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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
POSSESSION OF PERMIT NO PRO
lection AGAINST ILLEGAL
SALE

In the case of United States v. 1900 Gal
Ions of Wine, Fed. Rep. (2nd) 1874, u.
S. District Judge Garvin of the Eastern
District of New York said:
This is a motion to set aside the YER
dict of jury directed by the court in
favor of libelant
"a libel was filed by the United States
of America praying for a decree of for
fixture of 1900 gallons of wine stored and
possessed by Ralph B. Hershone in
store at 5227 New Utrecht avenue, Dor
ough of Brooklyn city of New York, said
possession being for religious and sacra-
mental purposes, under a permit required
by the Act of Congress of October %,
1919, known as the National Prohibition
Law Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, No.
10l38H ct seq.), the ground upon which
forfeiture was demanded being an illegal
sale or illegal sales of said wine. The
government proved that on two separate
occasions, one Immediately following the
other, on January 80, 1924, one gallon of
wine was purchased at the premises in
question, from the person in charge, with
out suggestion that it was for use in re-
Ggious rites. This, of course, was not 1e-
gal under the permit. Each sale was a
crime committed in the presence of agents
OF the government, who made the pur-
chases in question, and under such cir
cumstances the seizure was legal. No
criminal prosecution and conviction of the
owner is prerequisite, under the statute,
to warrant forfeiture, nor must the permit
have been revoked.
at is urged that the permit unrevoked,
is sufficient defense to the government
suit. Suffice it to say that the permit pro-
tects possession if the law is obeyed; then
and then only. AS soon as liquor is used
for any purpose other than those set forth
in the permit, it is as though the permit
had never issued. Motion denied"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
GOOD Housekeeping, April, 1929
WHAT THE JUDGES TOLD US
ABOUT DIVORCE
By Mabel Potter Daggett

What promises to be an Illuminating
investigation of the causes of divorce is
begun in this number of Good House
keeping by this writer, whose penetration
in getting at facts is equalled by her en-
tertaining style of reciting them. The
magazines first try at getting at the
causes was by asking every judge in the
United States who can grant divorces,
but their unanimous reply that divorce
is done by the women" did not tell the
whole story. Hence the assignment to
Mrs. Daggett. She went out and asked
the women. One told her:
81 didn't think so much about that
(the drinking at the country club which
Dick frequented). I'd rather any time
a man would be some drunk than dis
agreeable. Tt was the sullen fits Dick
began to have. There'd be days he
wouldn't speak and couldn't find out
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
LESS COLLEGE DRINKING
Harvard Professor Questions Glasses,
Reaches Conclusion Students of
Today More Sober

After submitting numerous question
nares on the subject OF drinking to one
OF his classes in social ethics, says a spc-
cial Boston dispatch in the New York
Times, Prof. Richard C. Cabot of the
Harvard faculty has come to the conclu-
sion that drinking is less common among
the undergraduates in college now than
il was thirty years ago when he was in
college. The consensus of opinion de-
rived from the questionnaires shows that
about IS per cent of the students are total
abstainers, that 90 per cent may be classed
as drinking moderately and per cent as
heavy drinkers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17

This is another way of stating what
Mrs. Mary H. Hunt used to say: AS
long as people think that little alcohol
does no harm, or may even be beneficial,
they will not vote to outlaw it." This was
why she devoted her life to the task of
transferring, from the physicians and in
vestigators to the people, especially the
young, a knowledge of 'the nature and
effects of alcohol"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
PRESENT LOSS IN LIFE AND
HEALTH DUE TO ALCOHOL
By Cora Frances Stoddard


