BREACH OF PROHIBITION LAWS.
CIVIC AUTHORITIES IMPRISONED (UXITSD PRBSS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTKIC TZLXOB&FH COPTBIOHT.) VANCOUVER, January 3. A eurious phase of the liquor problem is apparent in the Idaho towns of Mullan and Shoshone. Eecently the mayor, aldermen, and chief-of-police of Mullan were indicated and stiffly sentenced for breaking the Prohibition laws. The district is a mining centre, with a sparse population and a floating community which pays no taxes. The aldermen believed that the only way to get money to build highways and schools was to license a number of saloons and "speakeasies," which the police allowed to operate as long as they paid for the privilege. This scheme worked well enough until the Federal agents invaded the territory and finally sent to gaol all the municipal authorities. The latest development is that the citizens are raising a fund to get their leaders out of prison, and a petition, widely signed, is being sent to White House asking for pardons.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19819, 6 January 1930, Page 9
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