| Show OGDEN CITIZENS AGAINST RAGING RACING Leading Business and Public Men of Affairs Solidly Opposed To Coming Corning Meet Meet SENTIMENTS ARE EMPHATIC 1 I lo to 4 start r t an nn gi I for nn an inn in lii iho tile ct lo 10 I fhe The Now News Ogden n Sept olt 10 the merchants and 11 mOo representative men mCI of ot Ogden O ire strongly opposed to thin Iho t here hero from torn Sept Kept 23 13 3 to Oct 13 1 u a I period of or 21 days 11 IH Is II very cry apparent to I any In person ierson lerOI Interested enough to miiko a U few feet In Inquiries A News representative today briefly Interviewed n at large larKe number of ot prominent and other ZilCh men Interested In public affairs tind tho the re me result sult auls show that Wit almost almo t without ex cx exception caption tio Wo business interests interest of or tho lie city aro era not In iii favor laor of or tho the racing genie game gUle Several business bu men who did not lot care carD to 10 bo lie lo quoted In hit II print 1 In Inno Inno Inno no uncertain tune tones that lint should be ho mado to 10 have an un hIlt bill pans nasa 11 tho tilo legislature Iilo acknowledging edging lint for tor the tho good of tt tho the city us usa usa a 1 whole tho Iho racing gamo game should be bo suppressed yet et for tor certain Individual causes causel special requests were werl mado made In Inore Homo ore to keep kell names homes from the tho press Home 1010 merchants merchant stated that fur for a period of ot about 0 O days following a ameet ameet meet collections were so bud bad that It I I wan traM wal extremely discouraging to tho lie business man authoritative sources It watt WUI learned hut morphine anti cocaine Mends blends lends arid R I other oilier char ebar characters cetera follow tho lie races In great num hers and that Ilia Iho city ity l Is wept swept with wih wItha a n of or holdups and 1111 other uthol strong arm arm men lon who ply pI their trade nightly night 1 during thin tho various meets and Ral for many weeks following A few representative brief Interviews with wih business unit and public mon follow 11 fling Brown lull Inq In Hros company stated that ho lie wan wail wal greatly opposed to tho Iho racetrack game Imo owing to Iho the attendant evils such aa RS gambling liquor selling Helling und and u nd because of or the tho thi extremely able ahIe element which races Invariably tiring bring Into a fl town Ho lie le did Il not think thit th t any 1 class clasH of or business was benefited benefit ed etI hut hul on the he other hand felt tol that a n ama ra ma especially ono Ol of the tho length schedule t of t this for Or r latter 1 Tart month fluid Ild early earty eab part orL i lot of o October t ber er was wass wasAI AI 11 Iro I s r I Jolin H 5 lieli I It v prominent nl jeweler Je ler stated that a I was wal a it I detri detriment detriment ment to the tho r t l nf bf r Ogden Ol en enand and anti that It I dues does more mor harm than Uan good 11 31 l I Sl N clothier said that ho he howall was wall at find of ur the th opinion that a 1 race meet brought Into tho the city but having experienced several dur during durIng ing the past pst two years believes that It I Is a great detriment to tho the business Interests of or tho the city I and to the tho moral conditions generally He lie docs do l not ant ob object object Jec to good clean horse hoto racing as a i sport but believes the thc existing method of ot playing tho Ito ponies does docs great groat harm to the community Abbott It n tl president of or the Weber club und and the Commercial National bank stated Minted that ho Ito told Mayor lie he hi would not oppose 1 one ono weeks racing but felt that lint 21 1 day 11 ns IB C scheduled was entirely too long IonA for tor forthe forthe the tho good of or the town li ii I A V thinks that lint a n In Ia I a detriment to lie tho city He lie le says sas 58 he lie IMS ha Iii seen feen horse lor l races since 1853 In Ogden and ond really likes tho thio sport port when It I Is II conducted for tor that lint t alone but ho lie greatly deplores the tha gambling bookmakIng liquor selling Beling anti other evils existing at nt modern race racecourses courses He lIe le feels tell that much more harm i than good com conies comps s through brought these 1110 meets fleets Will 1 of or the time SteIn firm of ot W A H II Wright Son company prominent merchants states state that his lila firm U Is strongly opposed to th the thA game ARre and he ho known that more mor money mono goes out of ot time the city cl than thaI Is la brought brou ht In Collections Arc aro Rr Invariably very vary r bad following n a and ond from the tho standpoint of or moral financial and every other condition the tile city Ib Is la I very ver much worse worlo off ni