trill III e c In hoe takes a vi view it 11 Is JI t trio IbM the Uta present ru term form wave lad IU its on In Ih the south lIh a tile the lt of e n s sand and lid thAt It has baa ever orr the lIMo coun country un try but It also aleo I is I Iris tb that lt tM the weve could n not have swept W Uw hadnot had not all Iott lass reedy t tI to tv helve I v It The truth is Ie that tIN the stress of mud era bullpen has red DOt only M u a premium upon Wt hot It b hae to In toa a It of 01 tans refused we to of it w worker Uw It we wa but many nan years r as CO tt that the ablest aIJI t bushier buh meta u mode a of drink tits liquor Matti ni n 1 of In InI I n 1 b It 11 ell Ik lul Ii e solo w Ii th II id hi u ii n 11 reit 1 It a III II t t I I tL 1 1 Is et II to own 11 final th the bud h sus 1 n f bu tin 10 i f n 1 change 1 w 1 i i 11 but u an It I rr temperance N II absolutely tI e emended I mended HOW THE CITY WAe W AI REFORMED Through all the years 0 of against In lit the liquor traffic is 10 Iowa Lu 01 little with reo re yard to 10 what the law might t be When the present mulct law wu was ted following the experiment with I atton It paid the mulct Iet tax taa bUt so f fir u b by the UIe r rs bOIl hours ot of lunch hinch chairs chaIT tables etc I Is the law kw might am well ae Sr ba have beeR been placed upon Ute the booM books Public sentiment been n to for II law enforcement al about six ela years erl duo was shown In assay quarters the of the law M c li 11 IMI Waved d dU U an order that was wall Um all en Si at U each h hal al J J Kew X always alway en an ardent advocate adIe of tem temperance ce Ulan then became active He w was vigorously sup supported up ported b by Dr a L Cad Cady ot of the thet Flat t church These minister ft w were ably by bJ th the of t the tilt city In general Pulpit orations were delivered In the ca cause ct temperance and aud mass wn wen held C A Rankin n tIM molder ora orator tor father ot of the state marshal mahal move moe movement ment enl In 16 Iowa came Into the field VI Dr i Cady In or order er to secure NeurA and data It lb the expenditures 0 of I laboring mn men disguised himself and went a noes the saloon k on patrow tro Pact and were presented and a athe the demand for tor more complete law enn en ment beam w 80 general end and s a t the e loon loos men with f few began to oh 01 religiously the it 11 c older r of f Mayor Berg and t to remain eloped until f 2 clock on Sunday lunday art atto noon A Among the tb 1000 men were several who guru sted In violating tile the reIN la lalou lou with the mull that Dr Cad Cady and Archbishop Keane commenced iC ac the work of l tb the law injunction were begun against acAin ever every saloon keeper to In Dubuque Du Dubuque buque county Meanwhile the tempe r anee adv advocates cate backed by CUIlO mine mina Byes Ben and the AntI league 11 were carrying on similar work In other river towns townsEN EN MADE COMPLETE The efforts efort of the Dubuque fr ers culminated t In the summer of 1907 to In an decree the an loons all day Sunday Bunda aril aud at 11 each eh night the th tree free lunch ud pad plad placing other upon the An appeal was wall taken from till this de decree ot of partial enforcement tile the supreme premo court held beld that such a decree deree was Willi and ordered that till the full I lOt of the mulct law be II embodied therein This Thill w war done don and January 1 found every saloon In DUbuque strictly complying with the law with about 60 out of It Il II a Ion road that has hall been tnt sled d and there are some economic problem to be met b by the county ow my to the curtailment of nt the Income from the mulct tar taa because of the r re reduced number of saloons but hul the pr pros ant nt sItuation Is Ia not imposing the hal hard skip that naturally might bt be looked fur for In eu radical a change and gen a I orai eral satisfaction le III pre ed The period just Juat preceding the enact mull mont of It th the mulct law warn at the haky hak y yon on time lOt of th the In DUbuqu With nothing but bUI to pay It II required only a fw few hund hundred hundred red dolla dollars to pearl hut saloon and thirst parlors sprang IIran up like like mushrooms In Inthe th the night Ap t empty pI be COllver converted late Inte a drink emporIum In inthe the at ot of ft 14 hou hours Jut Hut following the enactment of the mulct Iw haw a grist many lafty saloons were driven out III of buln business not because there W was any allY pretense at up to the provisions or of the la law but bu tHo be because cause the county eaU In on the of a of a year eal The e amount aun r for tor ft a years eara lI hon n under the mulct Ill law w had been ao regarded decI decIa as asa a sum to ip I the Oft on a small wale and with th the number of 01 saloon IO cur t h left in J the business began putting nu 1 style tle or OP CAPTAIN MONT It h was wa about the time tIlDe that the woe ot of th the restaurant man began Captain Cap tain lAw Lw Ment a typical Kentucky Kentuck colonel was a tile the of the whole own lunch system In III Dubuque sa lotto Mont came ca to Dubuque In I lt and opened a ea loos I in lower lowr bl street The et 01 lb plea pIMa which had been painted areas with a alIu lIu hug red 11 t In front gave e the sa saloan M loan the name