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Show ROBBERIES IN SALT LAKE. j Salt Lake continues to have its crime wave. For months, murder, I theft, robbery and other crimes have j given the police a distressing time. I Salt Lake is well policed, but notwith- I standing the efforts made to safeguard j the business blocks and homes, the j thugs continue to work, j Last night two masked men held up the Z. C. M. I. drug store, 112 South Main street The bandits entered the j front door and, in the presence of cus- omers, proceeded to bind the drut? j irlerks and Tob the place. I This Is daring and Indicates a de- j tree of courage marking the thugs as I professionals j What Ogden would do if a reign of awlessnes-, such as has held Salt ake in its grasp, wero to sweep over I I .he community is a guess. Evidently -.here is no hysteria in Salt Lake. The I I eltiaeni are accepting the outbreak sitb the tame fortitude Bhown in oth-. oth-. J tr cities where the bandit Is operating. I These outbreaks eem to come In and even an increased polico force doen neither prevent nor check them. The lawleasneaa which is afflicting Ihe country calls for an aroused pub lie sentiment in condemnation of the criminal element generally and the applying of strongly corrective measures. |