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Show filed at th offlr. In Burley or at nom. other point on th. rout. nd on the r-turn r-turn from Nevada the purrhaeer l!a at the orflr. and net. hi. "ra-kaice" Yfr1 carrtm It away .a he would carry a p.lr of shoes frtmi an Arfama Kxpreea orrk-e. Th. hT.I option law ha. no control ov.r this situation. Imv,! option an far In Oassl. county ha proved a sad fallur.. The county of-nrtnls of-nrtnls seem unable to enforce the law. an1 this failure results In the county ln eurrln. heavy expenses and the officer, themselves hetn dl.rredlled amOfUC the advocates of prohibition. "M" LAW USELESS IN CASSIA COUNTY IH 'P LEY. Ida.. July U. I Ml ring June apvn'.xlmately two hundred gallons of alcohol al-cohol were dispensed from the drug stores In Cassia county, according to the applications appli-cations filed by the different drug stores In the ofnes of the county Jhudltor and recorder at Albion. This amount of alcohol al-cohol Is nearly as much as the combined bulk of intoxicating beverages of al! kinds sold during the same length of time while the county was "wet." Cassia county is sparsely settled, there being not to exceed 9000 people In the county. At the election held last faJt the county was voted "dry by a big ma-ji'riiy. ma-ji'riiy. If prohibition Is prohibiting the cunumptinn of lljuor In Cassia county It will riulre a very brilliant "dry" advocate ad-vocate to prove It, In view of the fact that the lodging house keepers In Bur ley report tliat (heir places are Infested mre by "soaks" this summer than ever before. Cnl a few Have ago company was Incorporated In Uurlt y to carry on an Interstate freight, express and passenger business between Tecoma. Nev and bur-ley, bur-ley, Jda. Cnd-r the Interstate commerce law this company has aa much tight j carry liquor as have the railroads. An ofrtce Is maintained In Burley and one at tlie small border town in Navada. snd four trips are made each week via Oakley. If this cnmpanV were to be In business fifty years It la doubtful If It would ever carry a- single passenger or a pound of freight other than liquor. That la the sole purpose for which It waa organised and from the way the business has started start-ed out Ms success is assured. Orders for "freight" or "empress'1 are, |