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Show COURT HAS PROBLEM IN SECOND DISTRICT OGDE.V, Sept. ll.JUst how the dis triet eourt at Ogden intends to solve the problem of reducing the number of Ogden 'a saloons is at present conjectural. conjec-tural. The state liquor law gives the district court the power to grant or refuse to issue licenses, leaving the reasons for any action taken whollv in the discretion discre-tion of the judiciary. Ogden 'a saloons at the present time number fifty. Toe revised city ordinance provides for a reduction re-duction of the number of saloons to the ratio of one to every 1000 inhabitants, hut neither the ordinance nor the state law indicates how this reduction is to be made, leaving it up to the district judges to decide the method of procedure. proced-ure. The population of Ogden is 26.000. and if the provisions of tha city ordinance ordi-nance are followed the number of saloons sa-loons will be reduced from fifty to twenty-six. |