El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-15
intend To STOP
BOOZE IN ZONE
City and County Officers
Discuss Ways to Enforce
Law After Tonight.

menoes at 1890 o'clock tonight. and
ways and means Of meeting the proba-
BE more or less systematized viola
tion Of the law, was the principal top
ic Of discussion at a meeting Of about
IS policemen and detectives in the
corporation courtroom Sunday after
noon. chief Of police c. e. Pollock.
sheriff Seth 3. Orndorff, inspector T.
w. Reese, Judge 2. 3. Elfers and Capt
g. Il. Veator spoke.
chief Pollock opened the discussion
by ouflining IN q general way the
problem that ehe authorities VIII have
70 cope with
Stock Up for sale.
Beginning tonight" said chief pol
losE. ''Ei Pas0 begins q period Of pro
hibition. which viii endure for lonE
time, at the very least In the last
rev weeks as We al have observed.
residents Of Fl Paso Eavc been pur-
chasing large quantities Of int6Xi-
aants- In most cases this procedure
has been Innocent, and legal WITH IN
tent only 70 provide supply for pri-
Fate consumption. But in uumDer
q cases. many Of which we are al
ready scquainted with. this storage Of
Iuuor mas been with intent 70 sen
Illegally aftse the date Of prohibition
Prom this source we wiz undoubtedly
have much trouble. It VIII prube BY
commence Immediately and VIII c5T-
raiuly be IN fun sway very shortly
unless vigorous measures are taken 90
crush e in its Inception.
Must UEe Present Force.
''Te DO this we must work with the
force We alEeaGy have as the city
council has decided not to Increase
the police force ] am proud 10 say
- =
responded instantly and willingly 20
our suggestion that the situation be
met bv extra volunteer duty in plain /
Clothes AID. as Tar as ] know the I
compliance with ne suggestion h2s .
Beea HHeaianoHs. have been assured 1
that the department has the fun .
backing Of the city council and the
civil service commission
Hgrnoniouls with County officer.
zone thing more We can DO IN ~. tne
eirTpressfau OF Illegal Hquof traffic,
which IS 70 work In all harmony with
the sheriffs office. Sheriff Orno0FftI
naturally Is acquainted with much
That is going on. both within FL Peso
city and outside the limits and al
though his force has been considerably
-educed. the cooperation Of the city
and county officers VIII 90 mucn 70
ward lesseuing the traftic-
Recent let n Haudieaps
Sheriff OrndOrff discussed the
7
al peace officers drawing less money
rhan $40 a month. o. the right 70
carry q Gun. This act, according to
1fr. 6rndorff while simplifying TO. g
great degree the problem Of chief
1eace Officers who are continually
bssiered 81. reuussts for commissions,
IL the same time handicaps them py
deriving them OF the service Of many
man who do valuable work Erarui-
sans sherfffs Force Small.
I'm the sheriffs office we have
nine OF ten regular deputies said
the sheriff, "and besides we have
had the services Of g purity squad va
wing in number at different times AT
different times since I have been sher-
If. have cauEd issi0ned in the
ueiEhborho6i Of 100 special officers
The new law VIII not prevent ne
from appointing these deputies, phi.
II wiz prevent them from carrying
guns without which q peace oLLtSSl
IS greatly handicapped For aWnlle
7 faf II special debddes. working
out Of my Office where now nave
only three extra men, and woman
iu nfg purity squad
This Reform TO Stick.
But there IS one thing about this
present cleanup that 7 want to empha-
size, ard tha4 s. the tact that the
reform has come 70 stay since
have been in FL Paso. which VIII De
19 years on the 26th OF this month";
there have been frequent spasnnodlci
waves Of reform but al have passed
away with more CT less effect, and
left the city pretty much as 70 was
1e16fe, except OF course n one OF
Two notable instances. But this town
IS due to be cleaned Up permanently
and from this time forth prohibition
win prevail in Fl Paso. II IS the
arne with the 'redlight dlstrict-it
Edg gon8 20 stay and believe that
the same thing may Be SAID OF al
oitiss IN the Unitsd States
ueenuae Government wants u.
81 Paso Is being cleaned up be-
caass the g0Ternu1eut wanted II
cleaned up. We are doing Il our
selves because the government
wished 20 give ug the opportunity Of
doing that little BIT for our country
Thefe has never been a atme since
the beginning OF Eostilitles with
Germany that the government could
not have taken things into its own
hands ard forced FL Paso to abolish
the saloons and rsdlight' district The
redIight' district went ny popular
vote some tine ago, and now the sa-
looms have gone or at least are gong.
Speaks Of Saloons Outside Zone.
Judge Z. 3. Elfers. assistant dis
trict attorney. stated q as his opln-
lon that attempts would be made 20
establish saloons outside the raalus
Of The ten mile zone, and said that
he had heard o. II possible sites Tor
me opening Of establishments for the
sale Of liquor.
1T Is very probable that there Wi
70 such plaoes IN the valley both
d boFe and below II PasU, eaid 1udBet
,lfsrs But these viii be restrained
10 the sale Of liquor for consumption
ct the place Of purchase, or elsewhere
outside the ten mile zone, as u Is not
swful 60 bring intoLicants Into the
restricted district
Must Keep Soldiers Fit
nEut wish TO impress on the Of
licers charged with the enforcement
81 this law che deadly seriousness Of
their task heard 81 stated recently
that 90 cost the government $500 for
every trained man ir placed on the
shores Of France. We who deal with !
he law know that every time e sol
5ier gets little % drink be is very 4
likely 70 break the law and get into
consequent trou0ie- II he is con
Tseted IL civil OF military court, and
rets even a suspended sentence, he Is
liable To election from the service. Al
10 me are cases Of ven trained men
Who have been in the service a long
line and are ready 70 90 over Il
means that % one OF these men Is
discharged from the army. the gov
srnmeut is out at least $1,000 spent !
10 equip and train him No bootleg
ger should be allowed for the sake OF
he few cents he makes on the sale
y liquor TO cost the government :
hat amount o. money j
Intends 20 Prosecute RiEidly. b
The same thing applies TO vice
mink more highly o. the German sol
r Ia D. " a