The Republican journal., 1904-04-28
Boundary Line Rum Shops.
MINIS Devi ces tor Evading the Pro
ibitory Law.

allowing interesting account of the
riqry lipe rum shops
.Venty minutes drive from this
... EAST over the Houlton and Wood
LII oad brings one to the boundary
,etween Maine and New Bruins
situated on this line are build
used not only for the purpose of
.,-uling the United States govern
f bat for the purpose of escaping
rsnalty of violating the prohibitory
,r law in either New Brunswick
Name. Carleton county, in New
.uswick, which joins us on the east,
Las A prohibitory liquor law like our
+. Jaw. In order to violate the law
New Brunswick and elude the Of
..4., from this side they have built
r.a.ss on both sides of the line, OF, in
,.-I words. they have built houses
e,,.t.y Oh the line, one-half in Maine
49,. pue- half in New Brunswick. Your
respondent, with the Rev. John
--.,iug of this town made an inspec-
-,r of these houses a few days ago.
is what we found: About fifty
IA. tins side of the boundary fastened
-.... tree is big sign board, with these
... upon it, Boundary Line Store,
. V Sc. Proprietor" Near this tree
,,- another tree with a ladder placed
s- f,t II for the purpose of hanging
.truis to light the Weary Willies on
49,. NAY either to or from the saloon
Uoulton jail for this seems to be
-- asst resting place.. About one
s- rods from this sign in a south
-r} course is Jake's shanty, some
- ed store. This place is reach
road being swamped through
forest and used now as a winter
the terminus of this road we
rame building boarded in and
ri and located one half in Maine
..r.lalf in New Brunswick.
rIirance to this building is from
rican side The first room that
ntrT Is in the southwest corner of
ung and is about ten feet square.
+, room is stove and few chairs,
Uf reception room. The north
ouer is used for q bedroom. Both
rooms are on the American
card partition dividing the two.
northeast corner is the room
- e liquor is kept. This is a room
...-, ty 10. is reached through a
a. om the bedroom, the door being
... ,wo feet east of the boundary line
unm is used as bar-room. The
tilted up with heavy iron rods
..l llmly into the counter on bar
uy fastened to the ceiling above.
,4s are about six inches apart, and
..H OOk through the bars you get
peSslon that you are looking into
lr The room in front of the bar,
- lie thirsty congregate, is about
beet square. This is reached by a
4 nom the first room that you enter.
ard partition running parallel with
pndary line, about two feet east
rr Inc extends through the build
IT. ~ of the liquor is stored and sold
rg r province side, and as no crime
s, r-n committed in Maine our Of
- }rr poWerleSS to make any arrest,
ID Is the entrance to this building is
u American side the provincial
ais cannot force an entrance. 1t
IS as though this line business was
aa 40 to Congress.
next place we visit is McLain's
R4ssell's. They are doing business
Fhlbadeau buildings situated on
south of the Houlton and Wood
road. There the conditions are
anne as at Wise's, except there are
uldings instead of one, but built
ST. together that one step takes
ln Aroostook in Maine to Garlic
uty in New Brunswick without
.5t OF the house. The bar tender
Ie bar room by one door, the
% by another. We are now on
ass brunswick side, and if it were
The display of liquor Oh the
one would think that the firm
lin Il Russell was doing a bank
Ilros instead of selling rum.
p their selling behind an iron
HE same as is used in banks,
they step from the cage they
"dne, and safe from the provin-
ais.
7i 0oross the Houlton and Wood
ad are the old Noah Chandler
"ls known for the last fifty years
Nonndary Line Store, which has
.. doug an Legitimate business all
"alS. Here we find large stock
r The largest we have seen at
the stores. This saloon is wholly
''N brunswick, but SO near the line
# would be difficult to arrest any
.- or ,eIIing.
'ie one may by this time begin to
tl4 What is the trouble with the
-".- >tores?' They are not in Maine,
j" Flme las been committed here and
.~' lave violated none of the laws of
At't. This may be true, but we are
TX cursed by the traffic as much as
sh these stores were in Maine. Nc
-'h q Russell and Wise were obliged
1T ~ out of the saloon business more
yuan 70 year ago. 1t took ten years of
S['1} pegging to get McLain & Russell
ana they are no sooner out here
" 81 they set up shop on the border.
---' We nave an object lesson in local
OIL Let the town of Presque Isle
Try and the town of Mapleton vote
ami the outlaws of Presque Isle
al once set up business just over
lae Iii Mapleton. But Mapleton is
"'. lie only town that will be cursed by
.t'lic, all of the surrounding towns
'- more or less affected as well as
county
.--t us see how three rumshops two
away running wide open day and
u and Sundays affect this county.
i-'sl YEAR, 1903, will be known as the
year m this county. Notwithstand-
'iN, there were committed to our
.'st year two hundred and five men
- ihtuXlcation, and it is safe to say
-. '' tlsht-tenths of these were recruit
,.. 1T ", HE line stores. The cost of arrest
H. 'NtSe men and boarding them thirty
aS VIII add to the expenses of this
o.. Ys y Two thousand dollars. The year
M. mas started i'll as though it would
A., record breaker in crime. In the |
iNl TWO months of this wear there were