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Show I StIZENS MASS MEETING. rseffiriSflTBflJcisKUt V MSitJ Nigkl. SljIIcU Liquor TruUlc Discussed and fH ResoiHtlok Adopted for Its ',' Discontinuance. A? jU Wednesday night In tbeTabornaole wk large number of Cedar's citizens .et In mass moating called by tbe' !J3otnmero!Bl Olub to talk aver ways ;',jiod neana for the .aurtailing aud .uiliminatlog pt be illegal llqucr rafflo. TboBe preaent were en- iiaaiastlo and the uieetlng was ono of the beat ever held along thla line President Leigh of the Commercial Toifeb had tbe meeting in ohargo and .jafter announolng the reaaon for tbo 'call of the meeting Boated that a program that bad been arranged would be given, after wblob the dla- . 'ouseion of the question would bo bad. .,.The seeral spaakers gave very em- . 'phatlo talks and worKod up a sentl Dientilnutbe people for the gowning of thfsdogradlng traffioln liquor. Immediately uppn ahe completion of the program "Mayor Woodbury .'offered tbe following resolution : Resolved by The Citizens of Cedar City in Mass Meeting Assembled. THAT whereas varioua persona in lour olty are ensaged dispensing liquor Illegally, and , WppSREAS !b$4Htbodfl employed! vby snob" praooi, street Ruah , nature that detention -and cpavjotlpn are "very dllfloplt of acompllalata'ent.-., rf . THEREFORE BR. IT RESOLVED V.that we, Citizens of Cedar Olty, hero , and now pledge ourselves to aid and j assist In the suppression of thla lu- lgZZ," .mona practice, , r . Tbt to aooomplisb this, we will' . employ suuh means its tbe gravity of tbo situation iu oor judgment wananta. That we will organize ourselves to carry into eifoct tbe Bpirit of this resolution. After the adoptiou of this resolution it was passed around among those BBSombled nud somo 250 signatures attached. The motiou was then tcatlo that a oommitteo of soven bo appointed to canvas tbo town to seauro more signatures to the resolution. Upon the carryinK of tho motion tbo ProB-idont ProB-idont appointed seven raou and in-atrnntod in-atrnntod them to attend to tbo matter at ouco. Another motion was mude nud carried that 15 men be fappointod as ' a cqmmlttoe to work to tho end that ellloit trafQlo iq liquor bo stopped. A request was mado that tho pbysiaians of tho town be requested to refuse to write persori ptiona for liquor unless, tho physician went to tbe person for whom tbe liquor was wanted, and In bis judgment saw it was needed. Dr. Ronlsou, being present, was asked If be would be willing to do thla and bis answer was In tbe affirmative. The oura-mltee oura-mltee of 15 or a representative ot that ooinmitee will wait upon Dr. Qreen and endeavor to get him to aot In the same manner. It la expected ex-pected that this will be one flood step toward tbe aurtalling of tbe die- ' penalng of whisky or other Intoxi cants. At tbe oloae of tbe mass meeting an appaiptment was made for Sunday afternoon for tho oommttoo of 15 to meet and arrange eome plan of pro. oeedure. At that time tbo question will bo taken np in all its pbra&es and tbe beat plan possible taken for tbe eliminating ot the salo of liquor in Codar. |