New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Town Has Bio
Headache After
40 Rum Raids
Chicago Dry Agents Invade
Hurley, Wis, and Seize 81
Steady Buyers, but the
Latter Don't Know 1t Yet
Arrests Cap Wild Night
Cameras Click as Boosters
of 'NIan's Town for Real
Men" Join i'm Mash Marc!,

HURLEY. MIS-, Dec %. Federal
prohibition agents from Chicago visited
nearly twcscore saloons, arrested
about fftyseven persons and conts-
Gated two loads of liquors in raid that
started shortly before noon to-day and
continued several hours. Tne prisoners
and evidence we're taken first to Iron
wood, and thence to Ashland, Wis,
where, probably Tomorrow, the men
will be Ia:sned before q United
States commissioner on a charge of
Violating the Fedora. prohibit laws.
The raid followed wild night at
Hurley, during which liquor was sold
at bargain rates, ranging from 35 cents
for moonshIne WHISKY TO 10 cents for
well known brands. Among these ar
rested were lumberjacks too paralyzeG
from liquor to realize what was hap
peninS.
Reports had reached prohibition en-
forcement hoadcuarters at Chicago that
prohibition ~gerts would be shot If
fey attempted to make arrests in
Hurley, which is q numbering town Of
about $500 inhabitants.
This logging camp town has been
the center OF anti-proh bition feeling
for several months. Many lumber
jacks are foreigners.
The smou dering resentment toward
prohibition broke into fame in bat
tie here on October 3, when prohioi
tion operatives encountered bootleg
gers. who lost contra raband whisky est
mated to be worth $S5000 One man
was killed in the fight and another was
seriously voualed.
Since that time. it is said, prohbi-
<icn agents have avoided Hurley, wa t.
ing until complete preparations could
be made to make & raid in force
Thc who district in this part Of
the Narth woods has been regarded by
dry officials as law-defylng COM
nun ty. Reports that dance halls. sa-
looms. gambling rooms and bootleg
joints" Aourished openly--each one
selling any kind OF iquor obtanable,
from moonshiHe whisky to Italian
wine-have been numerous.
Opposition tc any encroachm cnt
from outside TOOK definite form, how
ever, after the fight in OctoNer. Boot
lesgers we're said to have organized
and issued o def that the first prehibi-
tioa agent to show himself in Hurley
would be shot They viewed, it was
said to keep Hurley "a mans town for
rea, men
Home brewing had become a promi-
neNt industry. accprNl9y to rcSlIents
OF the town. kertucki driven from
the hi g OF then own state by revenue
agen.s are said 10 have migrated tc
his Gistr ct and set up their stills.
The raid was undertaken at the di-
rect.on OF Judge kenesaw ". Landis
Of Chicago. ana was planned by Frank
B. Richardson. new'y app MED pro
Eibi-ion enforcement agent for thi
district. The raiLing parry of fifty OF
more was IL c arge OF Joseph Callanan
There was more Of tie picturesque
than tic sensa ional in sc 'invasion.'
although the m-tion rict3re II chine
clicked msfr.y every time q Federal
ageH. drew revolver 0r l;eg o.
..qlor rolled irto TIE street. A nun
Der o. newspaper men a.so accom-
panied t.o invaders
The crowd I II followed the agent.
down Silver Stree grew IN few m ~
u;es 10 mere eaan 29) pers rs, but
here ~ no 6emonstr tor. no aUd.b {
Inns o. vi9.en- oDposit. = 10 tne "a q
In tac.. tse crowd seemed more dis
D9s4d u make it tie occasion FOR {
holiday.
From ne viewpoint Of 4 surprise
party. the atlair vas COZ plete SIC
cess. iederal gents agreed, while T.
va declared alo rs had beer