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Show I JUDGE AGEE AND JONES. Commissioner M. L Jones, as director direc-tor of the parks oi Ogden, Is on dangerous dan-gerous ground in his reply to Judge A. W. Agee. The judge had been brought face (o face with what he termed a pernicious form of gambling at Glenwood Park and he directed the attention of Commissioner Com-missioner Jones to the violation of ihe law. The commissioner answers that he will suppress ihe objectionable games of chance when similar offend-j offend-j ing against the law is eliminated at other resorts. In the meantime, he j will see to it that only young people ; of a certain age are allowed to lake ; part in the lottery. Does our commissioner fully realize the predicament in which he has placed himself? Gambling is a serious offense under the laws of Utah, and the penalty is I severe. Not only arc the keepers of a gambling game liable, but any one abetting the same is in danger of losing los-ing his liberty. Furthermore a public official condoning a crime of that kind may be ousted from office. 1 To 6ay to the judge of the district court that an individual will defy the court and continue to be a violator of the law until the court rounds up all other breakers of the statute?, is at least indiscreet. In extenuation, Commissioner Jones might show that the game complained against has been viewed by many as nothing more than a trade stimUlatoi and a pastime and amusement with no great harm attached, but to justlfj his position by declaring his contempt ' for what the Interpreters of the law think of the game la playing with fire. ' |