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QUEBEC LIQUOR PLAN
PROPOSED BY DR. BUTLER
NEW YORK)—A plan for- State
liquor trslfce. control, which He sail!
would l»e (.i rposed for adoption, in the
Strife of,-New York. in. event the 18th
amendment' is .repealed, was submit
ted b-■ the Qounrtyfc-tah largo tonight hy
Dt\ NicholiaaiaMCrray Bidder:
In ‘.addressing his proposals to
“pt'bi mapitiiu-.throughout the length•
r .d breadth of the land;” Dr.. Butler
said ihe ouestions involved should rm.
bedr.TOei’thetl>‘fobtbair of pdrely p.
tisan politics or the plaything of ant
hit; hcj candid tt./s eager for political
off:
ill plan, h;- said, wu:: 'moulded gen
sitrii} aiitng the, Hues of the Province
of -Qi ebec act.
'it.'.tit, .outset tha OCIiunbia Uhi
ve rs it y j.rnfswsi r enu-hasied the* suc
cevs . f any- oxau'for State liquor traf
fic control was predicated ujwm-. the
“urt. ondit'anaP repeal' of the !Sth
amirolmdat,.;.
‘ Any attain pt to retain or> to ex -
tend Federal, control over State action
in respect to the liquor traffic,” he
said, vbcceptj as here-tofary arid now
potsossed under the Interstate G6m
tnerce/clause, is doomed1 to. failure
and worBAi^''
Dr. Butler proposes that liquor be
disperR'erix through , district depots or
warehouses under the supervision of
a State liquor traffic authority. The
State would be-divided iiito districts
and depots established at certain,dis
tances from each otheivand in accord
ance 'with popuihtion.
Profit to Be Eliminated!.
Iif setting up- at State liquor traffic
authority it would be vested' with,
‘fifil and undivided’”'power to control
manufacture, transportation. uni.,sale..
It should operate “entirely free of,
partisan political influence.’' 'Its mem
oerb should be appointed by the Gov
ernor for o.verlapaing terms of at.
least five years.
"The element o& private or corpor
ate pro&£. through . traffic in- liquor,”
Dr. Butler said,“should be wholly ex
cluded from the moment that the
liquor comes into possession of the,
Stalte liquor traffic, authority,’’
The liquor traffic would be subject, |
he emphasized; to-, both Federal and}
State, tafation, and the profits accru
ing from operation of the State an,
tioj'ity itselfishould go into the State
treasury. In this connection. Dr. But,
(er. observed the “public mint! is now
set, on, securing no inconsiderable rev
enue from the.liquoe traffic,” if it is
rmtore.it.
‘Dry Laws Stir Liquor Desire.’
Asserting it.would he impracticable
eo-intake any effective and enforce
able distinction between various kinds
of (liquor, Dr. RutiBr said:
j “The Eighteenth amendment ha*
amply demonstrated that te quickest
and surest way to. induce a man to de
sire liquor of any kind is to- tell im.
that he cannot have it.
“1 he. most practical way to reduce
the use of spirituous liquors,” he con
tinued. “is to follow, the Quebec ex
ample of charging heavily for them,
wh'i.t* putting a low price on light
wire .-, ami boer.”
Y ie sugostion was made, that when
sen: ai adjoining. Status have adopted
Siii.iiiu si stems they could, join to
gtU.. r under a common administra
tive body both, for economy purposes
end to mitigate problems arising out
I,, .i teistatea traffic...
"i in e.<a..,ple,’' he said,, “all the
Scutes of New England he consolidat
ed into a singie liquor traffic area. In
lu-.e taL-hion a group of States whose
peup . wo hed to continue prohibition,
say Oklahoma., Kansas, Colorado,. Ne
u.aska, Iowa and South Dakota,
might take similar action with. a. view
to the application.and.enforcement of
. then uniform body of. law on this
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V. ith respect to, the. saloon. Dr.
