The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-20
FLICKERTAILS
TOLD TO STOCK
UP FOR DROUTH
Only 10 Days Remain In
Which Intoxicants Can
Be Imported
STATE NEVER HAD
WIDE OPEN SALOONS
Possible That Stocks May
Be Seized Wherever
Found

Bismarck, N. d., June 2O.-With
but ten days remaining in which in
toxicating liquors may be imported
into North Dakota, every incoming
train is loaded down with every
known variety of drinkable and un-
drinkable. Twin city liquor houses
are urging patrons to stock UP for
a long dry SPELL" and many patrons
have needed little urging. NO one
can prevent your laying in as much
liquor as you can pay for" one twin
city firm advises its customers. This
is not correct, according to the opin-
ions of prosecuting attorneys in
many sections of the state who have
ratded large caches and conflscated
the contents on the grounds that the
store was unreasonably large for per-
sonal consumption.
Bowman's Dry Measure.
North Dakota's entrance into the
bone dry column a week from next
Sunday will be due to duke: Rep
resentative Bowman of Kuhn, a lead
ing Lacquer, introduced in the house
last winter a bill requiring importers
of liquor to make an affidavit that
the stuff was intended, for personal
use and providing that the carrier
handling the shipment must take a
complete receipt before delivery. The
idea of the measure was that it would
curb operations of blindpiggers who
have shipped in immense quantities
of liquor under assumed names or
names kindly loaned for the purpose
by friends. The bill went to the
senate in this condition, and there
the temperance committee amended
it to provide that liquor might be
handled by registered pharmacists
under certain conditions. Slight
changes were also made in the provis-
ions covering importation for per-
Eonal use, and in order that proseeu-
tors might more easily determine the
proper amount of intoxicants for
use the ration for each
month was limited to Is quarts of
beer, eight gallons of wine and four
quarts of whisky.
Stocking Up Progress Began.
With these two amendments the bill
some manner which never has ap-a
peared in the house journal, the per
sonal use" amendment was cost, and |
he house passed the bill with but |
me senate amendment, that restrict |
ng the importation Of liquor to |
registered pharmacists who would |
give Noath that the stuff would be sold |
,nly for medicinal purposes. Nothing |
in the bill allowing the i'm
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TO all intents and purposes 1t made |
North Dakota bone dry. and in this |
condition it went to the governor, was |
signed, and became a law. Then the /
true state of affairs was discovered, |
Ind the stocking up process began |
that very day.
Entered Union q "Dry" State.
North Dakota has never known a
legally recognized saloon. 1t entered
the union in 1889 as a dry state. IN
til Is years ago east of the river, and |
he Missouri, however, that dryness
was largely imaginary. Years after |
North Dakota became state liquor |
was openly served in Bismarck bars,
during legislative sessions. |
Little by little, however, public opin- |
on veered around on the side of law
observance. In the last ten years
there has not been wide-open,
classified saloon anywhere in North |
some very literally patronized bars. |
rhe blindpigging evil has gradually |
and North Dakota is in |
tip-top shape to begin July i long |
,ast which probably never will q, be |
broken.
Under the Webb Kenyon act, the |
power of the federal government |
packs up North Dakota in excluding |
liquor from the confines of the state. |
officials claim they have a right to
'emove intoxicants from the baggage
# passengers travelling into North
Dakota, and that it may be seized
wherever found within the state. If
he last contention proves tenable, it
will mean that several thousands,
perhaps tens of thousands OF good
citizens who have planned to have a
title on hand after July have rude
AVA kening in store