LIQUOR PROBLEM
AN IDAHO PROBLEM. [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) VANCOUVER, January 2. A curious phase of the liquor problem is apparent ifn Idaho, itowns of Mullan and Shoshone. Recently the Mayor, Aldermen and Chief of Polite of Mullan were indicted and stiffly sentemed for breaking the prohibition laws. The district is a mining centre with a sparse and floating community which pays no taxes. The Aldermen believed 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, widely signed, is being sent to White House for pardons.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1930, Page 5
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159LIQUOR PROBLEM Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1930, Page 5
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