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Show WHAT PEOPLE ' i MK ABOUT People are" very much inclined to talk , about matterB on which they do not have complete Information and this is probably due to the fact that they are anxious to acquire more knowledge of the real facts at Issue In matters where the facts are well known and there Is no secret in connection con-nection therewith the people take DUt little Interest But a live topic of conversation Just at present among the wise ones who have their ears to the ground is ibat of the "underground railroad", from Montana and Wyoming Into Utah. Now this is a matter of which the general public has no knowledge ad those who are doing the talking 1 now but little, rut they have thought a creat deal and with their, imaglna-, nels on the road 'that day and they had not been wised tip that the "kins-can "kins-can do no wrong," and they unwittingly unwit-tingly arrested him and confiscated the booze. Of course this made 'th bootlegger yery wrath for he had alW ready arranged for protection witM the higher-ups. Those two deputies will be fired at an early date for Improperly discharging the duties of their, office. They also say that the license tax that the bootleggers now have to pay is almost prohibitive. There are so . many, it is said,' who are entitled to a rake off. According to the reports the surplus revenue now derived from the sale goes Into the pockets of the protectors. " Now for this there Is no foundation so far as we know other than talk. It may all be the product of some fertile fer-tile imagination, but there are those j who say and no doubt believe that such a system is In operation and that there Is quite a little profiteering In this business. About this we do not know, but we do believe that booze is getting scarcer and weaker In, Bingham. tions have coupled up a story of ncre than p-sslng Interest. This so-ca'lcd so-ca'lcd underfc-ound Is not In reality a su;)way or even a railroad at all, but ! It Is a system by which whiskey is I transported with safety from those states to various arid sections of the 'state. The people who are talking do ! not know the exact location of the I main trunk line, but af r this state Is reached there are runy branch, lines which penetrate tin communities communi-ties where lintild refreshments are j I In demand. This railroad like many others has a ; resident, a board of dl-ectors, traffic traf-fic managers and frlecds at court. Of course we do not know anything about this, but the people sav that there are a number of public nfficers who arc connected with th- organization organiza-tion and tbat the revenue they collect Is something enormous. They are "silent" partners end their duty is to see that afl cars carrying booze for the Great Company ere allowed to pass without being molested. The main public highways of this state are now guarded by officers to see that automobiles laden with booze do not get by) So It Is easy to see what one company can do ohould It have these officers as profit sharing associates. They say that the handling hand-ling of such a concern though It Is one of difficulty, because there Is a danger of some of the officers who ere not connected with the business being located at the wrong place, or that new and uninitiated officers may be placed on duty. Such things happen you know, and Uiey say that such a thing did actually actu-ally happen. Not In this county, but in an other county where booze lovers live. The king of the bjotlcggprs was pacing through that county with a cargo of good. Unfortunately two new deputies were acting as sent!- |