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Show a aa Bootlegging in Dry Arizona How Sellers of Liquor Use Various Methods to Evade the Prohibition Law Peocnlx, Ariz., Jan. 20. A Phoenix Phoe-nix business mnn drove his nutomo-bllo nutomo-bllo over to Log Angeles and shipped it hack. Ho sent two gentlemen' t" tho freight depot with tho hill of lad-lug, lad-lug, cautioning them carefully to tow tho machlno to his residence. But thoy did not seo any reason for tow-lug tow-lug n perfectly good car, apparently In running order, so thoy trlod to start tho englno. Not a cough! Thoy found tho carbureter full of u liquid thnt looked, but did not smell Hko gasoline. Then thoy drained somo ot tho liquid from a tank Into a pan and tasted It. Two glorious gin Jags wore tho result and tho nforoifiontloned business man had all kinds of trou-bio trou-bio kocplng from bolng Indicted for introducing liquor into dry territory. This Is only ono of hundreds of clover subterfuges that havo beon resorted to In order to ovado Arizona's Arizo-na's strict prohibition law. Every day tho officers got wlso to somo now schemo ot tho boozo Importers. A barrel labeled asphalt camo from Log Angolcs for a local contractor's warehouse; It rolled out of tho back ond of tho wagon and was smashed on tho pavement, When sovorai gallons gal-lons of asphalt had oozed away a largo keg, still Intact was observed by a policeman, to bo fn tho middle of tho wreckage. Ho Investigated and found that It contalnod whisky of high quality. Distillate and Whisky A 60 gallon Iron barrel of tho typo commonly used by John D. to ship lubricating oil, was received at Dol Rio, a Httlo station near Prescott. r I M It was billed from El Paso to one, M. V. Loomls who, by tho way has I flBBJ never been located. It wns set out 1 BBBJ on the platform and in tho night j B soineono struggled through a snow- ! BBBJ drift to drill a hole in Its side. Tho , next morning n strong distillery odor ' BBBJ lingered about tho platform. Invcs- BBJ tlgntlon showed thnt tho barrel was BBfl divided Into two compartments'. Ono BhBJ at tho head, containing flvo gallons i BhBJ of distillate. Tho other compart- ! BBBJ mouts had been filled with G5 gallons j BBBJ of whisky, flvo of which had been BBBJ extracted by tho midnight prowler. BBBJ Now nt Dot, Rio is located ono of ' BBJ tho dairy farhis of tho Fred Harvey j BBBJ Santa Fo eating liouso system. Tho BBBJ employes of tho dairy learned of tho BBJ barrel and tho second night thoy si- jBBJ phoned out something llko halt tho BBBJ whisky remaining therein. No cows BBBJ were milked tho next morning. All BhBJ of tho milkers were deathly sick. A 1 BBBJ Prescott doctor was summoned and 4 BBBJ ho annlyzcd tho liquor. It was then jBBJ found that there was a leak between I BBBJ tho dlsttllnto and whisky compart- BBJ BBBJ In a Piano Case BBB Ofllccrs at Miami became susplcl- BBBJ clous thnt a piano enso received there flBBJ and billed to Mrs. Rosa Disney did BBBJ not contain a plnno. Thoy wcro right. 'BBBJ It contained ?43G worth of bottled 11- ABB flflB Bottles are Interned In the mlddlo 'BBB ot cans of lard or honey shipped to ;flB Arizona. Scores of suit caecs are tflflB loft uncalled for at tho railroad sta- i9flB tlons- becauso tho ownors suspect t'iflBfl thnt they aro suspected and often i'lllH thoy aro right. Dozens of arrests r wflB havo been mado becauso ono bottlo TBBB In a trunk or suit caso was broken 'lflBfll In iflflfl Of lato a number of shipments 1 BBBJ havo been mado In tho bladders of ff "'BBfll animals which novcr break no mat- f 1 tor how roughly tho bnggago Is ban- ' jflBflJ dlod. It Is said that thoro is an un- : itflflflj preccdonted demand for bladders at '!iflBfll tho slaughter housosi of El Paso and i pflflBJ Los Angeles. (''flBfll In Tucson a dealer In household FJiflBBJ utensils remarked casually to a con- j 'BBBBJ stablo that his stock ot canoponers '' flVfll had been exhausted that morning. BBB Ho could not undorstand why bo lflVBJ many full grown men should need 'BBfl1 canopenors. Tho constablo ran down i'flBflJ this clue and arrested an entorprls- i .flBBJ Ing young follow who had lmportod I'iflVfll and sold whisky In tomato cans with Lii'SBfll gaudy labels. Q'ilflBfll Use of Autos U'SflBj Automobiles havo been used ox- frflflfla quor. At Clifton a young man with Iflvflfl a big car which ho frequently drovo flflBJ to Lordsburg, N, M.v fell under bus- H iwflflj plclon and was arrested. Ho had Ht- Bfll ted n false bottom In his machine and I flBJ wns carrying from 70 to 80 quart hot- i bflfl ties at a load. In tho nuto of a prls- j 'vfl onor arrested at Miami were several BBB concealed coppor compartments, all j '' flflfl full of whisky. Ono youiif; man and if'JflBJ his wlfo for several months mado I dBB regular motor trips between El Con- 1 'flflj fro, California and Phoenix, each I flBfl tlmo carrying numerous bottles nnd H Bflfl kegs that were retailed at great pror- M BBB It hero. Two others mado a busl- H jSIJ ncss of stoallng autos In Los Ango- If ttflBJ les, loading them with liquor, driving i 'flH to Arizona and selling cars and car- j BflJ goes. II jflfl Bootleggers In tho southeastern I'Ssl ot tho state aro making uso of worn- j BHJ en to get tholr liquor across tho line. ftj fl Tho women go automobllo riding over l iflflj Into New Mexico, wearing bloomers jg flfll under their skirts. When thoy To- flfll turn tho bloomers aro tho containers II flflj of as many bottles as can bo carried H ,'AflJ comfortably. I; flflj aai m a ll ffHaflai |