| Show feasibility OF the news has no intention ing sides at this time on the P pra tion issue which has just been n in the municipal campaign in lal it is an issue of party political arena which this paper does not nota to enter but misrepresent misrepresentation atio fact are being made which we it should be corrected they relate to editions in the town named durt dur liari mer attempts at enforcing pro there it is not true that drun drunkenness kenn immorality were rife in the to ing the period of about two a from 1882 to 1884 over which exa the efforts of the city govern governments menti enforce prohibition as reco recounted yesterdays news H hundreds e ol 01 zens of the place will testify t tin officers during that pe period I 1 were in enforcing the law against artt I 1 ness and that intoxicated perso gersoni almost invariably arrested pro prom found in public under circum art that warranted such action y police court records to which fai way the news has full L i acce access not show an excessive number bojc arrests in proportion to the size c town As to cases of immoral cond conduct could reasonably be credited to policy of prohibition then bed belaj sued by the city gove rail there was not one that came to public notice is true that there was liquor sold surreptitiously all during the time named but t the e ig city was not large nor were the sumers numerous the officers officer vigilant detectives were much 0 simein time in the employ of the city ing for evidence and the sellers seller eTl extremely cautious in fatt traffic was restricted to the vefa practical prohibition in the police court numerous supported by proof strong e enu hang a man had been made every person in the town engaged in the traffic and territorial supreme court de logan city possessed prohibitory powers these dealers would all have been compelled to pay numerous heavy fines besides undergoing repeated sentences of imprisonment their traffic would have been broken zip up because they would have been in jail in other words the only reason why prohibition prohibit ibn was not made absolutely effective in logan was waa bei because pause the supreme court denied that the city government possessed the legal right to enforce it |
