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Show Officials at Farmington Rule Out Gambling Games at Lagoon THERE will be no gambling Karnes c.nductvd :it L-igonn slimmer In the nature of candy wheels or any Other concession where1 chance determines deter-mines the winner. These wero tho instructions Issued a few days ago by city officials of Farmington and county officials of I Davln county, according to Sheriff Joseph Burnett of Davis county, who was In ogden csterday. The city and county officials met With Mayor Armour recently. ' Sheriff i Burnett Bald, ' arid discussed the mal-Iter mal-Iter of gambling ;t Lagoon. As a result re-sult It iraa decided that the gambling 0 1 which has bi cn allowed for the last few years will be ordered done away with The city officers win combim with the County In ."-eliig that the order or-der Is carried out and there will be dullv arrests If the concessions there persist In runnlnthe games. A C Chrlstensen, manager of the Lagoon resort, was called In at i meeting and warned against running ithe games. At that time he hnd just returned llorn an eastern trip, and had found that games similar to thoe played at Lagoon were allowed in other oth-er portion-, of the country. I ' Howeer, he waa cautioned that the games would not he tolerated at I.agoon. "The city and county has combined to ..mi, nut the order and If the games open there will be arrests. The paraphernalia wll be confiscated as soon as It Is Installed and the games begin (,.. operate Halda will take piiice da:l. if nec --Miry, and the game operators will be arrested " Sheriff Burnett said that public sentiment was against the operation oi the grimes, which in most CAMl have given but little chance to those ida;. ing to win and have been a source of temptation to children. |