WHY THE LAW
IS EVADED BY
BOOTLEGGERS
ai’OKANK. Jan, ’J7 (by Associated
Press I. When Montana went "dry",
at midnight, December JO, last, by
popular vote, the "bootlegger." as the
dealer in contraband liquor popularly
is known, realized, that his day was
going, if it already had not gone.
Since 1 ft 1 ji. when Washington became
a prohibition state, the business ot
to aid the officers Quarrels of jetil
and one fraught with little risk to the
clever dodger of the law.
Officers of the law tell many stories
of the ingenuity used in bringing con
traband into this state, llaby coffins
often served that purpose; the silk
and furbelows of an actress often
concealed a bottle of whiskey or
wine; imitation Bibles fooled the of
ficers more than once; false bottoms'
in trunks and traveling cases fre-j
quently held bottles. And more than |
one shipment of rags and junkmen’s
went around with a water bag—dish
the most profitable liquor.
One illicit dealer had a scheme all
liis own. lie- telegraphed to the Spo
kane officials from a town in west
ern Montana that a shipment ot
liquor, concealed in a carload of wood, l
would reach Spokane on a certain
freight train. He gave the number of
>h<* car. Sure enough the train ar
rived. A perspiring crew of uphold
cr- and enforcers of the law toiled;
industriously and unloaded evry stick!
of wood, but tiler was no liquor. It'
developed later that there was an-^
other carload of wood In that train,'
and that it had been unloaded by a \
stranger who left tile wood but ear -!
ried off the emitraband. The wily!
bootlegger had sent tin telegram to
keep tile officers busy while he un
loaded his stuff
Anonymous information helps the
< lin e r- lull often il is given In an el
I'm! to mislead, other informants fall
to aid the offirei ijuarrols of jeal
ousy between bootleggers often re
sult in the arrest of some
The illicit dealers use automobiles
with double tanks and trunks with
false bottoms, built expressly for
transporting the liquor, said a well i
known and active member of the city!
defective force. "Once, I opened the I
top of a piano," he said, ‘‘and found
lo quarts of the 'best.' They will }
(tube it between walls, over ceilings!
and under floors or dig a hole in the
cellar and bury it. Many a furnished |
house has been rented just as a rover|
for during liquor.”
As the amusing incidents, the de
tective says. "There's the fellow who
went around with a water bag—dish
ing it out for f>0 cents a drink
"Until recently, a well-known char
aeti of Spokane served his regular
ins qners in his automobile, between!
tive and seven in the morning. His |
r n ' it.iele was made to look like aj
llibh and it held two quarts."
T1 e detective tells one on himself. |
Ho observed a woman leaving the!
Inm h room of a certain railroad sta-|
Hon and a mysterious clinking sound |
accompanfny her footsteps, caught
bis fear.
"This sounded like the real thing,’’
mused the officer.
"When the lady was brought to the
police station to lie searched, a bot
tle of catsup w: s found on one stogk
lug and Worchestershlre sauce In the
other, souvenirs of her recent lunch.
IRRIGATION IN
UTJI BRINGS
BIG RESULTS
SALT LAKK (TTY, Jan. 21 (by As
sociated Press).- IJtrh, where irrlga
tion in tile United States is said to
have had its first trial, has greatly in
creased its irrigation area under thr
impetus of the government's cam
paign for greater production for war
purpose A much greater acreage in
this state lias been brought under cut
tlvatton by aid of irrigration, but sta
tist ios which would Indicate even ap
proximately the acreage are not avail
able, according to state, officials.
During the last two years, which
period covers the IS months of Am
erica’s participation in the world war,
irrigation has grown to a noticahle
degree, according to the state engin
eer’s office Much of this is duo to
tile fact that till' various water com
missions, upon request, have disre
garded priority orders during the em
ergency. In tills way many hundreds
of acres of land which heretofore had
difficulty in securing water produced
bountiful crops, particularly of grain.
A considerable acreage of dry-farm
land was placed under irrigation, say
the same officials, and extensive crop
increases have been ihe result. Fig
ures showing actual results wilt not
he available for some time, it is
understood.
* No new irrigation projects, outside
of irrigation districts, have come into
being during Ihe last two years.
