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Show i ' TRAFFIC IS LIQUOR U. MIT CEASE ' j Betterment League is Organized and Members Are Determined to Rid the City ofltooMegging i COMMITTEE DELIVERS ULTIMATUM ,; Makes Personal Call on Several i, , Persons Thought-to be Handling Hand-ling Liquor Gives Warning '1 '" f The wholesale selling of liquor .ir ' and the frequency of intoxicated Y !'"'' persons upon the streets has '$ reached such a point that in- ;$: flamed law-abiding citizens $$W , cun no ln&'er tolerate condi- ftjKi.f' tions, and for several weeks vill meetings have bgen frequently vl " held for the purpose of deciding 'toS Et on some plan of action. ti p. The matter came to a climax "d fe Monday afternoon when a meet- 3 K i"S attended by nearly fifty of 'If ' the leading citizens of the city ,,1 J met at the city hall and adopted 5"! the resolution above, pledging f- themselves to use every cossible fe. , means to stop the sale of liquor ' and intoxication on the streets ft of the city. fc , After the pledge had been S disposed of, U. T. Jones was 'ft chosen as spokesman, and those fit nresent went in a body to the , ft Palace Drug Store and the Cedar i M Oity Drug Store and informed the proprietors that the delega- ition had reason to believe fliat : y liquor was being sold in violation 'f of the law, and made it plain : sssp that any further violation of the L law woujd mean prosecution. I The committee also visited Andrew'Corry, proprietor df the j stage line ,to Lund, and ordered ! him to cease transporting! pack- t ages containing liquors, on the j stage line. I Another meeting was hold Tuesday night at which severa I new members were added to the League and the pledge signed. 'j A resolution was passed to the f effect that hereafter all whode- f sire to' Enroll with the Uerue 11 YiOMttinupdoajiji.) t Iv TRAFFIC IN LIQUOR MUST CHASE (Continued from first page.) in the work it has set cut to do, must make an application to the board of governqrs of the commercial com-mercial club, who will determine their fitness for membership and make.a.report to-tho League.- -. A resolution was passed asking ask-ing the, city council to pass an ordinance whereby the license of druggists may be revoked and the further right to do business denied. The officers of the commercial com-mercial club were requested to arrange for a public mass meeting meet-ing of citizens at some date in the near future, and to secure speakers for the occasion. As can be seen by reading the resolution, res-olution, the leading citizens of the city are determined to puta stop to the illegal selling and boot-legging of liquor which has reached adisgraceful stage, and also al-so to drunkenness and other vices. If an intoxicated individual is seen upon1 the streets he may expect to be arrested and prosecuted, pros-ecuted, for on every hand will e found men pledged to swear out a complaint against him. The steps taken are most drastic, but are the result "of the inability in-ability of the offiicers to effect convictions of those who sell liquor illegally, and the increasing increas-ing number pi drunks seen upon the streets. |