The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-01-22

1t was billed from FL Paso to one,
NJ. +. LOOMS who, by the way has
never been located. 1t was set out
on the platform and in the night
someone struggled through snow.
drift to drill a hole in its side. The
next morning strong distilery odor
fingered about the platform. Inves.
tigation showed that the barrel was
divided into two compartments. One
at the head, containing Ave gallons
OF distillate. The other compart.
ments had been filled with SO gallons
of whisky, five of which had been
extracted by the midnight prowler.
Now at Del Rio is located one of
the dairy farms of the Fred Harvey
Santa Fe eating house system. The
employees of the dairy learned of the
barrel and the second night they ST.
phoned out something like half the
whisky remaining therein. No cows
were MIXED the next morning. All
OF the mixers were death'y sick. A
| Prescott doctor was summoned and
he analysed the liquor. It was then
found that there was a leak between
the distillate and whisky compart.
ments.
| In a Piano Case
| Officers at Miami became SUSPECT
} cious that piano case received there
and billed to Mrs. Rosa Disney did
not contain piano. They were right.
1t contained $436 worth of bottled IL
quor.
Bottles are interned in the middle
of cans OF lard Or honey shipped to
Arizona. Scores OF suit cases are
left uncalled for at the railroad sta
tions' because the owners suspect
that they are suspected-and often
they are right. Dozens OF arrests
have been made because one bottle
in trunk or suit case was broken
in transit.
or late number OF shipments
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animals which never break no mat.
ter how roughly the baggage Is han.
died. 1t is said that there is an un.
precedented demand for bladders at
the slaughter houses Of I'll Paso and
Los Angeles.
In Tucson a dealer in household
utensils remarked casually to a con.
stable that his stock OF canopeners
had been exhausted that morning.
He could not understand why so
many full grown men should need
canopeners The constable ran down
this clue and arrested an enterpris-
ing young fellow who had imported
and sold whisky in tomato cans with
gaudy labels.
Use Of Autos
Automobiles have been used ex.
tensively for the introduction Of II.
, quor. At Clifton a young man with
a big car which he frequently drove
to Lordsburg, N. M, fell under sus.
picion and was arrested. He had fit
ted a false bottom in his machine and
was carrying from 70 to so quart bot
ties at a load In the auto of a pris-
oner arrested at Miami were several
concealed copper compartments, all
full of whisky. One young man and
his wife for several months made
regular motor trips between FL Cen
tro. California and Phoenix, each
time carrying numerous bottles and
kegs that were retailed ut great prof
It here. Two others made bust.
ness OF stealing autos in Los Ange-
: les, loading them with liquor, driving
, to Arizona and selling cars and car
= goes.
Bootleggers in the southeastern
of the state are making use Of wom-
: en- to get their liquor across the line.
The women go automobile riding over
.. into New Mexico, wearing boomers
u under their skirts. When they re-
Il turn the boomers are the containers
of as many bottles as can be carried
comfortably.