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Show ILLICIT STILL if Tffliyi j ! Five Hundred Gallons of Whisky Also Seized bv Sheriffs. ! The most pro ten ions illicit stih ov ei found in Suit "Lake county, .".00 gallons o: newly distilled rye whisky and a dozen barrels of rye pulp in process of fermentation, fermen-tation, were confiscated yesterday afternoon after-noon In a raid made by deputy sherit is on Military avenue, near Twenty-fir. South street and Ilea wood ro:id. The plant, according to the officers, was producing pro-ducing spirituous liquor at the rate of fn-teon fn-teon gallons a day, which, they say, found its principal market in Bingham canyon. can-yon. The tracing of the newly distilled liquor which was finding its way into the mining min-ing cam j) to the source resulted in discovery dis-covery of the still, officials say. Two men were arrested in the raid, Charles Alexander and James Matcilo. The raid was conducted by Chief Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff W. K. Sehoppe and Deput;1-A Deput;1-A r t h u r Waller a n d A . M . J . Fr i t c h a rd . Maleilo was in the act uf hiding In t he bushes a tub taken from under the still when tie was arrestee, having undertaken to hide It when the officers appeared upon the premises, they assert. The still was located in an outbuilding near the house in which Alexander aim Matello have been living, according to the deputies. "While the raid was In progress two men drove up with a load of coal. Both convinced the officers that they were in no way associated with the industry. The fuel was plainly intended, the deputies depu-ties say, for operation of the still, but the haulers were allowed to go. |