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Show Hootch Still to be Had; Source Remains Secret to Only Few II I ; r.N FLOYD . TTMMKRM w Despite the fact that the ordinary man In tho venr of 19L'0 has found It a difficult problem tn obtain a shot of Vhootch" even thomch his wife mmlu be ihrciiteneil wltli influenza, oi his mother-in-law In danger of the grim reapi r from want of stimulants despite all this there were more drunks arrested by tho hrlff'.-i department de-partment and police officers during tho year Just closing than for any other j one offense. It's a mystery where I hey get It, no I doubt about that, but the Important part is they pot it. The mystery is Similar to a case which occurred in the army during the training period ', of a division In a cantonment. A cer-1 cer-1 tain soldier of Irish blood, regularly each week went on the warpath from Intoxication and regularly came up for hearing before the military court. He ! was confined In Ids tent for weeks, but he continued his brawls as regularly reg-ularly as it ho had lined up to a bar. SQIA E THE MTYSTKR1 At last the intelligence service of the camp was assign' to the task of Solving the cas'e and they ferreted out the mystery. When the soldier had first arrived i In camp he had obtained a five-gal- Ion Kasoline can and buried it in the ' sagebrush a few hundred feet from his tent. Regularly he would deposit raisins, rais-ins, yeaflt and water Into the can and frequently he would draw himself c,;f some stuff that would send his heart turning over at 3200 r. p. m. and change hlni from a private to B brigadier brig-adier general. if the soldier had not had a touch of fever one night and talked alouu about his treasure, he would have probably had his private saloon for many more we. , However, a member mem-ber of the Intelligence department hac; been sent Into his Squad and took up a bunk unknown to the other members of the squad and overheard the Irish I lad talking about his "gold mine." "It's hid at the foot of the big sagebrush sage-brush bush," he screamed throughout the night and the Intelligence man listened lis-tened with both ears wide open. In the morning a search w:s made with the result that the can was lo-catel lo-catel and the contents poured out while a delightful odor spread over the camp. W ATI K Wit RAISIN. When the soldier came out of his sickness he was told about the confiscated con-fiscated and wept alouQ. "Bring me a glass of water with i raisin In it." he begged." and I'll be well tomorrow" He was warned not to attempt to continue his Illicit liquor manufacture and promised faithfully his captain i that he would reform. The officer shook the man s hand and Wished him the best of luck In his reformation. As he emerged from the man's tent the captain shook his head, turned to his lieutenant and said. "If you put that suy alongside the north pole with nothing, he would have a bottle of Scotch whisky in his hand within five minutes." I "Yea," replied the lieutenant, "and If you came along, you would 'rank' him out of It." The Irish soldier had seemingly accomplished ac-complished the Impossible, but It WSS really simple when the mystery wab solved He would wander to his bar and insert ,L small rubber hoso into his private stock. After drinking his fill, he would saunter back Into camp and get properly sctted In his tent before the storm would break. After he was confined to his tent he ar-; ar-; ranged for a friend to visit the cache and bring him a quart or two of the TXT." The records in (he sheriffs office) show that there ... twenty-three per-' sons confined for urunkeness and seen for having liquor in their possession. This heads the entire list. The next popular offense against the law was Mi sli alin ol small articles and twen-ty-tWO persons Served sentences in the Jail for this violation. Nineteen served behind tho bars ftr .issuing c heeks without sufficient funds I and sixteen were arrested and convicted convict-ed of burglary. Four were charged With murder were arrested by the sheriffs department during the vear J.ivi OF VliKl s i s. Tho complete list of arrests by this 'b inr::.!. nt ..ml i he ol tense i committed commit-ted follow: Murder 4, robbery 12, burglary 16, gradd larceny l Z, petit larceny it, forgery for-gery 7, highway robbery 7, assault 3. embculement 7. fraud 4, issuing ehacks without sufficient funds to pay same, etc., 18, Issuing fictitious checks 19 receiving stolen property . 'carrying loiutaled weapons 3, pambl- Ing 1. drunk 23. having liquor In possession, pos-session, etc., 7, contempt of court z. violation of state game laws, 3. disturbing dis-turbing peace A, trespassing 1, vagrancy, vag-rancy, i. refusing to pay for meals Land lodging 3, failure to provide and desertion, etc.. 7, carnal knowledge1 female, etc.. 3. violation of motor vehicle ve-hicle law, etc.. :., refusing to pav wagi r, -due, rtc, 1. violation election laws, i. Willful destruction of property, etc., L |