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Show ance of the weight THE UPliOVEUENf so sentiment; therefore, while not do many of Logans citizens consider it a moral, offense to partake temperately of drinks that, taken to excess, produce intoxication, a prohibition law cannot gain the general support that alone can assure its success. THE GREATEST PUBLIC QUESTION J of public The question of the hour in this city is, shall Logan go wet or dry at the election on Tues-- . Moreover, those who advocate prohiday.? ..Which would he the bet temperance,rather-tha- n ter, viewed from the moral side bition, resent the efforts of of the question and this is the those theorists who expect ""by side the Improvement ..League law to make all men conform to has under consideration, when their standards to prescribe its what it conscientiously declares has they shall either eat, drink since it belief that sincere or wear, under penalty of makbeen proven conclusively that ing them appear in the light of we are dry in jname only, that criminaLoffenders, worst liquor. andJhai-jrtJhMany membera of the-- - abives hidden in riot runs kind, League are total and out of the way places in provement stainers; just as many of those every section of the city, it active in the Betterment League, would be far better, infinitely not. In other respects they more promotive of temperance, are as are just as goodare citizens, law and vastly more of a protection equally heavy taxpayers, to the youth, to have a properly abiding,-just as anxious to relicensed establishment ruff' Am-d- move temptation of all kind3 strict regulation and where from the of old and young. it can be under the immediate There is path no essential difference supervision of the police. in motive, but only in method. Shall we vote for an ideal imApparently the dry advocates possible of realization, or hon- believe that to taboo a custom estly recognize conditions as they consider evil, to legislate they exist? , against it and then, despite all The fact, ILwe are honest en evidence to the-- contrary, to deugh to confess and strong en- clare it banished, kills ft on the ough to fage it, is thatthere is spot; but the others, having a demand so large as fo require their eyes open, know .that it largf supply, andilKieOgen still lives and will continue "to and Salt Lake are wet, will be live, and moreover will still obsupplied. Prior to the time the tain ample nourishment so long Punk Bill went into effect, nearly as the custom declared a crime one thousand resident of this here, is tolerated and supplied in s city, had- occasionaLconsign-"mentthe chief"citfes of -- the estate, of beer or liquors ship- which are plenty close enough to and them to generally ped act as supply depots, soeakingthis was not the poDr. Widtsoes intimation that lice court element, whose de licensed andshaeensupplied by 4ihKmrider-ofwhiske- y the bootleggers, TThe shipping! barrels, and that of those who records of the various breweries will vote for them, some are and liquor houses of Utahs and some are ignorant, chief cities conclusively prove fooled, as the gratuitous slurs well as the extent of Logans legitimate of the Betterment League, can demand, and the fact that sixty be passed with the contempt three Federal licenses have been merit. What we are wil issued to residents of Logan and they ,. i.n oaaert as a foregone indicates the extent of , ig that on Tuesday next trsd6 To ciulon oi th& ,cl?f they will miss their best, friends LEAGUE INTERAND THE LIQUOR ESTS BECOME EASTER newspapers ThetwoLogan to . have offered their columns the discussion of .the issues involved in the coming - election. -- e ' er ; The Improvement League,' however, is not content with this, because there is. not sufficient opportunity for slander, so they enlist the services of thfe Ogden Examiner for two days. If this is true, then something has been wrong with the enforce ment of law. Until one promise has been fulfilled, how can we place any confidence in premises to give us a well- regulated saloon? Especially is this true when the promises come from the same source. We are told bow bad Logan is and how many boot leggers it contains,. How many arrests of bOQtdeggers have been made dur ing the last year? Why has the number of federal licenses increased to 63? In Ogden, which has open saloons and regulation; many more arrests in; proportion to, ' population, were made than were made'liF"! sTmirar time ini Logan.. The people are not going to be deceived on this proposition. They dont expect to' undo- in five or six years what has developed in Logan for fifty years, but they do expect to make progress.The Betterment League believes ye have made progress, it condemns the misrepresentations that are being made, and it nsists that we make progress m the future, but we cant do if the saloon. jy The Improvement League .ells us that the consumption - FRIENDS . make him drunk paper knqwn tobe controlled by liquor men and generally recognized also as spokesman of the liquor interests in this state, to do their business. Not only this, )ut the members of the League are not willing to write up their material so they bring into Logan a reporter from the Ogden taper. This gentleman has a rief conference with omniscient leaders of the Campaign Aere, makes a few hasty interviews and then proceeds to paint he town in the blackest colors, ne-"ari- - NEWS. ITEMS from. the. tt tCuntiuued from page one) ' region.