STOP, LOOK AjfD LISTEN
The Alaska law pertaining to getting
a liquor license outside an incorporated
town, requires a census of ALL THE
CITIZENS over 21 RESIDING within a two
mile radius of the dealer’s place of
business, together with the majority
of the signatures of the citizens over
21 years of age RESIDING within the said
area.
bhen the dealers in Dillingham circu
late their petitions for a license, it is
done in the open. People are asked if
they would like to sign ana if the ans
wer is "Yes” they sign, if not, no
lecture is given, no harm is done and no
bird feelings exist. The petitions are
laying aoouc the desks or counters of
the various dealers for several weeks
where anyone who wishes to can see them,
before they are finally sent to the
court for approval, no secret about it
whatsoever.
Let me point out also that the liquor
industry is a legitimate American business
brought about by the repeal of tho 18th
Amendment, by a majority vote from the
American citizens.
The applicant’s requirements, among
other things, are to bo able to read and
write; therefore, ho knows enough arith
metic to be able to figure out whether
or not ho has tho required majority of
signatures. If he can’t get enough signa
tures, his petition never goes to the
court and ho acknowledges defeat perce
fully; but, if some hokus-pokus is pulled
on him, naturally he puts up a fight.
(Con’t. next column)
A flirt is a voman v/ho believes in
overy man for herself.
Rosier N*\/s
1/ow comes a wire from the court:
DILUNGhAfr* LIQUOR DEALEkS LICENSES PRO
TESTED BY COU1 TER PETITION STOP DATE
SET FOR r EARING. The dealers ask each
other, "Counter petition, whet about it?
Didn’t you have the majority of signa
tures on your petition?" "hby, yes,
more then enough and plenty over. 1
could hrve gotten more but didn’t need
them." ,hre hrve nothing to worry about,
the law will trke care of thr.\t• ’’• • .and
no one does anything more about it.
Time elapses, and along comes another
wire from the oourt: DlLLlNGtAL Ll^Uuk
Uui .Xji.i1 i.b Jji 0£ji« oub UJal'il JjJ-/ NUIl Ui1
bbx'RlOXiui^T bxbri«iil'biajb• The dealers De
gan to percolate around, a little hot
under the collar now. "Rhat goes on?
ho had the majority, how come?" "Some
thing is rotten in Denmark." Now v:e ere
really out to find out. "1/hat about
this counter petition? Who circulated
it? Where can we see it?'1 V/oli, after
some delay and great expense, the writer
was able to procure a photostrtic ccpy
,of the counter petition. Here was the
answer at last in black and white*
Counter'signors and two-timers. How
amazing it was to see thrt your best
friends, neighbors and customers that
have patronized you for years, signing
your petition for years and years, fre
quently giving compliments on how nico
your place is and how glad they were
that Dillingham had such a place that
people could come to, yes, oven some of
vour emolo^oes whon vou thought much of
and nrrised vorv highlv v*oro among tho
signers. Shocking indeed’,
(Con’t. pege 13)
It soens incredible—35 million laws
and no improvement on the Ten Command
ments •
Sterling Sparks
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Where Good fellows
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