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Show 1 OPERATES. H fi Tim working of the prohibition law in this city is employing the minds of a number of our citizens these times for the want we suppose, H of something more exciting. The H 1 move has a number of enemies, and M though they have a great minority M on their side they live in hopes that B the people will see the error of their H ways, and return to the good old B plan of having one or two licensed H drinking palaces in the town where H the thirsty wayfarer and the bibu- B tous citizen can meet on common H y ground and be filled with the spirit H I of alcohol, while the officers of the Bm law look, on with sickly smile if B they do not approve.and realize that H the city under which they operate A has been paid for their tolerance. B The more some well known oppos B ers nf prohibition criticise condi- 1 titions under present regulations, and better we ought to be satisfied M, that the measure is likely to be a M success. It is pointed out that wine B is being imported from Dixie, and H that whisky is being brought in H' from other settlements and drank H here, and it is evident that if people H strong drink they will have H whether the traffic is licensed or not Hh All this is doubtless true as is part K ly attested by the fact that at least -- V ' by justice Palmer last Monday, and H it is said that other cases have been V heard of. But when the officers of B the city face a drunken man under H' present conditions neither the drunk- H ard nor his friends can say that eith- er the city authorities or public sen- B timent has contributed anything to B the man's situation. It always has B seemed to us very inconsistent to L) L 'ssue a license to a saloon keeper to Vp I sell liquor to men which makesthem H drunk, and then send the office is to H I put the drunken men in prison for B' I drinking that which the city had B I been paid for allowing to be sold, H wlui. it is a foregone conclusion that !if intoxicants are sold there are many pi ople who cannot resist the H, A temptation to get drunk. Some H' ) difficulty it issaid has been experi- H eneed by people in this city lately H whi ntcd liquor for sickness, but H this iroublc if it did exist has been H . eliminated as, the article is now B kntii Cedar's licensed druggist, H ?il 1. Koell who has has the right to H sell n uler the laws of the city on a H doctors prescription. It is current H b reported however that our kind H - hcarti-d Doctor has been imposed H i Uon by some of the whiskey lovers B o Uv 11 friends, and hit prescriptions Ps-f" luvc in home cases been swallowed K by i he wrong patient. It does not V -v- stem to be sufficient in snch cases H to know that the application is bona- H fide, but it is equally necesary to H kiujv iluit the messenger is trust- H worthy. Complaint is being made H by certain of our dealess and others B that they have been accused unjust- B ly Of selling liquor on the sly, con- j trary to law. One gentleman in H particular, who when he prohibi- H tion law went into effect last month B found a ready sale for a quantity of B7 Orange Bitters which he had on H on hand has been strongly accused. H of breaking the law. People should V be yery careful about making such H accusations, and if they be made, the man vho makes the accusation, H should wait till he has what he con- H& s siders is sufficient proof 'and the en- H ' Ki flBf ter complaint. ,,If he feels morally mora-lly sure but realizes that he has not evidence to convict, it does no good what ever to talk about the suspects, sus-pects, indeed, it only puts the law-brakcr law-brakcr on his guajd. |