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Show State-Wide Prohibition The Slogan For Fall Campaign W. Karl Hopkins represented the Lehl City Council at tho Statu Municipal Mu-nicipal League meeting In lxjgnti last week. Tho meeting was ono or tho best over held. TUcro was a decided Bplrlt or co-opcratlon and get-together Instead or tho old-tlino spirit of each town knocking lta neighbor. The principal topics discussed were tho onrorcemont or tho prohibition laws and the acquiring or public utilities. utili-ties. All municipalities seemed to lmvo had considerable troublo In enrorclng tho prohibition laws, and tho troublo In moBt cases Becmctl to bo duo to the Tact that nearby towns that hail open Buloonswero supplying tho boot-leggers In the prohibition' communities with tho undesirable booze. So when one or the delegates Introduced a resolution reso-lution pledging all tho delegates to .work Tor stato-wido prohibition tho coming Tall, It was adopted without a dissenting vote. Tho commlttco on legislation will first endenvor to secure se-cure tho election or members or the legislature who will pasa a statc-wldc prohibition law, anil In caso or fnll-uro fnll-uro to do (his they will droU other temperauco laws ror tho legislature to nass that will hcln to remedy present conditions. The league nlso wont on record Tor tho municipal -ownership or public I utilities, llrlghnm City, who owns Its own electric syBtcnu derives a rovenuo rrom this source or $.10,000 per milium. mi-lium. Logan also gets ti good rovenuo rrom Its Bystein, while Nephl, because or a limited market, Is operating at a loss. Murray has recently Installed its own plant, but has not' run long enough to give out definite results. |