One essential difference between loss
of life from alcoholism and the losses
from other causes, Miss Stoddard brings
out at the start-that nobody needs to
die from alcoholism. Other diseases are
not SO deliberately contracted
Sixty-one cases from anthrax in five
years with nineteen deaths, were sufi-
Gent to set the New York City health
department on hunt in 1924 for the
sources of infection and to adopt a pro-
gram that Immediately reduced the al
ready small mortality to almost nothing.
Uncle Sam has the same idea in mind
in prohibiting the alcoholic liquor traf-
fic. His difficulty is that there are still
people who are eager and willing to take
chance on death from alcoholism
though they would shudder at the
thought of deliberately risking chance
of death from anthrax
Facts and figures follow which lead to
four definite conclusions as to the effect
of prohibition on the alcoholism that be-
comes part of public records:
First, there was a marked decrease in
alcoholic mortality and insanity in the
first year or two of national prohibition.
There has since been some increase, but
in general the rates are distinctly lower
than in the normal years Immediately
preceding the prohibition period
Second, some city hospitals are treat
ing a smaller number of alcoholics than
formerly; some a larger number. There
is some evidence that the cases now taken
to public hospitals represent the results
of irnbibing large amounts in a short
time and do not necessarily indicate an
increase in alcoholic consumption in gen.
eral
Third, in alcoholic insanity there has
been a reduction in first admissions of
both men and women.
Fourth, the effects on mortality, hos
pital admissions and insanity rates in the
first years of prohibition indicate the ex-
tent to which it is possible to reduce al
most at once life and health losses
caused by alcoholism by thoroughly cut
ting off the supply of liquor. This should
be supplemented by educational meas
ures similar to the educational pro-
grams employed by health authorities in
reducing the prevalence and mortality of
other preventable diseases.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
THIRTY-THREE PLEAD GUILTY

Thirty-three former Cincinnati police
men and rural dry agents entered pleas
of guilty to federal grand jury liquor
graft charges in federal court in Cincin-
matt April 7. Six of the indicted men
had pleaded guilty previously The pleas
were only with reference to charges of
violating the national prohibition law.
Sentence was deferred by the court and
the defendants were notified that they
might be used by the government in
prosecuting the cases of the remaining
defendants.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
WHAT The CURRENT MAGAZINES ARE SAYING ABOUT
PROHIBITION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
(Revewed by Emma l. Transeau)
(Reviewed by Emma L. Transeau)

why E. After while it got to be that
he was never amiable unless he was a
little drunk. But he was taking more
and more. Christmas eve when lit
tie Dick was three years old asked his
father to stay at home to trim the tree
with me. And I was answered with a
hot potato hurled across the table in my
face. Besides Dick was now neglecting
his Office couldn't find him when pa
tients telephoned. He'd tell me it was
none of my business. The night little
Dick was so awfully sick with the
measles he wasn't anywhere to be
reached. He got home in the morning
with car all smashed up. Of course, at
last came to my senses.
A Judges explanation which fits this
case was: "The average woman will not
remain a wife and take the same abuse
from an ill-naturcd husband today as
would wife of fifty years ago."
Another case where drink entered was
of Bob" and Edith Evans" married
when they were college classmates:
There are two children, Jack and little
Evelyn. Once Evelyn in her cradle
cried all night. Bob, ugly drunk, re-
volver in hand, stood over his wife and
prevented her from taking up the baby.
Little Evelyn for year after had con-
vulsions every day. Now, at four, she
doesn't talk. It's feared that she's an
irnbecile. Frightened into idiocy," is
what the psychologists say.
Oh yes, Bob seems broken up about it
now. He's allowed to see the children
twice week Gle wants us back"
says Edith. eff it wasn't for the drink
but you see couldn't risk another
baby like my little Evelyn" Edith and
the children are at home with her people
She has a job.
The judges exp1anation-A woman in
the past could not find a job readily and
she would put up with more. The inde4
pendence of modern woman has contrib
uted to divorce. She is no longer COM
PEELED to submit to things which in years
past she has borne in silence.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
CAPTURE MOTORBOATS

Two motorboats, the Edna of Bridge
port, Conn.,, and the Pal of Greenport,
Long Island, were overtaken by coast
guards of the Oak Island Beach station
on April 4 as they were about to enter
Fire Island Inlet. The coast guards re-
port the two boats carried 400 cases of
liquor.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-04-17
THAT FEDERAL AGENTS ACCOM-
PANIED A STATE OFFICER
WHEN HE SEIZED LIQUOR NOT
TO RENDER SEARCH WARRANT
NECESSARY.
NECESSARY.

