Arizona state miner., 1925-11-21
NO. 2
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So you would like to know the lat
est. Well you can have it first and
here it is: The papers of the current
week recorded the opening of two
schools of instruction in bootlegger
catching. The first one is to be un-
der the tutelage of the renowned Vol
stead at Minneapolis, Minn.-this Vol
stead is supposed to be the same man
who less than a year ago gave out
an interview to the press in which
he stated that he had just completed
a trip thr0 0ugh Chicago and several
other large cities and asserted that
all were as dry as the Sahara. Pom
der upon the wonderful increase in
''wetness" if you will, in such short
period imagine how it must
have increased by leaps and bounds
to so suddenly require schools of in
struction for experts who are to be
made proficient in the art of dampen-
ing the ardor of advocates of damp
ness" Volstead should be able to
instruct the students in all of the
important details with which his mind
was 11IACQ WHICH, OICSILAS Ills uOW
world wide notorious measure thru
legislative halls
The second school mentioned Is
to be located at Springfield, ILL.,, and
tbs pity that it couldn't be ar
ranged to couple the name of Boss"
Mcbride with it, as he is no mean
steerer himself even if he must for
the time being confine his labor of
love to Springfield, as he seems to
be amply able to show the Illinoisans
just what he means for them to have
and is in no wise concerned as to
what they may think they want
Wonder if these new schools of in
struction will xnultiply with sufficient
rapidity to soon permit the forming
of union so that their Uncle Sam
uel can be told where to head in
when he does not increase salaries
with enough alacrity. Volstead should
not forget the addition of a mail
order course as one of the early ad-
Juncts of his plan, because his name
tackled on to the course should make
it very salable among the farmer
boys OF the country, who can then
graduate from clodhopping into full
hedged bootlegger catchers and help
uphold and enforce this MOST SA-
CRED of all the laws of their native
land and thus fulfill their destinies
as participators in the amazing ad-
venture to which they have been
taught to look forward to in their
churches and Sunday Schools.
Carrying Goals to Newcastle"-
yes, that was what the police of Hull.
Canada, remarked when they placed
TWO men under arrest for transporting
high wines" from New York. The
sale of these New York wines at a
profit conflicts with the Canadian
laws and it is claimed that they are
bought in New York at $500 a gal
lon and sold in Canada for S2400.
Verify, the automobile is used for
divers purposes in these latter days.
Some things are strange. even pass
ing strange, to quote Shakespeare.
but what the writer wants to know is
why for and wherefore the propa.
ganda article inserted in the dry or
gans in September under the heading
Canada and United States Plan to
Stop Rum Smuggling?" How the
stopping and where the effectiveness
of the much heralded plan if two-wav
smuggling (tit for tat) is to flourish
and prosper?
The U. s. Circuit Court of Appeals
at Richmond Virginia, recently re-
versed the decision rendered bv
District Court which convicted a man
because Of the possession of 70 gal
IONS OF wine made from cherries and
elderberrieS ON HIS OWN FARM
me prosecuting attorney of the lower
court was unable to produce any evi-
dence OF intent to sell and conceded
that the drink was not Intoxicating
put contended that as it contained
over the p of l per cent permitted
that 1t was a violation of the law
and as IN the great majority of cases
secured conviction of course. This
time they happened to choose a vic
TIM who was able to appeal and fight
for his rights as a freeborn citizen
and who refused TO believe that he
was a serf
when the Judge reversed the deci-
sion OF the lower court he said "the
natonai prohibition laws do not for
bld the home manufacture of cider
ana lulces from fruits raised on the
premises and intended for individual
use Thus you have example after
example of the oppression in practice
by many of the lower courts in some
sections OF the country, and as the