Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-07-21
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MA k,.!oeS eSS1luSED|
BY ACTION OF GOVERNMENT IN
EXTENDING PROHIBITION
IN WESTERN MINNESOTA

sEXTENDlNG PROHlblI1ON
IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
Fargo, N. D., July 15.-An asso-
ciated press report from Washington,
D. c., dated July 18th, says:
Prohibition will be extended by the
national government on ceded Indian
lands in Minnesota.
The bureau of Indian affairs has
decided to enforce its anti-liquor reg
ulations on larger area of these
lands than previously has been at
tempted.
All the lands within and adjacent
to the White Earth and Leech Lake
reservations will be embraced In the
prohibited territory. Some places
within this area previously have been
permitted to maintain saloons but
these will now be abolished and the
ban on the introduction of intoxi-
eating liquors will be applied to the
following counties:
81 Becker, Cass, Clay, Hubbard, Nah
nomen and Norman; southwestern
portions of Betrami, 1tasca and Polk;
southern portions of Clearwater and
Red Lake; those parts of Grow Wing
and Wadena lying north of the Miss
issippi and the northern portion of
Otter Tail.
This action was taken by the In
dian bureau in order to protect the
Red men adequately against whis-
key and also to enforce, SO far as it's
appropriation will permit, the provi-
sions of the treaties by which the
lands were ceded. These provisions
prohibit the introduction of intoxi-
eating liquors In the whole northern
part OF the state, except by the con-
sent Of congress or the president, and
If carried out strictly, according to
their letter. 1t Is sale, would embrace
even Minneapolis and Duluth. There
is no present likelihood. however, Of
the indian bureau invading these
two cities withsits temperance cru.
sade. s.
@@ a The Moorhead saloon men are nat
sarally on, the. anxious seat, since 1t
has been learned that the government
has decided to abolish the saloons in
Moorhead. The city council has is
sued AZ liquor licenses at $500 each.
There are hundreds of thousands of
dollars invested in property in Moor
head used in the liquor business. A
good many think the removal Of sa-
looms from Moorhead will be q good
thing for the town and be the making
Of the city which is now under
ban Of an Objectionable nature. Fed
eral authorities gave the saloon men
of Detroit time to close out their
stocks and it is probable the same;
thing will be done in Moorhead.
It may be that the geographical boun-
dary included in the prohibition area
OF the government will not include
the strip along the Red river as it was
stated sometime ago that the prohi-
bition line ran about three miles east
of Moorhead, the line running from q
point on the river near Georgetown
in q southeasterly direction into OF
ter Trail county. At certain point
in Otter Tail county the line runs
eastward.
According to J. j. Matulys, q spec
51al agent Of the government, who was
in the city a week Oh SO ago, the
boundary mentioned was right prior
to May 10 of this year. but on that
date the lines were changed, the east
and west line in Otter Tail county be-
ing continued westward to the Red
river and the western boundary then
becoming the Red river from George
town to the point to which the Otter
Tail county lines was extended.
This new arrangement Of the lines
takes in Moorhead, and 1t is believed
that the change resulted directly
from the stir caused by the reports
that Moorhead saloonkeepers were
selling to Indians during their attend
ance upon United States court at
Fargo. x..s5 a
There are quite number Of men
IN the business section who say the
agitation is directly traceable to the.
prohibitionists. and there are many
others who say that is all nonsense.
that the move comes from the re-.
suit Of reports made BY government
agents relative to the selling Of IL:
.quors to Indians. It is the conten-
5tion that the latter cannot apply to
Moorhead. as there are no Indians
tributary. =53
MOORHEAD SALOONS 10 CLOSE
The Fargo News states that Moor.
head saloon men and politicians are
speculating over the fact that the.