El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-20

NEOONsHn0ING, real, downright,
WI moonshining OF the romantic
Kentucky variety OF history, Is
a popular pastime In Colorado these
days. n things ] heard in Denver last
week are true, and there Is little
reason to doubt them
The booze situation In Denver.
they say In typical Of the aver
nEe American town since all
America became sthe great
American DESERT and the camel
became our national amman.
Colorado has one advantage over
certain other states In that Il Is
billy mountainous and rough, full
Of caves. difficult Of discovery and
hard 20 reach after discovery In
OF the man who would Illegally
manufacture liquid kicks from corn
and spring water
The result Is that there Is con
siderable activity among the moon
sinners out in the mountains about
Deuver-if the reports IN Denver are
true. 7 say-and a resultant large
activity OF bootleggers In the city OF
Denver.
watching for the BootIeErer.
Il is common talk about the clubs
and the corridors OF the Denver
hotels that this or that bootlegger
viii be In during the dsy-or night
with a fresh supply Of mountain
new II . QLLEE common Talk ABOUT
the streets that "a fresh shipment
OF well known brand Of liquor
manufactured In Canada has re-
Gently arrived Sons OF those who
ought TO know even asserted last
Saturday that a carload had reached
the city the day before-not a box
carload: an automobile load. you
know But think OF the effort 70
get even an automobirs load there
The country was buried in snow and
Il Is a long way to the Canadian
line. The compensation Is quite SUI
ficieut, however. for 'lnountain dew"
the mountain moonshiner's own
production. fresh and raw, brings $50
a quart, and has more takers than
the bootleEEers can supply.
When Real Booze Arrives.
When a shipment OF any OF the
well known standard brands Is re-
ported to have reached the confines
OF the city-and such news travels
underground quite rapidly by way OF
chauffeurs, hotel porters and such
there is almost a riot to locate the
nan who has any Of It
II the Colorado capitol were
private property and some OF the
thirsty owned it you could get
Il In n trade for a quart OF
Johnny Walker or Sunny Brook.
There IS such a traffic In this
Illegal business that one Of the
Denver papera Tor time printed
daily quotations OF the booUeEger-g
prices. just rs a matter OF informz-
ton for readers.
Briu .1Ez. ..uoulfain Dew
Most Of the thirsty have 70 put mp
with the mountain dew" variety,
raw as It Is, for no Hloonshiner keeps
Il long enough TO aga it-because he
doesn't have 70. Th1 whisky run
ners" can't get in enough from
Canada 20 supply the demand and
the thirsty take Il raw
They buy the moonshins stuff from
anybody, anywhere, any time, and
take all sorts Of chances
One man said to another last
Saturday aiEht IN the wash rOOE1
Of q Denver hotels eDou't drink
that's you don't know FFka1 Il Ia
sNo,7 said the Other, ~ he
wiped his mouth preparatory TO
taking n big AHluEH OF the stuff,
-but know what It DOES,D and
he dunk Il. A few minutes
later he WaE singing aAnnie
Lauries1 80 II evidently did what
he expected IL to dD.
AS most OF this raw liquor Is white
because OF its freshness and absence
from any aging process IN the wood.
the tenderfoot viii net buy Il
readily: the experienced DenYerits 1
cares nothing for tbs color, however. I
II he wants a drink The whittier Il /
Is, the purer he thinks q Is.
Doping Up Liquor.
In the early days, this was not the /
case and the bootlegEerg had 20
color IL some way. Often they re- 4
sorted to dyes, but they finally dis |
covered that the best way to color