Show RICHFIELD IS NOW A prohibition CITY city council decides to close saloons by refusing license new order is effective april and council members are determined to see that order Is obeyed the city council held a very important meeting last thursday night ind and took action as to making richfield Rich held dry in a manner most decisive it was also a most unexpected action in home bome quarters for a v eek cek speculation had been rite as to the councils action when it came to the crucial test of license or no license although the council had un pone gone on decord od three months since that no more licenses would be issued for the bale of liquor there were N ere in miny iny who professed to believe the announcement know better batter now was a blurt bluff they for several dds das the matter hid had been di discussed cussed on the streets street and the line up of the councilmen coun olmen was agnen en en by some pretended knowing ones that rs young ana jensen no license that hansen and christensen would vote for license that mr air coons would find it convenient to ati absent ent himself from the meeting and the matter would then be up to the mayor and that he would vote in favoron favor of alieene licen e those tended to know were ere certainly a long way from the facts in the case councilman coons was there when the fi was called billed chere wa a no hesitancy in either cither of th councilmen all pretty well nell determined mined on their course of action and all were honest in that course the quest question iun came up after some colne routine matters had been dispo disposed ed of every member was present in addition to the members city attorney bates Mar marshal jensen and several citizens and aa bert Slip shappard pard and H W the immor announced that he e had applications for liquor licenses licences licen 11 ces from dark clark 9 shepard and from james edwards councilman council nan young immediately moved that the sei seconded ded by councilmen Council min in jensen and the tight was on councilman hansen was the first to speak ak to the motion lie he asked if it would nr DC be better to call the meeting of town own v which aich had been prone ee months IRO ago readmit he admitted i t opposed that reposition proposition when hen U before but at that cimei time 1 elid ei bcd there would be some legislate leg islai islat 0 i the matter by the legislature ow that thac this had failed ie e would rather see the towns of the county operate cooperate co in the matter and it if prohibition was inaugurated this would add dd strength by the as si stance of other towns in the county mair christensen quoted from governor reasons for vetoing the badger bill in which he claimed that towns tons and cities hid the power to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors under the present laws the mayor said that he doubted the accuracy of that statement as aa he had con suited legal authorities and had learned ehg thit cities had that power but thit towns did not councilman coons then asked what good a meeting with towns would ou ld do if this WAS true and it as admitted there would wool be nothing gained by such a meeting councilman hanen said he had seen prohibition in kanbas when there a few years ago and councilman coons h ld id albo seen it in operation and he anas as not in faaoi of that kind of prohibition mr air coons coon then called at attenson tenton to the petitions which had bad been filed three ago in chith the people asked that license be not mr air habben replied that he had not been elected on a prohibit prohibitive ie platform and he had not yet been converted to the movement R D young mada mad a short speech in which he called attention to the misery which the liquor traffic had inflicted indicted upon the human race and the wrecked lives and unhappy homes which it had caused ile he did not believe that sufficient revenue could be stained to offset this great deflect ile he was A as appo opposed ed to the traffic in any form while he wanted it understood that he had no personal feeling against the men engaged in the tr frallic allic but was unalterably opposed to the grant ino of any more lic license licen enss sis in ric richfield afield mr air hansen wanted it understood that he was not upholding the liquor traffic not noi did he believe thit the wrecked lives which the traffic was ible for could ever be paid b any an amount of revenue and that he opposed the movement mo ement solely because he did rot believe it tomij be con in way mr young disclaimed any intention to reflect on mr hankens Han bens attitude in the matter the vote vs is then taken ind grid it showed shoed as follows against licensing young jensen and coons in favor of licensing H hinsen insen insell and christensen As soon as the vas as announced mr air hansen said that he be had voted his convictions in the matter and that he now stood reddy ready to basist in the enforcement of the laws as decided by a majority of the council mr christensen said nothing for a few minutes and he then moved that thu the committee on police and the marshal be empowered to engage all necessary aid in the strict enforcement of the law mayor christensen stated that the motion was unnecessary as that matter was provided tr fr in the continued on oil page g S RICHFIELD IS NOW A prohibition CITY continued from page 1 ordinances pool licer sei were applied for ty the two to saloon keepers ho had applied for liquor licenses and these were ere granted the other matters attended to during the session were cre as follows bollow s the cemetery keeper mr air ander son was allowed t hilf months salary for his labors from lath ath A report of the proposed improve ment in the methods of keeping the cian it accounts was sul by the attorney who spited thit that with the major he had bad arranged ranged ir i thorough overhauling of the present system at an eirl e birli irl dite clate when the recorder and treasurer surer could be hith ith them thein and I 1 im proe ments inaugurated where such improvements acre ere ne ceSry this would be attended to some time durin ing the coming wee week the mayor and attorney were vere instructed ted to in estimate the matter of lome revenue from the telephone company compan ba b licensing licen phones phone and to have a proper ordinance nance drafted if acce m ir and feasible in the matter of the rei ision of the city ordinances the at torrY torrey report ed that he had been umble to mike make the progress pro gres on the work which he had bad hoped to do but would get to it just is oon boon as po possible sible ile he asked that the committee on judici judie ir be authorized to assist in the witter on motion of mr air hancen dhariben the at cornei torne and judiciary judi ciari committee eie authorized to engage an it qt torney to at in ill the work is in nis opinion the he revision of the ordinances should hould be carefully done as it was a matter of atal its importance to the uty lity the usual monthly bills were vere presented and allowed |