In Ludwig v. U. S, 3 Fed. ed 231,
the defendant was convicted of illegally
manufacturing and possessing home brew
beer. The only error assigned was the
admission in evidence of the liquor taken
when the prohibition agents entered the
saloon. The entry was made by state
prohibition agent and two United States
prohibition agents accompanied him. The
Circuit Court of Appeals OF the Seventh
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18
PEAT. BEDS ARE
WORTH MILLIONS.
w. H. RICHARDSON TELLS
COUNTY CLUB OF THE
VAST PEAT DEPOSITS.

people in this section have a
potential gold mine and even bet
ter in their back yard, once econ
omical and profitable methods for
utilizing the enormous deposits of
peat are worked out" declare H.
w. Richardson, local meterologist Of
1.-THE United States weather bureau
and student Of peat, at the annual
meeting Of the st. Louis County club
lat Duluth Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. Richardson outlined difficult
ties facing development of peat
hitherto and at present, both mech
Fanical, chemical and financial, point
ing out that the low prices of wood
and coal have long rendered the re-
fining Of peat and the preparation
of it for market on large scale nn-
profitable. Now, however, declining
forests and high priced coal offer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18

better opportunities in financial
way, he said, and only mechanical
and chemical difficulties are imposed
which could probably, he said, be
overcome by a concern with enough
money to experiment.
Various methods Of making peat
briquets, with comparative costs of
the methods and stories Of their sue
cess or failure; means of using pow
dered peat in air blast furnaces, and
methods of speeding up drying were
told.
The three counties of Beltrami,
Koochiching and st. Louis total per-
haps three-fifths Of Minnesota's en-
tire deposits, and st. Louis county
alone has somewhat more than l.
100000 acres of peat land, and
which, by the way, constitute about
one-fourth of the area of the
county. Throughout fully 100000
acres of this land the peat is at least
seven feet thick and in many places
much greater depths are encounter
ed, ranging as much as so feet in
depth.
SIN the area just mentioned there
probably could be obtained 8 000,-
100000 tons of air-dried peat. For
The entire peat area in the county it
is estimated that the total would be
around 1868, 100000 tons. The
fuel peats in this section are high
grade, much of the material COM
pairing favorably with coal in fuel
value"
"All grades of peat, including the
surface materials, can be manufac-
tured into many useful things, such
as paper, rope, woven fabrics. dye
stuffs, artificial board surgical dress
ings, and so on Mr.. Richardson con-
tinued. "As fertilizer filler pro-
cessed peat is very valuable because
of its humus content, while as stable
litter the ordinary air-dried peat is
excellent on account of its resili-
ency and powers Of absorption. A
little lime mixed with such peat
counteracts any possible original
sourness if intended for use on the
soil.
CDR. F. j. Away, of the univer-
sity farm, St. Paul, in his research
work on peat soils, has accomplish
ed many thipgs of great Importance
to those having such land and who
desire to use the same for agricul-
tural purposes. Special experiment
stations are operated on the peat
lands at Fens in st. Louis county
and at other points in the state.
Particular attention is invited to the
successful operations under way on
Meadowlands farms and similar
projects.
"As to the commercial future of
peat in st. Louis county it will re-
quire ability Of a high order, plus
good sense and ample capital to
bring the proposition into its own.
The possibilities are most alluring,
for as fuel in briquet form alone, at
the low price of SIS per ton, the total
visible fuel peat in our county ap-
proximates the stupendous total of
$8,0 00,000,000 not to mention prob
able sources of revenue from other
manufactured products.
Besides, as the peat is removed
most of the land would still be avail
able for certain lines of agriculture.
"And all these things and riches
they bring can be evolved from the
present experimental stage into a
reality perhaps far surprising that
of the most conservative estimate
of what is possible. And the figures
loom large in all the calculations.
Let us mine this backyard of ours,
the gold is there" concluded Mr..
Richardson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18
Danish Depression

Death should not depress Us. for II
we brood on death we make a de-
pressing thing Of life. The final earth.
ly chapter Is. after all. common, nat
ural, and general experience. Looked
at In the right light. the thought should
inspire US, for who knows what great
wonders may lie Immediately beyond7
Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-18
Amazing Appetite

