BOOTLEGGER
HASTROUBLES
OF HIS OWN
PHOENIX, Ariz., May 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—“For ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain the
'bootlegging' man is peculiar” would
be an apt paraphrase of a well known
poem on the history of the illicit
liquor trade of Arizona since the state
went dry December 14, 1914.
The original “bottlegger,” say those
who profess to know, carried the
whiskey with which he did unlawful
trading concealed in tin flat flasks in
the legs of his boots, hence the name.
One of these gentlemen, the first to
come under the eyes of the officers
for many months, was captured in
Phoenix recently, but the up-to-date
purveyor of liquor in Arizona resorted
to much more elaborate tricks to im
port or manufacture and sell his
wares.
The copper lined trunk with four
compartments shipped in from a non
prohibition state by express was a
favorite up to a short while back,
when federal officers arrested one
man in San Jose, California, and an
other in Phoenix, who were making
a business of shipping these trunks
back and forth.
In Jerome, recently a large and
su3picious-looking barrel arrived by
express, according to the story told
by the federal officials. It was heavy
and the deduction was that it was
full of something. It was deposited
on the station platform, but nobody
came to claim it. Officers investi
gated and found it filled with whisky,
so a close watch was set on the
barrel, day and night. There it stood
for several days till the arms of the
law became weary of the vigil and
decided to remove it to headquarters
for safe keeping.
Then came the surprise. The barrel
that arrived full was empty and when
it was moved the mystery was ex
plained by a large augur hole in the
station platform immediately under it.
Its owner knew it had been watched,
so, without attracting any undue at
tention, he had crawled underneath
the platform bored a hole through the
planks and the end of the barrel and
drawn off the much desired liquor. At
$10 a pint, the prevailing price, he
made a good haul.
An automobile tire traveling by ex
press has been known to bring whis
key into the state, and recently a
large consignment of “condensed
milk” was found to have nothing lac
teal about it but the label, while the
interior of the cans were decorated
with “old rye.”
Suit cases carried along as per
sonal baggage also have furnished
means to introduce the forbidden
drinks into Arizona, but alert officers
have developed the habit—unpleasant
fcr the guilty—of carelessly bumping
into or gently kicking suitcases and
any tell-tale “tinkle” almost always is
fatal.
While the ingenuity of the importer
of whiskey into dry Arizona has de
vised many elaborate and some ex
ceedingly clever methods of trying to
outwit the law, his brother, the
“moonshiner” has been just as
original.
Illicit stills, grading all the way
fromj a small gas stove, with a can
and a copper pipe to the modern and
fully equipped article have been
raided and confiscated, but the most
elaborate dlscoverd for years was un
earthed in a raid in the Verde
district.
The still room was excavated at a
distance of twenty feet from a well,
its room being about four feet below
the surface of the ground. The room
was ten feet square with walls six
feet high and could be reached only
by a tunnel running from the well
with the opening twelvo feet below
the well curb.
Ventilation and the escape of fumes
from the still were assured by a stack
running from the roof of the subter
ranean chamber, and to afford a plau
sible excuse for the appearance of
this above ground, the stack was run
through a forge standing immediately
above the still room.
MEXICO CITT, May 16 (by Asso
ciated Press). — The department of
agriculture and development has ob
tained funds for the protection of the
ancient ruins of Mitla. located in the
district of Tlacolula, state of Oaxaca,
which have been subject to depreda
tions. A commission of the govern
ment bureau of archeology will have
charge of the work. The Mitla ruins
are among the oldest left by the
tribes that preceded those conquorad
by the Spaniards early In the 16th
century.
BAND] ILLA TOGGED
OUT AS HUMAN BEING
JUAREZ, Mex., May 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Francisco Villa' is
adopting the ways of civilization. A
snap-shot received here from Mocte
zuma, Chihuahua, shows Villa wearing
a “boiled" shirt and necktie. The pic
ture was taken when Villa occupied
the plaza at Moctezuma last month.
The shirt was not such a surprise
to those who knew Villa as he has
worn them on very especial occasions
in the past. But, the neckties was an
entirely new affection for the rebel
leader. Villa always said he never
would wear a tie and, as for starched
collars “they were invented by the
devil as an instrument of torture,”
he said.
The presence of General Felipe
Ageles with Villa is thought to have
acomplished this change. General
Angeles is careful of his dress, even
in the field, and is shown in the pic
ture with Villa wearing a starched
collar, tailored clothes and custom
made shoes.
