Weekly journal-miner., 1910-03-16

If the Hamilton Owens bill, officially designated as Senate Bill 1881, passe: the House of Representatives in th' same form that it passed the Senate the effect will be to establish abso lute prohibition in practically every part of Maricopa county, as well al in many other parts of Arizona, and the United States government author ities will enforce the law, says the Phoenix Gazette.
 Ostensibly a bill to make the reg ulations against selling liquor on In dian reservations more stringent, the Hamilton-Owen measure makes ii unlawful for any person to sell or give away intoxicants within twenty five miles of any reservation.
 In Maricopa county it is impossible to move twenty-mile miles from one reservation without being nearer than that to another. The only part of the county that would escape would be Wickenburg.
 The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Owens of Okla homa, and passed with one or two little changes and amendments which are comparatively unimportant and do not change the intent of spirit of the measure. Representative Hamilton, who assisted Senator Owens in draw ing up the bill, is pushing it in the House.
 At its convention, held in this city yesterday the Anti-Saloon League of Arizona passed a resolution asking the House to pass the bill in exactly the same form. that it passed the Sen ate, without the addition of any fur ther amendments. Within the last few days twenty prominent citizens of Phoenix have sent telegrams to the House urging that the bill be i'm mediately passed, unamended.
 A report has reached Phoenix that an effort is being made to have an amendment added, eliminating incor- porated cities an downs from the terms of the bill. The anti-saloon people are strenuously opposed to such an amendment. Should that change be made it would be impossible to sell liquor without the limits of Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, which are the only incorporated towns in the county except Wickenburg, but within these places saloons could be oper- ated under the existing system, with considerably more profit than at present.
 L. c. Hughes of Tucson is pre-. stunned to be leading the fight in this territory on behalf of the Hamilton Owens bill. The anti-saloon element all over the territory has taken it up within the last few days.
 Tucson, which is in close proxim- ity to reservation, will be affected in the same manner as Phoenix if the bill passes the House without amendment. Prohibition will also be put into effect in Flagstaff, Kingman, Globe, Solomonville and Yuma, to mention a fe wof the more important towns. Practically all of northern and eastern Arizona will be affected, but most of Cochise county will es- cape.
 Following is Section l of the bill that passed the Senate:
 "ThaU any person who shall sell, give away, dispose of, exchanges or barter any malt, spurious or vinous liquor, including beer, ale and wine, or any ardent or other intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever, or any essence, extract, bitters preparation, compound, composition or any article whatsoever, under any name, label or brand, which produces intoxieation, to any Indian, a ward of the govern ment under charge of any Indian sup. erintendent or agent, or any Indian, including mixed bloods, over whom the government, through its depart. ments, exercises guardianship, and any person who shall interoduce or attempt to introduce into the Indian country, or who shall have in his possession, sell, give away, dispose of or exchange or barter, any malt, fer. mented, spurious or vinous liquor including beer, ale and wine, or any ardent or intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever, or any essence, ex' tract, bitters, preparation, compound composition, or any article what so ever, under any name, label or brand, which produces intoxication. within the Indian country, which term shall include any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the government, or