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Show BIG RAID IS MADE ON ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS Sixteen Alleged Violators of the Law Scheduled for Arrest. Consternation reigned in very fact throughout the north and central parts of Emery county the past week and there is some evidence, that a bit of the same fine feeling had extended ex-tended to the south end of the county before the end of the week. As a result, re-sult, Emery county is notoriously "dry" dryer than she has been for a long time. Eight arrests in the county for alleged violation of the liquor laws and some ten more to follow within the next few days is reason enough for consternation in the camps of all those who hav tampered with whisky in any way. Things had come to a bad pass in Emery county as far as the liquor traffic is concerned, and it was very evident that some drastic steps would have to be taken if conditions were to be improved. Accordingly, the county attorney and the sheriff set about to plan the housecleaning immediately after the first of the year. They have continud hard at work, and as a result the sixteen "bootleggers" of various ages and conditions have been caught in the net, and their case's are being attended to as fast as possible. All of the sixteen have not yet been placed under arrest, but the evidence of alleged al-leged infraction of the law is understood under-stood to be such as make for "cinch" cases against every one. Little fear of any of those under surveilance trying try-ing to get away seems to be entertained entertain-ed by the officers and for good reason: any attempt at a get-away would but give additional weight to the evidence. ; The fireworks began Monday morn ing with the arrest of two of the number num-ber at Orangeville. Both of these have since pleaded guilty and been fined by Justice Reid of that precinct. Six more were arrested at Huntington I Thursday evening and yesterday, but all have not been arraigned. One is fighting the case there and his trial took, up the greater part of yesterday afternoon and will be continued today. Other arrests will be made in Castledale Castle-dale and Clawson, and possibly Fer-ron. Fer-ron. Arraignments will be made in each case as soon after arrest as possible, pos-sible, but it may be well into next week before all the arrests are made. Pretty stiff fines are expected in each case, popular sentiment against the trivial fines that used to be exacted exact-ed and which merely encouraged the continued infraction of the law, having become quite pronounced here as well as in other parts of the state. It is a case of "first offense" in most of the present instances, ' but the breaking of the law has become so flagrant that light fines will not generally be countenanced. coun-tenanced. We have purposely refrained from printing the names of those who happen hap-pen to be in the meshes of the law this time, as they are first offenders for most part, but the next single offender or bunch of offenders will not be spared. Publicity is one, and not the least, of the penalties of law-breaking and is recognized as such by government govern-ment authorities who never fail to give offenders of . the federal laws a good dose of this publicity medicine, and we do not propose to shield any offender in the future. |