The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-08-19

said that sometimes little boys ana
girls came Into his store and pur-
chased II for their elders. Since that
time Mr.. Powell, we understand, has
discontinued the sale OF the liquor
but 1t Is stiil being manufactured
with the help or the state OF Utah.
"A few doors from the Powell gro
Gerry was soft drink parlor, which
was seinng the extract In its SOFT
drinks. me place was crowded WIN
patrons VINO ordered root beer or GIN
geraie ana asked that some or the ex-
tract be poured INTO the drink Thus
they obtained a drink even the smell
W Wnhch 'huue 'nei' ".Any nnu SOON
me. were urunh enoush " lei' uG,e
,no'her-ih.,uws ""nt 'ne! reu'P
'"oush' vi .nen''
Inc ponce iouhu IN tnis pace iiVe
dozen "empties or the truit extracts
Grunge, pineapple strhwDerry etc'
The daily papers tell us that
man who had been drinking the pine
apple extract was found dead In his
room at hotel
"The prosecuting attorney was full
filling conscientious duty when no
cried out In Protest accusing Abe
hlgner'ups' lie hnd listened 10 mo
pleas OF mothers, wives, ana sisters
until his office In the public safety
building had become n place of sor-
row ana neNerceasing tears. But ne
could give no solaco or help because
/ the federal and state authorities were
responsible for the manufacture of the
beverage.
ION July % the police found six
men in helpless state OF intoxica.
I'titon in vacant lot. One OF them
was sleep ana scords OF files were In
his open mouth. Strcwn about tho
lot were bottles which had contained
the flavorlng extract,
"ln the face of such evidence n state
official. speaking 10 reporter on the
anniversary OF the states going dry,
brazenly stated that prohibition had
been complete success, or words of
that import And nj the very time
that this official, who Is In the serv-
Ice of the npathetic attorney general.
spoke this preposterous eulogy, the
stu'e itseli, was supp'ylhg ,ne aicohoi
,Vr 'rhiilc Wnich ~ turning pro
n nn',, '"'oushou' yum 'n'o d ira
'esg'
me Ieuerai prohiDl,ion officer.
MATT Mm,. nnonas, eandiaate ior tns
h"n ,ha s. mVa''"u toa sossrn ,
sta,ement Of NJ Crocso,, In ,o mo
Letter ~ one ~ The da,,y nanar. 10
made a ramh,ino de,onsa ~ ~. cum
denartment as n n Ind been attaeIed
To he the federal o,SIcIoi who ,icenss.
the makers Of alcoholic beverages ar
In n another? Al nil events he on.
cused the Wholesale use OF extracts az
beverage by the statement that the
federal prohibition law permits and
legoiizes the manufncture Of fruit OF.
tracts with n heavy aihocolic content
on the theory that they are not bev-
ernres
mSSr rno,. 4. . ,.r 81 N.
hans he Lnoys nora ahon, tha npvs
t.ries ~ ,ago, vorhiaaa and oh",,, H..
isiotive .iosers" than tho ,o~,n"n hnt
We wish IN col, hIs .ttsrt,an tn tho
fac, ,ha. ,ha Ia, h.ns a., a,ao,,,.
nx,roo. ara"d,,~ s,scan,,h,a 20 nSn as
q revere 90 '''"'' "a "'' 10
.s
A'er Delhg confronted by the evil
uence nvaliap,e IN the ofiice OF the
proseeu,ns .sIorney wiz tne teoerak
rvinpition oiiicer say that the orange
ana pineapple extracts which are be-
INK soid py Inc lneNspn1s OF bottles
every day 10 Individual consumers arc
not readily susceptible for use as
beveragesF VIII he say that the six
men found in the vacant lot We're
using the extracts as sleeping potions
or as fly-klllers?
at would have been better for the
prohibition officer had he maintained
silence. by challenging Mr.. Crockett
he has called attention to t,le delin.
quencies OF his own department. In
our opinion 1t is not valid excuse TO