The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-12
rs AMERICA DRY!

- ing to the Examiner discovered
an immense factory In that city for
the making OF liquor from denatur-
ed alcohol.
Think n minute. Denatured al
echo, Is the stuff that kills or
blinds. depending upon the consti'
tuition OF the drinker and the
amount taken.
Can you conceive OF the cold
blooded cruelty Of men who would
pcddle death IN such asonizins
form 10 their fellows for the sake
of doiiars'
God pity those who drink H..
said the hardened police officer.
wien his squad had finally run the
trail down. and found an elaborate
equipment. not only for turning the
poisonous alcohol into liquids re-
sembilng In appearance whiskey.
Gin and other potable liquor. but
apparatus for manufacturing seals
and labels.
casa were found branded with
couaferfelts OF the old time. once
reputable distiiiers.
What trap. And Il is thought
that before the Law seized the stock
In trade. that hundreds OF quarts
Of the poison were distributed
throughout central and northern
California.
The ,csimisal distributors pre-
pared. Tor the Christmas trade"
what a travesty. what a erime'
would even the gentle spirit Of
Hin In whose name the Christmas
festival Is celebrated. plead a, the
jndement seat for beasts so de-
sradedfa
No wonder the President OF the
United States declares that the fall
ure 10 enforce the eighteenth
amendment approaches the point OF
"a nation-wide scandal" He is
conservative. Il has passed the
point Of a nationwide scandal.
The boot-lexger Is constantly
growing shrewder. The slow-movins
law. and we credit most public Of
fcizls with honest effort to enforce
the Law. Is out-distanced.
Hero Tor instance is . story from
Bend. authorized BY Sheriff Roberts.
TAe moonshiners are prepared for .
big winter output. Enormous
Quantities Of corn and sugar have
been hauled into the hills this sum
msr. Now comes the snow. biotting
cut trails and rendering the hidden
stills weii-nigh impossible OF ais
cevery. In the words Of the Bend
Baiietin's reporter:
The coming OF the snow found
he booze makers snugly quar-
tered for the winter, with all sup
plies oa hand. and no necessity
for leaving until,the snow goes off
In the, spring. Then the plants
viii be broken up and scattered,
ana tb0usAnds OF gallons OF whis-
key cached In various places
throushouf Deschutes and Crook
counties TO insure q busy season
for the bootiegger.
In past winters. tracks made by
naoorshiners going TO and from
their plants have In many In
stAnccs enabled the sheriffs Of
flee 70 run down the law vioiators,
but this year the snow will be a
help rather than hindrance 10 the
distillers. Roberts believes. From
The quantity OF raw material pur-
chased. he predicts that the out
nut OF booze this winter viii be
the largest since prohibition went
into effect. Moonshiners are ap-
parently updeterred by the num-
Der Of arrests and : convictions
made in the last two years the
sheriff says. "a
This stuff viii -oniy be partially
poison. Experience has taught the
moonshiner many OF the secrets OF
ths legitimate distiller He is max
iht contraband liquor in larger
Quantities. eliminating the fusel oil
" care In distiilation. by filtering
and by aging, The Bend law
breakers Will find a ready market
for their product.
So will the iaw-breakers OF the
klamath country. We are not un-
cosnissnt that the mote In our
own' sys II a. large - the beam in
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