The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-06-08
SIN-l GET THEIRS I'M BAN
kkER PROHIBITION
STATE
ITS VERY |MPLE
Contemplate Law Against
Snake Bites" = Legislator
C0Hsults Lieutenant Gov
ernor Regarding Plan For
SoIons To Have Liquor in
Homes; For Many Thirst.


Homes; For Many Thirst.
In the following story the Chicago
1gabune calls attention to conditions
Ia Kansas. the star" prohibition
state:
Topeka Kan.-(SpecIal.) kansas
has had " real 'bone-dry" law in effect
sor month now. The thing is go new
that Kansas is having lot OF fun out
OF it. While most folks in the state
are accustomed TO a drought in the
way OF Intoxicating liquors, there are
few who still want a drink and they
DO not want to make q trip to Missouri
ao get &k. So, OF course there Is some
business aor the bootlegger, who Is
willing TO take chance on long time
o. jan for little profit.
Real whisky Is worth 81 a quart In
interior Kansas now That is the price
one chap said he collected last week
for ten quarts he had smnggled into
the state. He was sent to jail for
shree months.
It Is unlawful to have liquor In ones
possession in Kansas. A few days
ago, Just after the Santa F'e plug" a
popular local train, left Kansas City,
man suddenly appeared at the front
end Of the smoking car He yelled to
she brakeman to close the rear door
and let no one escape
"Gentlemen." he said "T am the
sheriff OF Johnson county. / have been
informed that the liquor laws are be.
sng violated on this train It, there
fore, is necessary for me to investt.
gate. Each man will set his grip out
"a the aisle and open 1t and I viii see
ac there Is any contraband"
Smashl Three windows OF the car
were broken at one time as three grips
we're thrown through them
Then the alleged sheriff laughed.
lie was only travelling man having
gin. The three men really did have
grips full OF liquor they were taking
home and they thought the man was
real sherlff.
Fhe Great Trunk Mystery.
A large and entirely new trunk was
dumped OF train at Hutchinson one
day TAe baggageman was careless
and let the trunk fall with a thump.
Then a policeman noticed that the
trunk was leaking He confscated Il.
The trunk was filled with forty-eight
quarts of whisky A man had pur-
chased the goods and a new trunk
and then checked 1t as baggage. But
for the careless baggageman he might
have secured the liquor
At Niles two greasy, dirty barrels
We're rolled off a freight train They
were billed as kerosene, but to a man
who had never used that much kero-
sene in his life The town constable,
who meets all trains in all small Kans
sas towns, noticed that the grease did
not appear to be just an accumulation
Of dirt, such as would ordinarily ap'
pear ON barrel Of coal oil.
He decided on an examination. 80 ne
bored a small hole through the bung
and found that both barrels contained
only whisky
At Pittsburg the other day the police
noticed an unusually we'll dressed man
driving load Of hay through town.
he had none of the appearances of q
farmer His hands were too white and
soft and there was no sign Of tan on
his face The police became susps,
aious and pinched" the load of hay.
hey found forty-eight pints Of whisky,
tMo barrels Of bottled beer, two kegs
Of beer, and a bottle OF gin In tha
middle Of the load OF hay.
Getting Worried.
Shortly after the law went into ea
feet member Of the legislature
ought a state official
Is it true" he asked. that mem,
bers OF the legislature are immune
from arrest for ordinary foffenses while
the legislature is in session."
yes"
Would there be any objection to
the legislature taking a recess for six
months?"
81 suppose not. But why?"
I'VE couldn't be arrested then rsa
having little liquor In our house
could we2"
W. 7. Morgan, lieutenant governor
received a letter from man in west,
ern Kansas, asking about the bone
dry" law and whether it prohibited q
person having liquor for personal use
IF this is true said the letter, what
on earth are we going to do In case
OF snake bite?"
''I guess you are up against it," Nor
gan wrote in reply However, IL II
will help any, I will have introduced
law prohibiting snake bites, and !
think 1t WILL be passed. Chicago
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