Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-07-02

bootleggers had establishe head
quarters. While neither Of the de-
partriients was in position to rem
der immediate relief the complaints
were referred to the departments at
Washington and plan adopted to
wage an effective fight against the
sale Of liquor on the reservation.
In planning The campaign at thi4
time the government was material.
ly assisted by the experience of forl
insr years when, the best efforts Of
the local Indian agent and u 81
mafshafs Office failed to- effectively
stamp OUT the bootlegsiAk practice!
The court / records show where
scores Of men, were ARRESTED Il and
sent to the penitehtiary on charges
cf 'iseliihg liquor onaQ the Nezperce
reservation. j but citisepst of the eres
sertation COUNTRY cannot recall the
time Sthsn the man with the bottle
wis not aavdilable.aA es2a aaa sGs
aqTAs fcampa,gni tonight II but thi
beSinningbofi an organised plan oh
the part 6frT'ths ygovefnmen& u
stamp out the sale fuf nwhiskey' On
the Indian. ressryations and while
the i meh who have directed the
work up to this rtirne Will retire
from the field others will follow
and, arrests will ba made 10 raptd-
ly ~ the necessary evidence can 10
secured. = SIS
'eiGovernments Trusted Agent,
It IS Sam Cone, the terror Of
every criminal Of the, great south
west, whom the government select
ed to come to Lewiston and inau-
gdrate the fight to exterminate the
liquor traffic. Down through the
Territory and Texas, no man is bet
ter known to the criminal class
than is Sam Cone, who during the
past few weeks has been a "good
fellow" about the Hobbies of Lew
iston's hotels and suffered the re-
peated attacks of real estate men
who were desirous of selling lands
to the wealthy westerner who
was here for the purpose of pur-
chasing land and bringing a col
ony of Oklahoma settlers to Idaho.
Cone talked farming. stock raising
and fruit growing and made repeat
ed visits into the country to view
various sections of land suggested
as good buvs for his purpose His
trips. however, always carried him
through sections OF the reservation
and upOn his return to Lewiston
| new links were added to the chain
Of evidence that is calculated to
land more than score OF men he
hind prison bars Gone became in
terested in the sale OF indian heir
shin lands and this offered a most
excellent excuse for frequent visits
to the office Of Indian Agent Lipps
and the homes Of Indians who have
been active in assisting the depart.
ment in securing the evidence
against the men who are tonight
guarded by governments agents.
Sam Cone was born and reared
ir the Indian Territory and his lift
has been devoted to the fight
}, against the criminal class. When
less than 90 years Of age ne enter
ed the Texas ranger service and a
the age Of 21 was appointed to the
office Of U. s. Deputy marshal
s.ep bv step his brilliant work ad
vanced him to favor with the gov
eminent officials and when the Of
tice of special officer was created
by congress two years ago Mr.
Cone was elected to fill that posi-
ton for the state Of Oklahoma.
Born in an Indian country. rear
ed amongst the most savage tribes
\ Of America and with color o.
Choctaw blood in his veins. he II
! now recognized throughout thu
southwest as a man to whom fear !.
unknown. In the sections where