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Show THE PAGE SIX . TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, Friday. March 19th. 1926 COMMUNICATION Expect the Best, and Get It Kditor. The Times-NewDear Sir: I was much interested in reading fd by Western Newspaper Union.) i ' of Mr. Richard Enscore's opinion Itnew that he was bootleggers who entice Juveniles to JOHN SIMMONS' out with Lucille Bergen. drink "bootleg," but I do not agree There was no startling, definite reason with him that Prohibition is a failwhy he should lose her. But he "felt ure, and had better never been tried. it In his bones." I do not agree that enforcement of Lucille Bergen, had begun to drift prohibition is a failure, nor that' enaway from lilm, he knew, even before forcement is impossible. that lnfernul egotist, Edwin Story, bethat before prohiI do not gan to pay attention to her. And when bition theredispute saloon were loud with his Story, and that the government dekeepers, a to to Luclle go finally persuaded rived a revenue from them. I do not dance with him on a Thursday night dlsoute the fact that prohibition has which had" always been John's night created thousands of new criminals, John saw his fears coming true. Walking through the park that af- called bootleggers. ternoon John tried to get a new sneakHowever, the fact remains that as ing premonition out of his head. It a general rule the saloon before pro- would be a tragedy to lose his job, es- MhlHnn hrnkn the laws of the states pecially, now when he was making an to regulate them. The malor- effort to secure an Important position passed were notoriously the of them Ity as head of the art department In and dissolute men, Idle of haunts new Arm. big It is also well criminals. of often Suddenly he heard a loud, cheerful known distillers resisted that liquor rolce, followed by the trill of laughter he knew so well. Edwin Story, telling the federal tax strenuously, and officer lost his life, hearty joke, and Lucille Bergen, many a revenue and Virginia. in Kentucky especially laughing. Before John could step aside, the two came around a bend In the We have forgotten 'all about the Whiskey rebellion, which endangered path and confronted him. "HellO, John 1" they called in unison. Washington's administration. There may have been "Good afternoon." "Ed was just telling me," said Lu aalnon keeners before prohibition. cille, "that he la going to get a big job but there cannot be such a thing as as head of a commercial art depart nn honest, bootlegger. ment. Imagine I And he knows prac He and the parasites who prey on h'm are a positive menace, that we tically nothing about the work. Inn' that a joker must find some way to eliminate. John's effort at laughter wasn't very It Is true that before prohibition successful. we could get "honest liquor" and that "Laugh all you please," announced most of the liauor obtained surrepthat confident fellow. "I don't know titiously now literally i "rot-gut- " anything about art, but I know peo snd "poison." "It Is killing off all mk irinV t " That bootleearers and ple." Lucille laughed again. Then she drinkers of bootleg deal in "rot-gut- " turned to John and asked him delib liquor is not an argument In favor of erately. "Why don't you try for the 1egitimate"honest liquor." It should Job? Too are a real artist" Indite ever" dealer In "poison" and John brightened for an instant reflection on the good sense of "Why," he said. "I have my appli those who Indulge in It. It is an adcation in." ditional reason for prosecuting those ', "There I"! Lucille turned, to Edwin traffic 1n nolson. The oniy ar "I told you so. pument in favor of repealing the pro Story triumphantly. You'll have a fine chance to land that hibition law is "that the annum job' with a real commercial artist In of alcoholic beverage Is a good thing competition I" .. ion atinnlri nrohiblt." What "You Just wait and see," said Story. is there in favor of the al argument "All right, we'll see John here walk except as a means nnhniic beveraee ing away with it Won't we, John?" of revenue for government, obtained "I don't know. I'm afraid, maybe-There'- s by the degredation of its citizens. en a lot of rivalry, you know." The efflcencv of prohibition A week later when he learned that It should be his application had been turned down tn,minl is not what be if all of would John was disappointed but not greatly and not what it content to give ut were surprised. Somehow or other he had the public of some the offlc Even llouor. their felt it in his bones that bad luck would re meet him In this case as before. ' But i.i, in Mirh nlares are not above when the "dally papers announced that nroach. but. it is an undesputable Edwin - Story, the popular salesman. fact that the eighteenth amendment n fti constitution by the will of had been chosen to fill the opening, John raged, helplessly.