- - Ihe mails have just brought a copy of Bulletin No. 352 issued by the Department Technology of. Cornell Universof-So- il ity written by Dr. F. S. Hams Col- of the Utah Agricultural .Varialege on the Effects of on .Content, Moisture in tions t Certain Properties of a Soil and on the Growth ot Wheat. has been Our - attention Annual to Report of the drayn the British Chemical - Society which Jias just reached-u- sl IFbre'aTtHwritteir'bDr-J.-- E. Greaves, head. ot. the De- partment ot Bacteriology A Dr. Robert Stewart, head. of. the Department ot Chemistry, and Prof. John Stewart, Assistant Professor ot Chemistry all of the College of Agricultural " Utah. Dr. Thomas C. Trueblood read Ingomar, to a select ahd appreciative audience at the Logan Tabernacle Monday evening. Dr. Trueblood is a master of the art. an his and was fuli of merit. 'ridicule for le brings up Let.us Give you a Pointer slander the city, administration; 6f liquor in Logan is increasTuesday morning af the ColIn Painting SthatjUW Buggy. .he County officials, the State in ing, If so, why in the name of lege he gave n excellent lecMake It look like liew. We furstitution, the Church, the Demo- coipmon sense are the liquor ture on The Construction of nish the the Dressing, $i crats add Republicans.Inrfaet he men of Ogden and Salt Lake' SpeechV to an audieftceof one bruslA k8Painty sand " paper for in summer and le does not leave a stone unturn- spending time and money hiindred fifty if. This offer one for good ed in hi malicious muck-rakindghting 'prohibition in Logan? school students and townspeo. at Three thousand, or more, No one so far, has risen to ex- ple. Preliminary to his lecture- - tteek, We suggest sthat he explained the work of, xthe :free copies of the paper are plain this. scattered-broadc- ast hen Socioiies Jn hose citizens whbvrknowany American-Pea- ee .hroughout the city.. These cop- bootleggers in Logan, go over giving prizes each year for the es together with the regular cop :o the City officers and see if best oration delivered before a THE REXALL STORE ies of the paper which go ;heir names are not found on peaCe conference held at Lake the Catskill . Moun hroughout the state will give us he list of those who signed the Mohawk-ia fine reputation wont they? petition for a liquor election. tainsrHe read extracts from NOTICE OP INTENTION TO TAX affd yetthey callthemselvesthe Just one more statement. 1 It preLeague Thatcher one of our present congressNotice i hereby given by the Improvement about the-'- Moses tends to throw around the young speech. A number . havefeeen men, which won the decision Board of City Commissioners of Lopeople of this city its kind and compalining because weaid not over other excellent orations in gan City. JJtah, of tlie intention of protecting care and to teach put in the date ofthe Hyrum an oratorical contest held, at such Board to make the following them loyalty, patriotism and speech. If thatwere important Michigan University, where improvement, To lay and construct a six inch citizenship. Nor is this all. They we regret wd" did not put it in. Mr. Mace was studying law. He concrete pavement twelve feet wide the town exhibiting go around When Moses Thatcher talked also spoke in high commendathe middle of the alley, from names of prominent citizens before the Constitutional con- tion of the excellent oration of along First North Street to Second North whom they claim to be importers tention he opposed state wide Professor Josiah E. Hickman Street through Block 19, Plat A, City Survey, in Street Paving secured by a clausejbich ereated such a profound Logan the eettre of liquor.This is childish. tail to et District No. 3, according to the plans oL Lo- prohibition voters the before favored Unitbut constitution the them sensation in the throughout and profiles on file in the office of the bootlegger vote to help gan is not whether members of local option. When he talked in ed States at the time of its de- City Engineer, and to defray the cost vote the town dry. the Betterment League or memhe was dealing with a livery at the Michigan Uni- and expense thereof, estimated at Finally, we appeal to the votof bers of the Improvement League Hyrum Hundred ($1200.00) Dollars local question and favored pro- versity. He said that had it not Twelve ers that this is a question by a local assessment upon the lots, is hibition. It or beer. ' drink heartwhiskey most of of one been for We the prejudice agree blocks and of land affected sense rather than of sentiment. whether Logan shall take a step son the judges Professor Hick- and benefitedpieces said by improvement, Shall we vote for an ideal that backward and reestablish the sa ily with Mr. Thatchers was a dear friend of mans oration would have been he that has proved impossible and. is defol loon' with all the evils which The East Thirty five (35) feet is why we given first place over all his filed