The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-13
Experiences Of Deputy Collector
and Inspector Cody.
"HoocH MILLS" ARE RAIDEo.
story Circulated That Cody Was Ran
Out Of Eagle city II Laughed ut
by the Inspecsor-Hss Work In
Watching Liquor Coins Through
Him to Keep Moving All Ttmes.

The work q a government official upon
tns J akon river Is not The GsE&care tnat Il
u III SEATTLE. II Deputy Collector and Chsef
inspector ~ Customs A J. Cody IS 10 be
believed
DtFsty Collector Cody mas charge o. the
wfs"Ie fakon flstrfe. from Gage CITY 10
-. N-chae.. He tarns down en- :hs steam
RAP FAraIon and vert On to ais home al
Portland Yesterday afternoon.
NJ to4s aaSas heartily at the story
published souse days asc tha1 be WAS dris~
eli cet of EsSse CTS by The miners. Ali
hA- friends have b.sn joking him about
y and be .akes the report good aaturedly
tnink / know gho first told the ste
-, said he yesterday but III. qidi1.t stop
IL learn thai had over no letters from
persons In Eagle City. whtch aoala very
likely Dot have oezn given IN my custody
!iaa been a Character MO Was TOO tough
10 live there
Ii has been mighty hard xork up there"
ne rofsinisesa I have been travelling over
tfts siaoie district. $40 miles from Eagle
t3ty - ~. VI ,cEsasl. AL The time. My bust
ness was 70 SEE that all llquogs and other
goods which came for Dawson and Canad-
ian points in bond were seat on through
instead Of being dropped oft al American
towns on the Yukon. When / say ihae
PROBABLY 10 gallons Of whisky came up the
uaon for Dawson 10 every i've gallons
that Went Wa Skagway and Dyea, il may
do
These liquors came on the steamships
up the river VIA ST. Michael from Canaaiar.
and American ports. They were taken
through IN bond. Al ST. Michael where
Deputy Collectors Hatch and Hoxsie are
located. niei We're put on the boats as
conveys 10 see that the liquor actually
went through TO Canadian territory These
conveys We're paid s. per day and Their
s sGsa aw meh nh had to be t up By The man
that II would take 30 days for the trip
from st. Michael 10 Dawson and return. 80
thas the shipper had TO deposit a, Ss. Mich
The small salary allowed by the govern
nent Tor these conveys made them very
difficult 10 obtain al various times
Al manner OK schemes 70 Land these
liquors az American ports on the way I'D
the Yukon were tried. II was my bust
ness TO see that they were not landed and
TO do this had 10 watch the conveys to
see that they did not stand in with the
owners OF the liquor. made IL my bus
mess 10 get on steamers at all times and
places. when least expected, and to re-
casch any attempt To put OF liquor. This
Kind Of work kept me moving all the time
if I'm Eas.s City to st. Michael
There were several other deputies sta
toned at different points. who had 10
work as hard as did They were. in ad-
dition to Hatch and H0xsie, a. St Michael
Inspectors William Morrison a, Kuyokuk:
w: E. Belcher. at .;ampart City: William
Wiimore. at Fort Yukon, and deputy COZ.
lectors at Circle City and Eagle City
These men had to give all their time 10
other kind OF business
Another taing that We had to look after
was the Illegal manufacture of liquor.
think that must have broken up twenty
OF these mills. and had some rather dam
gerous escapes In doing 50. guess L
broke mp mill at every town on the river
''One time | heard OF mill on Morri-
son creek, near Eagle City, which was
owned BY Barney G!bney. ! went UP one
night, and crossing deep canyon found
the mill. which I broke up and taking
the worm under my arm. started back
Luckily went back on another trail. FOR
the next day learned that three men who
were interested in the mil were laying for
me on the nrst tran. OF course. i was
armed. but then II Is '-sualiy better to
avoid those kinds OF rnix-tins in Alaska
"A great deal of my time was taken IN
hunting these mills. bur even when I knew
the men who were running them | could
90 nothing but break up their plants For,
when | arrested them. there was no court
shorter than Sitka where they could be
taken for trial and S.tks is az least go
miles away from Eagle City II was sim
ply Impossible 20 do anything on account
81 this iack az courts and fails BEFORE
there can be 4 strict enforcement OF the
law on the lower Yukon. courts mus; he
established where prisoners ran be tried
4" Hoech.no' is an invention CT Alaska
Indians. which ls very good substitute
for whisky: II VIII intexicatss and ,naf Is
MfAl ttSF NHDt 49, t+Ertt KS a curious
thing that less whisky + required in that
cold climate 10 make man drunk than
down here | have seen men there drunk
whom | knew IN Portland. bat never saw
even slightly intoxicated
This Is the first time that 7 have been
out since going In on July g last And
came cat ss per arrangement with COL
iector Ivey. in order 20 repa-r to him the
business % the district. Jus. as soon as
! shall have spent few days In Portland
with my family ] shah r.ruru''
rrktf. Nv 10 IF
men In Portland. having been In Renub-
lean pGiitics for some years. He vas \
municipal detective for some years which
calling fitted him well fer the work that
Aa has had 20 do In Ala ska