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Show PURITY LEAGUE TOASTS OFFICERS Evans Charges Soft Drink Parlors With Dispensing Really "Hard' j Beverages, Joy re itn ed un rest rained at the hcadc,:ar". ers of the Civic Hot torment union vesterda v a fteruoon, w hen t he f .rst meet 1 of the oraniat ion since T he in 'tn ic ipa 1 elect : on was held in the I Lt on b in hi in C- The leaders of t he purity party gathered around a lar:e table w hereon reposed a larjje jjlass pitcher of ice water and drank tasts to tho winners in tho commissioiiership race. John Henry Kvaus, vrofessor at the L. D. S. uni ver-iity, caused the eyes of tie ; urity leaiers to biibo when he informed them that sundry soft drink pariors were di-pensiii drinks that are really ' ' h.rd. ' ' A'-cordiui to Mr. Kvans, tho firewater fire-water is kept iu pitchers sitt iuc in sinks in the soft drink emporiums. In case of a raid, he sa id, t he contents could be dumped down the waste pipe, thus dest ro ; u j the ' ev idenee. ' ' 'The union speetalies in nura!s, not in politics."' de'-iared Mr. Kvtuis. "We are not epe.-iH!!y ursine; the renioval of t h e m a y or ; ail w e w a tit is a e lea n town, and we dou 't care how we oet it.' |