The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-11-18
BOOZE FILLED GUTTER.
INDIAN LID IS ON TIGHT
SECRET SERVICE MEN OBEY IN
STRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER.
Carload of Beer Sent From the Hamm
Brewing Company, st. Paul, Or
dered Returned; Attempts to Con-
ceal Liquor in Easements Is Frus-
trated; Saloons in Northern Min
nesOta Are Sure Doomed.

trated; Saloons in Northern Min
nesOta Are Sure Doomed
Bagley, Mimi, November I6.--Tndian
Agent Way and two deputies yesterday
destroyed all the liquor they could find
in Bagley, and declared that the village
acted Illegally and would he answer
able to the government. They main
tain that the order of Secretary Bal
lin9er to enforce the Indian treaty
provisions against the introduction of
liquor into the "Indian country pre-
vents the creation OF new saloons.
Three barrels of whisky, twentysiy
cases of bottled goods and several casks
of brandy and wine We're dumped into
the street.
Beer Must Be Returned.
Bemidii. MIMI. November l6.-At
Kelliher, forty miles northwest of Be-
midi, in Beltram county, where seven
saloons are in operation, a carload of
beer consigned by the Hamm Brcwixs
company 10 4. A. McGill, mayor OF
the town and also agent for the Hamm
company, may he the cause not only of
closing every saloon there, but also of
causing government agents to dump
all the liquor into the street.
The Bemidii brewery has been closed.
The lid has gone on for sure
When w. II. Gemmell. general man.
ager OF the Minnesota and International
railway. on (which line Kelliher is To-
Gated. learned that the beer had been
taken from the car, he conferred with
I. f. Brents, in charge of the Indian
bureaus sub-agency in Bemdii who
told Mr.. Gemmel that unless the beer
was reloaded and on its way back to
st. Paul by the time his men could
get to Kelliher, he would close every
saloon and confiscate every drop OF
liquor. Mr.. Gemmell has wired this in
formation to Mayor McGill.
Not Much Liquor in Bemidji.
In Bemidii, the largest city to be
directly affected by the nO-shipment
order, things are going bad for the
saloon men. Already their supplies are
becoming exhausted.
II Just sold my last drop of brandy"
said Frank Lane, one of the leading
saloon men of Bemidi
Other retail liquor dealers report
scant stocks
A squad of secret service men and
agents of the Indian bureau have az
rived, and the town is being closely
watched for any attempt to smugele in
liquor. The city council was scheduled
TO meet in regular session last night to
consider applications from two men for
liquor licenses. 1t is taken as sienif-
leant that ma quorum was present.
The John larson saloon succeeded in
getting a carload of beer slowed away
in the cellar before the agents of the
Indian bureau knew what had hap-
pened. There was some doubt as to
the right to order the beer removed.
and Agent n. A. Way wired w. f.
Johnson for Instructions Tie received
prompt reply by wire ordering him
to have the beer placed on the ears
and shipped back TO the brewery.
Sent the Beer Back
Agent Matulys discovered yesterday
morning that Il train load of beer was
ready TO be unloadcd here. the greater
part OF it being consigned to Bemidii
brcweries. The men to whom the beer
was consigned contended that it had
been ordered before the governments
order forbidding shipment had gone
into effect.
Agents Matulys and Way thought
otherwise, and would not permit keg
of beer to be unlOaded. In this action
they now are hacked up by w. f.
Johnson. at the head of the Indian bu.
reau. The twelve carloads of beer. to-
9ether with several barrels of whisky
and half Il dozen casks of wine. are
on their way back home without any
success in the intended thirst qnench-
ing expedition.
Doom of All Saloons.
L. +. Brents arrived today to take
charge OF the Bemidji subagency and
he makes it plain that the holding ND
OF the trainload OF liquor merely indi-
Gates the firm determination of the
government to enforce the Indian
treaty. 1t is at once apparent that it
means the doom of not only every sa-
loon in Bemidji but also of every one
in the Indian district is sealed and that
legalized liquor traffic in the affected
territory will be thing of the past as
soon as the present liquor supplies are
exhausted.
The first attempt to unload beer
since the non-shipmcnt order went into
effect was made Sunday morning, and
it was at that time that the Larson
supply was replenished.
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