The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-19
$50 Corn Liquor to Stock
Many Gentlemen
Cellars
SHIPMENT TOO RISKY
Most Of Booze Consumed VIII
Be Distilled In Usage, Ki-
amichi and Cherokee Hills

nous during the ante -prohih'llo
dova have practically disnppoorc'
so far ne renewing the present ta'
diminishing stock on hand Is con
adhered, ana ownors or crllhfH nI'
beginning Co look elsewhere TOT W.
druk with a kick
That this ~ true Ia evidenced hl
tho fact that enforcement ottccr'
are working almost enurolE on th'
trau ~ tho mOonahinor, Thry d'
clarr thot but llttlc llauor II n'lnt
sbIppod from point 20 point ~ lh'
rre..,pt time. because ~ is Just ne
costly In Ncw York Chicago ano
elsewhere ns II is In oklahoma, ana
,hls fpct In addition to The risks
taken now I'm chipping Intoxicating
iinuor has cut out lb transportation
almost entirely
ono enforcement officer said re-
cnetiy. REALLY there N none hoius
rhipncd. ~ course there 'Is an ocoa-
piorni care gets through, but they
nre not trying 20 ship IT now lhe
fellows we have 10 watoh arc lho
owners af stills hidden away In the
hills OF the tntc.'
thirty Dollars Gallon.
Thirty dollars a gallon is tho price
that cellar owners are expecting 10
nay for their stock, for this winter
use II Ia said that conAlderhble
nottion has already been contracted
In various portions OF the state, ph'-
uculnriy those portions thht are
adjacent to the friendly hill sections.
The Usage. Kiamichi, Cherokee ana
other hin areas are Hhid to conceal
many stills even now and Reports IN
dlcatc that they are on the increase
a .eccnt report from prohibition en-
forcemcnt HEADQUARTERS said that the
Usage hills which start In Just east
of ponca City, are full OF moon
shlnng outfits.
Rumor Ia the only thing that may
be depended upon to get nm ldeh OF
the amount OF corn WHISKY th"t "
heinp contracted throughout tho
ssate hui reports have Il that the
orders rnnge generally all the way
from 10 TO 100 galions. or anywhere
from ysoO 10 $4,000. "Dealers," the
fonows who bootleg this brand. are
said to be contracting In como IN
atAnces for the entire output OF one
or more stills, and OF course they
make a profit about what they musl
give the manufacturers.
II In difficult. TOO, 10 get an idea
OF how much liquor the present day
moonphinor expects to get from
certain amount OF corn, Some OF
them, II ls sad, figure on about thteo
or four gallons TO the bushel'
whereas n considerable increase over
those figuree is obtained where the
Kick IL weakened with the addition
OF moro water.
How Much Per Acre.
Everywhere stories are being told
these days OF the corn yield In OKLA
homa and adjoining states, and these
Yields are being estimated at so
many gallons per acre. one Usage
district farmer is said to hnVo esti-
mated his crop at 400 gallons per
acre. Tho Usage is full or corn this
vonr. the greatest crop for many
years. Tho yield per acre In this
entire section Is estimated at any
where from so to 800 gallons per
acre. In the Pouca City noighbor-
hood and other portions or TINS
county aA we'll there are fields that
will run rs bushels per acre this
fall at shuoking time.
Hardly day passeH that the
Usage hills do not yield another still.
perhaps several, TO the officers who
are watching that district like
hawk. In some localities the federal
force has been increased IN order TO
take care OF the situation. II Is said
that stills are also on tho Increase
rapidly and perhaps many OF them
win get by and sell their output
without being run down,
Is Difficult to Ship.
Another reason that liquor IA
difficult to transport these days,
I'd. 1.T L.
the fact that the liquid In any CON
tainer makes toll-tale noise and
YOU have TO invent some plan that
will hide or cover up that slushing
to and FRO"
In this connection the story is told
~ one pklahoman living on the east
side who has gone to the extremity
OF buying kegs OF Goldfish, In which
to make the liquor shipments. The
fish not only provide a coyor-up for
the noise hut they also cover up on
the smell as we'll.
IL is said that next to the oil in
dus'ry the moonshiuing of corn
whisky is the greatest employer OF
nl,uH-und sometimes wCmcu-Hin the
state, Because OF the risks tho price.
whether salary or wages, paid to as-
sfHbuts ia high us a rule, and all OF
this enters into the pricN asked for
tho finished product \ rl3on ut
whisky at ESQ covers many commits
eioUs, it iR said, hut even at that
figure there !a never any stock ON
hand according tu reports a. is
sold as fast as "a ia made.
Many Covcr-urs Adopted,
Enforcement officials say the
number of suptorfuEos in the moon
shining aud booGcsgtnE industry Is
also on the increase and new ideas
urc being put In trso almost daily.
anything ON earth that will cover up
what the trade is doing ono woman
IS reported 10 have had her store ot
liquor In The center OF the Arkansas
river IL was bottled ana the bot
tics placed In Eunnysacks which
were lowered TO the river bed. \
boat was used TO and nom this
cache.
The handle OF new fly swattcr
IA tubular and poltpCta 1p4H inupptg