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Show H A URAVB SITUATION. B Jl. Jh a gruvo situation Hint con- BBpB fronts tlio people of Codardty right BBVB now. Wo arc, so to spouk, just ut tho BBVB forks of tho road, mid tho wliolo BBBV future of llio (own hugs in tho lml- BBBB imco. Tho question Unit confronts BBVJ iih la, "Shall luw, order and good BBBB oUizonship triumph, or shall wo glvo BBVJ up to tho lawloBH, Inohrlato olomout BBhM of tho community which la trying to BBVJ sot at naught tho ordlnuucos of tho BBhB city and bnlllo tho olfotts of tho ofll- BBVJ core of tho law when thoy sook to oil' BBBh forco thoin?" BBVJ Thuro 1h moro than tho question of BBBb prohibition involved lu tho porsont BBBj conflict--there aro all tho olomontH BBBb that divldo right and wrong. Any BBVJ portion who has liold jmtilio oillco, BBVJ oithor civil or ccohwiuatlcal, .in tho BBVJ muniuiimiity, thut Iiuh compelled BBVJ them to tako a stand for law and BBBg order, will have folt tho hi.luoiico of BBBa tho lawless element aiding, ubottlng BBVl and Hooking shield wrong doing in BBpJ any and all avonnoc. Porlinps this BBVJ condition prevails to hoiiio extent in BBflJ nil communities, and wo have no douitt that it does, hut iu mot.t .towns BBhM , in Utah tho inlhionco Is loss potent. BBVJ In all candor, wo aro forcod to nd- BBVl mit that IhiH t-ontlmont !h much moro BBhb iu evidence iu Cedar thuu tho .hotter BBVm inlhionco. It may not bo Htrongor, BBpJ and we are not willing to admit that BBVJ it is ; but it in moro active and alert, BBpJ and it is so much castor to drift with BBVJ tho current than it is to tako a stand BBb for right, law, justice unci manhood, BBVJ that tho majority of us wiom inclined BBVJ, ' to oithor stand aloof and say nothing I K"1- V - - r ' ur-'tlriff TtlreslBtingly dtiwu stream BBH with this oloiuont. J. A year ago hint July this trend J reucbed.u crisis that stiiuulatod tho J Indies of our community and somo of BBflJ tho moro stuid heads of fainillou to J tako a stand for prohibition of ,the BBS, wile of intoxicants and tho 011- BBWJ, courngomont of law and ordor. Ro- BBWj allzing that tho hydra-houdod mou- J tor, Drink, is ut tho bottom of nearly J all lawlessness, a foil blow wus aimed J ut it, which, iu tho municipal ejeo- J Hon of last November resulted iu tho J election of a mayor and city council J who were pledged to work for tho pro- hibltiou of thu Nile of Intoxicant, J and a city ordinance was drafted and J pnst-cd to that end. At tho polls tho J responsible cltlzons triumphed, but J from that vr,' day tlxs opposing J olomont resolved to prove the im- BBWj practicability of tho more, and as BpJ oou as tho salo of Intoxicants wus PPJ prohibited heie, they commenced BS Bonding away for alcoholic borerages J iu largo quantities, and ut tho tamo J timo circulating falMi roorts us to J tho enormous sums of money that J wore being f-cnt away from Cedar PPJ every wook for loo.o. Every means PPJ Mas rosoited to by which to obtain PPj intoxicants, and all tho display pos PPJ slblo has boon made of its effects PPJ in order to prove that tho conditions PPJ vroro not improved by prohibition. PPJ And when an arreht Is made for the PPJ infraction of tho law, tho court-room PH is throngod with sympathizers of the PH defendant, who attempt to joor and as PPJ fur as thoy daro bully tho olllioers of PB tho PPJ It is a timo when tho hotter class PH of citizens iu Cedar should stand for PPJ their convictions. If conditions aro PPJ , allowed to rovert bade to where they HI 1 vroro a year ago tho success of our PH' chorishod institution tho Hrauch PH Normal will bo jeopardized, tho PH youth will bo surrounded by evil and BP ' temptation and tho whole future of PP tho town will bo placed on the altar; PPf for good citizens will not care to rear PP families iu a community where the PB evil iulluonco predominates, drinking BBJ and carousing runs riot and it is uu- BBJ safo to vonluro outside of your own BBj door-yard for fear of boiug bold up at BBJ tho muzzle of a gun lu tho hands of BBJ somo young miscreant whose brain BH lias boon tired with drink. A strong BBl pressure is being brought to bear to P forco tho issuing of liquor licenses BB again. The city council requires your PH ncouragomont and moral Fiipport. 1 """"" Hi will you tako part iu tho light for tho preservation of tho community? |