Show I I PATENT EXTRACT I I Th The TM use of proprietary medicines and extracts extracts- for tor intoxicating beverages in inthe inthe inthe the counties countes of Duchesne and Uinta Is quite quie common and Is to be rigidly suppressed suppressed sup sup- sup pressed pressed according to Thomas state prohibition enforcement director who has Just returned froman from froman an extensive tour of ot the northeastern part of ot the state He le was accompanied by James Shields special special- a agent ent and tle He the trip took toole them over the border into i I Colorado tracing the alleged operation lot of oe illicit tills in the mountains They c came me back by way of ot Grand Crand Junction Helper was the first place visited where Mr Thomas held conferences with wih the loc local l and c cOunty At Duchesne Ducheane My ton and Roosevelt furI further further fur fur- I ther conferences were held At DuI DuChesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne the the circumstances of ot the killing killing- I of two men in an automobile accident I were were Investigated It I appeared d that i the men drove their car over a bank I I while hie intoxicated on extract General mercantile stores stores stores' and anti and drug drugstores drugstores drugstores stores are doing a big business in extracts extracts ex ex- tracts and proprietary medicines containing con con- taming alcohol according to Mr Thomas Many of ot these places placed are arenow arenow arenow now under surveillance surveillance- and and- and the proprietors proprietors pro pro- ate are to to be prosecuted If it the traffic does does- not cease The rumors of ot stills stis operating across across' the border carried the investigators Into in into into In- In to Colorado They found some stis stills but they were not in operation A re reported reported te- te ported still sti at Vernal proved o. to be a myth Mr Thomas said that there are ore many stills in the Uinta basin which are used for the me Innocent purpose of ot distilling water in many places where the water supply is bad ba He lie le gave ga no- no j I tics tice i In these cases that tat these stills stis must be reported to the department of ot i ithe 1 the internal revenue as they are all al' al subject to a special tax tax |