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Show BARK OF BMK ROOT TOO MUCH FOR EDDY A call came to the police station this 'morning, from 2127 Grant avenue, asking for assistance. Sergeant Jensen Jen-sen and Officor George Carey went over to learn the cause of the trouble and found Roy Eddy, n laborer, very much under the influence, as he had boon drinking "Bark Root Bitters," Wo empty bottles of which' la"v 'by his. side. The "Bark Root" may be alright al-right but the 25 per cent alcohol does the trick. Eddie will face Judge Roberts tomorrow to-morrow morning. According to Chief T. E. Browning, Roy is an old-time Ogden man who has given the police -much trouble by reason of his liking for liquor. The condition pf Roy was so serious ser-ious that Assistant City Attorney Stine has issued an order asking for complaint com-plaint to bo made against the druggist drug-gist who served Roy with the "Bark Root and Bitters" whereon, he satisfied satis-fied his appetite and demoralized his condition. "We are going to do our utmost "to safeguard these pobr men from the thing that hurts them," says the chief, ' i "and the police department, from top J to ioe, is working might and main to (make the prohibition law effective here ! in Ogden." j |