Show SHERIFF SCENTS STILLS LANDS TWO TM IN 32 HOURS sheriff A 0 evans and deputy bert smith early monday morning borni raid edthe premises oc occupied euple by jim johnson a greek and seized two of the largest stills e ver ever seen in this county one had a seventy five gallon capacity and the other a forty gallon capacity the stills were located in a three room house at the foot of a mountain in the mouth of pole canyon about one and one half mile southeast of lake point and about twelve miles northeast of this city the sheriff and deputy entered the premises about 3 in the morning and found johnson working about the place johnson was arrested and brought to the county jail besides the two stills a small quantity odthe of the finished product was found together with a hydrometer testing tubes filters etc all allot of which went to make a compete outfit it also was found that coke was used to heat the mash rather than coal to prevent ow an excessive amount of smoke the stills were built on specially constructed furnaces made of sheet iron and lined with brick I 1 with a grate to hold the fire and a bed for the ashes one still contained a quantity of liquor from the mash with a fire under it ready to start in the other still was found clear wa water SJ 00 gallons df coref arid and sug sugar a r mash m ash for tho the manufacture of whisky was found there being baing twenty eight afif fifty ty gallon barrels probably worth 1000 the plant had biad been in aaion about three weeks and it is thought by the officers ficera of that a large amount of whisky was moved from the place shortly be fore the raid johnson was brought before judge tuesday morning and fined after pleading guilty he paid his fine ani and was released tuesday morning sheriff evans and deputy smith started sta out on another case and arrested two men at stockton on the charge of violating the prohibition law the men nave g ave their names as john H klinger and T merritt the two passed through tooele thoele in the morning about 11 in a mitchell touring car the sheriff noticed that the cpr car bore no license plate and pursued it he overtook the men near stockton where they had stopped to fix a punctured tire upon searching the car le he found a completely equipped still of a twenty five gallons capacity sixteen gallons of whisky a quantity or coloring matter pounds of sugar and furty y poun pounds Is of bran the men are being held in default of bail their pre pe hearing has been set for next monday under the law it h i very possible that the auto will be confiscated by the county A lawn party in honor nf ef the sixteenth wedding anniversary of mr ind and mrs ed campbell was given at their home last tuesday evening forty four guests were present to enjoy the pleasant social evening and refreshments fresh ments |