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Show PEOPLE MAY VOTE IN JUNE Have Sixty Days Prior1 to June 27th in Which to File Petition Calling Call-ing for Election Tho tlmo Is drawing near when tho petitions asking for an election on tho liquor question must be filed with tho proper authorities or else tho present status of affairs will maintain, wltn-out wltn-out having tho question submitted to tho people to determine what tnclr atUtudo Is regarding tho relative merits mer-its of a wet or dry community. Tho question Is being urged by advocates of tho "wot" causo as to what has become of tho petitions which wero started in circulation sorao tlmo ago. Thoso In sympathy with prohibition and of the opinion that tho present law Is much desired over tho return of the saloon, are hoping that tho required number of names will not bo obtained ns they are confident that Logan City will not change from dry to wet territory. If tho election la called and tho "wets" do not overcome over-come tho vote of the "drys," a useless use-less cxpenso will hav been heaped upon tho people. Elections are expensive ex-pensive nnd If there Is a disposition on tho part of th masses to bo satisfied, sat-isfied, It would appear to be very r.n-wise r.n-wise to file tho petitions even If the legal required number of names are secured, Theso petitions must bo lllcd Recording Re-cording to law, fully CO days prior to tho 27th day of June, which will not bo later than April 27. Twenty-flvo Twenty-flvo per cent of tho votors of. tho city must bo obtained before tho election elec-tion will bo called. This will niiau thnt approximately 600 names will need be secured or an avcrago of CO names from each voting district In the city. Som of the petitions which nre now on the counters of some of tho business houses, It Is understood, nro qulto generally signed by tho business men of tho town. Outside tho business busi-ness district, however, tho petitions are meeting with a very cool re sop-tion. sop-tion. Logan went through one liquor election In June, 11)11, and for to years has had tho experience of n dry town. At that olectlon tho vole utord B39 for open saloon, nnd 121? at'innst the open saloon. It would up-near up-near from tho result of the 1911 eloc- " Hon that it would be useless to c.l- nit tho question to a vote of the ne-;-'lo again, unless there has bcei n clmngo of front on the part of tie majority of voters, which does not seem probable. |