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GOODWIN'S WEEKLY 13 I Smoke from the Weekly Pipe GLORY be! The city commission is now on the level. After stating that most unusual fact, I one would think there Is nothing left to say, having said it all at the verv beginning. But there is. The particular level which the city commissioners are now on is that which commonly describes the grade at which the sidewalk is laid and the street is paved. It Is a new angle to the liquor question which has been tickling the dry throats of more than one of the city officialj since they came into office on the first of the year. Just what liquor has to do with street and sidewalk grades, you shall know, presently. It has been suggested to the ami able rulers of our fair village that one way to cut down the visible sup ply of saloons is to eliminate the number of thirsts. This requiring almost too much energy upon the part of divers and sundry Individuals whose vocation it would be to hunt out said thirsts, the idea was repu diated, scorned, not to say turned down. Then it was suggested that by laying strictures upon many of the saloon keepers, their brains would become awhlrl trying to keep up with the changes and they would have to go where the pace is pleas anter or succumb to brainstorm. This actually was tried, but the .saloon men outplayed the city com mission by making note of each suc cessive change in the law, the birth of each successive frill and stayed on the job. So another and more plausible method of curbing the traf fic known sometime by various ad jectives was adopted. The commis sion learned that there was a chance to make a great hit by declaring that no liquor of any kind shall be sold below the street level. So this idea found Its way into the reason cham ber inhabited by the commission. Get this: No liquor shall be sold below the street level! That is merely the suggestion. No liquor below. It's a sort of below the belt affair, perhaps. To the unsophisticated it may be said that if no booze were to be pur veyed below the level of our wide and well-paved streets, such places as Mr, Wllle's Maxim's, Mr. Holmes' Louvre, the Bismarck and various other collar attractions would have to sell food no liquor of any kind. Since" this idea "has not progressed to the point where it is to be writ ten upon the book of ordinances, but while It is before the house for dis cussion, we hope to be in order by passing a remark or so which will be germain, of course. In the very first place, it is not likely that the city commission will take this idea seriously. Surely, this body would not permit itself to be made the butt of a joke, "but since stranger things have happened, and before the sun light Is shut off on this particular subject, the constitute llty- of pro- hlbiting cellar drinks should be thoroughly understood. If the city commission can tell Gus Holmes or Gene Wllle that they will be violating the law If they .Bell a hl-ball in a low place, then the said city commission can make Karl Mayer or Doran and "Weed law vio lators by selling a hi-ball in a high place. In other words, if a city or dinance is right when it says that the sale of intoxicants is unlawful be low the sidewalk grade, another or dinance can, with equal right, be passed making it unlawful to peddle boozo above the sidewalk level. And since one would prohibit the sale be- . low and the other would prevent the sale above, the only thing for the saloon man to do is to find the hap py medium and sell on the level. And while this weather is rather conducive to the contemplation of cooling drinks, consider the city commission in contempt of court. The city commission is in trouble over the liquor question, again, or yet, as you happen to view the matter. A policy of minimizing the number of saloons seems to have been adopted by the commission and when one or two new applications were made to the court and granted, the commis sion refused to issue the licenses. Apparently, this was in open viola tion of the court order and attorneys for the applicants, finding no other method available, had the officials cited into court to show cause why they should not be punished for con tempt. The law on liquor applications and licenses is as plain as the nose on the face and it isn't considered ac cording to Hoylo to refuse to issue upon order of the court. So the test will come next week. In the meantime there is another contempt matter which ought to be decided, and which would add to the gaiety of the season if a ruling were made. Why not name Third South street "White Way" instead of Broadway? Another groat herd of sheep began stirring up the dust and polluting the waters up Emigration canyon yester day, and the consumers of water will have first-hand evidence of the move ment in a day or so when the sheep tea that comes through Emigration and Parley's canyons reaches the hum ble faucet after coursing through the mains. Sheep wners are permitted to send their sheep across the city streams by special order of the city commission. At the same time, the commission is in favor of the adop tion of meter service lnsteal of rentals, and It would be just like some of us to kick about paying for measured water that has been per fumed and colored by thousands of sheep that are finding their way up the mountain to escape the heat. At the Resorts Wandamere started its motordrome season with ill luck. Henry F. Pot ter, a motorcycle patrolman, started in the races Thursday night and in the fatal seventh was killed when he mismanaged his machine and collided with a competitor. His body was badly mutilated. A great throng wit nessed the accident which put an end to the meeting. Potter was de nied atmittance to his last race but went on the track without permission. He had appeared in an amateur event, his first race, and won it. Ho was now to the track. Bandmaster Montgomery is furnish ing better music for Saltalr this sea son than ever before. His band is one of the chief attractions at the re sort, playing dance music and con certs, and it will conitnue to grow In popularity all season. The mountain resorts are beginning to receive summer visitors. Brighton, Wasatch and other mountain retreats will soon have their summer colonies and activities of the season will com mence. Fish Lake will be a popular resort after June 15, and other mountain lakes and streams will be captured by the anglers who like good sport Lagoon Is prettier than ever this season and the train service arranged by Mr. Bamberger is better than it ever has been. Salt Palace is making a great bid for patronage this summer. A fine band is giving concerts, new attrac tions dot the grounds and the bike races are more of an attraction than ever by reason of the competition of a great many of the world's best ar tists. Emigration canyon will be a favorite retreat for pleasure seekers. The service to the summit has been Im proved, and there are many summer homes just opening up which will add to the gaiety of the season. Uncle Billy Wilson is putting the Hermitage in shape this summer for a big patronage. His resort in Ogden canyon always has been a pleasant place and one at which many tourists and pleasure seekers stop. It is said that the chicken and trout taste just a little better than ever before, and that Is going some. If the world was to be made all over again, the natural selection of a spot for the Garden of Eden would be Wandamere. Like Lagoon, It makes a feature of horticulture, the manage ment employs expert landscape gard eners and florists and the result Is a summer idyll. .WISDOM OF THE SERPENT. "My dear girl," exclaimed an elder ly lady, "do you know that the man you are intending to marry drinks heavily and gambles?" "Yes, I know; I am going to marry him to reform him." "Listen to me, my girl. Try one experiment before you do that." "What experiment?" "Take in a week's washing and see how you like it." -(lllljlilBI jH iFit For A King I iiM beautiful D SALT LAKE CITY I BREWING CO. I SALT LAKE ICE CO. 1 DISTILLED WATER ICE I PHONE 43 J. C. LYNCH, Manager H Powers & Marioneaux I Altorneyi & Counselor! H O. W. POWERS. THOMAS MARIONEAUX H J W. McKINNEY Top Floor Front, KenriiM IIIcIkT. H Hell phone 1850. M I Open All IVlKlit Telephone 201 H S. D. EVANS UNDERTAKER AND EMIIALMER H New niillilfiiK M modern EMtnhllHliinent jH 18 STATE ST. SALT LAKE CITY H THE H KARLA.SCHEIDCO. INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE H LOANS, RENTALS H 720 UoHlon Ilhltf. Telephone 4-102 M "WHY DO I I 1 BURN" I CASTLE GATE : and : I CLEAR CREEK COAL "Because I know what It is." M UTAH FUEL CO. 1 JUDGE BUILDING, CITY H ADVERTISE IN I Goodwins Weekly I TO H REACH THE SPENDERS