Show gd r Loader Leader Says Says' S. S SL L Liquor Fund und Telegram Leased VIre OGDEN March 2 23 23 Salt alt L Lake ke keCi Ci City's ys y's 3 shortage of liquor from fram the Brigham Street pharmacy pharmacy pharmacy phar phar- macy agency which has resulted in a grand jury investigation dropped In into o the Ogden city c com commission corn corn- m mission iss on Tuesday free-for-all free discussion During a on l law w enforcement in Ogden Mayor Harman W. W Peery Pecry raised a question as to why Information had not been provided that a cache cacheo o of liquor supposedly taken from the Brigham Street pharm pharmacy cy agency had been lo located boated in an Ogden hotel by Chief of Police L. L C. C Crowther of S Salt lt Lake Lak City O Officers Silent He sp specifically charged that the cache was found in the hotel but neither Sheriff Mac Wade Vade nor Chief of Police M. M J. J made any comment o on the truth or inaccuracy inaccuracy inaccuracy in in- accuracy of this charge In Salt Lake Chief of Police L. L C. C Crowther denied that he or any member p of the Salt Lake police force had found a cache of liquor in iii a hotel or any other place in Ogden Have None As liAs a matter of fact he said we have no liquor of ot any kind that supposedly was taken from the Brigham Street pharmacy agency bency Chief Crowther said he had been in jn Ogden recently in connection connection tion with the investigation of the Brigham Street pharmacy liquor case casc but that he had never found any liquor cache i S Mayor Peery's comments followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed the appearance of C. C N. N Woods former Weber Weber C bun fy Safety council president and member member mem mem- ber ben of ot the Ogden Chamber of Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce merce traffic safety committee before b the commission in answer answer to an invitation to the the- commission to explain previously made charges about law enforcement Mr Woods charged that pr prior Ol to Feb cb 23 23 3 law enforcement in ir Ogden was at alow and no satisfactory effort was made by the city to correct the situation Commends Sheriff He Fe c commended ed edth th the work wark done by Sheriff Wade in law enforcement and d declared car red d that the sheriff shen had shown by his raids that commerS commer- commer S S See SeePage age 2 Z Column 4 Sr R Continued d Ir fr from Page One vice was flourishing fl and that ity police were d doing nothing to remedy the conditions until the appointment o of Chief Chiel S hooft hooff changed the situation I 4 He e Chief Chie S seems mS to a be begetting e getting of off to a a good start said aid Mr r. r Woods I I. suggest you commissioners com com- missioners give him a afree free freehand r e hand to enforce e the l law lawand w and ba back k him im up lip as as' as long as he is Ls right He the commissioners have their paths s of pf office t to fulfill fulfill ful ful- ful- ful fill and that and that thal they in may ay n not t decide which laws to enforce and which t to t. leave leav d and that if the 1 laws ws are ba bad bad- enforcement will 60 ri this to o light and result remIt i in n their repeal The T e qu question tJ n is What were the conditions prior to F Feb b. b 23 when I t I- w wrote te my called so-called cn charges f That was the week eek before Capt Clifford K IC expressed ss d WB Ms desire to o take tak retirement and three thre weeks before he wished to retire it i. was tw two we weeks ks before you ap ap- X d J J. ff as ch chief ef and afew ft days later latez lie ue e Chi Chief f S made ade the e raid z i. i L J Answers Charges After Mr W o ceased sed talking I Chief said I want to thank Mr Woods for his his' expression expression expression sion of of confidence in me me but I IC C also want lint to this for the sa say record rec- rec vord bord ord has told v- v Mayor Peery never me meto to lay layoff off any law enforcement or at any place Things l' l ing are now better than J they ey were we're were before Mayor Pee P Peery ery in answering Mr Woods charged him wi with making i A his 1113 statements at the behest of oft e t Utah Power Light C Co Ca who were I t afraid of him because he the f mayor nayor had always been an advocate t cate of municipal power Which Mr Woods promptly denied P he mayor at the time meno mentioned men men- o the Brigham Street Phar- Phar Iii 9 macy story t R It Commissioner E Ei E. T. T Saunders de- de 3 t. a a. stirring statement of his d desire sire to back enforcement of all 4 la laws s and against all law violators particularly after the mayor had hac r ch charged ged certain private clubs of oft j t the higher ups the millionaires fc like the Weber club and Ogden k- k iv Golf and d Co Country club were not molested in open sale of cants E l C. told you Harman said io Commissioner Saunders Saunders- to the k m mayor yot that that- I will vilI support you your I r andt the public safety department g jn n il raw law enforcement and that t. t Jf iT there therel are ae law violations in r vata- vata clubS clubS' or elsewhere your pot poK po po- po K Itce t e e- officers should find out and mak pop pop-er arrests v. v z- z C Commissioner Thomas East df deV de- de f V l' l that Mr Woods Wood h has s admitted ad ad- 1 mUt l that thIngs were bad durIng dur dux- ing t the c past administration H Hhas Ho Hohas Hohas has c c come 0 am m 0 0 here and suddenly t thrown things at us us but if he Will give us 18 time I am sure sure- he will wm find we are working hard to cor cor- these conditions con and w well we'll ll do dothe dohe dothe the he the job i The meeting ended ended- in in- ina a free-for- free all 11 when Mayor Peery thre v the meeting open to anyone who wants to talk but no a action tion was waa taken aken by the cor commission n on Mr Woods Woods' discussion |