Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-06 | Page 13 | Control Body Lifts Liquor Buying Curb

CONTROL BODY LIFTS LIQUOR BUYING CURB Two vo Quarts Per Day Limit Limi Suspended by Board Coincident with opening Its second sec sec- end ond nd retail store in Salt Lake City the ic state liquor commission Thursay Thursday Thursday Thurs- Thurs day ay removed its limit on individual purchases of two quarts a day Commissioners George M. M Whitmore Whit Whit- more and Adam Patterson Jr said the ho limit imposed to prevent bootleggers boot- boot eggers from Crom stocking up on state liquor quor for resale over bars had served Its purpose Customers now v may buy up to approximately four and three ers gallons the point at which a aale asale asale sale ale ceases to be retail The action was taken after alter commission commission com corn mission inspectors checked permits issued known and suspected bootleggers bootleggers boot- boot and posted them in stores Such purchasers may encounter difficulties difficulties dif- dif l If they order in any large quantity Liquor Supplied Three truckloads of liquor were in n the new store when it opened at 25 5 East First South street The Tho store tore Is designated No 3 indicating indicating- the he store to be bo opened on Exchange place will be No 2 The store at atthe atthe atthe the commission warehouse is No 1 The commission continued to in investigate investigate investigate in- in seizure of oC two cases of liquor on a truck at Lake Point near Tooele Wednesday y to determine determine determine deter deter- mine whether court action will be be- taken The commission expects soon to take ake some action against the check bottle system used to get around I provisions of the liquor act prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing ng sales by bj drinks A person takes a bottle of liquor he ic has purchased from a state store tore to o a drinking establishment leaves it t there and orders mixed drinks fr from lm it when he wants them wants wants' them paying for the mixing ingredients and the service servie Change in Routine In an attempt to improve on the routine in force orce at the warehouse store opened Saturday an tion was adopted when th the store at 25 East First South street opened Thursday The order blank is the same as that in use at the warehouse warehouse warehouse ware ware- house except that the stub which serves the customer as a a. claim ch check ck is missing Instead of retaining retain retain- ing and ing the order and returning a claim a-claim ch check k the he the newly returns the order and this the customer gives to the clerk cleric at the delivery counter Each man at the delivery counter has a and a supply of ot metal discs bearing that number On taking an order the clerk gives the customer one of the numbered discs and this facilitates identification leation lea lea- tion when the order is filled