Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-14 | Page 14 | New Wet Town Has Been Found in Utah

NEW NEV NET WE TOWN HAS BEEN FOUND fUND IN UTAH Gunnison Added to the tle List sT Decision of cI strict District Court 1 i is a a new town added ed to the category of the towns in at tho the state which went vent wet during the wet and dr dry election electon of or last June The opinion of the court of or the Seventh Judicial district was waa rendered last Saturday whon the retrial in the election cases was avas as heard eard b by J Judge ud e A. A A H. H Christensen of or tho the Seventh Judicial district distrct and arid on Monday onda three saloons which had their tocks Mocks already in the Iho buildings opened their ther doors for tor business The Tho wetting wet Un ting of ot Gunnison came after a contest contest con con- test which went to the supreme court con 1 of or the state and In which Judge Juge Joseph II 11 1 Erickson was held to be in error Judge Erickson held that under the election which was held last June Juno tho the I town of or Gunnison was dr dry After the decision l an appeal was had to the tha su supreme supreme su- su preme court of the state with the re result result re- re sult suit that the higher court reversed his decision on points of ot law and upon the tho retrial of ot the case under the direction of or Judge Christensen the Jury found the facts to be that the town had gone gono wet i Lewis Larson attorney for tor the tho wot interests arrived in the city last night from ManU Mantl and said that the cas case has been the most Interesting that Sanpete county has had In a number of ot years He says that the question queston of oC whether a city employee had the right to vote in the local option opton elections of last June une or not formed the basis of oC con- con enton in the c ac