Large animals have the advantage
In water. A man coming out Of his
bath carries one pound Of water with
him. A mouse coming out would carry
Its own weight, while fly In similar
circumstances would be loaded with
90 times Its weight. Small animals
have to have more food because the
heart has to do relatively more work.
A mouse thus eats one-third Of its own
weight every day.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
AxsI Berg Victim
Of Terrible Mishap

Tuesday afternoon Axel Berg slip
ped into the cylinder OF the Gillette
threshing machine at the Swanson
ranch in Wlaltham and was seriously
injured. The accident occurred abous
8 P. N. and Byron Gillette imnediat-
ely took the injured man 70 the De-
aconess hospital.
Just how the accident occurred
could not be ascertained but report
has it that board upon which he
was standing slipped or broke caus-
ing him to slide into the cylinder.
Immediately after his arrival at tire
hospital the damaged leg was x-Ray-
ed revealing numerous fractures of
the leg and foot bones.
Cuts on the leg prevent inclosing It
in cast and viii make recovery
slower.
Mr.. Berg was married about one
year ago to Miss Edith Kerneghaa.
and he and his wife have been operat-
ing the Anthony ranch on NeiIl Cruah.
Byron Gillette was ln Belt Wedmsa-
day morning looking for another
man for his threshing crew. The ac-
cident came so Unexpectedly that IL
cast gloom over the outfit upon whom
no blame could be attached.
Judith Gap-Local business men
and Central Montana Chamber or
Commerce win bring in 100 head fine
dairy cows. to sell d farmers on easy
terms.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
r. T. sEEFRED FUNERAL HELD
At MAHRE SATURDAY

Havre. Nov. 7---FunerAi s@rvicaa 1ss
Frank E. ssifruds sss So. wan aAad u
his home here Thursday night from
cancer Of ths ssonach. wiIi be held
Sunday. undsr auspices Of TIE local
lodge % Odd Fellows. Of wAich he was
treasurer and q past noble grand. Mr..
Salfred had been sick for sevsra.
months, he was a pioneer Of northern
Montana. In 1879, when IL years Old.
he landed ak Fort Benton sfesr trip
up the Missouri from Lavagna. Ia. Ho
grew TO manhood at Belt. where the
family bcated. sslfrsd located on =
farm near Havre IN 1908, but had
made his home In the city for a nuEnr
Der Of years previous to bis death.
He Is survived by widow. q daugh.
ter, two brothers and two sisters, one
Of whom is Mrs. J. W. TAttOn Of Fors
Benton, wife Of Judge Tstton.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
Maggie v. Names
Humane Officer

Mrs. Sutherland taught for savsral
years in the Belt schools and Is we'll
known here.
The appointment Of Mrs. Maud
Sutherland Of Great Falls to succeed
the late John Hetherington as dep
uty state humane officer for this dis
trict, was announced Thursday by
Maggie Smith Hathaway, state hu-
name officer. who was IL the city
from Helena.
Though not officially confirmed I'M
I'll Thursday, the appointments has
been generally known for several
weeks. Mrs. Sutherland win make
her office at her horne.
Mrs. Sutherland in former Cas-.
eade county school teacher and ths
wife Of Ernest Sutherland. farrmaE
Cascade county iaiIor and nov sm-
ployed ~ special Gxaat NorSAsse
dsfsetive. Until 3 waaz &C. see waa
enga@sd ~ am instsH@eor at Eha 1Hnr
Tor high school and priOR 10 thsu
taught In several Great Falls and
Cnscads county schools.
The Great Falls district which she
will have charge Of, now consists Of
Cascade and Teton counties Cho-
teau county, which formerly was In
cludsd IN this district, will be taken
care Of by Mrs. Hathaway personally.
she announced Thursday.
The new deputy stated Thursday
that abe was anxious 70 have the pub-
lie know that her office has nothing
% do with delinquent children, which
Ars cared for by the probation off,
yer.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

