The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-27

feet attendance, but it is general,
known that what brought them al
out was a matter of rivalry betwee,
the two factions in the organiza
tion.
The first matter of business wal
the report of the chairman of tn,
committee on propaganda, who read
among other things, the statement
in a recent number of the Literary
Digest, to the effect that prohibition
is being strictly enforced and thai
most bootleggers exist only in tbs
imaginations of the damps.
The next report was from the
committee on production. The fig
ures for the first two weeks of 1922
show an increase of go gallons over
production for the first two weeks OF
1921, but a decrease of 200 gallons
from production of the last two
weeks before Christmas. The De-
cember trade is always abnormally
large, on account of the holiday
business.
The membership committee was
next asked to report. The chairman
of the committee read a majority re-
mort odv;c{po tbof fxvo nau man,
bers, to be known respectively as
Member No. 20 and Member No. 21,
be admitted. Another member "f
the committee, Member No. 10, read
minority report, advising that no
additional members be taken in.
A lively debate followed Mem
ber No. 10 was leader in the fight
against admitting more members.
1t was not, he said, that he had any
thing against the applicants; but
there were already too many meni n
the union. Sooner or later, the Or
ganization must advocate the policy
known as Limitation of stills" In
stead of admitting new applicants,
some of the memberships already In
the possession of members should be
bought back by the organization
Too many bootleggers spoiled the
profession of bottlegging- brought
a noble profession down to the lev
ell of common trade. II the union
kept on adding to it's number, none
of them could earn an honest penny.
"If we don't watch out, there will
soon be more bootleggers than con-
cumers" !
Member No. 10 next read an ex-
tract from circular D451 of the ma
tional council of affiliated bootleg |
gers to the effect that, for unknown
and mysterious reasons, the con-
sumers of bootleg likker are dying
off faster than men in general.
Here Member No. Is interrupted:
"Just a question: May ask,
Why? Why do concumers of boot
leg likker die off faster than other
people. Answer me that?" .
Member No. 10: why? Do you
lsk me. why? AS well ask why the
good die young. II. is one of the in
'crutable phenomena of life. It's a
mystery We know it's so, but we
lon't know why, and there's no way
o find out. The reason doesn't
concern us"
Member No. Is: MAY 1 interrupt
With just one word more. have
brief suggestion to make. If con-
umers of moonshine die young, it's
My because they don't drink
nough of it. Perhaps moonshine S
Ike learning A little learning s
angerous thing, and it may be the
anne also with moonshine. But an
bundance of learning and an abun-
ance of moonshine likker-has life .
ny greater blessings than these?
s a proud American citizen, l
and upon this platform. All these
Imors about men being poisoned by
oonshine are base SANDER. AS an
ivocate of 10O-per cent American :.
m and fair play, am in favor of :,
stituting libel proceedings. :,
The applause was deafening. /,
Member No. Is seemed inclined
contiue his remarks, but one OF .,
e scouts reported that Officer !
)wles was in the neighborhood.
Id the chairman decided that It =
as not advisable for Member Nc.
to make long speech till the \,
fcer was out of hearing range p
he walls of the cellar are specially :
instructed and supposed to be n
but No. Is is extreme =,
popular with the bootleggers and ~
lenever they hear him they lose all :,
ntrol of themselves. The cheering :,
like that at a Republican nation. 81