Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-04 | Page 10 | Thirsty Days Lure Whisky to Salt Lake

Thirsty Days Lure ure Whisky to Salt Lake experienced an acute U UTAH UrAH thirst during August a condItion condition condi condI- tion tier which netted tile the municipal coffers considerable revenue re and added adde materially to large stocks of oC contraband liquor now on hand This fact is shown in Cf figures ures of ot liquor seizures and convictions compiled yesterday Whether hether hot weather had any on this condition is not di divulged dl- dl but statistics show Increased in increased increased In- In creased activity in illegal megal liquor circulation last month In Ogden den and two small Utah towns there thoro were about twenty convictions of ot ordinary drunks with sith fines tines assessed assess assess- ed cd to tho the extent of almost 1000 including Jail sentences sing Bootlegging operations are confined confined con con- fined almost exclusively to whisky though a a. quantity of ot Gordon gin ginand ginand ginand and a few bottles of ot beer and anel wine wIno were captured in Salt Lake In Au AU- gust Locally ne nearly rl pints and anti about sixty gallons of oC whisky were seized last month