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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

are taking steps towards inducing
some elevator company to erect a
house at Marmarth.
Independence day was Observed
in a very quiet and orderly way in
the community. The five groves
along the river appealed to the
people and several picnic parties
were gotten up despite the damp
and dismal weather that prevailed.
Ole Evjn is reported to have seen
a mountain lion while on his way
to town. 1t is seldom the big cats
stray this far east as their haunts
are in the depths of the forest
clad mountains.
One of the farmers south of
town lost valuable horse recently.
The supposition is that he had been
bitten in the nose by a rattle snake
as his head was swelled to an en-
ormous size when found in the
pasture.
Hay will be plentiful this year.
Mrs. Geer has disposed of her hay
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16
Marmarth Correspondence
Too late for last week.

By our regular Marmarth CORES
pondent. Gunderson, of Het-
finger, conducted services in Miss
Aaeruds domicile last week, We'd
nesday. All the Scandinavians in
the neighborhood were in atten-
dance.
All the crops in this vicinity are
in the pink of condition and the
ground is full of moisture. Wheat
is heading out and if nothing hap
pens a splendid crop will be har-
vested.
Considerable grain is being
raised in this community. There
are no threshing rigs as yet but
we hope one will make its appear
ance by the time it is needed so
we will not be subject to the tor
ment of using the relics of one that
was in operation here last fall.
The Marmarth commercial club
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16
Want Ad Column

Go to the Piesik Land & Loan
Company for your farm loans. 31tf
Adentist remedies tooth troubles.
See DR.. McClintock at Beach about
yours.
Choice residence lots for sale on
the north side of the track, see C.
H. Moulton.
If you want to make a loan on
your farm see the Piesik Land &
Loan COMPANY. 31tf.
The Golden Valley Mill at Beach
will grind feed on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays Of each week. soft.
If you want a good job Of car
penter or mason work see or write
Dad Emerson, Box 282, Beach, N.
Oak. 32tf
Will take in all kinds of plain
sewing at my home on the north
side.-Mrs. Roy Herrick, Beach,
N. Oak. 25tf
Potatoes are growing. Potato
bugs will soon be here. Get your
Paris Green now at the Beach Drug
Co.'s store. soft
Don't fail to see Purchase about
getting your crop insured in the
Alliance H il Association. Of
Jamestown. 28tf.
have several thousand dollars
of private money to loan on i'm
proved farms, also on committed
and final proofs. -H. K. Schuster.
Wibaux, Mont.
Try Nyal's Eas' En- for these
tired and sweaty feet. It will
rest and cool them. For sale by
the Beach Drug Co. Soft.
COAL PROTEST MONEY. When
you get notice to send your money
to the U. S. Land Office, see Wat
ers. He will furnish it for you.
Insure your crops against hail
in the old reliable Alliance Hail
Association of Jamestown. See
Geo. H. Purchase, agent. 28tf.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

