The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-12-02
RUM IN THE HOUSE
WILL LEAD TO JAIL

Idaho will be = dry before midnight
on December 81, 1915. The possession
of liquor of any kind by any person
Except wine for sacramento purposes
or pure alcohol under restricted permit
after that hour is prima facie evidence
Of guilt on the part of the person pos
sessing the liquor, and is sufficient to
warrant conviction. There are no ex-
ceptions. Not a saloon man or liquor
dealer, or private citizen, may have one
drop of liquor on his business premises
or in his home or elsewhere in the State
after the clock strikes IL midnight on
December 81, 1915.
Only Pastors Excepted
The attitude of the Oda county off
Gals with respect to the enforcement
of the prohibition law is amply defined
in pamphlet issued by County Attor-
ney Raymond l.. Givens for general dis
tribution. Its preamble states that
Idaho will become prohibition district
after midnight on December 81; that it
will be unlawful for any, person, firm,
corporation, partnership, association, or
ganization or club to have possession of
Intoxicating liquors Of any kind except
wood or denatured alcohol, except under
permit for medical purposes. Exception
| is also made to wine for sacramental
purposes.
The county attorney takes up in his
pamphlet every section of every liquor
law applicable to the State, explaining
it's provisions and it's administration
patent medicines, a1cohols, sacramento
wines, near beers and all other concoc-
tions are classified and identified so that
there may be no doubt as to their char
acter.
The really binding section Of the
pamphlet, which contains nineteen
pages, is found on page No. Z. 1t reads:
"Since, under the 1915 act, wine is
the only Intoxicating liquor which per
son may legally have in his possession
and wine may be in the possession only
of priest or minister for sacramento
purposes, and pure alcohol may be pos
sessed only under a restricted permit
construing section three of the 1911 act
with section % Of the 1915 act, under
the doctrine Of the Crane case, post, it
is unlawful for person to have even
in a private dwelling house Intoxicating
liquor of any kind or description, and
the implied proviso in section three, that
the finding Of intoxicating liquor in a
private dwelling house is not prims
facia evidence Of violation of the
statute is abrogated and done away
with, and the finding Of Intoxicating
liquor in either public or private
dwelling or any other place, excepting
wine in the possessiond Of a priest OF
minister to be used for sacramental pur
iposes, is prima facia evidence Of gull
lof any person In whose possession thu
Intoxicating liquor may be, irrespectiv.
lof intent or purpose, and no exception i!
made exempting private homes, dwelling
houses or any other place.
Punishment
Violation of the above is a misde
meanor, the first punishment for which
is a fine of not less than $25 nor NOR,
than $500, or by Imprisonment in tn
county Jail for not less than ten day
nor more than six months, or by boil
fine and imprisonment. A second con
Eviction constitutes a felony.
Peace officers may search for I'm
known violators Of the law. They hav'
la right to search anq house, room, en-
1closure, or any other place for intoxicat
ling liquor. Search warrants may be is
sued by magistrate authorizing tn
foffcers to search public or privat
dwellings and seize therein any intoxi
eating liquors found, and the possession
in public or private dwelling house i
lprima facia evidence of the violation
OF the liquor laws.