The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-03
Both Sides Prepare to Wage
Vigorous Campaign Before
June Election.
WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS
AND SEND OUT LITERATURE
Sharp Contests Are Expected
in Ogden, Provo and
Other Cities.

Before the close OF the week both sides
In the coming local option liquor election
Will have opened an active campaign.
The business interests which are arrang
ing for an active campaign against pro-
bibition have opened headquarters on the
ninth floor of the Boston building,
Preparations are being made at these
headquarters for an active campaign.
which will include public meetings and
the distribution OF anti-prohibition lit
crature throughout tho state.
Those in charge of the wet cam
paign will devote their attention largely
to the cities of Salt Lake and Ogden,
some OF the smaller cities of the state,
some Of which arc already dry"
In the county outside of Salt Lake City
petition Is now being circulated ask
ing the county commissioners to order
All election In the county unit. Under
the law no election is to be held in the
county units except or. on petition OF 20 20
Salt Lake county the county unit con-
sists of all of the territory outside of
Salt Lake, City, Murray. Bingham. Mid
without petition will be held in the
cities and towns named. II no election
Is held In the county unit, il will be
prohibition territory after October 1.
Say Feature Is Invalid.
This feature Of the new liquor law
in that il provides for local option units
comprising cities and towns, and the
territory in the county outside of the
cities and towns. and provides one law
to govern city and town units and an
other to govern county units.
In case no election is held In the county
unit in Salt Lake county, or In the event
that the unit votes dry and The law
is held TO be constitutional, it will mean
that the unincorporated town of Gar
field, Saltair Beach resort, Wageners S
,,tr Ist
Highland Boy, Alta and several canyon
resorts and road houses will be dry"
In some of these places movement is
on foot to incorporate in order to come
prescribed I'm the new law.
Prohibitionists Are Active.
Prohihitionists In Salt Lake City are
preparing TO open the campaign for pro-
hlhiton within few days Prominent
Mormon prohibitionists have appointed
organization work. The Mutual Inn
provement associations of the various
wards of the Mormon church are plan
ming campaign, and plans for the
campaign are already being made by the
w. G, II. L. OF the city.
The committee OF prohibltionists ap-
pointed to assist in the organization
work is composed of Nephi l.. Morris.
II. +. Grant and Joseph j, Cannon. This
committee viii call a public meeting
campaign COMMITTEES VIII be appointed 10
direct the prohibition campaign in Salt
Lake. This committee win establish
headquarters and conduct a series OF
meetings. at which prohibition addresses
Will be made,
The Young Ladies' Mutual Improve
ment associations OF the Mormon church
In the various wards have already made
provisional organizations for the cam
paign and have communicated With the
81. {. r. T.. offering To cooperate with
that Organization in the coming prohibit
tinn campaign Representatives of the
Mutual improvement associations will
meet with representatives of the w. c.
T. L. on Friday. at which time definite
action with reference TO the coming CAM
paign will be taken.
State President to Return
Mrs Lulu II, SHEPPARD, state pres-
dent of she w. G., II. L., who is now
conducting temperance campaign In
Texas. will return to Salt Lake about
May 10. and ii Is expected that She will