The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-27
KOOtenai County
Dry Territory
HOI DS COUNTY ATTORNEY WERNETTE
No Liquor Can Be Shipped in Except to Licensed
Saloons and Crue Stores

When Koutenai county becomes
dry the llth OF next June II will be
very ve,y dry II County Attorney
Wernette Is right in his lnterperta
tion of the law
After the result Of the election waa
annoue ned many Of those Who have
been in the habit Of indulging com
torted themselves with the Thought
that they at least would not have 10
90 without their customary beverage
hecause they could ship In beer in
case lots aud whlskies Ia less than
i've gallon lots aud keep them for
their own use and yet not violate the
law
But according TO County Attorney
Wernette they we're mistaken he
holds that what Ia known as the Web
Kenyon law passed by Congress alb
'olutely prohibits the shipping of
liquor from a wet state into a dry.
and that under that Law a person
cannot ship In liqnor even for his
own use
lie even goes further than that ard
holds that Kootenai county is nov
dry territory aud subject to the law
regulating the sales aud distribution
ni Intoxicating liquors 10 dry terri. |
tory aud that as a consequence no
liquor can be shipped iuto th county
except to the licensed saloons and
lruR stores
Acting ulder that opinion the
county attorney now is Issuing to
ansportation companies orders to
lease the distribution OF liquors 10
Kootenai county, except to saloons
holding licenses and TO drug store
that have placed bonds acunrding to
law The state law gives the licensed
'aloous ninety days from the date
Of election to go out of business, bat
the county attorney contends that
the state law forbids the distribution
IF liquors TO individuala. cluns OF
'ther organizations
When Kootenai county was dry
before, the state law uermltted the
'hipment of liquor into the county
:nder the Interstate commerce. regula
ions. bnt It Is the pesent content lon
hat the Webb Kenyon federal act
rohihits this Ia the case of Kootenai
county
The seizure OF q quantity OF wet
'oods by the city marshall of IIarrl.
-ousa few days 20 brought the matter
'efore the county attorney and pro
iuced the ruling
Following this construction placed
Ipon The law by County Attorney
Nernette, managers OF express com
aules traversing Kootenai county
lre instruetinR their agents not to
'eceive liquor consigned to points In
ne couuty, and not to deliver sueh
mods TO any person to whom II IL
'onsi gued except to licensed salon
'eepers, drug stores holding permits
o sell. or to ministers Of the gospel Ia
he used for saoramenal purpusea
Under this construction Of the
aw 1t will be much harder for boot
iegRers to operate than it was when
the county WIS dry before. Then /
3 hoy had no difficulty In getting the
liquor shipped to them but under
he construction Of the law the ouly
gay that they can secure a supply Of
liquor is to bring it In personally
The Licenses of the sHlnons In
20 ur Alene expire May 9th the same
as here hut the council there has
amended their ordinance regulating
4alo ne 30 that the licenses can be
extended until the expiration of the
nilfy days from the election and il |
IL possible that the council OF this
eity will follow the same course