The Ward County independent., 1921-10-27
TO MANUFACTURE BEER
FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES

Washington, Oct. 25.-Secretary OF
the Treasury A. w. Mellon has lifted
the lid today on the manufacture and
sale of beer for medicinal purposes.
Deciding not to wait longer the pas.
sage of the pending antibeer bill by
congress, Mr.. Mellon issued rigid reg
ulations for the manufacture of beel
by authorized breweries and its sale
by druggists upon an authorized ply
sician's prescription. :,
Not more than two and one halt
gallons of beer may be prescribed at
one time for use by the same person,
but there is no limit on the number OF
prescriptions that may be issued by a
physician. The limit for one wine
prescription is two quarts, but there is
no limit to the number of prescript-
ions.
The revised regulations limit the
prescriptions Of whiskey and brandy
to one pint for the same person within
ten days, of wine to two quarts and OF
alcohol for external use to one pint
at time. Druggists are directed
not to fill prescriptions if convinced
they are issued for other than medi-
cinal purposes.
Mellon Explains Ruling
"The issuance of the beer regula-
tions," MIR. Mellon explained, twas de-
layed originally because it seemed
probable that legislation would be en-
acted whereby the action of the de-
partment would be of no practical ad-
vantage to those interested; and this
view appeared to be acquiesced in by
them, since there was at that time no
urgent demand for the issuance of
the regulations. However, for some
time past it has been strongly urged
by those interested that this depart
ment had no right longer to withhold
the regulations, and that in so doing
the department is denying to those
interested their clear legal right and
thereby imposing serious loss upon
them. The legal rights Of the par
ties concerned being plain, the de-
partment is unable longer to delay
the issuance Of these regulations"
sEsros JOHNSON x,reHes-
Police Locate $5OO.OO Stolen Merchan-
disc in Negro Shack
Three white men, Geo. Blair Frank
Little and John Burns, and Ed Will
liams, negro, were placed under
arrest in raid on a negro joint on
Second St. S. w. yesterday afternoon.
Officers in charge Of w. S. Brown,
police captain, captured the men after
policeman had followed two sus-
picious characters to the shack. Goods
valued at $500 were found on a table
and hanging on the walls of the shack
The goods were undoubtedly stolen
and the white men are believed to be
members of a band of robbers operat-
ing in this section of the state. Will
liams is held charged with receiving
stolen property.
Blair is said to have served a term
in the penitentiary for robbing a
store. 1t is said that he was hang
ing around Martin, N. D., about the
time the Christ Heer store was robbed.
When taken to the police station Blair
had handful of automatic pistol
shells in his pocket but dropped them
into a receptacle and they were found.
vors "vEs" 'res r,Ass -
W. L. Borene Of the NJ. G. Olson Co.
store, made business trip to the Twin
ing the representatives of eastern man
Friday of this week.
waiter tATcnlDtlU, OF FOXhOlm, man.
ager Of the Foxholm Coal Co., was a
business visitor to the city Monday.
Mr.. Archibald states that the coal busi-
ness is looking up and that the valley
mines are doing a splendid business,
Notwithstanding the weather conditions
haye been unfavorable toward the coal
industry. The Foxholm Coal Co. oper-
ate the only shaft mine In this district
and their product is said by many to
have exceptional qualities as fuel
Charlie Scribner and his son Earl, of
Tasker, have just completed the harvset-
Ing. of a 6o-acre tract Of potatoes. Their
yield which averaged above IS bushels
per acre is now safely stored in the
new warehouse at Burlington
c.. A. Coburn, advance agent for the
Metro people, was in. the city today
arranging with the management of
the Orpheum theatre for the produc.
ton Of "The Four Horsemen Of the
Apocalypse" which will be shown at
the Orpheum on November 9, 10, II
and II. Mr.. Coburn informs the
Independent that he will personally