| Show City Officers Recover Cash in Roofing Racket Venial City P li e of ic rs Saturday were able to recover paId by a local widow to toa toa a gypsy roofing contractor Chief Claudius A Banks Danks disclosed Wednesday that the roofing work consisted of 01 dilu dilu- diluting ting a quart of aluminum paint with ten ten gallons of gaso line gasoline and spraying it on the roof with a 0 weed sprayer which took about a hour half and created a rate first fire hazard A completely new roof could be installed for that amount he said was atthe THE WORK was dune done at I the home of Mrs Florence Walker at So 1st East I Mrs Walker made out the check which the operator Walter Miller 19 of Okla Okla- Noma homa attempted attemPt d to cash at Vernal Drug Glenn H Coop Coop- Cooper er who took the check refus ed to cash it as it was incorrectly incorrectly made out and notified the city police Miller returned with another er check which was cashed and then he was arrested by City Officer Milburn Jr byI I Hatch who recovered the money and cited Miller for forI I operating without a business license I MILLER WAS fined later and then left town I Chief Banks said that ten gypsy crews were working the valley but as soon as the investigation started they all left and encamped at Cockle Cockle- burr 30 miles east of Vernal I Several other valley home home- homeowners owners were taken Chief Banks said but no other com com- complaints plaints have been signed to Continued on page 5 Racket Continued from page 1 date He also reported that a group of magazine salesmen were rounded up Tuesday taken to the city limits and told to keep going I Be sure you know your contractor or that he has a contractors contractor's license and a city business license the Police Chief hief urged |
