Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-19
How indian Territory Miners
Evede the Prohibition
Law.
E~RAOicATOR OF HONESTY
Few Drinks ~ the Beverage Brings o.
Irresistible Desire 10 Pii8er. Which
Victim Proceeds to
Satisfy.

Indian Territory has d la,gei lol.
s~iabu!ary thau any section of IN.
United states. Every city or town o.
any preiensions has a United State,
deputy marshal, and many are appoint
"a - the rural district. In addition tc
the force of federal r~narsnals. there il.
4 constable appointed for each Unitee
states comruissioner and several hun.
dr"d Indian policemen. serving undel
authority OF the various indian nation.
and clothed with the sarns powers a,
the federal officials. Each city and In.
corporated town has one or more mar.
shais. which swells the lis, TO the mag.
li,ude If . small army.
Two-thirds OF the arrests made b,
THIS force Of officers are of persons
charged With III. violation Of the United
states liquor laws. Three offenses are
named IL the notwithstanding. selling
and manufacturing liquor. otwith
standing the vigilance of the officer.
there are but few towns where III,
thirsty wayfarer cannot find liquor o.
Some kind.
Al the various brands OF proprie:ar,
medicines. f%inctures. favoring extracts
perfumes and toilet preparations, ano
other preparations having alcohol for a
base. And a ready sale and are DRUM
with avidity. tn. 'boo,legger' whc
%rocures MS supplies in Oklahoma, Ar.
kansas aud Texas and brings them into
the territory by obscure and little fire.
qucnted roads in q covered wagon il
found in most towns and In many rura.
communities. Liquor is also brough
In concealed IL boxes of merchandise
barrels Of fruit. vegetables and othsi
products. The disposer. II old AT II.
business. may flourish for many months
before being caught. Ths pro1ts oeins
50 large. 4 quart of very poor whisky
SAILING f,y 60 nv "a ha ia willing IN rny
the risk Of a jail sentence.
cider IL another inioxicant which
causes the officers much trouble. A bar.
rel OF fresh Arkansas sweet apple juic.
which has not undergone fermentation
may be introduced without the import
CT violating the law. \ few weeks ex
posture 70 the genial rays of an Indiar
Territory sun results in inducing fer
mertatioa and the harmless liquid is
transformed Into an arden drink. which
makes Il Choctaw Indian desire te
gobbl.r as soon as he has inbibed q
few quarts Of il.
In me Choctaw nation. and especial!
In The TOWNS and cities in the coal lane
segregation. the favorite and alnlos
universal beverage is Choctaw beer
l- tier known as Chock. The manufac-
lure of this beverage was Introduced
by the Scotch and English miners. /
is Identical with the ho,ne-brewed bee,
"a ItI1 sAie ~
ials from which the beer is brewed art
barley, malt and hops. with the addi-
lions OF grape sugar and sometime:
rice Malt and hops and the other ma
ter.als are kept in toe at all grocery
and general stores throughout the min
ing districts and are as sta Pile as sugar
and coffee.
The apparatus necessary for brewing
'hoctaw beer is Very simple. consist
nG of a brass kettle or zinc washtut
and a stout keg. The malt and hop.
are boiled together and strained into
he keg and the sugar added. The mix
'ure is allowed TO stand for three to 81,
lays. according TO the state of thu
when it Is ft TO drink and
produce the exhilaration so much
after by the bibulously inclined
By varying the quantity OF malt useo
the beer can be made mild or as stout
as porter.
The prevention OF he manufacture oi
beer is one OF the most puz-
zling problems that confront the Off
cers charged with the enforcement OF
the law. 1t il made in more than hall
of the houses In the mining camps foi
family use. and a great deal OF 1t is
To sell. Those who manufac-
ture 1t for sale are in most cases wild
ows whose husbands have lost theii
lives in the mines. n when a deputy
arrests n OF these womer
and carries her to Jail. leaving a Fam
lily Of children to the mercies and char
ity Of the neighbors. he is the recipien,
Of the Indignation Of the community
and the sympathy OF judges and juriei
usually results In the offender beins
ct off with an admonition. In view
II this fact the Officers content them
selves with spelling the beer when the,,
,.ig the vessels containing it.
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