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Show PUBLIC S1IIEIT II UTftH STRQKLY Fl ; FHIBIli I! Mathonihah. Thomas, state prohibi- I Lion director for Utah, completed his I survey yesterday and dispatched his j report to district headquarters in Den- I ef. The survey has been conducted I through city and county officials, and I bishops of the L,, D. S.hurch and has I been effected by means of a question- R naire covering ail aspects of the pres- g ent state of public sentiment and ac- I tual conditions with regard to the on- forcement of the prohibition law. p The report shows that, public senti- J mont in Utah Is strongly in favor of R prohibition; that arrests for tho viola- ajxMjm ram ti i.nmi irinim i urn i am , lion of the law are followed by conviction convic-tion in court; that bootlesfjing is still prevalent, particularly in the mining camps; that the greatest hindrance in enforcing the law comes from the sale ol extracts containing a percentage of alcohol, and lhat this fact is doing great harm among the young people or the state; that private stills are being operated in many quarters but are be !ng quickly seized by city and county peace officers; that druggists and physicians are largely supporting the ; enforcement of the law; that most of j the districts in the state are able to 1 cope with the present situation with-' with-' out federal aid, but a few sections are ' in nee.d of outside help. Mr. Thomas says in his report that 1 home brewed ales and distilled liquors are so badly made lhat this attempt to ' defeat the law will soon tfass away. ! In company with David Thomas, (United States prohibition director, . .Mathonihah Thomas is shortly to make 1 a complete tour of the state" A close inspection of the cities and counties , will be made in the effort to make prohibition pro-hibition enforcement a success. |