Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-22 | Page 10 | Marihuana Revealed as Corn Ripens

t- t l F r MARIHUANA AN E ALED A CORN RN RIPENS RIPEN v r It wasn't his marihuana that F I got Joe Ortiga in trouble it was his his corn i The marihuana was doing fine fineIn In the Mexicans Mexican's cornfield in Gari Garland Garland Gar Gar- i land until the corn play played d Mr trick It Ortiga a dirty ripened got yellow and withered leaving Mr Ortiga's green marihuana sticking out like a sore thumb said Ernest B B. Harrison chief enforcement enforcement enforcement en- en officer in the state department department department de de- of registration k After a a. visit from Mr Harrison and R. R C. C Belnap federal narcotic narcotics narcotics nar- nar cotic agent in Salt Lake City kt k Mr Ortiga was in jail at BrigI Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig I ham City Thursday charged with s illegal growing of the weed P P. S. S Mr Ortiga had leased the cornfield from the city of Gar Gar- lan land