Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
BOARDED SUGAR AND FLOUR DISCOVERED
 IN RAY SON0RAT0WN
Special to The Republican,

FLAGSTAFF, July 1S.-HundredS of pounds of hoarded supplies of sugar and flour were confiscated and four, Mexicans, whose names for the present are withheld, face the drastic penalties of the food control act as a result of raid conducted by government officers at Sonora, a Mexican town in the Ray copper mining district.
 The cleanup of the Mexican hoard CTS was one of the most successful ever carried out in this state. and it's effect will be to implant a wholesome respect for Uncle Sam's food regulations in the breasts of those certain foreigners who were inclined to look upon them as joke.
 Hoarding was something akin to bootlegging with these simple minds. It was perfectly legitimate as long as one could get away with it, but that viewpoint has been altogether changed. Sonora today can take genuine pride in strict compliance with all the regula- tions, for Sonorans have discovered that the food control act really has teeth. Neither s5000 fines nor two- year imprisonments look inviting, and they have promised the officers to be ''muy bien" in the future
 i The raid in question was conducted under the personal direction of w. E.. | Mullen, county food administrator for | Pinal county, with the assistance of | United States secret service men and several police officers from Ray, who were deputized for the occasion.
 Sonora is a mining town of 1000 Mexicans and negroes. For some time past it has been regarded as a hot-bed of food violators and has given the officers considerable trouble in other respects. Though it was felt tha, there was more or less violation ol food regulations, however, it was diff ficult to secure concrete evidence Finally this was obtained quite by acci- dent
 On July 6 the county food admins tration issued a certificate to one Leo. cardia Ponce, allowing him 50 pounds of sugar for the manufacture of ice cream. On the same night Ponce's place of business was visited by off cers in search of liquor. Among other things, they found the 5O-pound suga, certificate. and with it 25O pounds oI sugar. This was sacked in -pount
 bags and hidden away in egg cases
 It was this circumstance that leC
 Mullen to call for federal assistance
 The IeOerdl 1000 a0mln1StratOr for Arr
 Zona sent a secret service officer C
 the scene and the raid was carried ou
 by the officers visiting several estab
 lishments simultaneously.
 What action will be taken agains
 the hoarders has not yet been deter
 mined. All are held under surveil
 lance, and in the meantime Sonora |
 periodically inclined
 On July Is, the federal food admins trator for Arizona issued an orde
 closing the place of Charles Guam proprietor of the American Kitchen a Mesa, for three days and imposing , fine of s10O. to be paid to the Re, Cross.
 In hearing held before S. J. Buck ingham. county food administrator fo Maricopa county, Guam was foun guilty of having violated certain regu lations of the hotel and restaurant al vision with reference to the serving c
 sandwiches and the sale of bread Thi
 was deemed to be unfair competitor with other Mesa restaurants. whic } were strictly complying with the regu lations.