WANTED: Dining room girl at
Browns restaurant. 33tf
Fly paper, poison and sticky.
P. H. Lee, the druggist. 34tf.
GIRL WANTED to do general
housework.-P. H. Lee, Beach, N.
Oak. 3ltf
Have you followed your neigh
bors example? If not. why not?
Subscribe for the Chronicle.
We sell CHI-NAMEL Varnishes,
the best made.-P. H. Lee the
druggist. 34tf
Talk with Dundas, the North
western National Life Insurance
agent. about insurance. 33tf.
FOR SALE: Two Buffalo Pitts
Niagara Second separators. IN.
P. Noben, Carlyle, Mont. 33tf.
We have Paris Green in pound.
half pound and quarter pound
packages.-P. H. Lee, the drug
gist. 34tf
If you want accident insurance,
see Dundas, general agent for the
Continental Casualty Company, Of
Chicago. 33tf
MONEY to loan on improved
land for ONE YEAR or more,
whether there is a coal protest
against it or not.-Geo. Mcclellan.
FOR SALE CHEAP: One mare
weighing 1900 pounds; one mare
weighing $50 with fine colt. See
C. H. Moulton. 33tf
The Henry Schultebine place
FOR SALE on easy terms; the nw4
section "a and 81, sw4 section -,
township 1873, range 105. The
land is we'll Impoverished. Nc.
Cellan. 29tf.
The Golden Valley State Bank
has money on hand to loan on real
estate, with options as to payments
and other privileges. Parties con-
templating proving up can have
same at any time without delay.
27tf.
$500 REWARD: The undersign-
ed will pay the above reward for
information that will lead to the
arrest and conviction Of any
party or parties, who kill or steal
any cattle branded j / M or F Y.
james w. Foley. Medora, N. D.
IMPORTED BELGIAN STALLION
Baron De Ragnies, No. 2442. the
imported Belgian Stallion owned
by the Golden Valley Horse as.
ISOLATION, will stand at Carlyle on
Tuesdays; at B. H. Moulton's
farm on Wednesdays and Thurdays,
and at Ulfers & Merrill barn in
Beach on Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. Layton, manager.
TAKEN UP NOTICE: Came tt
my place 81 miles northeast Of
Beach, on section 26, 141-105, one
red steer with white belly; dehorn'
ed, ears clipped and branded
about two years old. Owner may
have same by paying costs Of ad
vertising and keeping according tt
} law.-Oscar Lingk, Beach, N
Oak. 34-3t
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

crop at dollar a load as it stands.
Miss Doyle of Beaver, closed
verv successful term of school in
the Sunny Slope district last Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Stein visited
with Editor Doherty few days
recently. Mr.. Stein had dispos-
ed of his hardware store in Adams
and was on a trip to the coast and
would take in the exposition at
Seattle. On their return they
would visit friends at Manfred
where they were formerly in bust
ness.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

A few thousands of dollars of
private money to loan on real estate
near Beach. For particulars in
quire Of H. w. Peek. Beach, N.
Oak. 26tf.
FIVE ROOM COTTAGE FOR
SALE on the south side; $50 barrel
cistern with Is by $50 foot lot.
Will be sold at bargain. Inquire
at this office. 34tf.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31
Trailing the Moonshiners Of Hawaii
o.0.0.o.0.0.a.a.a-a.:

ternal revenue laws. This is aside from
the regular work of the collectors.
On the Coast the work of keeping
down Illicit distilling is done by rev.
enue agents, the expense being paid out
of a special fund called the fraud
fund.- In Hawaii, however. On ac.
count of its isolation, there are no
revenue agents, the work being done
instead by the collector and his
depaties.
Hawaii is fortunate in having re.
markedly efficient force in the local in
ternal revenue department, and it is
due to the ceaseless vigilance and hard
work of Collector Drake and his depu.
ties, Ralph tombstone and Walter DOYLE.
that so little illicit liquor is made and
drank in these islands,
Of course, the work of detecting and
preventing violations of the internal
revenue laws is only a part of what
the local force is called upon to do, but
the routine work of looking after with
drawals, issuing stamps, and so forth,
is another story.
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anese were making okolehao in little
gulch up toward the head of Manoa
Valley. Making his preparations care
fully, he, with deputy collectors Ralph
tombstone and Walter Doyle and In
spector Harding, who happened to be
here from the Coast, started out to
raid the still. They made a sudden
descent on the place, and Johntsone by
quick work got g firm grip on one Jap
anese just as the latter sprang to his
feet and started to run.
Meantime, the other japanese were
breaking all marathon records down
the gulch, and tombstone wanted to get
of handouts out of his pocket and tried
to snap them on the wrists of his
prisoner. But, they wouldn t stay on;
no sooner did the lock click than the
Japanese was free again. Another at
tempt and in investigation disclosed
the fact that the prisoner had no hands
The handouts simply slipped off over
the stumps at the end of his wrists.
The deputy collector decided to stay
and hold his prisoner
However, the other distillers were
captured by the rest of the raiding
force. F. Fujima, the handles moon
sinner, is still in Jail.
Chained to Tree.
Last year, starting at midnight in a
| driving rain, Collector Drake and his
| men started for Wahiawa, arriving
there just as daylight was struggling
| with the rain and mist. They were on
| the track of maker of illicit booze.
! Leaving their conveyance, they tramp
| ed rapidly up a guleh toward a still that
they had been informed was being
operated by some japanese. Drake
| kept to the top of the ridge where he
| could see what went on below. while
his companions followed the guIch The
| latter arrived at the still just as the
japanese were cleaning up after very
| successful night S work. There were
! two of the distillers One, happening
| to look up, saw Drake outlined against
the sky, and without stopping to warn
| his comrade, scuttled down the guIeI
as fast as he could go.
Springing down into the guleh, the
Collector caught the second man, and
not wanting to be obliged to stay and
hold him, handcuffed him to a tree by
one arm, which was necessarily stretch
ed above his head to reach the neares
available limb. The japanese though
he was going to be hung I'D there ant
left, and he squealed Justify. Drake
however, left him and started after th'
other man. Before long he encountered
a cabin, and entering, found two Jap
anese, rubbing their eyes and apparent
Iy just awakened to the tolls of the day
One was in the act Of putting a shir
on over his head. But Drake noticed
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Ne of the most difficult tasks

