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Show TEMPERANCE PEOPLE FORM ORGANIZATION Officers Elected for Utah State Prohibition and Betterment League At a state proh b t on co e t on hel 1 yoste day afternoon at Barratl 1 attcn led 1 the leal ng proh b t on sts of Utal the Utah State Proh b t o and Bette u ut lcag e was or f,an zed On account o o h n eet ngs anl tbe state fa r the attendance at the con ent on was sn all It s pla ned to hold another proh b t on meet ne later n the wee The league adopted a const t t on pie le ng the members to work for state w de proh b t on in Utah and for tho bettern ent of moral cond t ons A resolut on was adopted d rect ng the secretary of the league to write to all of the nom nees lor the state lej, sla ture n the stato to asce tain whether or not if ele tod they would oto lor the ia8sage ot a law s bn tt nj, the question of state w de jroh b t on to a ote of tho people of the state The league s nonpart san and plans to take no part n oht cal affa rs n the state Ho vever the att tude of tl ose at the meet ng appeared to be that the members of the league as indi id als would support thOBe and dates who vere pledged to pass a ref erendum law giving the voters of the Btate the opportun ty to express them selves at a special elect on to decide the prohib t on quest on Heber J Grant was the cha rman of the meeting and George A Startup of Vrovo secretary B shop John M Whitaker was elocte 1 pres dent of. the leagi e Georgo A fetartup f rst ce president Joseph II Grant second ice pres lent and Ldwin S Sheets secre tary and treasurer |