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Show MAYOR REPLIES TO CHARGES BY WOLFE Declares police Are Enforcing Prohibition Prohibi-tion Law; Invites Critic to Earn Conviction Money. "If Ja-rrea H. Wolfe, assistant attorney ! reneral, has In his possession certain 1 knowledge, that liquor is being sold in Salt 'Lake, he will do well to turn over such j information to the police department and 'not only earn $25 for each conviction, but i at i he same time fulfill his duty as a ! public official and a citizen,' said Mayor ; Ferry last nisht in answer to a statement ! made bv Mr. Wolfe yesterday To the effect i that the prohibition law is not being en-i en-i forced here. According to Mr. Ferrr, the prohibition law, so far as Salt Lake is concerned, has been, Ls being and will cotinue to be enforced, en-forced, and the mayor, in defense of the police department-, t-ays there lias ben more liquor seized and more arrest; ha-ve been made by Chief of Police .1. Parley White's men for the -violation of the iatr than by ait the other peace officers of the Btate. including United Slates officials, combined. Large supplies of liquor come into L'tah from Wy oml n g and Nevada., M r. Ferry says, and much of it finds its way to Salt Lake. The mayor says he ak-d the slate six week ago for authority for the chief of police to station men at points bf-yond the :ity limits for the purpose of intercepting inter-cepting shipments, but t ha t his request was turned down. |