Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-04-30 | Page 19 | Tide Blamed for Booze Bottle Collection

Tid Blammd for Boot BottU Collection IAN' PEDRO. CmU April 30 fBr A, P.) The term "mean high tide, over which there are periodic wrangles wran-gles In tha courts, has ben given a novel and literal Interpretation In police court hers. Thomas Mitchell. TS-year-oId ship's carpenter, who Uvea in a boat house- along ths Wilmington water front, told ths magistrate that booza bottles bobbing up In quantity quanti-ty in the vicinity of bis marine, abode had ben washed thera by tha mrKnest" high tide ha avar heard of In all his nautical experience. expe-rience. Ths rat ort of members of tha harbor har-bor dry aquad who mada tha .trrest waa that If a reasonable excuse could ba advanced for tha congregation congrega-tion of ths floating bottles, the case might ba dropped. It was aot.