Show I LETTERS I TO THE EDITOR LIQUOR BY THE DRINK I IDear Dear Editor 1 It is rather foolish to suppose that the real cause behind the move to change the Utah liquor laws is to the tour tour- tourists and convention seekers To suppose such is to equate the people of utah as being InhabItants inhabitants of some sort of zoo where the tourists are the zoo keepers that dictate the policy of the state It is not really reany true hue that the current liquor laws are arc out of date either as laws have no provision of change ed in their structure therefore it is people who vho change Therefore the move for less strict and exacting laws on the control of alcoholic beverages tends to indicate that there thero is isa isa a growing proportion of folks in inthe inthe the state who are victims sat sat- orated with the weakness of supposing that alcohol adds to their being vell-being when taken in in- in internally It seems that a weak and spineless generation seeks after weak laws to govern themselves supposing that there is an easy road to sublime happiness and eter eter- eter eternal nul nal joy timing thing is untrue as straight is the way and nar row the way to eternal life and joy To propose legislation strictly to tourists is not really a very reaching far or realistic view as the cause of civil disobedience is getting to such now that be be- be before fore long there will be no tour tour- tourists to with our weak eak laws and the native in in- in inhabitants habitants will be saddled with laws supposedly passed for others benefit Before too long it may not be safe for anyone to travel very far and relax ing the laws will only tend to encourage the cause of civil dis obedience Resolving to pass and support laws that til strengthen rather than weak weak- weaken en our society spay 1 Impose an anI I immediate sacrifice on some but nothing worth while ever has or ever will be established without personal sacrifice Freedom is not won nor main main- tamed by or through gence of the weaknesses of the flesh freedom has a price that the true lovers of their God given agency of choice willingly pay To suppose that a com com com- compromise promise with discipline will vill con con- contribute tribute to happiness and order is foolishness as the history of the world so strongly proclaims Merrill Merril II IL Glenn Jr Salt Lake City DOG POISONED They say that a dog is mans man's best friend and I have come to the conclusion it is so The Fish and Game and the Department of the Interior who are sed to be protecting wildlife put poison stations all through our allotment including one sta sta- sta station tion right close to camp with with- without out even coming coining around and telling us that it was there Therefore I lost one of the best born in Uintah County so I have decided that my dog was a cowboys cowboy's best friend Harry Hill Colorado |