led Ugh and 4 th the 0 Green ft Front run t tree lunch had acI teen served 14 to III Dull Dub Dubuque before but It remained maln for lor Mont to open U the eye of Ih the oh na naU U tires All tile the tS of the IN n nw w were served cI f free wi with t the provision that lunch wu was for tor of I the plea piaN wre to 0 par 11 lab ta ot of It so 80 lone IonS u as they IN business with the m men behind I the s counter but Ut lot I a p pIron pa patron Iron tron 1 le 0 read I Is the matter of f a drink wiry time hP he the lunch ter r a tb sit lone lona arm of th the bearded t putts ma lo a out of Ihl Ihle lids e and altar M W bees run rune In e rem ii 11 bout about two awo peers be eon nn I the Ihl Id idea Mt w was be hit H tit I I to the of lIB is lIBI I f 1 Iata Want I n sups III thus w was notoriously ru Lu 1 1 hi i I II the hI first nr 1 tan I III III II I e II I I a w t 1 a double stout to In Main street aped I after a few trips tripe to and New York announced that he be would give Iv Dubuque toe real I thin thing In the line or of wt wet goods tums and restaurants 11 lie fitted up the moat saloon In the west et and In tM the room adjoining he Installed a magnificent cafe cde The TIMI latter w was till the equal of anything in III Broadway and to add acid tone to the gorgeous seen cen Pry ery Mont Imported some real French and nd a couple of chefs from Sew New York Six bartenders wr were Imported from and then Mont announced to toan toan an expectant public that he be was wal ready 41 to give up to date Dubuque Dubuqu a chance to upend pend Its it money mone On the o opening day when hen everything wa was tree free Mont Kant did a business but when hen henhe he Instructed his h hardened money get getters t to rake In the shekels Ih the business dropped oft off In the course of a week three bartenders bartend an and a man many walter waiters and one of the chef were looking tor Mr new positions TIle The following month saw another deli tine take lak train reins for forthe the east and wit In three month af after f fter ter th the place piece wu was opened son eon w was behInd the bar while the colonel himself looked after short bort ord orders In bl his palatial restaurant Some months month later the of Dubuque saw w the place go CO COInto Into the hands of a receiver celver Th The venture had coat col Mont th thousands nd ot of dollars And all this rams 11 about h by making too Ino swift progress to In the thO mt mat matter tel ter of If saloon reform Th The thirsty thInly oh 1 I ment wanted It a trading tamp stamp or a ht hot sandwich laser lacer and ancl high toned went to th the bad I TIM A PAST MASTER tN IN I Unlike CaptaIn Mont was wal th the on one and only TIm rhea Iba saloonkeeper and politician fluting the boom days Rhea was waa located at CIa Clay and Fourth streets ts 1111 where h he conducted Il a and boarding ho house He elected himself alderman of the ward and once ollre within the sacred confines of the council he placed laced himself at the head had of the street committee I In n I this hi ca capacity he be had tM the hiring of all the men who worked In the streets tree and anel It wait hi his invariable custom Itom to employ ht his or rather Ute the men who soiled their coats t against the railing rallIn of hI hIber his bar ber Rhea Shea amassed a small fortune In this pi piece but when tile the saloon loon buln be began to grow more he moved Into Inlo Main street treet taking the stand vacated b by Arthur a pioneer In the buln business In this nw new place Shea put on considerable 1111 style The I story lory is II told that it was hi his custom on dull nights to make Ih the rounda of af the n l loon and later to re return turn to hi his own place with the cream cm of th the spending population of the city It J Patrick Sutton knoll at al present the pioneer member mr of the police department was ono of early rII I It red t many nan are th the humorous stories to told f happening In his Vla place Was th the tint Brat 11 playa John 1 L made I a dash dah for tor when that worth worthy made his hla initial visit to buque It Ie recalled that a crowd gathered at Ih the pIa play to 10 see ee the cham champion champion pion and amI so was wa Paddy for tor forthe the welfare of hI his distinguished gut guest that h he knocked down halt of hi his rag reg regular ular customers In order that the Dos Doston Doston ton man ml t have plenty of elbow elbowroom room mom wester lAler In the day Sullivan and Sutton and a rowel crowd of the favored ad adjourned to a bark back room roum where theY had bad a friendly setto with the gloves It ii Ie recalled that Ca Captain bUn Mont at af after ter hr 11 he went broke still retained some Ome something thin thing ot of his hili former humor A Mend friend had sent t him two tO halt half grown glOn woh wolves from V Mont lont advertised an n extensive turk turkey lunch IOn on M a given ven night An unusual crowd assembled bled The lunch was there but so were th the two wolves both chained to the let leg of the table on which the turk turkey relit rested They were re the moat vicious lookIng pair of bytes ever seen n In and aud despite Monte font suave Invitation l to th thI the crowd to help themselves the turkey I was wae Intact th the following morning |
