Show moonshine and cloudbursts federal officers john farrell iiii and R W morgan ot of salt lake drove up provo prove canyon wednesday and went cross crosa coun try train the A park ark utah mine on a still hunt when eni a about out midway mid way between the park utah and nd larks darks ranch they ran into a brand new still just commencing operations on an intended long run A fellow giving his name as E bird was in charge ot of operations only it a few pints of 0 whiskey had bad been made but nineteen barrels ot of mash was ripe lor for the process the seventy gallon still with all the paraphernalia was destroyed by the officers and bird placed under arrest he Is 13 held for the federal court had the officers delayed their visit tor for twenty minutes the chinkes are the officers the alleged moon with the still and all thereto pertaining would have been hurled to death and destruction because ot of a heavy cloudburst that c d in that particular section just piter alter the raid which devastey dev asted the mountain side so mr bird can lie be thankful that while considering himself out of luck in losing his new still he likely saved his life by being caught in an 11 egal act and the officers can be thankful they procrastinated procrastinated not after disposing of the bird still the ot of I 1 fliers continued on over to the dark clark ranch really their objective point but ahe the search of these pie premises resulted in the he finding of only a pint or so of whisky and this in the possession of arthur dark clark who stoutly maintained he had secured it at one of the joints in our fair city and was not made on the dark clark premises |