The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-07-04

quof business in West Virginia be-
comes effective next Tuesday at mid
night. 1t brings the total number
of states in the prohibition column
up to nine.
With West Virginia added, the
list will be: Georgia, Kansas, Maine.
Mississippi, North Carolina. North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West
Virginia. These nine states of total
prohibition territory. plus the local
no-license area, make up 2,132,726
square miles in which 4~6.029.75O
persons, or nearly so per cent of the
country's population. live according
to the latest figures of the prohibi-
ton leaders.
The $4,000 majority with which
the people of West Virginia accepted
the dry proposition was relatively
the largest ever given by any state.
1t was approximately two to one for
statewide suppression of the liquor
business. 1t was a surprise ever to
the prohibition forces. who were in
debted largely to the determined
stand which many Of the large en-
~ployers took in favor of their cause.
The state has a population of 1,221,-
119 by the census of 1910. .
The mandate of the Legislature,
embodied in the Yost bill, for the en-
forcement of the new law, beginning
July /, departs in many respects
from the methods hitherto tried
along this line. The chief features
center about the creation of a CON-
missioner of prohibition, whose par
that by next Tuesday midnight some
1900 liquor selling places in the
state have disposed of their stock,
and that thereafter all persons shall
be punished by law if they keep IL
quor for sale.
The new office of commissioner of
prohibition automatically falls to
| State Tax Commissioner Fred o.
Blue of this city, who has been
spending several months in prepare
ton for strict enforcement of the
new law.
To save the state the time and ex-
pense of taking violations before
state courts, he has been urging mu-
nicipal ordinances governing the vio-
lations. thus permitting the cases to
be brought before the local courts.
In an effort to instruct the people
as to the provisions of the new law,
Commissioner Blue has also been
| loot,r;rr N v0ruh0Y,t tho ctotn
"In other states" say Mr.. Blue,
where prohibition has been adopted,
one of the forces that has had to be
contended with has been the drug
store. The Yost law will regulate
this feature. Druggists may sell al
cohol only to persons not addicted to
it's use upon prescription of a reputa-
BILE physician, who has examined the
person and in detail set forth in the
prescription the reasons for the use
of alcohol. The governing bodies of
druggists have approved of this plan.
For scientific or mechanical purposes
alcohol will be sold only after affi-
uniform records of all such sales
will be kept, to be inspected periodi-
cally by those in charge of the en-
forcement of the law. No druggist.
however, can sell in any form whisky,
brandy, ale or any beverage of an in
t%oxicating nature.
"The Yost law also undertakes to
do away with the drinking clubs,
which have been the source of so
much trouble in other states" he
said. at provides that any person
directly or indirectly associated in
keeping such a club house or other
place where liquor is kept for gift,
barter or sale, shall be punishable
upon conviction by a fine of from
500 to $500 and by Imprisonment
from one to six months.
"The enactment of the Webb-Ken-
yon law by congress will be of con-
siderable assistance in enforcing the
prohibition law in this state" he
continued.
lone of the benefits of the feder-
al act is that records of interstate
shipments of liquors may be requir-
ed, and therefore every railroad, ex-
press company and any kind OF
transportation company, including
steamboats, carrying freight or x
press, either from another state into
ours, or from one part of our state
to another part must obey the laws
of this state respecting liquor. Every
one of the transportation companies
will be required to keep special rec
ords at the point of delivery show
ing the receipt of liquors, the kind
and quantity. to whom consigned,
when delivered, and the cOnsignee
must sign in person for the ship
ment. The Webb-Kenyon act vests
the right to enforce these provisions
of the law and regulation Hereunder
against interstate carriers. None of
these carriers will be permitted to
receive consignments of liquor to