Show Utah Officer Halts Gas Bootlegging Many residents of Utah along the Colorado state line from a poInt east from from- Bluff in San Juan county as far north as West Vest Water Vater have been having their cars re registered in Colorado and keeping them there but using them almost entirely in Utah the license fee being less In Colorado than In this state said J. J H. H state automobile In Inspector inSpector inspector in- in who on Tuesday returned from a trip extending miles mUes While on the trip I checked up upon upon upon on dealers in Dolores and Grand Gram Junction who have been bootlegging in gasoline and compelled the tho payment payment pay pay- i ment of ot the license tax When I explained explained explained ex- ex the law to the Inmost in inmost inmost I most instances they p paid ld their license fee and the bootleggers will wll have to answer to the lawI lawI lawI law I had Information and bills that these bootleggers in gas had been doing a n. thriving business and I be believe believe believe be- be lieve that my trip wilt will have a tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency to completely shut them off I collected from owners of ot cars as license fee for registration In Utah In that tha t the tax on gas in Colorado Colora Cobra do is Hut lut t 2 cents per gallon while in Utah the rate is higher many owners of ot cars in Utah have been purchasing their gas in Colorado at atthe atthe atthe the low rate and then claim exemption exemption exemption tion from the Utah law but this will wIlI not be of frequent occurrence from now on Peace officers assured assured assured as as- me that they would aid in every way possible to see that the provisions of the law In Utah would be carried out to the let letter er |