The store of G. G. Nohl was saAavesl
by burglars Sunday night and wss
siderable quantity Of loot taksA.
Entrznce was mads througA q aAas
at the rear after which khs thiswss
opened the back door Of tAs sseRa
room proper with the bail ok = azm.
pound lard pail which was manipn-
lated IN such manner ~ 10 looeaa
the hook with which the door wea
fastened.
The articles taken were two revolv-
ers, several pliers. two large packages
Of % shells besides some single box
es, a large number Of pocket knivea
and other small articles.
The thieves showed 3 familiarity
with the premises which Is astound-
ing, the footprints and other hlts ek
evidence point TO & as 'kid's ishr
while other traces haGE wonld make Il
appear ~ the work Of an older psFs
son. The desk was ramsAclsd hlwh
and low for valuabIss. Each drswsR
and compartment investigated aaa
the papers thrown in a heap upon s1s
floor. Curiosity also played large
part IN the search aa several Articles
were moved FROM their former Io-
cation and dropped here and Tiers.
Quite often ehs Forum meekn
around a warm fire ID the NohI stosv
and here matters Of national impar-
lance and Of public moment ars
out. When pipes are going |
strong and the nicotine is putting 9 |
turn to the wits Of thin
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
Jude Huber Herd Ranks High
According TO Cow Testing Records

Fourth-R. L. Erickson, Meadow
Lark dairy; S5 cows, 715.6 pounds.
Fifth-Herman Lenz-Jersey dairS
IS cows. 713-1 pounds.
The high herds in butter fat were,
First-Jude Hubber;15 cows aver.
aging 34-3 pounds.
secOnd-WaIlace MurdOck; ss.6
pounds.
Third-NOrris Brothers, Fort shaw
five cows. 3s.4 pounds.
Fourth-E. J. ventz, Great Falls;
80 cows, 27-S pounds.
Fifth-R L. Erickson; 27.3 pounds.
Six hundred and ten cows were tss-
ted in October.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

Miss Hssen GiHestA Stats
Assmk Of she Ameracnm Ned
Crems was IA Bsst Msmday mak-
ing preparstisns sss the amnnal
Rsll Can b Belt. TAln Arivs
win take place in Belt nsxt
week Mrs. G. G. Neal win be
the ehairman ef tie local cen
mittee. Mr.. Priddy the C0unty
RoH Cali Chairman viii be IN
Belt Sunday night and win
make a short address at the Py-
THAN Theatre.
The Red Cross fund is used
in Cascade county for work
smong the ex service men and
the assistance Of them and their
families.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

bedy pOasiblz tAe aasstioa Of tha rob
esry may As given . space upon thsii
snsuat progsalA And ths raaIsfasAors
seusht 20 Justice. sAould sAsrs ~
alt no such saeossa % tAeir dslibers-
oua. It mighk happen sAas the pre-
EietOr Of tAs stors sAould lose faisA
= their wisdom and turn thsm ous
Rto the cold. Doubtless they have
provide thamaelxn with extra saclA
e tobacco ere this and the clouds Of
smoke have revealed moving pictures
ef the robbers working through the
plAee. SuppOsing the robbery occur
yed IN the dark You know that when
kAey taxa pictures 10 the dark they
aavs 10 have flash lights When TIE
Forum meets and the pictures stop
<sming, soneone wakes up 30 ths
Act that his pipe Is out and IN the
kaasA Of q match and tia glow Of .
aawlY lighted pipe, yisions are seen
Ehrpniclss Of past events or prDph-
seies Of the future.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

! The mining Of coal has been fol
thirtv years the chief industry Of Bel
outside Of farming and stock-raisins
The A. C. NJ. Co. worked for many
years one Of the largest mines in ths
state. At present Belt has one Of tbs
largest undeyeloped fields Of coal IL
the Northwest.
That the Belt coal field has itA
northern and southern limits is an
accepted fact and that when you at
tempt to push mining beyond these
limits too large q percentage Of bone
and rock Is discovered.
(. Six small mines are working at the
present time all within the limits Of
the good coal area. From these mines
comes q high class quality Of fuel
equal IN heat and steam producing
power to any coal in the state
This coal is combination Of coI<ing
coal rich in bitumsn and the top coal
which Is harder, more lasting and pro
ducing more steady heat
People acquainted with Belt coal
can invariably select from bin the
coal most suitable for produeing 3
quick fire and with unerring skin in
she dark pick out the humps that win
give q slow steady fire during the
eng winter nights.
This coal is free from rock and
lack and is desirable IN amy part Of
he state. It does not clinksr and has