Show CRIMES HERE NOW FE F TOTAL IS ASI I The he number of serious crimes committed committed com com- in Salt Lake grows less les's com I each year ear according to police records There are only two VO murders recorded for the they I year 1916 During 1915 there were ten ten murders committed In 1914 there were eleven and In 1913 there were thirteen Suicides are decreasing in number each month an and the number of lives saved grows larg larger r. r Only a few burglaries burglaries burglaries bur bur- are ate listed in which large amounts were taken talen this year For previous years' years records show atrocious crimes committed by desperate rob rOb- bers Crimes of this nature seem to tobe tobe tobe be disappearing I Records of the department show several crimes which do not appear I 1 on the modern reports Train ups da daylight lIght bank robberies ji iP for revenge gang outrages s- s and andare andare nd are seldom eldom mentioned In daily dally r Confidence games In which v ha have ve been fleeced of thousand suddenly ceased though police r i r show that these criminals als mus worked for many years interference from the auth The number of patients wl w brought to the jail jaU or pital suffering from opium and drug habits grows less each yi 1913 there were forty-five forty treat treal the opium h habit bIt alone The n ne s shows a decrease of about 25 p pe and this year but few obscure have been reported J According to the police pollee the j policy of the department Is for much of ot the reform Pre Prey is better than cure Is a amott mott seems to have been adopted a 0 p personnel of the force Edt Edn Ednis is being carried carrle on In a quiet p v the tho police pollee in quarters which s 's se se demand the demand the most attention 3 t |