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Show RECORDS FOR LOCAL ! ARRESTS ARE BROKEN! ' i ; That Salt Pake City and county have turned over a new leaf without waiting! for the new year, and have attained the enviable distinct ion of having no arrests made within the boundaries of tho county ' during Uie period from Saturday night at! midnight to midnight Sunday, "is shown bv t'ie records at the police station and i ; at tho sheriff's office. f This; record has not been equaled in ! Salt Pake City and county for the last twenty years, police officers declared, and a record is claimed for the community t'.iat is said not lo exist in any similar population in tho United States. According to Chief of Police J. Parley White, arrests were decreased by more than per cent when tho state went dry fifteen months ago, and po; ty cri me a nd drunkenness have steadily declined since prohibit ion became effective. Yesterdav. however, is the first day in twenty years that no arrests whatever have been made. |