The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-01-25
DENVER BECOMING REAL
SAHARA RECORDS SHOW
Reduced Number of Arrests for
Drunkenness Doesn't Mean
Police Have Fallen Down
HOW TO GET A DRINK"
Denver Post Gives Graphic De-
tails on How to Get a Drink;
New Enforcement Drive
Launched

According TO Fred Knight, clerk
OF the police court oil Denver. and \.
L. Betkc, assistant city attorney, pro-
hibition has come 10 Denver. Colorado.
In 1928 total OF Ss5,559.o5 was col
leotcd in fines in police court This
is only $ll005 more than the money
collected in fines in the same court in
1922 but is short by $1S,6SS.25 of
the fines collected in the court in
1921.
The small number OF bootleggcrs
hailed into police court in 1925 CONF
pared with the great number OF booze
peddlcrs brought into the court in
1921, explains the difference between
the money collected in the court during
the two years, according TO Knight
and Betke.
They explain that this does not
mean that prohibition enforcement Of
ficcrs have fallen down on the job, and
suggests if anyone thinks it docs 10
decide to purchase a pint Of moon
shine and try to get il.
The Denver Post, by way of COM
mcnt, explains how to get a drink of
booze in Denver in the following
language :
t you want to buy a pint OF
whisky in Denver these days, you
find a friend, who will give you
the carefully guarded name and
address OF Jack Jack gives you
the name and address OF Henry.
Henry tells you TO say to Walter,
three blocks away, that you're in
| terested i'll vacuum cleaner.
Walter passes you on to Watson.
Watson gives you an introduction
to Jake and Jake tells you to stand
on the corner till you sec a red
automobile coming with the light
out on the lett side. When you
sec this car coming, stick up your
lett mitt, Jake advises, and the
bird in the machine will stop, pick
YOU up and deliver the vacuum
cleaner.
You stand for an hour and a
hall on the street corner, finally
see the red car with the light out
on the left side, stick up your
right mitt instead OF your left one,
and the evenings all wet but its
dry.
This is a faithful description OF the
procedure necessary TO procure drink
in almost any city III the United States,
and yet there are folks who will insist
that there is just as much booze sold
now as there was when there were
over 100000 saloons open to all corners
who had the price. The price was
not near -hundreth part OF what il
is today at that,
There is still some booze sold in
Denver, but federal and state officials
have launched program to make IT
the dricst spot in America, according
to the Rocky Mountain News. On
January representatives OF the led
eral and state district attorneys offices,
/ the federal prohibition forces and the
Denver police force met i'll the office
OF District Attorney Van Csc 10 ar
range the details and outline the pro-
gram,
According to the Denver News, the
plan includes the following:
Padlocks ON the doors OF places
that carry on traffic in illicit liq-
uor.
Abatement proceedings against
hotels, big or small, which permit
the sale OF liquor
Jail sentences for first offenders
in fragrant cases.
Checking up closely on the use
OF wine for sacramental purposes.
Immediate prosecution OF viola
ton cases involving rich and poor
alike
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