MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND POLICE CHIEF GO TO PRISON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 1

MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND POLICE CHIEF GO TO PRISON.

Prohibition Agents Descend On Small Mining Towns

< United Press Association. —By Electrlo Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received January 4, 9.40 a.m.) VANCOUER, January 2. A curious phase of the liquor problem is apparent in the Idaho towns of Mullan and Shoshone. Recently the mayor, aldermen, and chief of police of Mullan were indicted 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 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, wide* ly signed, is being sent to White House asking for pardons. iiiiiiiciiiuuiiii:!>i!);!!uiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiui!uiiiiiii;iii:iii:iiiiiii!iiii!ii!!i!!i:iiii:ii!:iiiiiiuiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiii!iiiiii!ii!iiiiii!iiii:i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiuiiiiiiii!i!iiiiii