Show LIQUOR BOARD OPENS WAR ON BOOTLEGGERS Commission May Seize Illicit Goods Stock State Stores By B JENNINGS PHILLIPS Enforcement provisions of or tho the Utah liquor control act Thursday were yero whittled into a big stick to drive the bootlegger r and illegal megal liquor from the state Salt Lak county peace officers members of the liquor commission and Attorney General Joseph Chez fashioned the weapon during a conference at the tho state capitoL Cooperation Asked Attorney General Chez Ches has ruled that the commission may confiscate confiscate cate liquor already in the state and use it to stock the state stores It was believed possible that the confiscation confiscation confiscation con con- order might also apply t to tho the shipments of or distillers into Utah in anticipation of or a large largo sale to the state stores Meeting of Sheriff Sherif S. S Grant Young and Attorney Harold E. E Wallace of Salt Lake county with Commissioners Adam Patterson Jr of Ogden and George M. M L Whitmore of Nephi with Mr Chez was considered considered considered con con- especially significant Already the liquor commission has mailed all law enforcement officers officers of of- of of the state copies of the tho liquor control act The copies were accompanied by a commission letter letter let let- ter asking full cooperation in enforcement en enforcement enforcement en en- of the law and anticipating anticipating antici antici- that It would be given without without with with- out hesitation 4 Absolute Monopoly Also present during the was George E. E E Sutherland temporary temporary tempo tempo- secretary of the tile commission and former executive secretary to Governor Henry H. H Blood Just how the commission determined determined determined deter deter- mined to rid Utah of the bootlegger bootleg ger and nd e enable able state stores to begin operation without illegal mega competition competition tion was not ot divulged during the meeting Commissioners emphasized they did not have a chip on their shoulders But their attitude reflected re re reflected their determination to give the state stores t the absolute mo monopoly op- op oly in liquor sales that is provided for in the liquor control act u I No More lore Applications I No more applications for positions post I on the liquor control staff will be acknowledged the commissioners commissioners commis commis- said Thousands of applications applications appU have been received and cost of acknowledging each individually is too great they declared Dates of examinations will be given liven through the press it was an an- A sales tax will have to be paid on goods disposed of by the state liquor st stores res Roscoe E. E Hammond member of oC the state tax commission commission commis commis- sion ruled Thursday But he Informed In Informed In- In formed the liquor commissioners commIssioners' that the sales tax levy might be included in the retail price When Utah's liquor control act actis actis actis is in operation it will wUl resemble closely the systems of Washington indicated Thurs Thurs- and Oregon it was day Administrator Hugh B. B Brown of Salt Lake City who will return from those states Saturday requested his two fellow workers to withhold all aU definite commitments commit ments until his return |