Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-01 | Page 2 | Sheriff Praised by Police Chief

SHERIFF PRAISED I BY POLICE POUCE CHIEF Prohibition Has Improved Ogden's Moral l Tone Br Browning Says R Republican Herald Ogden D Dee Dec c 31 Police Police Chief Thomas Thoma E. E Browning In his annual report filed flied with the city commissioners tonight complimented the efforts of Sheriff Herbert Peterson to toward ard suppressing interstate liquor and declared that the prohibition law has ten tended ed to Improve the morals of the community It ity The report of or Chief Browning Drowning shows that during five months under open saloons saloons sa sa- sa- sa loons Joons arrests for tor drunkenness were made During a similar period under the prohibition law only two sixty arrests arrests arrests ar ar- ar- ar rests have been made for tor the same of- of fens lie Ile championed prohibition as asa asa asa a mt means ans of ot bettering the general morals morals morals mor mor- als of oC a community and pronounced the thc bone dry law In Utah a commercial educational and religious benefit lIe He particularly complimented the activities ties of oC Sheriff Sheri Peterson In enforcing the liquor laws I The report reviewed the recent trip I of Police Chief Browning to Washington Washing Washing- ton to attend the annual convention on of or I American police lolice chiefs and declared that the Ogden department is cooperating cooperating oper co with the fe federal eral department of ot Justice in running down slackers and making It unsafe for tor spies and other disloyal individuals an and clans elane He re recited recited re- re cited figures In indicating the Industry of Ogden officers in this description o of work The report was received by the com com- and the police chiefs chief's efforts warmly approved d. d