There have been three irrigation dis
tricts formed within that period, how
e'er. these being financed by issu
ance of water district bonds in one
instance, annual assessments in an
other. the third being a private pro
jeri. Irrigation activities in Utah dur
ing the war period have done one
thing, according to the local office ol
the federal administration, and that
is to cause the farmers to take a
much broader outlook In regard to Ihe
distribution of water, Doing convinced
that good crops next door mean add
ed prosperity to themselves.
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Two privates met tne company man
clerk on the road. "Any mail for
me?" asked the first private. The
mail orderly put on his spectacles,
looked through a hunch of letters,
and handed one to the questioner.
"Any for me?" queried the second pri
vate. The custodian of the mails re
adjusted lilt' spectacles to his nose
looked once more through the pack
of letters, and said there were none.
"Not even a newspaper?" insisted the
private.
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Nlpp That girl has a waist like a
wasp.
Tuck Vos. and it takes a lot of ex
perinece to fool with it without get
ting stung—Town Topics.
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Job printing at Daily Times office
WYOMING WOMEN
TO GIVE JOBS
TO SOLDIERS
UHKYENNE, Wyo., Jan 27 (by As
soclted Press).—Wyoming women,
having filled the breach In the ab
sence of husbands, fathers and broth
ers during the war, will surrender
their places as fast as the men return
to take them. A majority of Wyoming
women workers accepted unusual em
ployment from a patriotic sense ot
duty, a few from necessity, and others
because of the opportunity offered to
make good wages. These were for the
most part women whose husbands
had enterd the service, or young girls.
Railroads were the largest employers
of women, the local Union Pacific
shops and storehouse having at one
time 175 female employes This force
lias dwindled to 75.
‘‘One man is worth three women"
said a railroad shop foreman. “Wom
en work well enough, and did all we
expected of them, but they can’t
stand hard labor; they are sick too
much, and do not seem to attach
enough responsibility to their work."
The other chief source of female
employment in Wyoming is In hanks.
Here (hey render good service, ac
cording to their employers A cashier,
however said; “They complain if re
j quirts! to work overtime to correct a
j balance sheet, and stay home, regard
{ less of their responsibilities. This, ot
J course refers to the new women em
ployes; we have seen some thorough
ly dependent and qualified we would
not replace with men." Another hank
er found it necessary to put three
girls on bokkeeping work two men
formerly had done.
Average wage scales for women in
Wyoming approximated :i,'i cents per
I1UU I .
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Negro troops from Louisiana have
a linguistic advantage over other Am
erican soldiers. Many of them,
through living in sections where
French still is spoken, ar. more or
less familiar with the language when
they get to France Hut they have
their difficulties, nevertheless. "It's
dis way." explained one. Alt talk
French purfectly, but not de kind dey
talk in this country.You see. Ah learn
ed French from mah fathah —de pure,
classical ole New Orlvans Ififtcli—
and ey don’t speak dat kind ovah
heah.”
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Little Ethel—Mr. Young, my sister,
Laura, said at the table this morning
that she thought you had the prettiest
mustache she ever saw.
Mr. Young—You oughtn’t to tell
1 things you hear at the table, Ethel.
! Ethel—But she's going to give me a
nickel for telling you!—Stray Stories
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I French lessons, private and class,
for children and adults. Ida Dowald
er, experienced teacher. Adams build
ing, C street. 34-.1t
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D. H. Sexton has purchased Robert
! Gottschalk’s Interest in the Alaskan
j hotel, und all persons having bills
against the hotel should present them
I at once to Mr. Sexton, who has as
slimed these accounts. 3-tf
FOUND—Sum of money. Owner can
| secure same by identifying It at the
Blum, O’Neill Co. store. 24-tf
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FOUND—A small purse. Owner can
have same at Times office. 24-tf
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FOR RENT—Three room furnished
cottage. Apply to Blum, O'Neill
Co. 22 tf
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FOUND—Two keys. Owner can se
cure same at Times office. 17-tf
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Rooms for rent for light housekeep
ing. Phono 185. 21 -tf
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FOR RENT—Three-room apartment,
furnished. Apply Kenny Holden. 16 ;
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made of our JOB DEPARTMENT one
of the finest in Alaska. We are now in
jf a position to handle your orders with g
!| even more neatness and dispatch than
before. How about that order for sta
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Just step to the phone and call us—
we will do the rest.
Prices? Well—, you will find them
always RIGHT.
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