Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-03-07
.RlARD, BOOZE, AND
Rims GET UTAH
COAT
Governor Bamberger Sends
Special Envoy to Local
Board Asking to Make
Wendover Dry

They arrived III lOlSS' h'auSu W
vr O. c. Dalby. deputy attorney gen
0r,l of the state OF Utah. and before |
, crowded room told the county liquor
hoard that unless Elko county bump |
"a the saloonmen hanging forth near
,,e state line at Wendoyer deep and
dire degradation was liable to result
10 Tooele county. Tooele county, by
the way. was represented by Sheriff
Adamson, who made by far the best
impression with his quiet, matter OF
fart manner OF stating the facts. The
people receiving the most sympathy,
., course. were the Western Pacific
officials headed by Mr.. O'Connor, SUI
uerintendent of the Western Pacific,
with offices at this point. O'Connor
presented some interesting contiden-
tsl files that If true are worthy OF
more than passing consideration by
those Interested in the movement tc
relegRte the Wendoyer booze plants
10 eternal darkness. Mr.. O'COnnOr
told the board that while Wendoyer
proper was a dry town. still his men
engaged in skilled and highly techni-
cal occupations were unable to keep
their footsteps from straying into Ne
yada, a matter of a short distance go
Ing but long way around coming
back Among various instances cited
vas that OF Engineer Rhodes. former.
ly OF this place, whom Mr.. O'COnnor
says was called at $3.50 p. IN. TO take
train out OF Wcndovcr and showed
up on the job staggering drunk, re-
sultng in his immediate discharge
from the service. Commissioner
Jones warmed things up a little here
by advising Mr.. O'Connor that he had
seen Engineer Rhodes searching for
the cab OF his engine here in Elko on
more than one occasion, and that per
haps 1t was more attributable to force
Of habit than to the hell's fire in the
Wendover whiskey. Mr.. O'ConnoI
stated that such condition had never
been made known to him or he Ger
tainly would have hung the tag OF dis
approval upon the cngineman a Ions
time ago. The case of fire-clcaneI
vas cited; this man undertook tC
perform his duties about an engine
under steam 1--WE mean the engine
was under steam) but owing to th'
extreme handicap under which he wal
hboring, same being an overdose o
Wendoyer rcd.eye, he mistook the
throttle for the alr.brakc and the en-
gine got away from him, narrowl!
missing train No. just coming int
the yard. Later on SwitChman Math
ews got three sheets in the wind an
sideSwiped Engine No. 10S with Ell
gne No. 2, causing about $500 wort
Of damage. .
Engineer ]. d. Cook took the cour
oil nine when he essRyed to take Tn
part OF call boy against another raj
way employee full OF fighting bcyc
age, receiving wallop on the ja'
That laid him out for two months
Two railway employees were arreste
IN December, 1917, for carrying cas-
oi liquor each across the state line Ii
10 Utah. How they were carrying
was not detailed. They were place
under $50 bond each but later forfeit
60 the bond and left for parts u
known. In addition to these cast
mr. OConnOr stated that there we
many others, resulting in every
'anee In discharge from the seryi
men who when sober were high
valuable employees. Trainmast
seems OF Wcndoyor corroborated n
oConnor In all instances, rs we'll
presenting an affidavit to the off,
"a' he had seen liquor sold by
males In the saloons on tho Ncva
sue OF Tho line after the hours fix
.ueretorc by tho ordinances of
iooele county, y. NJ. kdamson,
,Vlfhed tho board that tho saloons
"endCycr were harboring dcaperi
"o suspicious characters, and
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