CANAL USED AS LAUNDRY
AND SWIMMING POOL
JUAREZ, Mex., May 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Giudad Juarez has
one of the oldest swimming holes on
the American continent. It is «the
acequa madre (the mother canal)
which irrigates the Juarez valley and
furnishes the youths of the town with
an ideal swimming place where it rip
ples under the cottonwood trees from
Rio Grande intake to the valley farms.
Hundreds of naked Mexican boys may
be seen sporting in the muddy waters
of the canal on warm spring days.
The acequa also serves as a municipal
laundry for the housewives of Juarez
who do their weekly wash on stones
besides the canal which have been
worn smooth with many washings.
Home portraits of quality. Agency
Cordova drug store. Scarborough, pho
tographer. 14-tf
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A regular meeting of Mt. McKinley
lodge, No. 183, F. & A. M. will be held
on Thursday evening at 8:30 o’clock.
Work in the E. A. degree.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY, W. M.
A. FEILD, Secretary.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Cor
dova Abstract & Realty Company,
a corporation, plaintiff, vs. George
D. Reid, defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting, to George D.
Reid, the above-named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within
thirty days from the completion of
the publication of this summons, to
wit, within thirty days after the 25th
day of June, 1919, and answer the
complaint of Cordova Abstract &
Realty Company, a corporation, the
above-named plaintiff in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
tion on a contract wherein the plain
tiff prays judgment for the sum of
three hundred and eighty-nine and
67-100 ($389.67) dollars, and for its
costs and disbursements in the ac
tion, and for such other and further
relief as to the court may seem right
and proper in the premises.- And you
are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint as
herein required, that the said plaintiff
will take judgment against you for
want thereof, and will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in its
complaint, as hereinbefore set out.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 7th day of May, 1919.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 7th day of May, in
the year of Our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteenth,
and of our independence the one hun
dred and forty-third.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
May 13, 19, 26. June 2, 9, 16, 26.
NOTICE OF SALE
No. C.-1S1
In the United States District Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Third
“Division.—In Admiralty. Nels An
derson, Libellant, vs. the Ship Myr
tle H.
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, ss.
Public notice is hereby given that
by virtue of a decree made, rendered
and entered in the above entitled
cause on the 3d day of May, 1919, by
the above named court, and a vandl
tlonl exponas issued thereon out of
said court on the 6th day of May, 1919,
I shall at the hour of 10 o’clock in
the forenoon of Monday, the 19th day
of May, 1919, at the place where said
ship Myrtle H. now lies, to wit, at
Byak Slough, near Cordova, sell at
public auction to the highest and best
bidder for cash the said ship Myrtle
H., her boats, tackle, apparel and fur
niture, for the satisfaction of the sums
found by said decree to be due the
said libelant, vis., $1,748.70, with in
terest thereon at the rate of 8 per
centum per annum from May 8, 1919,
and the libelant’s costs taxed in the
sum of $344.70, and together with all
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
costs and expenses of sale, and ac
cruing costs.
Dated and signed at Cordova,
Alaska, this 12th day oj! May, 1919.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal, Third Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
In Justice Court, in and for Cordova
Precinct, Territory of Alaska.—
John Muller, Plaintiff, vs. Dan Mc
Vae, Defendant.
The President of the United States of
America to the above-named defend
ant Dan McVae, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to be and appear in justice
court in and for Cordova precinct,
territory of Alaska, within six days
after the termination of the required
six weeks’ period of publication of this
summons, and answer the complaint
of the above-named plaintiff, the origi
nal of which complaint is on file in
the office of the above-named Justice
of the peace at Cordova, Alaska, and
unless you so appear and answer said
complaint, judgment will be rendered
against you for want thereof, and
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint,
to wit, for the sum of $299.25, with
interest, costs and attorney's fees to
be taxed.
This summons is served upon you
by publication thereof in accordance
with the order of the above-entitled
court, made and entered the 29th day
of March, 1919.
Date of first publication, March 31,
1919.
Date of last publication, May 12,
1919.
R. H. L. NOAKES,
United States Commissioner and ex
officio Justice of the Peace in and
for Cordova Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.
Frank H. Foster, Attorney for
Plaintiff. _
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the matter of the estate of Chief
Court for the Chltlna Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
In the mat. .ter of the estate of Chief
Qoodlatah, deceased. In Probate.
Notice Is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of Chief Qoodlatah. deceased,
to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them with the
necesary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this
notice, to the said administrator,
Lewis J. Day, at his place of residence
In the town of Chltlna, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated this 10th dsy of April, 1919.
LEWIS J. DAY,
Administrator Estate of Chief Qood
latah, deceased.
First publication, April 17,1919.
Last publication May 29, 1919.
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