The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
DRY TOWNS FAIL
ITO EMF F0RCE LAW
Ulcers Repeatedly Baked in
Their Efforts to Prevent
Sale of Liquors.
ANY DEFY STATUTE IN
PROVO AND SPANISH FORK
Drastic Ordinance Sidetracked
in Provo, So as to Let Legis-
lature Act.
special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
LPROvO, Jan. 22.-In the prohibition
rities OF Utah county the officers are
having no end OF trouble in enforcing the
Z Regulation ordinances against the traffic
u beer and liquor.
4 The proprietors of some of these places
sentered Into an agreement with the city
authorities OF Spanish Fork in the latter
tpart of 1910 that they would pay the city
400 and all OF the fifteen cases then
bending were to be dismissed. The deal
trs promised to quit the business.
I Up to the time this agreement was
made the dealers shipped their supplies
from Salt Lake in half-dozen barrel lots,
but since that time the people seem to
have acquired a much greater thirst, and
beer Is now shipped into Spanish Fork
In carload lots.
NJ Shipped in Carload Lots.
81 One carload was unIoaded in that city
Jast week and although the unloading
Vas done after dark. the marshal and
polcemen OF the city were coGniZant OF
What was going on and attempted 10
buy q bottle, without success.
In Provo the officers have made an at
Tempt To stop the traffic in intoXicants.
md In one or two instances they have
prosecuted vigorously that the often
'ders agreed To quit.
n Henry Vincent. who. the officers all
Iege, conducted a blind pig" on West
CENTER street. paid the city $500 and
rave bond TO quit the business and sell
no more booze. Sid Archer. another al
'Ieged dealer, has left the town and the
pfficers are searching for him with a
Warrant. II found. he will be brought
back and prose cutcd on the charge OF sell
Ing Intoxicating liquor or December IS.
Informers Dupe officers.
q The main trouble the officers have TO
|contend with is getting people 10 inform
on the dealers In several instances the
On jhc "biud pig" keepers have deceived
the officers and their evidence has been
'discredited
In one such instance two men made
The rounds and bought drinks and when
fhe glasses OF LIQUOR were set before them
they used suction bulb and took a part
'of the liquor away with them for evil
dence: bu, when the cases came on for
rial one OF the witnesses had departed.
but before leaving he made an affidavit
that neither he nor his partner had ever
|bcught any liquor from any person in
Provo at any time. All these cases then
Tell through for lack OF evidence.
a il has hcen so difficult 10 obtain the
right kind Of evidence on the. sale OF
liquor that the prohibition members OF
|fhe citv council got together and framed
an ordinance so drastic and far-reaching
That any one found with bottle of
whisky in his possession would be guilty
of Violating the law,
The bill was introduced in the coun-
Ell and passed IT'S first reading: but be-
Tore IL came no for second reading and
vote ii was decided 10 pigeon hole the
|bilk and await the action Of the lecisla-
There Will be no more legislation by the
Provo city council until after The citizens
hayc voted on the question of whether
they want the open saloon or prohibition.