MaM Ne Of the most difficult tasks
AZ " Of government is to persuade
e. the average man that those
set in authority over him
have any right to tell him what he shall
or shall not do so long as his conduct
does not injure or interfere with the
rights of others of his kind. Civilized
men recognize easily enough the justice
of the dicta. ''Th0u shalt not kill, -
and "Thou shalt not steal, but when
it comes to the law, "ThOu shalt not
make intoxicating liquor, except by the
consent Of and under the regulations OF
Uncle Samuel" their attitude is as a
general rule less receptive. Most men
obey because it is the law and they are
lawabiding, but they can't see the
sense in it all If man has bushel
of corn and wants to turn it into
whisky, it is often hard for him to
understand why he should not be allow
ed to do so, especially when he intends
to consume the liquor himself and not
to sell it to his neighbors.
AS a rule, however, people IN old
communities have become accustomed
to accepting the dictates of government
without much questioning; they obey
as a matter of habit and think little OF
it. But it is different in new COM
munities and in places touched com
paratively rarely by the fingers of con-
stituted authority. Men who are not
used to looking every day upon uni
formed representatives of government
are obliged to be to certain extent a
law unto themselves, and consequently
object more or less vigorously when
some one wearing the badge of author
ity comes along and says "'thou shalt, "
and ''thou shalt not. -
That is why the work of the internal
revenue men, especially in out-of-the-
way places like the mountainous dis
tricts Of Kentucky and Tennessee and
in localities but newly come under the
authority of the Government of the
United States, such as the Territory OF
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was being conducted on big scale, and
the very improbable location of the
plant on the grounds of well known
residence along the most travelled road
on the island increased the safety of
the work. When the officers broke in
TO the outbuilding where the still was
located, they found the most complete
and effective apparatus they had ever
come across. 1t had been operated on
such a scale that there was no less than
$50 gallons of liquor on hand ready for
sale. Hashimoto and Kogo, the two
japanese who were the enterprising
pyopTietors of the infant industry, were
caught, not only with the goods but in
the act of making the goods, and were
! later given heavy sentences by Judge
Dole
/ The liquor was being made from rice
and sugar, and large quantities of these
commodities were found on the prem
! ises. In addition to capturing the still
and the liquor, the officers took also the
cows of the dairy that was run on the
premises, together with wagons and
| horses. These were later sold at public
auction by the marshal, in accordance
with the United States law which de-
elares eontraband all property found on
premises were liquor is made Illegally.
Confscated Schooner.
Along the line of the confiseation of
property employed either directly or
indirectly in operations in violation of
the internal revenue laws. the most
famouse case, not only in Hawaii but in
the United States, was the seizure and
sale some years ago of the schooner IA
waiulani
The KawaiuIani was plying between
Honolulu and the other side of the is.
: land. The internal revenue people had
, long suspected that she was engaged il
t iilieitly made liquor, but they waited
5 their opportunity before interfering
l Then one day when the schooner drop
t ped into Honolulu, she was boarded 10y
4 officers of the internal revenue depart
= ment and a thorough search instituted
e 1t was rewarded by the finding of
y single demijohn containing about
G gallon Of very poor okolehao. This
< however, was probably the remainde
n of a larger amount which had alread,
: been disposed Of An amusing featur
n of the affair was that he okolehao had
E. cockroaeh in it. which. of course, woul
lie render 1t worthless-uniess the bu
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owners of which succeeded in making
their escape, or whose names could not
be learned.
Often when the exact location of an
illicit still is known, it is impossible to
catch the distiller. 1t might seem an
easy matter for the revenue men to
make a quick dash and capture both
still and distiIer. But it isn't. Quick
as they may be, the maker of Illicit
liquor is often quicker, for he usually
has friends on the lookout to warn him,
and he knows the country he Is in. Not
infrequently he not only succeeds in
getting away himself, but also in hiding
his APPARATUS. so that the officers have
their work for nothing. More chan once
Collector Walter F. Drake and his
deputies, and perhaps the marshal or
his deputies, have lain out all night
in the rain. waiting for daylight to come
so they could descend upon some man
who. they knew, was making okolehao,
only to have the dismal morning light
disclose an empty nest.
The Last Big Raid.
The last big internal revenue raid in
Hawaii. and one of the most successful,
was that near town in Nuuanu Valley
more than a year and half ago.
As in many such eases, the revenue
offices had suspected for long time
that there was a plant somewhere in
that locality, but they waited patiently
for conditions to be ripe before making
a raid. Reports were made to Collector
Drake at intervals, but still he waited,
for he was determined that his descent
on the distillers should be successful.
Then one day a report was brought
in to him which turned waiting into
sudden action. 1t was raining that day,
raining hard, but rain is only a minor
discomfort. and it rather increased the
chances of success. United States
District Attorney Breckons and Mar
shall, Hendry were communicated with,
and they were ready promptly. A big
automobile charged I'D to the waikiki
door of the capitol and the government
