The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-07-20
MADE BIG HAUL
OF BOTTLED BEER
ywo Caches OF Extract OF Hops Dis.
covered by Provincial Police In
Osoyoos Lake Near Border.

This Job of stamping out Illicit
uoaor traffic is a puzzling one, try
,ng one. and an altogether tough one
on those who are clothed with auth
ority to spy out and arrest the guilty
And ali the trouble is not confined to
tho officers on this side of the line
where the law prOclaims the land a
desert insofar as affecting the use of
alcoholic beverages. The officers over
in British Columbia are kept busy nos
Ing out offenders against the Domin-
Inn LIQUOR laws. for while it is only
semi-arid over there, there are severe
restrictive laws against general traffic
in liquor by the general public. the
Dominion monopoliZing the sale Of
the stuff taat cheers and also intoxi-
Gates. However, the screws are being
gradually turned on, the authorities
are becoming more vigilant, and as a
result the danger of apprehension is
steadily increasing so that bootleggers
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more and more difficult to carry on
their illigitimate trade.
W. Lakeland, of Fairview, B. c., one
Of the oldest, most active and most
efficient members of that marvelously
efficient law enforcing organization,
the provincial police, was in Oroville
10 hn icfa nf
Marshal Weldon in running down
suspects, and it may be added here
that the police force on both sides of
tae line work together in harmony
and by this means many criminals
who would otherwise escape their just
punishment come to grief.
While in town Mr.. Lakeland called
at the Gazette office and told of some
Of the experiences that he has had
lately with these rum runners who are
bent upon assuaging the thirst of
those on this side of the line who i'm
aglne that they are suffering for some
tipple containing more kick than is
contained in pure water. On the 4th
Of July Mr.. Lakeland who had had his
suspicious aroused, made tooth
comb search of the lake shore near
OsOyOOs and was rewarded by finding
100 pint bottles of beer cached out In
the lake to keep them cool. These bot
ties were done up two dozen in a pack
90 c,i1 Stffinfanf
In quantity to supply auto parties
coming from this side of the line. The
officer had to wade out in the lake
up to his waist to retrieve the beer.
Al no one appeared to claim the goods
no arrests could be made, but the
liquor was confiscated.
Sunday evening, about IL o'clock,
while laying out scouting Mr.. Lack
land discovered a man named j. Tall
man transferring two bottles or
whisky to Indians from this side of
the line. In the mixup that followed
the Indians started off on horseback.
The officer shot one of the horses but
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darkness. He got the other Indian but
Inc aborigine who got away was the
one who had tle liquor. 1t appears
that in the excitement Tallman also
escaped.
sunday, Mr.. Lakeland, who had kept
up the search for buried treasures,
discovered three more caches OF beer
buried in shale near the lake shore.
MS consignment of beer was also
oone up in two dozen bottle packages,
which Is evidently the popular guam
uty among buyers and consumers. 1t
Is safe to predict that eventually Mr..
Lakeland will capture the guilty per-
son. for those provincial police are
aosgedly persistent when out on the
Iail for law breakers and don't know
wnen to quit, and rarely do until they
get what they are after.