Douglas Island news., 1919-10-03
POURED
 INTO THE GUTTER
Cordova Movie" Magnate Films De, tsruotion of S350O0 Worth
 of Liquor

tuuclOn or adl NNV WpltA
 of Liquor
 "Ye that have tears Go shed. pre- .,rr to shed them r,w." or words io nat cnect was Che exclamation of n.mty Marshal BW Fuumou ma morning when. m Che presence oi Roy. E. D. Zeirlcr and Harry Slater .rrirI witnesses he oGic.atcd at .re ceremony ot dumping seven bur -.r more OF less. oi perfectly good whisky into Che gattor m front of Inc United S,atcsc marshaIs onice ou Second .rcet
 The sight was indeed. enough to maEe any old rouudcr weep. Ihore o,re assembled barrels. kegs and botrcs bearing names ot worldwide -.rovn some of whom had beon regarded as almost household com- n.rIoas t1 many Of Che spectators ar.. bovbood Colonel Pcbhic,ord. fber mud-mauucrci friend of Che mot.rie drIukor. was thcrq and .o,orel Belmont and John newar. .am.r- Go emit troubled Scotch ejaculation vIth decided burr ai his rrrarcmou.om handling And hc-c was One old familiar old Grow oro., containers. bearing marks ol .r. and sccIusIon bespoke many a ..ra.E- hat would have delighted .bc heart Of Che bon vivaut Alto -ctbcr it was generally asrcei. mo aIler sight had ever been cuactcd i'm hc history of tha @r young city,
 Tho ceremony was however not universally dcpIorcd There were .roe who regarded thc event as an ,uurv oi ho fact that prohibition aa. at ast a reality. and who rc. ardcl Che destruction ol thc liquor .. benefit rather chan calamity Tn. whisky would do Ics harm iu lhe gutter thau u Che internal rc. .ors Of poor deludcd mortals thcse mon argued Others. while approy- ns tbc couHsrauou of liquor be- n.red that It could have been pu' .o good usc by donating t to the fonita's for Che use of Che sick n certain cascs and among those who took hs humanitarian vicw word Dr. Council and Dr Chace. And frrr thrre was Che moro or loss sc .r.use booue-rcr. who dcap1.r.uEly
 calculated ou Che many thousand. of norlccuy good coin that could hayo been accumulated by Che iu. Hr.ous distribution ot Che wet goods 10 may be reported with truth chat an or thc witnesses. thos, approving and those d.sapprov.ng orIcai and unofficial viewed On, ceremony witch very solemn faces oe. ftunr tbc occasion.
 The destruction of this liquor wa. the result of a court order issued by Iudrc Buuneu yesterday on rocoIp. of a decreo from Che circu.t cour. of appeals u Che ease of Che United states vs Che Northern Commercial Company
 When Che prohibition law wen. Into cGcct in Alaska. January [ f8ls au intoxicating liquor thcn r tbe territory was subject to condsca tor. Tho dealers had boou given on extensive period in which Co dIs pose of thc.r stocks. and most o them had complied with Che law The Northern Commercial Company had a larger stock In Che iutcr.o. chan t could dispose Of within th0 Hme limit and Che seven barrels dc
 -oyci yesterday were shipped ou over Che raI for transportation u stn Francisco. Owing to delays oi Che uu however Che ahipmon failed to roach Cordova in time t be place don sbIpboard before th first ot Che yoar. and .n consequence 10 was seized by Che United State marshal The lower court docrcc. us destruction under Che law and rhe appellate court at San Frauc.sc confirmed thc decree.
 It has been figure dout that o Che current prices for liquor in Cor down Che seven barrels would hay brought about Ss5.00o at retail her, Tho ccue was perpotuated for th bencdt Of tbcauc-goer in a series O moving pictures under Che directIo of Captain Lathrop. and it may b that Che P1tho people win soon b exhibiting Che notable scene in th ! four corners of Che earth Tho pi, turcs would have boou enhanced [ galue could ,hoy have portrayed th vuful look east on thc coudcmue wet goods by Nastaa thauici mamatc.
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