Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-11
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LIKE DRAGON !
OF ST. GEORGE
Girl Mayor Says Legend APPLY
Describes Traffic in
Booze. Sc {
HYPOCRITES GIVE AID

FAIRPORT, Ohio, April 11-"Bootleg.
ging," said Dr. Amy A. Kaukonen, Fair
ports pretty girl mayor, sis like a long,
lingering disease. When you think you
have it cured and done for it rears up it's
head, like the dragon in the legend of st.
George, and takes another form and q
fresh hold. It's harder to eradicate than
the itch. This country is a hotbed of
bootleggers, and whenever you knock one
on the head another head is there to take
the last ones place.
Many man gets up in prayer meet
ing and yelIs. Down with boozen then,
ten minutes later, sneaks up a back alley
TO some disreputable resort and pours
down his hypocriticaI throat some boot
legger's cOscoction that would make a
cigar-store Indian do a war dance.
know the superintendent Of a Sunday
school that is always roofing for prohi-
bition and yet rents his property to the
proprietor Of a blind tiger.
HAVE HOME
BREW ON BRAIN"
The fact that liquor is hard to get
seems to make it more desirable. People
who seldom tasted booze when the coun-
try was wet, now seem to have home
brew on the brain. They forget more
recipes for hOotch every fifteen minutes
than an ex-barkeeper could remember if
he lived to be as old as Methuselah. In
Instead of going in for outdoor exercise
and sunshine many tired business men
are going in for indoor exercise andA
'moonshine.'
Mayor haukOnen is also a physician.
She tba
College of Philadelphia with high honors
and is the youngest graduate of that in
stitution. She is a petite blonde and
cheerfully admitted her % years.
She was elected last fall over a candi-
date who had strong backing from all
classes, and her battle cry was Clean
out the boOtleggers." She has named an
entirely new police force and other sub
ordinates and is receiving, she says, the
hearty support OF the council elected with
her.
CONGRATULATED
BY PRESIDENT.
Her election-she is the only woman
mayor Of a town having the city form OF
government in Ohio and perhaps in the
Unitei States-brought forth hundreds of
cougratulatory letters and kilograms, and
one which she treasures most highly is
from President Harding and reads:
Highest respect and congratulations to
Amy Kaukonen, the first woman to head
the municipal government Of her home
city"
She says that she will personally con-
duct all raids and will analyze in her own
laboratory whatever liquor is seized.
I'm not a feminist" she said, in ex-
planning her political affiliations. 4 have
no platform save the promise of strict
law enforcement, economy and a square
deal 10 all, regardless sOf sex, race or
political affiliations"
Her sctrongest supporters are said to
be the children. Fairport boasts more chill
dren than any town of its size in the
United States, and both as a physician
and executive DIR. Kaukonen takes q deep
interest in their welfare.
Her election has brought her many I'M
vitatiOns to speak, and she will leave soohS
for an extended tour in the interest OF
law enforcement
LITTLE HUMOR
CROPS OUT.
There's a little humor in this mat
ter, though it's generally pretty grim
business" she concluded. Last week
two men entered my Office. Immediately
one fell on the floor in violent convul-
sions. The other man turned to me and
said excitedly, For Gods sake write out
whisky prescription! It's the only
thing that seems to bring my poor broth
er Pete out of these fits
81 never write prescriptions for whis-
ky | replied.
AT once the man on the floor stopped
jerking his arms and kicking his legs.
He rose from the floor and remarked with
q grin:
If there's no whisky coming reckon
the fit is over"