Show BRISK COMMERCE I I IVIA IN NARCOTICS DONE VIA LINE United States States Officials Opine Ri Ringleaders Cannot Long Escape Capture I HE lines JInes of the the federal ring T THE around the narcotic peddlers op operating operating operating op- op from Salt Lake to Alberta Alberta Al Al- berta Canada are closing in a ac- ac I to J J. P P. Wheeler Wheel r federal field agent of the internal revenue revenue department depart depart- I ment Information now at hand Indicates indicates indi Indi- cates there is a well established trade route front from Canada through ugh Great Falls and Butte in Montana and Pocatello Pocatello Pocatello Po- Po catello Ida to Salt Lake by which cocaine morphine arid and opium are being brought through in m q quantity J Smugglers lers are oper operating across the Canadian border with light t automo automobiles automobiles automobiles biles that run across the open country country country coun coun- try without attempting to follow the roads It is almost impossible to catch these men who bring in hi opium from front Se Settle Seattle and cocaine from Toronto Toron Toron- tb to Toronto is the real center of or the me narcotic trade according to Mr Wheeler Large quantities are brought to St St. Paul and Winnipeg from the I eastern Canadian metropolis Mr Wheeler told of or arresting a woman woman woman wom- wom wom wom- an at Great Falls Fans who had twenty- twenty two ounces of cocaine in her possession posses posses- sion She hoped to reach Salt Lake with it and anticipated selling ceiling it here for tor 2500 She figur figured dit 1 It worth 1300 In Jn Great Falls Fans Mr Wheeler told of or an exciting chase through northern Montana and arid southern Alberta which ended Unsuccessfully unsuccessfully unsuccessfully un un- successfully for the government A Aman Aman Aman man with twelve cans of opium succeeded succeeded suc suc- in crossing the line and evadIng evading evading evad evad- ing the officers waiting for him He reached Great Falls and had disposed of his drug at a big profit before he could be located I It Is a most el elusive commerce said Mr 1 Wheeler who is associated with Agent A A. M M. J J. Pritchard and Dr J A. A H H. Taylor w working under the direction dl di- di I i of Henry A A. A Larson of ot Denver We have assembled a mass of or evIdence evidence evidence evi evI- dence and we feel confident that the ringleaders in this traffic cannot es escape escape es- es cape us much longer |