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Show Prohibition Officers Claim They Have Located Nest of Illicit Stills SALT LAKE, April 24. With raids made In Carbon and Emery counties, federal agents connected with the Salt Lake federal prohibition offices aro i C til.-. nrttrfriM tli'if I liit'n nAnn. trated the stronghold of Utah "moon-shiners," "moon-shiners," according to word given out by Mathoniah Thomas, federal pro-i pro-i hihition director for Utah. Joseph Choplak and wife jmd John Green of McJirland, have been arrested and arc being held at Price, pending the arrival ar-rival of United Slates Deputy Marshal Carl W. Blnlr, who left Price last night with warrants for their arrest. Nearly 125 gallons of wine. S00 pounds of raisins and 125" gallons of raisin mash wore taken at the Ch'cp-lak Ch'cp-lak home, It Is stated. The Green residence yielded 30 gallons of wlno and 200 pounds of raisins, say the officers, This is the third raid of a .series which have been planned with the view of breaking up a nest of violators viola-tors of prohibition laws, alleged to be operating In that district. |