in scores of low places ev low in its wake. Some of the young people. .That Lot ( 3 ) ; the East Thirty five Jr his Professor prohibition opponents. have published Scott, (35) Three feet of Lot 6; Block 19, Plat , I ery day, or for respectable regu same people who are at presen author of many English text A, Logan City Survey less that por1 lation of a traffic that, regret conducting the campaign for the speech. on books and Commitee, cannot tion of said lots heretoEngPublicity and i authority (3) (6) table though it may be, months over liquor interests, eighteen LOGAN BETTERMENT lish Rhetoric and Composition, fore conveyed to Logan City and besuccessful teeoppreBed. Thinkof itreason a conducted of said alley; also begincity ago said that Mr. Hickmans ora- ing aatpart calmlyi in the .light a point 12.. feet East of the ning election. At that time their can- LEAGUE. an of was an without tion South-weHere is the experience absolutely corner of Lot 2, Block 19, and established facts. didates made the following pled officer law. equal" among those delivered Plat A, Logan City Survey, thence the in enforcing OF COMMITTEE PUBLICITY ges; (These pledges are taken i North 120 feet, thence East Two and IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE from the files of the Logan Jour- Read it and then ask yourself by other contestants. one half ( 2 ) feet, thence North whether regulation regulates J. C. Hogenson, State leader One hundred ' seven and nal). not: or and girl club work (177.5) feet, seventy of the East Twenty boys thence PERHAPS THIS WILL our we enforce will If elected lf five and 1915. Lehi June from 22, returned Provo feet, thence-SoutCity, Tuesday BETTER YOU SUIT (25) laws of prohibition to the limit. Five Hundred Four deNinety on where Sunday night he and Drunken men will not Mr, R. J. Evans, (594.5) feet, thence West livered lecture an illustrated To The Betterment League Thirty (30) feet to being Logan, Utah. be allowed to 'drive automobiles on boys and in Lot 2 and Lot 7,beginning, So you dont attach much Block 19, Plat (lantern slides) Dear Sir: or lawlesour on walk streets, or club work to an audience A, Logan City Survey. importance to the Col. tolerated. In answer to your letter, will girls All protests and objections to the over four hundred people. of statement with regard to sness in anyofform ansthese promises say that I, am pleased to In out of such 'intention must spite carrying Zone? Canal Last week, Professor Hogen- be presented prohibition in the tell us that any boy over wer your questions. in writing, stating they the of think do B. I. Well what Ball, therein Lot anjd Block you or description, will pro- son, accompanied by of sixteen who has a relaw the The age prohibition Gran- of property toHhe City Recorder, on of club work following report of one of the putation for discretion and the hibit supervisor a as just as .effectively or before the 19th day of July, 1915. most intelligent committees in inclination, can obtain enough laws on our ite District, visited the club other Board of Commissioners at great many' a made which has members in Garfield and Pleas- its The the world, in firfteen minutes to statute books. first regular meeting thereafter, liquor the of question ant Green. Ninety-eigthorough study the 19th day of July, 1915, I will say as to Lehi, I was cent of the" boys visited. per Di- at 5 oclock p. m., will consider the Norwegians Wrestle With Liq- L City Marshal for a couple of rector levy, and hear and considuor Question; Commission Hogenson says, are proposed er such protests and objections .to terms under high license and working at some under task .Reports. strict regulations. I also served their supervision. Next Wed- said improvement as shall have been Christiania, June 19. An after the nesday afternoon Professor made. a couple of terms By order of the Board of City alcohol commission which was At that time ;own went dry. will give a canning Commissioners of Logan City, Utah, Hogenson C appointed three years ago to wets and dry were pretty well demonstration to the Jne girls of this 24th day0f investigate certain conditions I feel safe in North WM. EVANS, JR., but divided, today has Logan. reforms recommend and . City Recorder. saying that Lehi is ninety-fiv- e and minUtah. City, Logan cent just issued majority commission dry. per - Date of first publication, June 26, TENTS FOR CAMPING ority reports. The . 