Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-02
New Year Opens as "Dryest"
in City's History; Enjoined
Places Closed Tight.

So far AS agents OF the county at
torney's office and federal agents
could discover yesterday, Tulsa begirg
the new year In the midst OF the
greatest liquor drouth IN the history
OF the city
| Tulsa county roadhouses wera
closed yesterday Unlike places OF
legitimate business enterprise, they
viii be closed tomorrow and Thurs
day and the succeeding days OF tho
new year II the ambitions OF County
| Attorney Reeves are fulfilled. with
record of having closed 567 liquor
nuisances by injunction during the
past year, there was no Indication
yesterday that the period OF ruthless
ness against Questionable resorts is
to be ended.
4 Before the first sun OF the new
year had well risen above the horizon.
officers representing the federal goy-
ernment and the county were booking
I over" things In the vicinity OF Tulss
They had a dozen search warrants au-
therizing them to search the prem
iscs of dozen men who were sus-
pected OF having liquor about their
homesteads or places OF business
| Their reception was not warm ut
most places. Sneering Indifference
and surlipess showed on the faces of
the men whose homes were thus
rudely entered. One. whose barn was
full of gaming apparatus. did not
deign to speak TO the law" He did
not even bother to road the search
warrant. throwing II aside without o
glance.
Another awakened from his sleep
after an apparent night of wakeful-
ness. wanted to know "whyineli' they
didn't give him a little peace. In his
backyard were Dsveral holes indicat-
Ing that at one time there had been
plant there. Here and there an
empty whisky bottle lay where II had
been thrown, and near a pigsty was
an old champagne bottle with bits Of
unfoil ciinging TO the neck.
After search or pantries and barns
frd dresser drawers and cellhrs, tho
officers Visited some of the more no.
torious roadhouses that have been
closed by injunction. These reminded
one of the scenes described In The
varying with the length nof time the
notice OF Injunction had been nailed
to the door, Was upon the shelves and
furnishings A footshep sounded hol-
low and echoed disnally.
The picture OF these roadhouses
yesterday contsNstcd strongly with
fancy OF their appearance when their
life was at its vlgor The pianos.
sometimes described as "an" because
covered, and no "ragger' was pound
ing out the strains OF voluptuous
dance. soiled powder puff, dropped
In haste or abandon. perhaps, called
up memories OF gay and indiscroet
feminin1ty. Wine glasses, crusted
with the stain OF blood warming
drinks. lay about the room.
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a relic OF It's former splendor. Before
that was wont TO guide the thirsty
wayfarer to It's door Within were
evidences of what might have been
real movie fight" Furniture was
smashed and overturned Broken
bottles were strewn about the place.
A telephone had been jerked from It's
place on the wall.
This Is what happened 10 Irwin's
roadhouse when n. i. Macqueen and
United States Deputy Marshal Ellis
walked in last week and found whisky
being served by the drink
IL was the seventeenth time Mac
queen had tried to get the goods"
on this roadhouse. The other six
teen times had resulted In "A water
haul, as an unsuccessful Haid 10
described. The officers had been pa
tithl. " Hch hhil uHkil utNOlefb pl
the roadhouse laughed at the failure
of the officers and said Bring a
drink with you whrn you come again,
Mae tho officers held their peace.
But they continued to pop up at un-
expected times Ana Last Thursday
they made whisky haul. No one
tainted them then.
"Cet me an ak. Joe Macqueen told
Irwin.
irwin got the ax and watched his
possessions pay the penalty OF Their
unlawful use, Perhaps the recollecs
tion OF the Aunts md sixteen failures
served as an inspiration TO Ellis ana
Macqueen. Al all events the place
was pretty badly crippled
There will be no letup In the cam
paiEn against bootleggers. whisky
runners and roadhouse landlords. IN
1918, County Attorney Reeves de-
clared. Seyeral OF the better known
law Vlolators will coon have TO answer
charges In the courts. With the hslp
of Macaneen and the cooperation OF
the federal officers. he Is going TO
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