The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-01


LozlER MAKING GOOD.
Perhaps tho Hardest position 10 sill /
with satisfaction to the public among I
al the nppenicrs Of the adrlinistra.
ton Is that OF chief iispcnsary .ageni
and although iiob" I,ozicr had warn I
ing he nor amy tibcr man cond take /
the place and serve the state lpyall1 (
without hcing The most abused man
OF Oklahcina. Il is perhaps true there /
are not ten lnnrc popular men in On I
lahoma official life than this lanky |
hard-hcadcd aud iirJtt Miasuurlah I
who iol years lias bccn livim IN lfay
comfy l
AZ this tlmc ihcrc sra e9i8 |
pcnsarlcs IN tbc state and each has iO
be locked after with as much detailed
attention MS II they wcrc really buly
handing out liquors. Flank, j0vial aud
always ready to take a joke Drrhaps
no one in tbe state cares less Nhat Is
said about ldispensai'ies doing poor
business, Tor according 10 l.ozicr the
dispensaryis fer emergency eases oi
actual me,Ticinai need. aul good citi
zens have no ambition to be busy be
cause their neighbogs are III.
Mr.. l.Uzicr has been n suckler for
the Fights Of The dlspensary agent
and has applied the law AZ he inter
pretcd IL in each instance. Tic con
trovcrsies with the railrOad manage
menis and various others who had -
officially lcOk after the other side OF
the eases have never disturbed the
equanimity Of Mr. isozier making the
same answer to al threats OF suits.
well, fire away for until We have
a,iefhcsc matters decided nOnt OF us
viii know exactly what the courts viii
hold"
Consequently one can hear uf l.ozler
being at McAlester 10 eaptdre the
thieves who ok the Supplies Of bis
agent. next he is In Shawnee or
Chickasha. talking over some test suit.
then to the metropolis where from the
brewers down to the bootleggers, The
men Who sell whisky, have learned
l.ozier must be dealt with, and that to
deal him from other than the tip of
the pack is something this keen Mis-
souri, product takes violent exceptions
to.
Tle state dispensary quarters are
popular at Guthrie OF evenings, for the
ramlficatiors OF this department keep
/ IL in consteut touch with all parts of
/ the state each day. and Mr.. l.ozier cui-
tivatcs repOfts-no subordinate ever
being abe to get too many reports as
to work done. Car loads OF confiscat-
] ed whislies and beers have been un-
J loaded at the Harrison street head
quarters and men prominent IN the life
OF the country protested hard, but
4 that ever-smiing boss insists IN asccr-
tanning rights and privileges and
would as sot try all IN one day as one
ycar--hc wants to know his I0wers
and limitations, that SO may nix those
with his duties and have better
wardrobe for the arduous service cx-
pcctc1 Of him this winter
Few Of tho towns Of less than u
thousand, people will over ask for Il
dispensary< in fact. the applications
/ for dlspcnsaries We're not expected TO
arrive so fast they could not he
handled. but the dispensary boss cares
only for distribution Of the agencies
in such manner that emergency cases
may he reasonably we'll carcd for
Wording along those lipcs. and bend
ing every efftrt 10 make tho present
| ITu1ibltory Jaw effective, that The Will
Cf the peopIe may be carried 10 eXecu.
] tiuu wiibaa1shIpdraanc Bobs lGzicr
has almosi rounded that place TO a
| point whcfG llfend and Joe bctcr IN
derstaul iia relative importance, aud
also how mich tho agency influences
against the indiscrlininaie purchase Of
whoever may have Go sell whom the
emergency arises. Mr.. Lozicrs dis
tinct success in thus demonstrating
that dispensary may be uf assistance
10 the people but a positive bndrancc
to TIE old excuse for law violation
coupled With tho success OF the actual
workings Of the system cf dispensaries
we have adosted, places him In the top
ranks among The states able and work
ing men. and that he vii, SO upward IN
power. popularity and place Is not
doubted by those VINO have been made
acquainted with his executive abilities
aud the native cograge which Is 50
prominently written on his face.
He Is happily married and at re-
Gently 5rough; his family. wife. sens
and daughter to Guthrie, aud no better
people ever lived among Us.