The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
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Winters looking after things here
that is, catching minnows while
the whales escape. Officer Win
tiers is being assisted in the min
now catching by the sheriff of
Sheridan county, innocently tho,
we believe.
Of course when Col Sheridan
knows about this big sinner and
Sam Roberts knows about this big
sinner, and he runs without moles-
tation or trouble, it is by arrange
ments.
These arrangements were upset
last winter when Prohibition Di-
rector John Hagan of North Da-
kota came over into Montana, the
jurisdiction of Prohibition Direc-
tor Sam Roberts of Montana, I'M
beknown to Sam Roberts, and raid
ed the big sinner and got three
big stills and equipment worth
$4,000 apiece, and destroyed fif-
teen thousand gallons of mash and
several hundred gallons of fine
whiskey. This raid by Hagan up
set Director Sam Roberts i'm
mensely as well as the big sinner.
Director Roberts was a two-bit
stool pigeon over in Seattle before
he was promoted and sent to Mon
tana to direct prohibition enforce
ment here: Sheridan never had
that much experience, he was only
full dress colonel in the Mon
tana militia.
The big sinner case came up in
Billings last week in federal court
before Judge Pray. Director Sam
Roberts and his outfit were not
present, but John Hagan, the
North Dakota director was.
Hagan caused the arrest of four
men when he made this raid. None
of the men were the big sinners
who own the big operations. Two
of these men were dismissed, prov
ing themselves 10 be innocent
farmers who had bought the mash
and were hauling it away to their
farms to feed to pigs: the other
two pleaded guilty, they were mer
in the employ of the big sinner
and got big fines and six months
In Jail, and a year and a half in
federal prison on the third count
the prison sentence being suspend.
ed.
All along the Great Northern
main line from Williston to Vol
Point, whiskey is sold over the
bar, freely and without molesta
ton. These bars sell the moon
shine manufactured by the bis
and powerful sinner, exclusively
Patrolman Winters only oper
ates in Plentywood and Scobey
and then it is said he does no
bother the piggers who sell tn,
moon made by the big sinners: 70,
certain men in Scobey, Outlook
PlentywOod and Medicine Lake sci
moon without bother.
PatrOlman Winters never bother
the big sinner, but he works over
time raiding the little stills in thii
area.
And the other day he raided tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Olsol
of DOoley, pictured above.
The other night a big Interna
tional truck came in from tn,
south loaded down with barrels O
the products of the big sinner: i
stopped in Plentywood, made de
iveries, and pulled out north an,
west, making deliveries all alon,
the line.
The truck was not bothered, W,
do not need to state.
Mr.. Olson is one of the minnow!
the officers can find him and hi.
kind but they cannot see tn,
whales-only John Hagan can fine
him.
Maybe John Hagan will have t.
come to Montana from Dakot:
again to find the whale. Wht
knows?
And while this is going on pro
hibition officers are buying apart
ment houses and depositing hug,
rolls in their banks.
That is the way things are don,
now. The minnows will continue
to be taken care of, the whales car
take care of themselves.
Prohibition officers retire in 2
few years rich.
This, dear readers, is prohibition
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