men piled in and went rapidly up the
valley to the place where it had been
reported okolehao was being made.
The raid was complete surprise, not
only the plant but the illicit distillers
being captured. The making of liquor
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federal authorities.
That incident was enough to make
common carriers more cautions, and now
on the island vessels one finds rules
posted prohibiting the officers from al
lowing any cOntraband liquor to be car
ried.
Nothing to Handcuff.
Somewhat less than two years ago
Collector Walter T. Drake received in
formation to the effect that some Jap
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were fshed out before an attempt was
made to sell the liquor.
The one gallon, however, was enough,
and the revenue men officially seized
the schooner in the name of the United
States. and later the court declared her
contraband. The case was fought up
to the court of final appeal, but the
government won out all along, and in
the end the vessel was sold and the
proceeds of the sale turned over to the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31
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Hawaii, is not the easiest in the world.
The mountaineer wants to turn his corn
into moonshine; the dwelle1 in the out
side districts of Hawaii thinks, some
times, that the government has not
right TO tell him that he shall not go out
into the hills and gather a bushel or so
of Ii root and distill okolehao from it.
1t is part of the duty of the internal
revenue men to see to it that the laws
against Illicit distilling are not violat
ed. or if they are, they (the violators)
are caught and punished for having
ignored the law.
The situation in Hawaii is peculiarly
difficult as regards the enforcement OF
the internal revenue laws and regula
tiens. If a man is determined to defy
the law, there are so many places TO
which he can retire and carry on his
operations with comparatively little
danger of detection. Rice, ti-root and
sugar are easily to be obtained; there
are hundreds of secluded gulches in
which simple still may be set up; a
barrel or soy tub serve very well
to make the mash in. And in many
of the outside districts the presence of
a stranger is so rare that it is quickly
reported, the news being passed from
mouth to mouth, so that the attempt of
revenue official to locate a still loses
at once the almost essential element of
secrecy.
The situation is complicated by the
complexity of the population Of Hawaii
Japanese, Hawaiians and Portuguese,
are all among those who have beer
caught at the illicit work By tn,
revenue men and punished for tbei. de
fiance of law.
Many Convictions Obtained.
For, notwithstanding the difieultie
of the work. there have been man,
convictions in the United States cour
since the annexation of the Island
extended to Hawaii the interna
revenue laws. Since the establishment
of the local internal revenue office. i
1900. there have been sixty-fve pros,
eutions under the revenue laws. tn
convictions including Hawajians. Jal
anese. Chinese and Portuguese Som
of those prosecuted We're caught rigl
in the city; others were captured j
out-nf- the-way and often almost ina
eessibIe places in the mountains. /
addition, there have been DESTROYED b
tween twenty and twentyfy stills Il
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that lying on the floor by the bed were
pair of muddy shoes and a pair of
trousers the bottoms of which were
wet. He gathered the man in, and later
the japanese was sent to keep time
with his comrade on the reef.
Net Sometimes Empty.
These are some of the successful raids
that have been made. But it often hap
pens that a long night of waiting in
the mud under rainy sky is productive
Of nothing but bad colds and aching
limbs.
A curious thing about the work, SAYS
the Collector, is that often the most
carefully laid plans 60 aglee, whit a
raid made without much expectation of
success results in the capture of both
still and distillers.
Often suspected plant is watched
for months before conditions are such
that there is any prospect of success.
And even then it not infrequently hap
pens that in some unknown way ad-
vance information is given and the
revenue men on their arrival find moth
ing but traces of where a still has been.
japanese Frequent Offenders.
Inc IuUSt persistent NlOIdIOTS Oh IH6
internal revenue law in Hawaii now
adays are japanese. In the old days
it was not uncommon for some of the
Hawaiians to make little okolehao
occasionally, generally for home con-
sumption. They invariably made their
liquor from ii root. But this industry,
like so many others, has latterly fallen
mostly into the hands of the enterpris-
ing sons of Nippon. And as has hap
pened in more legitimate branches of
industry, the product has deteriorated
Instead of going to the trouble of 60
ing out into the mountains and digging
ii root, which is good deal like
work, they resort generally to the use
of rice, potatoes or pineapple, mixed
with sugar, the fermentation being
started by the use of hops or some
other artificial fermenting agent.
Sell, but Dcn't Drink.
1t is worthy of note, too, that the
japanese rarely drink themselves what
they distill. They make it to sell to
the Hawaiians out of whose hands they
have taken the manufacture. They
themselves prefer saki or some other
nlilder drink. On such occasions as
they do consume their own okolehao,
they generally weaken it by adding
water
The prickly pear that is so common
a pest throughout the islands is fire.
quently used in the manufacture of
present day okolehao. In fact, almost
anything that will ferment serves the
thrifty japanese who is out to defy the
government of the country he lives in.
And no matter what he makes his con-
coction of, he has little difficulty in
selling it.
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Swipes a Native Product.

