Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-06
,,,ioue Service Afforded omahas
And WinnebagOs Is
Broken Up.
TWENTY-FIVE CONVICTIONS.
,,u,.m D. Johmson. Engaged In Sup
preston Of sale of Liquor to
Indians. Gets Busy

u-ran drunken Indians become s."
mon that railroad has 20 put on
id trains for their accommodation
~, look out for william r. Johnson
San Lake. head OF the department
s- be oppression Of sale Of liquor
indian. throughout Uncle sam
s.-..r And such was the condition
existed between Omah1 and sioux
,-, urt.i few weeks ago when T. J..
g.,,ts Mr. Johuson's first lieutenant
.',osJ loo there ncognito and the re-
In was few days ago he startled
..,sba.s salo1ndom by wholesale arr
.ss and the conviction Of p saloon
r,sn and liquor houses. The penalty
...-.t 4. 500 to $1,000 fine and from two
f,s Years imprisonment.
rrar. ara about 1000 Wlnnenttos
, Omaha Indians in Nebraska, ana
-t .8 .u Iowa. most of whom are
.-.I .r the vicinity of this disturbed
Ougt a. r..rs., ,,t
.4 that Sioux city s1ioons were
.ae altos. tHsr too pIe.u9llc from
... earned -tipeuds OF lne.e
.. r.I-s,drued wards IT. D.
-.. one of the most trusted scouts
Ell saloon vrDCkef7, was sent ouietIf
81, ue town. and with inc ana OF
~s dummy Indians and rev othei
,-.t. of the trade presently had al
s.,dsre either i'm Jail or scared
s.mretely out of the country. All was
WY f,r a few weeks But the thirsty
10 nW.
~. d, tho south, the nearest large
- who're patronage Of the whisky
80 would not bee noticeable. First
En- Few went down 90 Omaha, then
-.--r. M a dozen or two. and as the
80 spresd among the Winnebagos
,tsr thew could get their hearts desire
a. ,bs abear" big railroad town, soon
,-.g uere pouring into Omaha every
f., DIV the scores They would re-
,,rr home. often In a beastly state of
,-tayfeatiou. 10 became so bad that
M white patrons OF the road conf
,I.irod so loudly that finally the road
"a I'M spccial Indian Jim Grow
rims 20 Div between Sioux city and
Omaha.
sfrsrintendent of the Winnebagos,
summed into Omaha and i'm short
.1sre Of time arrested an the % Of
,.g8ipg saloon men. and they were
Convicted on the spot and their grog
srons closed Today poor To cannot
rst pint of whisky In either Omaha
or Sioux City
TRIED ANOTHER GAME.
Bgf these aborigines have many
clever fellows among them, and they
have dropped onto unique plan Of
their own 10 CirCumvent the humane
good work of the officers and satisfy
their frIghtful craving for liquor.
Down in Mexico there grows little
plant called the "peyote." It is about
the size of q small pin cushion, and
J, of the cactus genus When pulled
az the right period. dried and after
wards soaked up and boiled. 10 gives
of a Juice intoxicating 10 the senses,
with some OF the effects OF cocaine.
Lately the Indians have been secret
D sending their agents TO Mexico. re-
turning loaded down with the much
coveted plant They imbihe the extract
i1 quantity at their dances and other
festivities, and the "peyote habit is
rapidly spreading among them. Tho
federal officers are eXerting them
selves 10 put q stop TO this also. and
arrest every Indian found with the
harmful "poyote" plants IN his possess
sion and destroy the booty. Recently
ill., Brcns captured 1000 plants on
one native agent. He scnt specimens
90 Mr Johnson, and they are now on
exhibition boz his office IN the Temple
tons some boz the dry state, and a few
growing in Jars like houscplants.