Show MOLESTING OF LIGHT UNES MOST DANGEROUS PRACTICE moab boys who have been in the habit of throwing wires and other objects over the high voltage electric lines of the utah power light company are naming grave danger of being electrocuted according to mars pope local manager of the company last evening troys threw a piece of wire across one of the transmission lines carrying 2300 volts of electricity A short circuit resulted the electric wires burning in two and dropping to the ground had one of the boys or any other person touched either of the live wires electrocution would doubtless have resulted tampering with electric lines not only Is a most dangerous practice but Is a violation of state laws and if continued the company will insist that the guilty boys be prosecuted A portion of the town was thrown in darkness last night as a result of the boys prank sheriff J B issues a warning to the boys who have been in the habit of molesting the electric lines and calls attention to the serious danger to lives caused by this practice parents are urged to caution their children as to the dangerous practice |