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Show STRAIGHT TALK Salt Lake and the University of Utah are again in the limelight. This time it is a corking scheme of William Leary, dean of the law school, for the joint use of the university and Fort Douglas Doug-las as a West Point of the west. The plan seems to be to have students receive the purely educational educa-tional side of their training at the U and the military features at the fort. Army officers are declared to have expressed their belief that tho plan is feasible. Mr. Leary is entitled to a heap of credit for the idea. But wouldn't it be a good plan to be sure that the University of Utah can pass muster as an American institution? Remembering that Denver is "dry" a recent item in the Rocky Mountain News is of considerable consid-erable interest. Under a headline which declared that during the month of March last a total of 5,181 packages of intoxicants were received in Denver and that the value of the liquor so shipped was $50,810, the article says: "Liquor shipments into Denver from outside points during the month of March were tabulated by Deputy W. S. Lail of the county clerk and recorder's re-corder's office, yesterday, the result being 5,181 individual shipments. At 25 centt a shipment the city and county received $1,290.50. "The liquor shipments for February totaled 2,-8G8 2,-8G8 shipments, while there were 804 shipments in January. Clerk Lail accounts for tho rapid increase in-crease by the fact that those who provided for "rainy day" now are exhausting their supply. "Few shipments run under $5 in the value of the liquors, and many of them run as high as $25. With an average of $10 to the shipment, it is estimated that the value of goods shipped in for March was $50,810." No wonder the chap from Denver will say, "We should worry!" when you ask him about prohibition. The latter part of last month when tho members mem-bers of the guard were preparing for their Journey Jour-ney to the Mexican border a few citizens of Og-den Og-den conceived the idea of purchasing a two-ton gasoline motor truck for the use of troop B of the First cavalry, troop B being the Ogden contingent. con-tingent. With the usual celerity of Ogden boosters boost-ers some one carried a subscription list down tho street and back again. A total of $2,825 was the result of the trip, the sum being raised among eleven people. And then someone had the temerity te-merity to approach a high city official. Termerlty is right! He looked the list over and remarked re-marked that he 'believed tho supplying of the truck was the duty of the government. Sure, everyone agreed with him but the government neglected to supply it. His remark was a wet blanket on the scheme and the Ogden boys went to the border "truckless." The gentleman who occupies the office will undoubtedly be one of the most popular citizens in Ogden when the troop returns. Meantime much credit is due to the following who evidenced their boosting boost-ing spirit by signifying their willingness to contribute: con-tribute: F. J. Kiesel, $250; G. L. Becker, $250; H. L. Bigelow, $250; James Pingree, $250; C. A. Day, $250; G. T. Lowe company, $250; John Scow-croft Scow-croft & Sons Company, $250; Ogden Packing & Provision company, $250; Browning Brothers company, $250; Utah Construction Company, $250; Amalgamated Sugar Company, $325. Headed by some'one named Earl J. Glade, the same bunch of lily whites who sometime ago set themselves apart to conduct the affairs of the state and curb the personal liberties of Its good citizens, recently organized for the open season of that delectable organization known as the ' Prohibition and Betterment League, of which the sweet singer of the Wasatch, Heber J. Grant, is president. Following tho meeting of the executive ex-ecutive committee, Heber J. Grant announced that he would at once take the stump in behalf of statewide prohibition, his annual threat which he usually carries out by a series of set speeches containing the statistics he has gathered during the years in which he has been occupied in telling tell-ing other people how to live while setting them i perfect example. This year they seem to have a new recruit in tho Rev. George E. Davies, and that is the only name unfamiliar to those who have noted the antics of the league since its inception. A committee com-mittee has been appointed to conduct the campaign cam-paign consisting of B. F. Grant, character assassin assas-sin and ex-rounder, who will be remembered as the late head of the rottenest police department Salt Lake ever had; H. G. Whitney, manager of the paper, a former employee of which collected the rents from the'Dunbar club during the Grant administration until the exposes became so numerous nu-merous that the place was forced to close; Lon J. Haddock, Oscar A. Kirkham and John F. Bowman, Bow-man, three gentlemen all of whom afford amuse- ment to the public whenever they begin to re- v form it. And besides these, there are others scattered all over the state just as broad in their views and just as persistent in their fanaticism in regard to the liquor question as tho others, though, we hope, more consistent than B. F. Grant. j By the way, B. F., have you settled that beer bill at the brewery yet? Some of those on the committee are probably sincere in the work they have in hand, and are just as regardless of the property and personal rights of others as the average long-haired gentlemen gen-tlemen and short haired women in tho game, but they aren't very careful of the company they keep when the committee is headed by B. F. Grant, who is starting a little late in life to be , a reformer and who would have done better by i tho community to have begun hi campaign at home years ago. |