1915. to In And as Utah advt. County The members. consisted of nine vio is little there very general, P.. M. Tfr. the Neilson, prowhich is signmajority report lation of the liquor law and gressive harness dealer of 127 ed by six members, advises CLASSIFIED ADS crime has decreased fifty per South Main, has added to his against the import and manucent. and harness but saddlery complete facture of brandy spirits, RENT Three furnished rooms deEffective prohibition stock, a fine line of tents of all FOR would have the sale of spirits Phone 7,27 J. officsizes, which will be sold at pends entirely upon the subjected to the same rigid SHARPENED connot FOR officers SALE are the reasonable Advt. First Class Milch Cow. ers, if figures. laws which are now in force in 354 Phone J. it then to verted with prohibition Sweden in "accordance advertise- does not prohibit. BOOMING GUNS BIG out cut this will If you FOR SALE Bratske Three head of what is known as the " ON W ESTERN FRONT good workCHEAP ment and bring it to our whisat 93 horses. to limthe catch Enquire In order to themost rigid store on or before system 4th West North, Logan. itations. The majority report key vender the officers must Paris, June 24. The , follow-in- g FOR SALE Large Gooseberries, also favor the Swedish system put in more time and lay deepofficial communication was Raspberries and Cherries, Phone er plans in order to convict for the sale of beer, according tooffice issued Fred Datwyler, war the misby other 1 does for he than beer which the any to betepv v night: TOR SALE 4 room brick house demeanor, percent of alcohol by Aveight is In the region to the north of with 1 room frame. Lot 3x9. As you well know I am not a sold free of restrictions. We are local agents for but I am thor- Arras there have been no in- Good location. Enquire at this office. There are two minority rethe marvelous safety Razor religious man, Our FOR SALE rat 56 West 3rd North, actions today. and to oughly converted from my ex- fantry ports. One is signed by two Sharpening evpcrt ofhisOmaha, themhave one Universal Range, Perfection troops organized work we are perience that just as soon as members and recommends pro- further topopularize Oil in Stove, three burners. Cheap f selves the diposiof hatO conquered si booze your safety you drive out you :cOT hibition by local veto; the going , A lively cannonade oc- - cash. razor blades sharpened for you minish crime in all its forms. tions. of Samlag, place dispensing FREE OF CliAUC.F. FOR SLE, OH TRADE for Small And as to saloons creating curred in the section of Bring as many blades 'as you wish liquors, to be allowed to import ' acres and farm, my home of 2 to see unable am Hone we I Bui nett will have business any nd mem and sell spirits. The third i improvements, north of fair grounds, and night ...JJhfijassmsJsst E rflrfi R E iT BNB UECH E R , L g a If there are any other ques-tio- n today veryc viol en tty bombard n Vkk mends total prohibition, pr, the regular, prices chatged for Ihe cut and the mire tustle has wire I would be glad to answer edBerry-Au-Bathat the prohibtion of distilled balance of them. brand. ..on.back right of Sapigneull neighborhood them, . About seveii year8 old GIve infor Single Edge spirits be decided by referenThis bombardment caused us mation Your trulv. to Olif I. Peterson, 198 West Dozen dum. Bla'lfs. 5th South and be rewarded. only insignificant losses. HENRY EAST, Double Norw The Edge egian government In the Vosges at- Fontenelle, Sheriff of Utah county, Utah. Blades. Dozen Store, consent a commission to the Unit"German attack was repulsed FOR SALEof Mercantile a Goods, Notions, sisting Dry ed States two years ago to The Germans have bombarded Gents... Furnishings, Millinery,, etc.,, of most of A buying policy Co. the things j'ou need at stores the outskirts of Metzeral and well established trade. Will sell study prohibition and other CacheValley stock and building with four living legislative condition affecting that advertise is equal to an in- the ridges to the east of" the rooms. VVr K. WATSON, Manager the liquor business in the Retiring on account of old our has where progress surance policy against inflated village, at this office. age. Enquire United States. continued to a slight degree. C prices IMPROVEMENT- - LEAGUE. per-fomaii- -- - g, RiterBros,DrugCo. n to-w- it: con-vicinit- y, otr. ol'prsSttostsSed doctors. remedy. by the favorite a been has It In Thursdays issue of the local papers appeared a statement made by Attorney H. G. Nebe-ke- r, inferring that drunkenness, both of adults and minors, was more common, and violations of the liquor laws more frequent before, than since prohibition went into effect. This is the true record s .hown'by the dockets of. the police and juvenile courts; . - Two hundred thirty one ardrunkenness for adults rests of in nine years under license, while during the four years of prohibition, there have been 330 arrests for the same offense. In two years under license, ten drunkenness, boys were arrested for while in 191S114,56 boys have been arrested. , Mr, Nebeker and the records do not seem to agree, but the record is official, and would be accepted in any court in the land. Mr. Neteker also assumes, if correctly reported, that the passage of the Webb. Funk and Nuisance and Abatement laws render the enforcement of prohibition laws effective and oasy. so They have had but one effect the raise to is far, and that bootleggers price of beer, which is bulky and therefore more expensive totransport, than when it could be shipped by rail. It still remains an irrefutable effact that in order to prove befective, any law must have hind it and as its sustaining force, a very heavy preponder- - 1 le .t Ur The-questio- -- ; st 5-- 10 one-ha- h 5-- 10 Goe-tha- ls -- ht F to-w- it, I Six Safety Ex-Offi- Razor Blades FREE -- s -- Sat. July 5th 1-- 4 ir M to-w- it: X THEATRE Bur-net- C. -- TONIGHT 25c 35c Who Pays? Drug , Z3 a-- y- |