Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1921-10-30

ton law does not take the place Of
the more drastic Arizona prohibition
law. which became effective several
years before the federal dry law. Mr..
Gaibraith also said that the state law
is not affected by rulings regarding
the national act.
WASHINGTON. Oct 24.-As unex-
pected as rainstorm in a desert reg
uiations permitting manufacture and
use of beer for medical purposes were
issued today by the treasury depart
ment
Withheld since March 3. when for
mer Attorney General Palmer said the
use of beer as a medicine 10 be legal
under the prohibition laws. issuance
of the beer regulations came as a sur
prise TO leaders of the dry forces. who
standing with the treasury that the
new rules should net be promulgated
until the senate had acted on the anti
beer bill
'indefensibie." Says Wheeler
Issuance OF the beer regulations will
cause redoubled efforts to effect pas
sage OF the anti-beer measures, senate
leaders declared. while Wayne B.
Wheeler. general counsel for the Anti
Saloon league, described the treas
urys action as less defensible than
at any other time"
Secretary Mellon. in announcing
beer rules. declared that the legal
rights of the parties concerned being
plain. the department is unable longer
to delay issuance OF these regula-
tons.
2f-2 Gallons Dose
The new rules cover comprehensive
~ the use OF beer. wines and spurious
liquors as medicine. The amount OF
beer a physician may prescribe at one
time for the use Of the same person is
limited to two and onehalf gallons,
equivalent of a case. but no arbitrary
limit is placed upon the number Of
such prescriptions physician may
write or the same person may obtain
within a given period.
Two quarts of wine was the limit
put on a single prescription for that
beverage. but otherwise the regula-
lions are the same as for beer.
Pint Every Ten Days
Spirituous liquors are limited to one
pint within any tenday period and al
cohol for external use vas limited 10
a pint to the same person at one time.
Prescriptions for these medicines
may be filled only by licensed phar-
macist. who is also a retail drugges.
or licensed pharmacist in the EN-.
ploy OF retail druggist.
Not Reliable
Prescriptions are not Reliable and
the regulations declare that pharma
cist should refuse TO fill any prescrip
tion for liquor if he has any reason tc
believe the physicians are prescribing
liquor for any other than medical uses
or that patient is securing thru one
or more persons quantities of intoxi
eating liquor in excess of the amount
necessary for medicinal purposes
In connection with tine issuance o,
prescriptions. the regulations said:
No prescription may be issued fol
a greater quantity of intoxicating Ii
quor than is necessary for use as /:
medicine by a person for whom pre-
scribed in the treatment o. an ailmen
from which such patient is known Il
the physician TO be suffering"
What'n 1t se?-
Besides beer, regulations permit TO
medicinal purpose of other intoxicat
ing malt liquors. such as ale. porter
malt extracts and similar fermente'
malt liquors containing one-half o
one per cent or more OF alcohol b
volume.
Manufacture of these medical pref
arations is confined to duly qualifie
brewers on brewery premises an
may be sold by them only in bottle