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Show jwith the proceedings sub rosa, although al-though the press is invited. Bill Provides For Making Mak-ing Beer in Utah For Drinking Elsewhere j Manufacture of beer in Utah' breweries for consumption In wet states is provided in a bill Intro- j duced Thursday in the lower j house by Representative Chris Greenhagen of Salt Lake. A companion com-panion bill is to be introduced in the senate by Senator Knox Pat- terson, according to announced plans. The Greenhagen bill was offered offer-ed without a revenue clause, and this will be supplied, according to the author. It is proposed to charge $2 a barrel as a tax upon, the producer. ' ' When ih bill was read in the house Thursday, it brought a rip-, ; pie of smiles, and Speaker I. A. j Smoot referred it at once to the judiciary committee. One member of the house suggested sug-gested it be referred to the fish and game committee, and Representative Repre-sentative Greenhagen assented, declaring this committee to be "wet." I Another member of the house offered of-fered the manufactures commit-' tee as the proper asylum for the; beer bill, but Speaker Smoot de-J clared he would let it rest over-; night with the judiciary committee commit-tee and make definite assignment Friday. Whether it was a tribute to hisj authorship or something else, Rep-; resentative Greenhagen was elect-( ed speaker of the "third house" i by acclamation. The "third house" biennially conducts a hocuspocua to afford a brief period of relaxa-tion. relaxa-tion. When the "third house'' meets there is to be quite a time, |