Where the Hawaiian nowadays does
engage in the work of making intoxi-
eating liquor in violation of the law,
he generally confines himself to swipes,
which is a brew, not a distillation.
Swipes properly made is not such a
deadly drink-but usually it is not prop
erly made. Bran, grain or potatoes
form the base, but it often happens
that more harmful things are added.
Sometimes plug of tobacco is nailed
to the bottom of the brew tub, to give
the swipes kick Swipes of this
character is deadly in it's effects, often
making the user insane for the time
being and being responsible for many
of the crimes that are committed in
: Hawaii.
Seldom Fight Back.
1t is but rarely that raiding internal
revenue men meet with any serious OPP
position on the part of the distiIlers
Occasionally a Japanese will put up
some sort of fight in his efforts to
escape, but there have never been any
casualties in Hawaii. 1t is different in
other localities in the United States
where the revenue people have to keep
their eyes open. The records of the
internal revenue department show that
during the past ten years four persons
have been killed in revenue raids, and
seven wounded. No less than 6661 ar
rests have been made for violations of
the internal revenue laws, while 1896
illicit stills have been seized and de-
stroyed. One thousand one hundred and
thirty stills were seized last year. 1t
cost the government no less than $685.
S266O for the year ended June 80, 1908,
for looking up stills and for special
work in detecting violations of the in