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Show VOTE EARLY IN UATTLE FtciflCity at Large Consensus cf Repcrts r'irtcs . k Ilajority Against tfce Drys; t:3W:: evcr,QoklyRcsl)pS2fel!Erp cn ct Anti-Saloon Wcrkers; Wcrxn IHy P;.:y Ltcr "Going wot" ia the certain trend of information gathered from a generat roundup of the polling Jriaeealf SairT-aktfTlty today N disturbance pt any kind has been reported from the polling plaoes. Comparatively heavy voting characterize! the election,, and the anti-prohibition anti-prohibition worker claim from 60 to 75 per cent of the vote already east, while the "dry"' worker aa a rule are making no prediction, but are waiting for the final count of ballots tonight. .... In the downtown district the "wet" majorities are onced!d by Manager Edwin I S. Sheets of the 8alt Lake 'Antf-Liquor league. . "We expect to y'm today' eleation by the voting in the residence resi-dence section of tha city," said Mr. Sheet thi afternoon. "Downtown "Down-town the voting population is of transient nature and i expected to be wet.' In thVoutlying district, however, Jhe votes of the women are going to more than make up for what ground we lose downtown. So far I am well satisfied with the looks of things. - "Ia formation from th polls is that votlag is lighter than for any other election except the school elections, but wNwill make a determined effort for heavy voting later tlj'is afternoon asd after th upper hoar." ( - Workers at th polls, however, asp- j oially ia th sastara a ad rtbeaatem parts si th city, slain that th voting unUl a late" hosr this afteraooa It as heavy as is gsasrajly b eaa in a ga-ral ga-ral leetioa. "' Aa except km to this uondttlon is reported re-ported from the forty-fourth district, where the voting haa been elow. Between Be-tween 70S and too vote are usually eeat In this district, and until aooa today only IS ballots had been deposited. Purine, the noon hoar th voting was sun brisk asid a heavier vat t make up for rh lose thi morning Is amptad Ihle -afternoon. . . ..... Wet ronghM. ' , In th nrtv-fourth' district, downtown, slaty votes had beea east at 1 11 this moraine, and thee the "wets" claimed fifty-four. Inasmuch aa thte is one district where' th heavy voting come late In the day It la expected that th count will ahow th district to lead alt others la percentage of "wet" vote. .. District M la another of the "wit strongholds, and th same as claimed Tor district U, one of th laraeet dlatrlcia at the dir. with an ordinary votlns trenath of 10. Voting In this dlstrl. le reported heevter tlutn at general elections, elec-tions, and "wet" workers there are claiming claim-ing it per cent of the votoe caat. The gJfnrcemlthenvtJ i ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it n 1 1 in i nii-rt CLAIMS Of WAKAOPttS ' OF BOTH CAMPAIGNS . I. 1- . . Ororg M- McDowell, mans- ger for the "wets," nay the "wet" majority will b about WlflO. ' Manager Kneel,' of the "drys" . predicts that from it , to 64 per eent of the vote cant today will b"dry." At "wet" headquarters th nnt . , r conservative eetimate of the "wet" majority ia t.WO. The. can vase books show greater . majority than thte, it ia claimed. end the workers any thev ere . absolutely en the safe side in 4 ' claiming 4500 majority. la district fifty-four this morning - a bet of toO waa offered, but S sot taken, that the "lrvs" will not have a total of 50 vote, in r that diatrlrt, figuring that tH- vote sre cast there, - - Mill II 1 1 1 I II HUH I I !l I I eble to Overcom the "wet" majorities in title district. Ia Other Districts. ' iMstlict H haa a voting atrensrlH of about 700, and voting an far In.llt-ates that the total number of ballots t there today will come to th ueunl mar. In Slstiirt . wllh a roslsiratlon or x'J and a usual vote of abut 4T0. tte Jiida,-, say the vote- so far tixhiy has Len sr.t-laactory sr.t-laactory compared with former years, and lndlcatio:ta point to a total vote fully aa heavy aa usual. - ' In district it the judges report a vol (Continued on peg ) - WETS GET OUT (Continued from page 1.) larger than expected -and both aides claim a majority. In district 47 a vote of 137 before noon Indicates, the workera say. a full vote of from 70 to 00 before the polls dose, the "weta" claiming 7s per cent of them. Flrat and Second Wards. Cp to a late hour this afternoon the voting had been light In most of the districts dis-tricts In the first and second warda, while In the third less thsn half the registered reg-istered vote hsd been polled up to 3:30 o'clock this sfternoon. In the first and second wsrds the organisation of the "wetB', seemed to be nearly perfect. Tvery district had a force of workera on hand with one or more automobiles and the workera appeared to feel confident of victory. At noon today eighty-eight votea had been cast In the ninth district snd the "drys' claimed that Ihev had polled eight of them, while the wets' were of the opinion thst the "drys" hsd not polled over five votes. At 12:30 ninety-nine voles had been polled In district dis-trict 25, of which the "drya" claimed twenty. At noon today 14 votea hsd been polled In district 10. of which the -dra-r claimed 20 per cent. The highest claim of the "drys" In any district visited vis-ited In the first or second wards was In district 21. where the "drya" claimed that they had cast 36 per cent of the nlnely-six nlnely-six rotes cast up to 12:30 o'clock. Thla claim, however, waa disputed by the "wets." who claimed at least 71 per cent of the vote caal. Drys Confidant Hera. Out In the third there wss a different story. Here the "drys" seemed confident snd at every one of the five polls visited, they had a force of workers. At 1 o'clock this afternoon there iiad been 110 votes cast In district 35 and of theas the "drye" claimed i per cent. At the same time there had been 131 votea cast In district 32. of which the "drys" claimed S per cent. In district 31 snd district 34 the "drys' claimed 70 per cent of tha total vote cast. The "wef workers 111 the third claimed tliat they had not hardly commenced to get their vote out. They, frankly admitted that the "drys' had the heat of the voting un to 3 o'clock this afternoon, but Insisted that bv the time the polls closed at 7 o'clock tonight thev would more than overbalance the "drv" vole of the morning and the earlv - afternoon. ' |