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Show DECLARE RACE MEETS RUINOUS TO BUSINESS. Salt Lake, Aug. 12 The city council coun-cil Thursday evening received a petition, pe-tition, or, rather, a protest, asking that race meetings be confined to a period not longer than six days. The pot ii ion recites that -experience shows that long meets cause a drain-ate drain-ate of funds from the community and uffects general business adversely.' The petition is signed by the following: fol-lowing: Max Florence, Allen T. San-ford. San-ford. .1 E. Clark. B F. Ott Drug Co.. V, . Groshell, I X. L. Stoves roni-panv. roni-panv. Dniehl & Franken, Paris Mil llne'ry company, J. H. R. Franklin Co., Keith-O'Brien company, navls She compnnv. L. & A. Cohn. A. 11. Crabbe, Daniel Alexander. Si'egel Clothing Co.. Max Daniels. Luna Theater company, Alexander Jewelry company. L. (',. Hoffman, llerschel H. Lyman. E L. Allen. lsis Theater company, ". II. Hatch. Auerbach company, Alfred Sor-ensen. Sor-ensen. Hcdrick Knowleton company, com-pany, Oakley Marshall. The proles! was referred to the license, li-cense, police and municipal laws committees, com-mittees, -ihich have in charge the matters relating to horse racinc and which are lo take up the question Monday evening |