Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1907-12-19

ports that iind their way into papers
farther east with regularity that
suggests real estate boomers. II Il my
firm conviction that those newspaper
correspondents at Gutherie and Musko-
gee should be arrested for ssscorching.
4 with the advent Of statehood the pro-
hibition clause Of the constitution
become operative, and $50 saloons In old
Oklahoma went out Of business. This
Is the only commonwealth Of the union
tnat ever came in viii, : constitution
provision for statewide prohibition, and
tho experiment will be watched with
interest. Statewide prohibition, In the
Judgment Of many, win not achieve the
ends sought as effectively sthe Miasoufl
local option plan, for the simple reason
that under the local option plan the
officers whose duty IL Is 70 enforce the
law are directly responsible 70 the peo-
pie who elgcUeu pn6ms 4
Speaking Cor rather writing) Of pro-
hibition, IL is my belief that there will
never be ''prohibition that prohibits" as
thoroly as the government agents en-
forced It here when this was territory.
The penalty for introducing was severe
and frequently a penitentiary sentence
followed convictions usually q year and
day. Even then men would take q
chance, and tho schemes to get whisky
| In werc varied and original.
One man had his shipped in tomato
Gang with an order olgroceries. Another
concealed IL in horse collars, but he was
getting too many horse collars and the
officers ngot next" But the most original
| scheme was successfully worked in Q
4 nearby town. A citizen went to Texas
and was reported as having died there,
The "body" was expressed back home
and was met at the train by his bereayed
friends, taken to the cemetery and the
coffin was tenderly lowered into the grave
with all the solemnity Of a sure-enougE
funeral. That night the "mourners'
turned grave. robbers, dug up the
"corpse," opened the casket and divided
several gallons of whiskey.
The "wet" drugstores and the tribe q
boot-leggers have increasedunder state
hood. That boot-legger-a queer critter
he is, and will describe this IndiaI
Territory variety as accurately as m.
limited acquaintance with the varmen
enables me to furnish reliable informa
ton. He looks considerably like a man
only he has larger pockets and more o
them. Allseasons are open seaaons viii
him, as he is not protected by any Of th'
game laws. The United States marshal
used to shoot him sometimes, but thi
! got TO be considered dangerous, as the.
might break bottle. They much pre-
! ferred TO take him into captivity alive an
, eonfiscate his stock Of wet goods for thei
own use. This was wise measure Q
/ economy with the rnarshals, and at th
} same time they were providing their ow
t "mornin's momin', " they were suppress
ing a crime and protecting the morals
! the poor Indian. He has no settle
j place Of abode or permanent address
| and strange ss 1t may seem, rarely,
! ever, takes part in meetings Of the v
, C. T. u. Ordinarily, he Is easily az
} preached but the sight Of marshi
: makes him nervous. BE is not at q
. fond Of society-especially the society
. marshals, sherifis and judges. II &c
can't recognize him from this deseriE
ton. It's to the sfwater- wagon" with yoi
And nov for 3 word in defense
newspaper men. In the days Of n
yerdahl youth Eas reckless enough
sbutt into'' country neWspaperdon a.
the kindly feeling hold for that fratern
ty prompts me 10 point out wherein thf
are the victims Of cruel and unusal
punishment, where they have done I
wrong. The Oklahoma constiissien p.
vents railroads from making contracts
exchange transportation for adyertisiH
space. Anumber of other states, ineias
ing Missouri, have Iegislsted TO DE SO
eaect. Thus tbe people are leit un2dEa
ed and Inconvenience. Il h nth
hszsrdous for TIE neEsp7permen foesz
pain, for the eozpaain. is folloEsa
DE deeiaiail0s & soEe grrzsT politics
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