, 1924-10-08
AS SEEN FROMI hEW TER!WGN
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Sometimes We think we have the gift of second sight, n prophesy or
D5nething. Two weeks ago while considering Mr. Gopperts future in the
remarkable sense of smell with a view to having a position created for him
with the State enforcement department, the office carrying with it some
suitable title like County Smener" and his duty to be o run down liquor
yiohtors by means of his ofactory nerve which is not to be confused with
the nerve fol- which he is justly celebrated.
Following close upon our soicftude for Mr.. Gopperts welfare, there
comes from Sheridan a recent decision made by Judge ]. H. Burgess in
the Ems OF smell may be used as a substitute for a search warrant by an
officer, enabling him to search a ar without papers Whether this applies
also to breaths and persons is a point which remains to be settled.
Hurry, carolne-We shall look for some thrilling tales from the pen
Enterprise and has recently returned from a horseback ride of 300 miles
over the Grow and Cheyenne reservations, where she was gathering mater
ial for nw stoies-Casper Oil Index. .rivre8uz T..
al We've rolled up u sleeves and, are hurryng a fast we al Indexl
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With tAs State Fish and Game department practically powsrless to
prevent game law violations because there is n o money TO pay deputies; the
State bank examiners with appropriation to hire assistants, and their
deputies paying their own expenses in the hope of being reimbursed some
time, We recall how eagerly the members OF the asst legislature voted $780,
900 to pay spies and stoolpigeons to enforce prohibition. The Governor
asked for $4,000. and. fearful that 1T would not be enough. they doubled it,
A Canadian visitor in Cody informs u that Alberta is preparing for a
boom as the result of the recent election when the people of that province
repudated prohibition and voted wet again by a huge majority something
arrived, with hotels and restaurants being reopened and remodened in pre-
paration fol visitors from owe the border, and the entire financial situation
being greatly eased by the money coming from the United States into the
province. After a thorough trial of a drastic dry law, it a found In
popular and impractical America, it appears, is the only country in the
entire world that likes prohibition and finds it profitable CO.
That liquor a at the bottom of nearly all crimes committed, murder
in particular, a formerly o n of the stock arguments of the prohibition
lists. It was dnned into our earsu until we almost believed it and looked to
see a heavenly calm fall upon the country with its advent. The hope went
and sherry in TIE Newburgs But they deceived us with their faulty rea1
soning, for, here W e are, eating fat pies and lobster without sherry while
pers strangle women and crime Of every kind continues rs bad o worse
than overland all of them cold sober. !
We read with interest that the cost of crime in the United States is
now the highest in its history, as much as the annual budget of the nation
or nor than three and one-haf billions of dollars Hodups have nearly
doubled and forgeries may reach $1ooooo.ooo, while bank burglares amount
Ito $4,000 600. fM