Show y Wife of Farmer Shows Social Drinking Is on Steady Increase Since Prohibition Ad Advent ent By ByAM A A. A M M. Prohibition Editor Telegram Prohibition did not affect our famIl family fam- fam Il ily one way or another In the old days we occasionally drank a bottle bottle bottle bot bot- tle of beer beet but did not miss it when it was no longer sold y Whisky was only onh used for medIcinal medicinal medicinal med med- purposes a a. pint often otten lastIng lastIng lasting last- last Ing several years A few tew months after prohibition became effective w we weer e w were er ere at a neIghbors neIghbor's s Home nome We Ve had known him for years and had never seen him take lake a drink Imagine Imagine Imagine Im Im- agine our surprise to have him produce produce produce pro pro- duce a a. Jug and offer us a a. small glass of its contents It was very vEry good peaCh whisky He then told us that a car of ot peaches he had shipped had be been n ni i ejected rejected and a EI friend had run them through his still and sold them at ata a better pro profit tit than In the original sta state te My DIY next experience was the wife of a nel neighbor n telling me of ot her son son with some other boys being drunk Continued on page ase 7 7 WIFE OF FARMER SHOWS DRINKING IS ON INCREASE Continued from page 1 1 the night before and getting In trouble Th They y had purchased the whisky from a man living about a amile amile mile mUe rOm us This man roan has never farmed a day since the eighteenth amendment was passed and has only been arrested once He lIe seems to stand In One day coming home from town and going to the cellar for vel vegetables vegetables vege vege- e- e tables I found ten gallon five-gallon kegs of whisky each in a burlap sack sack I had no idea where they came camerom from rom I was afraid to call an officer of- of fleer icer tell my husband or even go goto goto goto to sleep Next day our grocer called for It He had b been en tipped Upped off ort that his place would be searched and he had taken a chance My Mv husbands husband's business called him himo to o Idaho Idaho so we decided to sell our farm arm The first prospect offered 1200 for tor the use of or the place a year cash in advance It was evident what he wanted it for so we re refused re- re fused Later we ne sold to a very re respectable respectable respectable re- re person for down balance balance balance bal bal- ance to be paid In yearly pay pay- ments He rented It to the man I turned down and in six months the place ilace was turned back It had been pulled and the buildings well buildings well I haven't lavent decided yet et whether I should have lave taken the 1200 1209 or the We found the same conditions In Idaho almost every home making some kind of home brew A couple couple cou- cou of months ago we returned return d to Utah I was not acquainted my neighbors but a few tew nights ago one of ot them Invited U to hear their new radio While we listened to the speaker at the Baptist church and the Fourteenth ward choir beer was passed several times and I am sure it was was more than 2 per cent Several other people were there and recipes exchanged In our circle I Iam Iam am im positive there is more drinking than han ever before We Ve are gradually gradual- gradual ly y pulling away from the crowd and clinging only to the few friends who believe elleve in doing right Because it is the he right thing to do We Ve favor repeal of the prohibition amendment amend amend- ment |