Arizona republican., 1921-01-11
ABOUT THE STATE

mitted on the stand that he was man ufacturing liquor for his own use. Ponce explained to the jury that when Deputy Sheriff Charles Sauer ana Je- rome Justice of the Peace w. R. HusneS ! entered his home in Jerome the sun | was in full operation. He detalled lne | processes and told how much Id4sih mash he had on hand.
 | The facts in the case could not De oe- | nied as evidence that Ponce was man | ufacturing intoxicating liquor and this !. under any circumstances and Tor any | reason is i'm violation of the law. The l iurv's ruling was therefore an eXpres- ! sion of it's opinion that what a man | manufactures in his own home for his | own consumption is not matter for the law to termine.-Evening Courier. ! Decline to Sell Bonds | FI,AGSTAFF-Two bids were sub | nitted at last Fridays meeting of the county board of supervisors for the sale of the $275,O0O high school bonds One bid was at 91 and the other at 94, l but neither was acceptable to the board, so neither were accepted. It is felt that 1t will not be long before the 1 building costs will be enough lower to make the proposed building cost much less than the amount estimated, or that at any rate larger, more complete building can be secured for the $275,- ! advertised-Coconino Sun.
 Make Big Haul
 MIAML-The biggest haul of illicit moonshine liquor and distilling ap- paratus ever discovered in Gila county, fell into the hands of Sheriff Kinsey and his deputies, and Special Agent WillSie at noon today on the Shome hill. The rail occurred on the house at number 429. and an adjoining unnum- as~ala turning out corn whisky, one in each house, while in the basement of an- other, a plant was producing raisin brandy. Victor Biones and Gustavo Olivas, Mexicans, were caught in the act of operating stills at number 429. They are now in jail. One of the stills is the largest ever captured in the county, according to Special Agent Wilkie. It looks more like small s smelter than still. The hood is made L of copper, but the large container is . of galvanized iron and was crusted 2 with verdigris. showing the poisonous k nature. of it's product. The second !. still was of regulation size.-Silver . Belt
 Il Warn Against Stamps TUCSON-Beware of bootleg liquor = bearing the United States seal and n revenue stamp!
 l d ably a forgery, and the stuff inside is - not the kind that originally came in D the bottle. In other words, look out y for Cedar Brook, for according to pro Il hibition agents, recent captures of the stuff analysed show that under the label is the usual wood alcohol colored 'f brand of imitation whisky. e The forged labels were first found 'e in the bootleg traffic in the aest. II ; frI Irof Dv v4ry f1f n fC W uor came so far west until this week e it was found. The bogus revenue l. stamp can be easily detected by ar l. expert
 - The possession of bottle of the booze with the forged stamp lays the possessor open to a charge of forgery or passing of forged stamp paper, g much graver offense than bootlegging Star
 Want Wires Kept Open
 BISBEE-An attempt to induce th' Western Union Telegraph company tC keep is local office open until 10 ociocl at night, as has always been the case here until recently. and to have tho eastern mail close at g o'clock at nigh instead of at 5 o'clock, as is the case at present, will be made by the board of directors of the Warren Distric Comercial club, this decision being ar
 
 day.--Daily Review.
 Fire Destroys Two Homes
 GLOBE-A. l.. Moore, and B. r Brown, residents of Cooper Hill wer painfully burned about the hands an arms Thursday night fin an effort t save the contents of two residence which were completely consumed b flames. The two men entered the burn ing buildings several times in an eff fort to save personal property of tn owners.
 The flames, which were of an un
 known origin, had made such headwa
 when discovered that it was impoS11Si
 to save either the houses or much (
 the contents, although much of tn
 furniture of the house owned and occu
 pied by MT. Brown was saved.-Recorl Legion Maps Program JEROMEr-A tentative program activities of Jerome post of the Amer
 ican Legion was mapped out at tt
 meeting held on Thursday evening an
 there Is evidence that the coming yes
 will be busy and fruitful one.
 Among the plans now being consit
 cred now are: A smoker at Clarkdale
 the possible organization of a ladie
 auxiliary; dances and parties; entel
 tainment at meetings such as speal
 ing, singing, musical programs. am'
 teur theatricals, card parties ar
 smokers.
 An athletic program is being mappt
 out so that Jerome may be assured
 a baseball team this season and also
 order that other forms of athletics ma
 be encouraged. There will be no pr
 fessional players on any of the team
 Copper News
 Lumber Mills Close , FLAGSTAFF-The Arizona Lumb
 and Timber company have closed the
 mills to make necessary repairs al
 also on account of lack of orders. , Is not definitely known when oper tions will be resumed.