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Show MURRAY'S BACf TO PUBLICJHORALS SALT LAKE, Aug. 10 Opposition to the pool room In .Murray forced th? city council last night to take the tlrst. steps toward closing the gain-b'ing gain-b'ing den which was opened two days ago by Applegatn Company after being run out of Salt Iake city. In the council chamber were a pcore of 1 romlnent citizens who were opposed to allowing Murray to I Infested with race horse "touts" nd pickpockets. pickpock-ets. While they mode no protest, they had several members of the council who were with them In the fitfht and a resolution was presented ly Councilman W. H. Lyon Instructing Instruct-ing the city attorney to prepare an ordinance making It Illegal tn oper-i oper-i te a pool room or tin f exchange where money js bet on burse races. Vho resolution was passed an I City Attorney J. Louis Brown is now at work on the ordlnanee. It will he presented next week and will no I'oubt be passed to take effect upon rpproval Councilman Lyon made -i Urong talk against gambling of any lot m. Councilman William At wood m clared that Ihe pool room should be closed as soon as . possible and oi-l-rcd an amendment to have the ordinance or-dinance conic before a special meeting meet-ing called for Friday night. If the oidlnance can be prepared by that I'm. It will be presented. Mr. At-wood At-wood said thut the pool room brought lothlng desirable to Murray and wa-i a menace to public morals. Mayor Pbll Bentz, who gave the race horse men an opportunity to cpen up the pljse, has decided that that form of gambling ought not to be tolerated In Murray Mayor Betitz does not wish to appear as fostering K.ich enterprises and declares that ll was under a misapprehension that he i. Mowed them to open. Mayor Bent:: was net acquainted with this form of gambling and he was led to believe toat ll was, a ulillcal proposition driving tho pool rooms out of Salt Lake. |