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Show m prohibition ! 1 How About It? I is the Town '0,nK KcbkiIm Wet or I American Fork hna been a grcnt """" battle-ground for the liquor question. ' in the daya of snloona tho fclty hud I mure tlutii tho usual number allotted I to rural communities of this alzo. . I when tho ally voted to go dry tho fight iialel was lsrou8,y f0UGt- Lcst year the "nil vet clement came uncomfortably close s'l I In getting a new election, and prob- ably with tlc small number of voles 'Mr I required nt that tlmo would hnvo ouc- t I cerde(1 ,uul llloy ltnown n,0-ro nbouJ H i.?i I The city now has two placet? that ave I notorious for selling booze and brcak- I ng the law, and there are nlBo a half tH doica other places that well Informed B men sav the thirsty citizen may be H accommodated. " H' What does this all moan? With two : concerns apparently making a good litlng out of the illicit traffic and tho ' half dozen others miking money out H of the business as a side issue, there Is clearly something wrong. Does it H cll'meon that we hare a wet admlnls- (ration or docs it mean that the com-H com-H munlty condones tho present state of " affairs and sympathizes In the Illicit traffic? A talk with tho mayor, tho marshal n. and justice of the peace would Indl-to Indl-to H octe that these otllclnls favor a strict ig fl enforcement of the prohibition laws. is. 80 the trouble Is probably duo to some in H other source. h H An interview with some leading cltl- zens would ludlcato that possibly the verdicts of our sympathetic Jurymen hare contributed much to tho presont state of affairs, and others Intimate that the remittances of parts of the sentences utllxcd by past city officials has contributed some. Others sny Hint the above acts referred to but echo the sentiments and desires of the citizens generally. If this all bo true, then this pnper Is satisfied too, but what we nant Is that tho wishes of the people be carried out. Really and truly, however, wo be- lleve that tho desires of an overwhelm-H overwhelm-H Ing majority 11 ro that tho city remain. dry and that tho prohibition ordlnan- ccs should bo enforced. We believe tho same vigorous en-H en-H forcemeat or tho laws hero that Is given them In Lclil and Pleasant Grove would produce tho sumo results. A H little Jail sentenco given to ono of tho Lchl law-breakers has probably been better medicine than all tho fines over; paid In American Fervor .lifointsfG" m-' einciciUxforHcgnm;a"muBranted.'"r H We huvo fnlth in the present city H officials, und If tho pcoplo will get M back of them there Is no reason why M American Fork cannot wjpo out the H unsniory reputation that It has for M being a wet town. aV 0 |