The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-06-02
DUTY N LAW.

that IL cannon 90 mtSu0OerstOOU III mHttSES
in which have impressed the attention Of
these officers. with a superlative degree of
activity and restlessness of late, that
would have come with usese grace, from
men who have not uniformly deied, deri-
ded and belittled the law to which they
have sworn to uphold, and enforce against
its infraction. II they were sincere,
they have had plenty Of time since Undue
ton in Office eighteen months| ago, to in
force the p%rohibitory law in Mclean
county, and not wait until toward the
close of their official term of Office, TO try
and enlist tire sympathes of the law abid-
ing instead of bordering to the law break
ing and law defying elements of the people,
as heretofore. Has the sherif and his
deputy done their duty in other things.
There has been several little scrapes
around this town, where were these eli
GERS at that time? Did not the deputy
and other peace officers stand at safe
places and look Oh with q kind of a "lay
on McDuG," train Of thought at a distance
Did not this deputy as tea cher of the pub
lie school often set dosing in his chair
With q maudlin grin from contents of a bot
tie in his pocket, that he had obtained at
one of the blind pigs during rsccsa, or inter
mission. Has not this deputy on being re.
fused whiskey in these blind pigs, threat.
ened to close them up for refusing to sell
him their decoctions while in a maudlin
state. Did he not pass under the eye
of the county superintendent of schools in
this boozy state, too, and from the school
room. Is the superintendent so stupid or
near sighted that he did not see or know
of it:
We would like to inquire of these peace
officers, did they not know of other places
selling whisky, and other lntOxicauts in
this time prior to November LIST, when
Olsen started upin the blind pig business.
Why did not the Sheriff have detectives
out looking for these places; or did they
sample their goods sufficiently to satisfy
themselves:
How is it that the Sherif's son hauled
out one blind pigger, while himself and
deputies roasted the other?
1t Is said that tho Sherif's activity to-
ward Olsen, WAS caused by the Sheriff's
charge that Olsen was making faces at HIM.
Is the county expected to foot the bill for
the SheriG's childish resentm ents.
At the Meeting of the county Board in
in Februarythe commissioners after wait
ing IA mouths for these officers to enforce
She law, and close up the %nuisances, passed
a resolution to tax these places at the rate
of $40 per month, the five places in the
county making u monthly assessment Of
$50 per month, to go toward the support
of the needy poor. A precedent set at
Dew lie Lake and several other places in
the state. Did not the Sheriff refuse to
carry out this order of the county Board?
Did not another party not very many miles
from here, whose temperate sentiments
Aoo eohSa q w ! u kV" sO0Ao UsS
deal in some dubious IRE water at his
ranch, and went SO far as to supply pass-
ing Indians, thereby endangering his
neighbors?
In view of all these things! And
in view of all these we'll known &C.
%curances, the LEADER objects 20 these fell
lows making Il scrapegrace of n man.
And even in the present instance the 40
lively of these imbecile officers, is open q
clear field for n man, who is expected
back when court setting is over, and his
blind pig rival knocked out. And the
LEADER will say further, that if there is
any sincerity of the p%retentiOns of these
men, this paper will back them up to run
out and keep out every blind pig in this
county, and is in for enforcing the law "a
long "a i, is on the statute books. Blind
pig establishments, with their dubious
connections are OF no benefit, to a com
munity like ours, made up of farmers, and
certainly no good to the merchants and
other places of legitimate business, and
there is no call for their existance, and
hence We say, let them be drove out, and
be kept oIt. For fear that Dbl active
Sheriff. and his overtaxed deputy and
others interested should not know their
duty, We subjoin the following from the
statutes concerning the prohibition laws,
and earnestly commit it to there optics |
and have placed it in type 40 that near
will be no bar to it's perusal:
Sc. INTOXICATING L.
QUORS Defined All spirit
uous, malt, vinous, fermented
or other Intoxicating liquors or
thereof, by whatever
called, that will produce
intoxication, shall be considered
and held to be intoxicating liquors
within the meaning of this act.
So. DUTY OF ALL A
OFFICERS TO
AND NOTIFY 1t shall be the
duty of the sheriffs, deputy
sheriffs, constables, mayors,
marshals, police judges and
police officers of any city or
town having notice or know
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