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Show rNEAR PELICAH PUT Skorlff J. D. Boyd 'and deputies plalnod. that bootlegging and tampor-found tampor-found one of tho moat elaborate stills lng with boozo Is an extremely dan- I yet discovered in Ulan county last Thursday on tho "Dock" Cooloy ranch south of Pelican Point on Utah c Lake. A. H. Moonoy was arrested at t the place and along with some of the I ovldcnco was taken to Provo. Tho sheriff's olllco rocolved Information 1 that led up to tho arrest from somo c American Fork hunters, who accident- ly ran Into tho dugout containing tho J still when their auto broko down out 1: there. a Moonoy, who states that he is from r Louisvillo, Ky., was taken before t juuge jamcs n. xucKcr iriany morn- n lng and plcadod guilty to having In- p toxlcatlng liquor In his possession. Ho was given tho option of serving t 90 days In tho county jail or paying $299. Not having sufllclcnt fundB with which to pay tho lino, Moonoy t was remanded to tho custody of tho b sheriff. o The plant confiscated by tho ofllc- t ors was ono of tho most pretentious 01 stills yet taken by mombers of tho M local sheriff's forces. It consisted of a 25 gallon boiler with double condon- ti sets, coolers, a gasollno storo with cl (containers, etc. In tho plant thero 01 wore from 250 to 300 gallons of mash M and 15 or 20 gallons of moonshlno m whisky, all of which was destroyed, w "Wo had a hard trip but I guess it w i was worth It," said Sheriff Boyd, In ' explaining that he and tho two dopu- v: ties loft Provo early yesterday morn- w ing and did not reach their dcstlna- 01 tlon until dark last light. zt1 8 "It would havo done your eves trood ' R to havo seen how beautifully that : still was camouflaged In a dugout In a ravlno in tho hills somo distance from tho Moonoy ranch houses," said 0 Chlot Criminal Doputy Doshard. "Tho sign of a still. Howover, wo had a sageb rush, and thero was no vislblo sign of a till. However, wo had a to r west wind In our favor and ono nt J 'whit' of that mash was enough. Our hi ' sonso of smell took us up to the oi ' ontranco of tho dugout and tho rest to j was easy." ab UpoDgpnterlngtho ofllcors siiy thoy co found '.a plant that Mooney statos took six weeks to build. Thoro woro Tl ! plpos running In all directions, ono m of which was a sowor pipe extending a ! 12 feot underground carrying tho M waste materials oft into the- lake, pa J Another was an lntako plpo with a m ! pump attachment carrying water for an operating purposes from tho lako in- ! to a fifty-gallon water tank. Tho as gasoline stovo was equipped with dl pneumatic pressuro, and was used In Pi preference to a stovo that would m emit smoko. be In court Mooney explained that 'he In was a cook and that ho had worked F( in Cottonwood canyon, but that during dur-ing tho wlntor ho had felt that ho would perofor not to go Into tho canyon can-yon on account of tho dangor of snow slides. jn "Doubtloss you would have found nt work in tho canyon loss hazardous m than engaging In tho manufacture of jj moonBhlno whisky In this county," js ;erous business. Moonoy stated that ho had boon iporatlng his plant slnco October, iut donled having sold any of his rofluct. Sheriff Boyd Is of tho opinion that lis prlsonor had distributing agonies agon-ies In Salt Lako county. Lator Information Indicates that loonoy's lino was paid tho day after Is trial and ho is nt liberty. It la Iso rumored that tho still has been unnlng for nearly throo years and liat a certain nutomobllo has boon inking regular trips during a big art, of this tlrao. o jocal Chicken Men Organize |