Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-31 | Page 8 | Asking for Longer Hours

"ASKING FOR' LONfiEl HOURS".,- It is anticipated that a committee of business men will appear beforo tho city council tonight and ask that tho closing hour for saloons bo extended from 9 o'clock to 12 A petition has been circulated during the past few days and 3lgned by business men asking for the change. It Is argued by those who are talcing talc-ing the initiative In the movement that Inasmuch as Salt Lake saloons do not close before the midnight hour, that Ogden Is being greatly discriminated discrim-inated against in trade relations, to tho commercial damago of Ogden and In favor of the capital city Other reasons are given why the saloon should not close at 9 o'clock.