Show O DRYS YS DEMAND FO FOR p PROHIBITION QUOTE KANSAN Jayhawker Calls Colborn's Statements Defamatory to Sunflower State Demand for or state wide prohibition In Utah Is renewed In h. h a petition tIled with Ith the lower house of oC the lit Ul lh legislature ie today b by th the tho Provo Betterment league and tho Prohibition league of ot Provo Prove The petition Is signed d b by aeo George c A A. A Startup and O O. O W. W Andehn heads of or the tho two or organizations or- or In addition to renewing their demand for prohibition tho the leagues attempt to discredit tho the arguments against prohibition submitted hy bY y tho the Rev Elmer Elmor I. I Goshen 0 and nd D. D F F. Colborn Fh Tho rho petition Anent tho the statements that t have hac been made de to you OU In opposition to prohibition claiming it to have a R. failure in Kansas Kansas- and anel to have m worked Injury In Instead instead In- In stead of benefit w We ve desire to respectfully call can our your att attention to the following telegrams tele telo- grams grains that wo we ask be read at your ass ass- e- e M- M slon sion Monday next Provo Utah February 3 3 1915 William V t 1 A. A McKeever Pr of oC Child ChUd Welfare University of or Kansas Lawrence Kan Ran I S. S Judge E. E F. F Colborn formerly of ot Kansas Kanu and the Rev Ray Elmer L L' L Goshen declared before the l legislature here that prohibition In Kansas had Increased I crime dR death th rate rato homicides divorce orce Juvenile juvenile delinquents insanity etc claimIng claim claim- ing log to quote from train government census reports re- re ports porte comparative fl figures with license states Also asserted Kansas prosperity due duo solely to great crops and high price of or wheat wheaL Telegraph at my expense answer answer an an- to such assertions to GEORGE A. A STARTUP Here Hero Is hI his answer La Lawrence ICan Feb Fob 5 S. S 1915 George e A. A Startup Provo Utah Colborn statement fraudulent and de de- de Compare re old Imperfectly re reported reported reported re- re ported statistics with recent complete on ones 9 Prohibition Is ls HS es sacred as us religion fn in Kansas Kl Wo Vo lead lend the nation In low percentage of ot crime suicide poverty Ju- Ju venue delinquencies etc ote Our legislature will wili pro probably ably act relative a. fWILLIAM WILLIAM 1 A. A M KEEVER f We further respectfully petition you to pass the tho most P. P effective measure possible pos pos- sible to bring about state wide prohibition tion in Utah at as early a Ii data date as possible osse and d thus stop top the economic waste due to the th traffic Improve e tho the moral mural condition condl condi- condi tion protect protect tho the public health and peace pea and cleanse politics from the tho influence of or the or organized liquor traffic PROVO B J LEAGUE EAGUE PROHIBITION LEAGUE OF 01 PROVO |