AMERICA’S LIQUOR PROBLEM
A SCHEME THAT FAILED MMMTM. AUTHORITIES GAOLED Press Association —By Telegraph— Copyright. ■ VANCOUVER,' January 3. (Received January 4, at 9.40 a.m.) A curious phase of the liquor problem is apparent in the Idaho towns of Mulland and Shoshone. Recently the mayor, aldermen,' and chief of police of Mullan were indicted and stiffiy 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 “ speak-easies,” which the police allowed to operate so long as they paid for the privilege. This scheme worked well enough until 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 pf prison, and v a petition, widely signed, is being sent to White House for pardons.
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Evening Star, Issue 20374, 4 January 1930, Page 11
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