Show FARMINGTON CITIZENS APPEAR MR TO PROTEST I- I RACE TRACK GAMING Assert Morals of Community Being Ruined Ruined Case Case of Dollars Dollars Dol Dol- lars Jars Against Boys and Girls It It ought not to he necea ar ary to destroy the time bodies and souls of or ormen men and women In order to establish establish lish the reputation of or a horse George Georgo M. M Cannon With Farmington It IB Js a a C case of or dollars a against boys boy and girls when It comes to d deciding whether gambling and liquor selling shall be allowed J. J J. J s s. Clark The Bamberger railroad Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests Including Lagoon and theraCe the therace lie race track control elections In through the employ employment ment mont of or men men Hyrum Stewart The laws and morals of or l Farm Farm- um- um In ton and Davis j county are arc be beIng beIng being be- be ing debauched as lH fast as jockeys and race track followers can n do It J. J. J H. H Wilcox It If the abolition of gambling means the wiping out of or racing the taxpayers of or Davis county ox- ox x x- x elusive of oC those employed at the tho track 1 say sa cut it out Ve We e dont don't want to condone things things' that are arc a u. positive detriment to the time whole State of or Utah Frank Frank Steed The gambling instinct Is being Instilled d In boys bOs and girls b by men who openly solicit children under 16 to bet on horse races John races John Bourne I would not want ni my children to associate with the class of people peo peo- pie pIa attracted b by race track gambling gam gam- hUng bling even though they the grew rich through such association George George M. M Cannon annon P morals were disclosed before L the house committee on Judiciary yesterday esl morning when a delegation of ton Farming citizens appeared to present th the views o of the taxpayers rs of that region relative to hotl house e bill No o 34 3 Introduced b by Charles 11 n. Mabey Mahey of or orD D Davis Davia count county proposing to abolish h hrace race track truck gambling and amI pool poor rooms in Utah The Tho Farmington delegation atlon Included dell J. J H II II WIlcox farmer and stock grower J. J S. S Clark stock grower He Hess Iless s gardner gardnor John Bourne stock grower Stewart stock grower groci grow gro er ci and shepman l' l Frank rank Steed farmer farm tarm- er and James Duffin farmer r and Most of the thc arguments for fOI the tho de made malle b by Ji r II- II t r SJ i diJ IL H ILC org M C C no Salt Lake also ls sP-ok sP poke Iii t for tor avor or of C the bill Appear to Refute Statement Hyrum Stewart told the committee that the thc delegation of Farmington citizens had come especially to refute any statements made Tuesday b by Sherif Sheriff Sher Sher- if iff Frank Harris who carried a petition petition peti peti- tion against tIme the bill supposed to bear bc 11 the nam names s of Uti residents of Davis county Mr Ir Stewart said ald that tho the only ones who favored d racing with gambling gam gam- hung bling were those on the pa pay rolls roBs of oC the time racing interests and anI these did not constitute more than 3 per por cent of or the residents o of Farmington Joseph S. S Cl Clark related experiences at the race rac track where he hull hud seen Farmington women lose hose at a a. time and where girls under 16 had been coaxed to make up a b bt bet l of a dollar doBar on the lie races He lie said that the tIre crime as ts shown b by court records had in increased increased increased in- in creased largely large since racing had been established at ton and that the race track was a menace to the th morals of or ton Davis ls county count arid and the time whole state Mr MiS CI Clark Clam lk de desired desired desired de- de sired to go on record as saying that tho t the Bamberger er in Interests con controlled elections in Farmington through the time employment m nt of oC men J. J H. H Wilcox c said he lie was the father of nine children and had hud nine grandchildren grandchildren grandchildren grand rand children and that gambling had nev never r been a necessity to his family The laws and morals of ot Davis Dais county county county coun coun- ty L arc tiro ro being debauched debauch d us its fast as jockeys and race track men n can bring bring- this about said sat Mr dm Wilcox This Is simply out our tribute to the lie cleared b by Mr lr Damberger Bamberger on the race racetrack racetrack track last y year ar Mr Ir Wilcox said however howe that he lie had no positive proof that Simon Barn Bam berg jerger's bergers rs r's profits ha had b been n that amount but jut that it was the current report George M. M Cannon took tool exception to time DIP statements of J. J G G. G McDonald presIdent pres pres- Ident blent of the lie state fair board that the time elimination of ot gambling at the time state fair faim would kill racing and Injure e th the r. falz Mr lr Cannon said bald that the records o or mr the the- state tate fair tall showed that some of ot the biggest days das In the lie history of or the theair theair air fair were days when racing was un- un possible lo The fhe committee went into executive session after hearing the tIme arguments and later announced that action would be deferred |