Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 23 | Provo News Notes

, Provo News Notes Special to The Tribune. PliOVO, Nov. 13.-rSpanish Fork and Salem, two cities in the south cud of Utah countv, aro separated by about two miles o"f territory, but. tho people of theso two towns aro exactly oppo-silo oppo-silo in their views on Homo things. For a number of years Spanish Fork has been what is called an open saloon town aud during the samo time Salem has attempted to enforco prohibition. At; tho recent city elections the poo plo of Spanish Fork declared for prohibition pro-hibition and Salem voted in favor or the open saloon. The president of the town council of Salem, Mr. Bodoes, told the city authorities of Spanish Fork that 'for a number of years Salem had had the nuisanco of the liquor traffic traf-fic and Spanish Fork has received tho money, and they now proposed to reverse re-verse this order aud let Salem got the money and Spanish Fork the nuisanco nui-sanco of drunkenness. On January 1, 1!10, when the Provo city prohibition ordinnuco goes into effect, there will be opened up two saloons sa-loons just outside tho city limits on the north, one on tho county rond near t.ho Provo River bridge, tho other on the county road which leads to Olmstcnd and Provo canyon. These saloous will be conducted under licenses from Utah county by tho men who are now running run-ning saloons on Center street in this C'Vii the district court today Judge Booth granted tho dofendnnts until, November No-vember 27 to show cause why an injunction injunc-tion should not issue iu the caso of W. B. Searle vs. Johcph Smith et. al. The defendants, it is alleged, interfered with plaintiff and stopped him from laying a water pipo in Provo canyon. Judgo Month made an order terminating terminat-ing the lifo estate interest of Jane Meinmoll. deceased, in and to the cs-tate cs-tate of John Mommott, deceased. Alma iniesmnn who is charged in an information with deserting and failing to provide for his family tho necessaries neces-saries of life, was today sentenced to serve sixtv davs in tho state prison. Uilesman had previously entered a plea of guiltv to the charge. Ho will bo taken to Salt Lako on Monday by Sheriff Judd. Marriages licenses have been issued by the countv clerk to Stanley inn and Temple Long, both of Leln: .1. O. Meek of Mammoth and Martha Garrett of Provo; Dresser Bird of SpringviUe and Anua Gardner of Salt Lako City,