Show MAYOR IMAYO DEFENDS SELF IN fiGHT J I fORI 1 OffiCER I Affidavit of Milk Inspection Chief Forwarded to ConI Con Con- I mandant manda t of Prison Camp Campas as Reply to Captain Beer P PICKING ICKING up the gauntlet as thrown down y b-y y Captain W W. WF I F. F Beer of the Ft prison Douglas Do Douglas glas prison internment camp Mayor W W. Mont Ferry informed the city commission commis commis- sion today he had forwarded to Colonel George L L. Byr Byram m commandant of 01 the prison an affidavit made by H H. P. P Huey chief of the city milk inspection service in which Mr Huey swears that I Captain Beer Deer threatened him with arret arre arrest ar- ar ar- ar re ret rest t and Inter internment m lt if he he did riot not immediately im immediately im- im r mediately give Him nim a report on the milk supply of the prison The affidavit is the mayors mayor's answer to Captain Beer who at a meeting of ot the city commission October 9 looked the m mayor in the eye and told him that thata a statement contained in a written communication left lett at the tho prison for him was a lie The communication was unsigned but the mayor had left it for Captain Beer and admitted being its author The communication was not read but it was learned that it contained a statement to the effect that Captain Beer had threatened to arrest and in inI intern intern in- in I tern members of the city health department de department department de- de unless he were immediately given a report on the quality of milk I being furnished to the prison camp Colonel Byram was informed tod today y that the mayors mayor's reply with Mr 1 Hueys Huey's affidavit had been forwarded to him He declined to be quoted referring to the insulting of Salt Lakes Lake's mayor by his subordinate as a trivial matter and saying that he be did not propose to I becomE involved in it The ors lna mayors mayor's action in forwarding the affidavit to Colonel Byram and informing Informing informing inform Inform- ing the city commission of his action was taken to indicate that he is awaiting awaitIng await await- ing the next move on the part of the officers at the prison camp |