Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-14 | Page 9 | Police Study Forbidden Plant

POLICE STUDY FORBIDDEN PLANT S. S 1 vIf S 7 t t S. S 5 IL vi Yi Mv i L t I 4 I rJ r 4 0 7 j fr frI I I S 3 t V i ViA A 41 Chief of f Police William L. L Payne ordered a marihuana plant grown crown In a garden in order that his officers might know what one looked like Here lIere is Officer S. S L. L Christensen explaining to Eva Dorius Darius the evil properties properties properties prop prop- of the narcotic Marihuana Thrives in Local Climate After Seed Seized From Narcotic Peddler Is Planted by Policeman I If It Salt Lake policemen arent aren't able to recognize a marihuana plant I Ibe when they see it growing It will not be the fault of Police Chief William Williamr r L. L Payne Pane Marihuana is believed to be the only plant having narcotic properties that can ean be grown in this locality Its us growth and use are arc prohibited by Utah statute although it does docs not come under the provisions of the federal federal fed fed- eral narcotic act Last spring when a posse of his men arrested a Mexican with a quantity quantity quan quan- of the drug in his possession Chief Payne gave cave a few of the little gray seeds to one of his men and asked him to plant them in his gar gar- den The marihuana prospered under care carr and was more than seven feet tall when it was transplanted recently recently re reo re- re from the garden to a n metal pot and placed on exhibit in in- Chief Paynes Payne's office where any officer who who cares to may examine it closely