Show federal F e d lit al prohibition P ro hib i h on director D directo r and agent A gent pays P ays vernal V ern al a visit V isi t an important meeting of the board of county commissioners was held on wednesday attended by federal prohibition director mathon ibah thomas and federal prohibition agent james E shields county attorney wallace caldor calder city attorney chaa chas De demoisey county clerk james bonoll jr and several of the of the peace and deputy sheriff attwood matters pertaining to 0 o the enforcement or of the national prohibition law were discussed and a close operation cooperation co between tho the Fedo Fedora raland authorities was urged and methods to obtain this desired end were presented the director called attention to the various sections of the tho national prohibition net act which havo have a direct bearing on the sale of extracts and patent medicines which are being used for beverage purposes and special emphasis laid on the particular part of the law which provides a severe penalty for the sellers when the law Is infringed upon the meeting resolved itself into a L roundtable round table and the particular problems of uintah county were freely discussed the director said later to a rop rep tive of tho the express that ho he regarded tho visit by himself and mr air shields ono one of tho the moat most profitable made in tho the state Q mr thomas said these contor center ecoe are being held la in every county in the state county and state officials with very rare exceptions are operating cooperating co fully with the federal authorities in the suppression of the liquor traffic we expect to see marked improvement on the part of merchants and druggists as an they be como come more familiar with the federal law an inspection of the drug stores and visits with several of 01 the merchante merchants in vernal convince us that the future will show a marked improvement in local affairs we have been splendidly received by the local county authorities mr thomas called attention to the necessity of all persons owning tills to have them registered with he collector of internal revenue without delay the federal director and agent have just visited duchesne Duc heene county they left via watson and grand junction to visit other parts of the state thursday morning |