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Show WHISKEK DOES IT. H7 Logan's reputation as an edupatlon- H al town free from all Immoral Influen- H ces, recefved a severe shock In the H i , murder of last week. Saloon and street H brawls and,shoot(ng between drunken H men'ls more characteristic of a mining H town' or frontier settlement than, of H quiet dignified Logan. Of course it H may be objected that such an affair Is H not of daily occurence In Logan, tut H the conditions which lead to the mur- H der are with us every day and night H and can easily again produce the sait e H unfortcnate results The underlying H cause of the murder was the drinking H habit and for the sale of liquor the H town Itself 1st responsible. It is hard- H ly to the city's credit that the evening H after the murder the Loan city coun- H ell granted nil e licenses for the sale H of lliuor, four for a wholesale business H and Ave for a retail. City prohibition H would Improve conditions greatly but H nothing short of county local option M would give us a chance to drive liquor M selling to a distance where It could do H us no harm. There Is another luc'- H client connected with the affair which H deserves thorough consideration. H Isaac Elwell Jr. who Is closely Impll- H cated in the murder, receives .l each H month from the.county and Is one of m our most prominent saloon loafers. If H hehal the physical ability to do up H Att In a tight he certainly Is strong B enough to do without help from the m county. Logan's whiskey record at H present stands as follows: one murder, H two men in jail, nine liquor licenses, M and u county pensioner who spends M the county funds lu the saloons. H Urethern, these things ought uoi so M to be. They ure a disgrace to the |