Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 5 | Prohibition Net to be Tightened

PROHIBITION PRO NET NETTO MIMED TO BE TI TIGHTENED ED EDI I I Federal Authorities to Renew Renew Re Re- Re-I Re new Activities Police reports that thero is 10 an SU In Increasing increasing In- In creasing ten tendency ency to manufacture whisky whisk wine wIno and beer in lit open vIolation violation violation viola vIola- I tion of ot tho the law will receive vigorous alien attention tIon of ot federal prohibition au authorities nu- nu as soon as the enforcement staff has been restored to its normal normal normal nor nor- mal operating strength according to Joseph E E. E Richards prohibition di director director director di- di rector for tor the tho state The attention of or the federal officer had been directed to a report showing that the tho police took thIrteen thirteen thirteen thIr- thIr thir thir- teen stills In the past thirteen days taxing the capacity of or the headquarters headquarter ter storeroom with copper boilers barrels tubs tuba and the usual array of or equipment which goes oe alon along with Illicit liquor operations It It certainly is i's commendable work on tho the part of or tho the police poUce and we we I will giver give tho the subject some Borne vigorous attention as soon as our forces are organized said Prohibition Director Richards Since tho partial su suspension suspension sion slon of enforcement operations due to tho appropriation shortage our I force in n this state has been cut down downto i to one man Jean L. L May who has been largely largel engaged in looking after atter the office work of ot the tho department Now that tho the departments of di director dl- dl r rector and enforcement nt have been consolidated wo we expect carl early action In bringing the force up to where it was wa before and nd the tho reported activities activities of ot liquor law violators will bo be boghen given ghen earnest and Immediate atten atten- tion Although the tho confiscated liquor and I equipment of or the enforcement division division divi divi- sion was as turned over to Director Drector Richards on August 1 I there thero has been no official transfer of ot tho personnel of ot the tho division to the directors director's rs r's d de dC- dC t. t