- - What was the the vast majority of the citizens of M of- knowing anything?' Why be a the United States. "This fact is prov thirty cartful, serious worker when only the ed by the fact that there were d three prohibition states before th boasters got anywhere? in Con Angry, discouraged, botching his amendment was Introduced most work, John put In a bad Saturday gress, and Congress gave it the ever given ntrorwhelminer majority office morning. Leaving the dejectedly at noon, he was almost run over by a onw amendment. The states ratlfie blue roadster. As the car flashed by more rapidly and more of them have he recognized its occupants Lucille ..tif(oi tt than any otner amena out of forty-eigand Story. They did not notice him, from speech on back (Quoted so". the sidewalk, John have done Stepping leaned against a post What to do? f M V. Tlnek.l Oh, yea, lunch. He pulled his Saturit i a mistake to think that the day pay envelope out of his pocket uriiiniiift K.Mti and the taste for in a day Maybe he wis lucky to have even ihoi can be overcome has been Job. He drew out several bills and a Commendable progress piece of paper. Opening the paper lire vi v. 179 nnB saloons nave gone . as is tne -quickly, John read: "After the 24th Ul vuninAoa UUD1UW. TrpmendoUB dusi-.- I of this 'month your services will no estimated volume of "bootleg in Illicitof increase longer he required." unite in ono licao, Fired I John Simmons moved away traffic, the consumption 01 slowly, not knowing exactly where he liquor today is vastly les9 than was was going. Fired Presently. he was the consumption of liquor Deiore iru In his old haunt, the park, seated on a viKitinn A.rrests for drunkenness bench. He had forgotten his lunch. have decreased fifty percent; home Fired! ownerships have increased; aavi6to and according t John's head was In his hands. Half nova Increased, hour later he pulled himself together, of Commerce Hoover, proSecretary raised his head and looked about him. hibition Is the major factor in our John Simmons stirred, rose, started present prosperity. ff In a brlak walk. Perhaps he himTn make a success OI proniuinuu self was to blame. The more he . miut not be stampeded. We must thought of bis past, the mere con- assert ourselves and demand that the vinced he became. hikiiinn law should be respeciea. John Simmons smiled I It was grim n law abiding we must be total stalls, but It meant a great deal. It abstainers and we should assist in meant that he had turned bis back on i onfnrrement by reporting viola thirty blue years. It meant that now tion of the law. We must educate the with Lucille lest, chance lost. Job gone, with tolerance and kindness he was going to begin all over again. wnm "drv." We expected too Hereafter he was but there, on a of prohibition. We thought we bench, sat Lucille herself I John sat much remake our "weu in a could beside her, unasked. He didn't even nA aia not take human nature ana wonder what had become of Story. Its obstinacy Into account. Complete "Hello. Lucille. I Jnat got fired." must be a gradual deenforcement looked "Oh!" Lucille, up from her and it will be the natural velopment book. "Yon frightened me. But what's convincing of gradually that? You don't mean you're really outgrowth of fired? Why, there's not a better com- the "wets" of the Inevltableness of mercial artist' In the city. And Just prohibition, and of the advantage after you lost that big cbjance with being dry. If any one thinks prohibition is a the new company. It'a too bad. John. I'm sorry. Tve been having a fight " lenace to law observance In the nited States I respectfully submit she caught herself. It was only then that Lucille saw John's smile. "You thai I should sooner live in the "law are Just teaatng me," ahe said. less" America of today that In "Wet" John's smile broadened. "No, I England and I should like to rerer wasn't teasing. Here's the notice." the reader to the article, "Wet "But," he sdded, as her sympathy England and "Dry" America In the returned, "I think It's a mistake. I'm Literary Digest for March 13th, page going over the matter with the chief tw enty-elghen Monday, and bell see It as I do. I'll Yours respectfully, Calvin S. Smith. stay on the pay roll, all tight I feel K In my bones." LncUle's eyes widened. "Attaboy I" Mr. and Mrs. E. It. Shaw and Mrs. ahe applauded. John grew serious. "Hereafter I'm Sylvia Peters, spent Friday and Satgoing to expect the best and see to It urday In Salt Lake City. that I get It I lost. I mean I almoat lost my Job. 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