Show Scores Mourn at Bier o 0 of f King Booze i l j 1 J i 1 c c- c 1 1 J 4 4 os C l Ij i el i jj J. c- c in n Rum Poured Into Gutter A a 1 v 4 4 r 4 I I J 11 1 fJ II ft I II iri 11 t 11 It I 1 Scenes attending the destruction of 2300 gallons of whisky yes yesterday afternoon aSter after noon Mon non by the police in iii front of the police station Many Gallons Gallon of Illicit Juice Made i Gift to Sewer Sevier Rats and Worms Wonus By By C. C R. R Dodge I i AlT T I LAKE Is high and dry dIJ 8 0 Twenty three hundred gallons of contraband liquor confiscated since the state was proclaimed a a. member member mem mom ber of or the prohibition list was poured Into tho the street In front of or tho the police department on State street stroet yesterday afternoon while a n. crowd of or Bacchus worshippers dumbly lamented the tho fate ato thrust upon them By the onward rush rush o of prohibition bUon Tho The destroying process procesa was as witnessed wit wit- I b by hundreds man many o of oC whom felt a tickling and itching of or tho the palate as tho the of or puro pure mellow bottled In bond per cent proof whisky wa was wafted to their nostrils The They came to pa pay final respects to the i spirit of John Barleycorn having been summoned b by the news that worth of whisky would be he used to settle tho the dust on Salt Lakes Lake's thirsty pavement but none were allowed to embrace the decedent as his life Uto blood trickled away In iii n bubbling rivulets A passionate groan arose when Chief nf of T POll ill n A T T L T v the tho i first i bottle of precious cl u I fluid t to th the tho cruel asphalt A pop and arid the air was filled ClUed with flying glass and drops of ot Oscar r E. E Pepper which glinted and sparkled In n tho the warm worm afternoon sun Run A gan gang of or trusties commanded b by Patrolman Dave Crowther then r took charge and the air was filled with explosions as bottle and flask were calmly tossed to destruction One IH Is O Overcome Higher and higher rose the pile of ot broken bottles faster and faster the destroyers worked Suddenly a stir In Inthe Inthe Inthe the watching crowd was noticed noticed noticed-an an elderly man had fainted He Ho was hurriedly taken en to tho the emergency hospital hospital hos has pital Still the destroying of or beer I raisin wine elder cider brand brandy wino wine and numerous brands of ot whisky went on among them that famous make Sunnybrook Both Doth brothers Oscar OscarE E E. and James 0 O. O Pepper were well wen represented represented represented rep rep- resented In the tho gathering and Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone stono spread Its aroma to the sniffing throng Barrels and hogsheads were carelessly carelessly care care- carelessly lessly opened and their contents al allowe allowed allowed al- al lowed lowe to filter through the Iron gratIng grating grat grat- ing o of the sewer The Tho little brown Jug so well known a few years cars ago but now mingling with the was beores be be- fores tores ores made his appearance and gurgled his Joy to the atmosphere Wicker containers holding rare Virginia Vir Virginia ginia Dare wine were robbed of ot their contents and stood before the gazing crowd At last with a groan and a parting I caress a trusty plucked forth the thelast thelast last remaining flack of whisk whisky A beautifully colored label proclaimed It t tto to be he Old Crow As It was as poised in the mans man's hand for or Its last Jast Journey bubbles rose from tho bottom of or the bottle and danced with glee at tho the thought of another Journey journe A flash in the sunlight a crash and prohibition prohibition I tion held supreme supreme exalted I command of the situation Many Ian sought refuge In their theil handkerchiefs and one policeman was noticed to be industriously industriously chewing his mustache With downcast eyes gloom eyes gloom in their hearts hearts- those who had witnessed sed the death throes turned and slowly walked homo home to drown their sorrows in a a. bottle of ot near beer Sin Since SInco co the influenza epidemic has declined declined de do- dined attorney general Dan B. B Shields maintained that the court orders pertaining pertaining per per- per per- taming to the destruction of or con confiscated liquors in a dry r territory should bo be observed and anti issued the tho order several several sev sev- eral cral days das ago for Chief Chic White to tOj destroy destroy de de- de stroy the liquor held b by the tho police |