Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-10
Officers in the New County
Seize Thirty-six Gases
Of Beer
They Also Gather In Two
Barrels Of Whiskey and
Arrest Dispensers

Hettinger, July f. delayed CORE
spondence Hettinger will not be
dry again for some time, provided
Sheriff Barry and States Attorney
Nor On can be prevailed or. to cut.
loose froma fine took of intoxicants
they succeeded in rounding up this
morning. d. d. Ramsthe1 has been
keeping road house over in tn j
northwest corner if the county sine
last September, the place having
come to De. known as Canvass
City" on account Of the numl er OF
tents used for the accommodation of
the immense traffic resultant from
the. immense immigration that has
been coming into southwestern
North Dakota for the past year.
Among the articles of diet that
ha1.4 been dispensed at this locally
famous hostelry we're the various
forms of intoxicants. And this con-
dition, of course, soon reached the
ears of the county officials. Some
time ago States Attorney Norton ad-
dressed a letter to the proprietor of
the establishment telling him of
what he had heard and warned him
of the danger Of continuing in the
traffic. To this he received reply
to the effect that although he had
closed his place for some time (pre-
sumably during the official incum-
bency of Commissioner Murray but
that at present he had quite a large
stock on hand that he woulI ike
10 arrange to OPPOSE of am that
h. wou'o tr.. and see he states at.
torney Immediately after July 4.
Now, if there are two more accom-
modating officials In the state than
States Attorney Norton and Sheriff
Barry they will please come forward,
for no sooner had they received the
assurance of this gentleman that he
wished to dispose of his stock than
they proposed to lend their assist.
ance. Accordingly at 8 o'clock this
morning these gentlemen, accompan-
led by Deputy Sheriff Sheehy, started
for the famous Canvass City" Shee-
by was sent on in advance and made
Ia purchase Of a dozen bottles of beer,
and was soon followed by the Sheriff
and states attorney, who proceeded
to appropriate the balance of the
ST Gle, consisting OF thirty-six cases
of beer and two barrels of whisky.
They also placed the proprietor un-
der arrest and brought the whole
junk to the county seat, where the
prisoner will be arraigned tomor-
row. Es
Yesterday few bottles of beer
were found in a cave at the town of
Lennon, in the southeastern end of
the county, and were confscated.
The owner Of the beverage was to
the officers unknown anG cons.aue MT
ly no@arrests were made. The town
is under official surveillance today,
to prevent any dispensing of booze
during the celebration. The condi-
tions at Lennon are little difficult
to handle by r"ason of the town be-
ing right at the state line, but Adj
ami, county Officials have thus early
their viliganc and vi
olators OF the law are sure to get
caught in its meshes sooner or later.
More than $500 people are here
,odey celeb. atihg with the usual
complement Of soaring oratory, en-
trancing music and exciting sports,
including all kinds of racing and the.
crowd is order'x with very little
evidence of the use of intoxicants.
ing the court to charge the jury in
writing is mandatory, and is in