The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-06-05

statutes.
Questions Asked About Liquor Law.
One stenographer in the office of
the attorney general is kept busy re-
plying to letters from druggists, brew
ers and others informing them that
the new Kansas liquor law does pro-
hibit the sale of two per cent and
malt in Kansas. The attorney gener-
al recently rendered an opinion to that
| effect, but those interested apparently
have not all the information they want
on the subject. The attorney gener-
| ais office is being flooded with letters.
They are practically all of the same
nature. The brewers and druggists
want to know If the rumor that
the sale of two per cent is prohibited
in Kansas by the new law is true
The answer is becoming stereotyped
and If the flood keeps up the attorney
general plans to have a plate made
and copies run off whenever there is
a demand. Two per cent and malt are
made in practically the same manner
as the beer sold in this and other
states. 1t differs only in the amount
of alcohol it contains and in many
cases even this difference is wiped
out. Under the new liquor law there
can be no sale of liquor an dthe drug
gists and brewers will not be able to
dodge under the two per cent label.
In order to give everyone information
on the subject, Assistant Attorney
General John Marshall will draft a
circular letter with extracts from the
former opinion. These will be pub
lshed and in addition will be mailed
to interested people.
Druggists criticise State Legislature
At a meeting of the Kansas Phar
maceutical association at Independ
ence, President D. Won Riesen O.
Marysville severely criticised the state
legislature for it's action in passing
the law prohibiting the sale OF liQuol
by druggists for any purpose. He
urged the members of the organization
to become interested in politics T.
the end that legislation favored b!
them might be secured.
Gopher Scalps too Odorous.-Assisl
, ant Postmaster Lincoln Stewart a
, Hutchinson sent a communication t.
the postmaster general asking for
ruling on the sending of coyote ant
| gopher. scalps through the mail. Since
; one man, about a month ago, sent
coyote scalp through the mail on &C
{ count of not having time to come t.
? the city, the county clerks office ha
been besieged with mail packages
most of which carry distinctive odoI
| Several of the court house employee
| have threatened to quit unless tn
l scalps are received in another man
D ner. The postoffice regulations cove
only packages which emit an odo
t when mailed.
Will Enforce Quarantine at OIiVet.-
q S. ]. Crumbine, secretary of the stat
. board of health, has informed the shel
. iff of Usage county that unless tn
= county authorities enforce a smallpo
q quarantine at Olivet. a small town /
y that county, the state authorities wi
: step in and cut the town off from Tn
rest of the world. The notice follow
J. ed developments which showed thu
A little attention was being paid to tn
quarantine. Kansas now has over so
O cases of smallpox scattered over tn
l state and the number of cases has il
? creased rapidly i'll the past month
n
Ends Chase of Four Years.-Dr. v
]. Newton. who four years ago VI
folded a scheme whereby he was I
build a giant sanitarium for electrics
= treatment, and who it is charged a
:, ter getting John w. Goodson, civ
= war veteran, to invest $3.50 in stool
- departed. is in jail at Hutchinson
- charged with obtaining money undo
n false pretenses. Newton was arreste
\ by Sheriff Duckworth of Reno count
at st. Francis, ending chase of fol-
" years over a greater portion of IL
y country. Newton had been doing
nourishing business at Hutchinson u