after n it lengthy meet has haB been blen pulled off 01 than titan before Mr Wright very often oren goes to New York and other eastern points on anti and his experience Is that lint the thA bet better better ter em more representative class of ot people in 1 every ever ir community ho he hohas hI lifts has h visited I Invariably state In to strong terms that lint tho Iho racetrack game gamo Is IB a n terrible detriment from every stand land standpoint standpoint point M 1 I manager mann er Utah Stationery company says say that thero there Is Isa Isa a R noticeable tailing falling off ot In II business during a and for omo time following He lie le feels rell that tha the city should not ot allow alow inch ul OH as book bookmaking making and ald other racetrack k evils ele to tobo tobo tobe bo be run Mr Is 18 very ry much opposed opp ld to the tha game John V Y ninth secretary Ogden liet Det league seen BleH no harm In 11 the sport of or homo horle racing but deplores d tho lie boo gambling tend Ind tho he bud clement nt brought Into 1110 tho the city et at times thou Ha lie 10 foe t feels 18 la that list a H modern race meet Is a a great detriment to tho com community community John M I ls or of to Ogdon City public schools stated that tho evil ell effect on hihi high school chool and sub Hub high school students resulting from a modern U Lii I very el und Ild Is la undoubtedly H ii I great grat detriment to the tho lo city In general that good racing ring If conducted without Rambling gambling and bookmaking Is n a whole comb sport but under the tho existing con conditions cn diton much harm hl m tho the com community Mr Mills Mils feels fools that lint erson erlon at nt a ii I are aIU of or the tho scum of ot tho ito earth l rl Including chops fiends anti and other othor lepers and Knows lowa of o na iii benefit resulting to tho to town diva t wn through gh their t visit l ll l x A IU 1 says that nut ho tic Is IB not In II favor tavor of or gambling of or any al kind George limiter manager William 1111 Driver Driven Hon Han druggists says that ho lie hoIs IlcI lieis Is I strongly opposed to gambling g of or lie tho drip of or John flouts folls Co wholesale mer mor is II strongly opposed to every eer evil evi known to bo be te rUI run in connection with wih n a 1 und and Ind tho thu fact that Chat uth practise oa Rt allowed to a go In the tho lo city cl He Hodon does not 1 belIeve that tho the business Interests of or ortho tho the city are In ill an way ay AV v M president Utah State Slate federation of ot Labor Lubor states slate that ho lie lifts lias 31 always been much opposed to raco race racetrack track rack gambling and believes that hint a a man has ms moro more loro chance with a tam faro game gamu or a roulette wheel than thon betting on Taco raco horses hores Mr Ir tools Ceel bitt much harm In is II done to the lIe laboring men inca menor of or tho the community through the tho occa visits of or racetrack followers and of ot tho the game paine Itself Much mono noney Is II lost host to the tho lie profit prof of or tha thu h bookies and tho the community Is I In a a state tato of ot n ft moral loral upheaval during the the time lino tro tho the thing Is III allowed to nl run Ho Ito 10 declares dica 8 that he enjoys tho the sport port of ot horse racing the same sanle Baro ns lie baseball but feels eels that the modem molem game gamo garo Is III a I detriment In every eVer way wa to 10 tho the city el Decker local manager mana er Utah Ulah Light Hallway company compan ly Iy y states that hat he ho Is II greatly opposed to he tho modern with wih Its Is attend attendant attendant ant evils els The Tha community Is thrown In Ina Ina ina a state of or upheaval during the tho meet ha he says ays tend men Inen and women boys bs and young oung oun girls gamble openly antI Ind uro are oft orl orlen I Ien en n started on 01 a 0 course cUle which leads I en I to iv i moral morl death Mr Ir Decker has bus bi seen leen the game Kame In California antI knows of oC Its Ie many evils Th The city In which horse racing Is IB allowed accumulate a B very r element clement of ot race followers follower dope fiends and II II persons of ot very cr ery do prayed morals Mr Decker Deker feels that Ogden Ol ln will wi bo be greatly harmed harme through tho ho lie proposed meet from Sept 23 3 to Oct 1 13 3 Sam Sani president city coun counci ci cli II Is 18 emphatic In Iii tho the statement that lat 1 it i Is 18 u Ii great detriment to tu any an community and Ind Is Ie opposed to 10 h game ganic scheduled here hero tItle this month About the tho only voices raised In II favor or of f tho the proposed race meet In are those hose of or the uin saloonkeepers and women or of f tho the Belle nolle Delo London stripe |
