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Show o Carbon county will vote May 27 on a $193,000 bond issue to buiul roads. Down in Parowan ihe people are all fermented (we should say boiling over) because several containers o counterband liquor stored in tin I basement of the jail proved in be "oak" tea. when presented as evidence evi-dence in the court room. The prisoner pris-oner was acquitted, but officers who examined the counterbaiul stock at the time of the arresi.-nre emphatic that the contents of the bottles anil barrel had been changed before tin-trial. tin-trial. It's hard to convict with the "real goods," but when it conies to "oak tea," it just cau't be dune. Somewhat peeved over the result of the trial, Editor Hollo, of the irtm County Record, aptly says: "What's the use of attempting to curb the bootlegging business in this county. The officers are balked on every turn. They get no support from citizens who are roaring for law enforcement, and who complain that 'the officers are not doing their duty. Certainly, there are a few citizens who are loyal loy-al and back the officers, but they are away in the minority." |