Show immorality increasing IN THE CITY AN old and respected citizen called at the deseret NEWS office august and in the course of f conversation mentioned the following facts he is the owner of residence resi debee property in close proximity to the temple block and a day or two since WAS waited upon by an individual who expressed hib desire to rent it he unhesitatingly ad mitti mitt d that the intention was to use the premises as n house of assignation and stated his willingness to pay per mouth month rental on a five years lease or for even a longer adlonger period there is ia no fear added ab the applicant of the neighbors kicking ins inasmuch as the two houses bouses immediately below it are already secured for similar pu purposes reposes it is scarcely necessary to say that the offer was at once indignantly de declined elined this is not the first case of this kind that has been called to our attention during the few weeks in each case it il was reported to us that the parties applying claimed that there was an understanding arrived dt at with certain city authorities of course this should be received own cum grano hofts it is not to be believed that liberal officials would he be so wicked as to agree to wink at the establishment of such evil places within the city limits but it is 18 curtain certain that the license foreboder foreboded fore boded bodell hy by the people if the liberal element should gain the control of city affairs is becoming a publicly patent fact the history of ogden is being repeated in salt lake gambling hells anc houses of vile resort are multiplying and the spasmodic surface efforts to enforce the city ordinances iu relation A to them are the thinnest kind of a burlesque on the suppression of vice 9 0 property owners who knowingly lease or rent houses where crimes are to be practiced become morally implicated in the sins committed there ani further they are violators of the law and if it can be shown that they were aware of the purposes for which their p property was engaged they can be severely pu punished nia hed on convie conviction tion under the city ordinances any person who keeps a house resorted to for purposes of lewanow lewd ness now or who wilfully resides there or who is the owner thereof or has control of it as agent guardian or lessee and falls fails to suppress the evil by removing the occupants or who lets any building knowing that it to is to be used for such pu purposes Is liable to a fine fide of one hundred dollars and imprisonment for three months in ogden the tt 8 marshal had bad to take this matter in hand and by vigilant and efficient deputies lay hold bold of the evil with a strong hand it had bad some brief effect but it is now claimed that the social vices complained of flourish again almost unchecked it is to be hoped that there will be no need for the exercise of federal authority in this elvyin city in the same direction but that a determined effort will be made persistently with an honest intent to suppress the evil so far aa that is possible considering the disposition among a portion of the population to sustain it and keep it alive the most likely way to abate this evil is for neighbors who are arc aggrieved by the proximity of houses of this character to unite unit in making complaint not by grumbling and expressing in a private way their grievances but by taking legal steps for the au suppression of the evil and the punishment of those who are res responsible PO kalble for its maintenance any person who through the love of money P which is said to be the root of all evil will aid in the spread of vice by renting property 9 I 1 knowing or being well assured that it to is to be asad for immoral purposes is unworthy to be clasped with decent people and should be banished from respectable society and punished as provided by law |