Butler sard:
“It is quite idle to, talk of a. Federal
guarantee against the ‘return’ of. the
saloon. The operation of. the 18th
amenument and of the Volstead act
have surely made that perfectly plain.
* * * * The saloon has not g‘one’
anywhere; it has only married the
speakeasy and taken its wire’s name.
hundred Constitutional, amend
ments and a tnousand Congressional
statutes could not abolish the saloon.
Local. Sentiment to,Control..
“It can only he gotten rid of, as it
will he. gotten rid. of, hy local senti
ment operating through local author
ity under a system which, outlaws the
liquor traffic when , conducted, for pri
vat a orofit.”
The educator closed with the admn>
nition that it was of the “utmost im.,
portance” that those. States not desir
ing prohibition, “shall he prepared
with an effective plan of State liquoi
traffic control to take effect immedi
ately if and when the 18th.. amend
ment is repealed.”
Nowhere to, Laadl
Frauk Goldsborough, the boy, avi
ator, said the other day, in,.Flushing:
“Aviation woul^.be all right if you
got your engine trouble in good
places, but your engine always stalls
over the sea or, over a., precipitous
mountainside,.
“It’s like the story of : the rich.man
who said t.u_ the pool’ man:,
i “‘After all, George, it doesn’t. <i<*. a
i chap any harm to he thrown on. his
j own resources."
“ ‘But,1'growled George,. it. always
! happens when he. hasn't, any: ”
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INTERIOR MINES HAVE GOOD
YIELD; OUTLOOK BRIGHT
(Anchorage Times. I
News of successful quartz and pla
cer operations ni the Nixon i ork. dis
trict of the Kuskokwim country, is
brought by J. R. Nixon, who arrived
nere oy p.ane yesterday, anu is at the
awaking uie next train
ana ship south. He is going to the
outside tot tne wmtei. Mr. Nixuit’s
- postyilice is iuedfia, but he has been
| engaged in pmcer mining on Eagle
i creea tor the past season. Others
wording placers in the district lor the
'season included Dick-Matthews, who
jopeiuLed with a hydraulic plant on
! niuue.n creeli, ant. .)oe Sherwood, who
is located on on uj creek. John Strand
ide gold quai tZ ..i.ni.ig operations
Wuiaing on UuDy.
ui iviespe.t <st Company on a portion
oi Uie group formerly held by. the
ireauwen company are reported to
nave oeen vey satisfactory lor tne
bCdoUil. a tio W(h'.K6U SCVCi’fli ri'tGIl
anu u.ok oat quite a lot of ore, wnich
wan cidsneu and muled with the 10
• stamp. iii..l, wi.icn has a capacity of
oo iuus pc i uuy.
tn.nt Winun and William Mc
: UovviAii, wnu nm danother portion of
j tne old treauwen group, were en
| gageu during tne season m prospect
ii.g anu ii'uiiingt hen. quartz inue, and
it is uiiuei^coou Lucy piun to coiiiiiLue
uie prospecting during the winter,
j iiie> aie unutrstood to have taken
! u»t aim ut 125 tons of ore this season,
j it. was nulled at me lUespeit com
The Nixon fork gold quart./, veins,
wnue not occurring in large bouieti
' such as the larger companies
seeamg, it is uiiueistoou, are proving
e.wtp^ionai.y rich m places, and the
■ j ore chutes nave yicltiea some spiendid
i returns anu give promise of aadding
greatly to the production and the
I prosperity of the locality.
The Nixon fork is located iu the
■■ Ivlt. McKinley mining district, and is
75 ta. 80 miles above McGrath.
Mr. Nixon came from Medfra yes
• terriay with Pilot. Nieminen. Red
mond Richardson, who has been min
ing quarts in the same district,, alar
■ was a passenger from Medfra. The
j plane came through. Simpson.. Pass
i and had clear sailing. The plane now
1; lands anil takes off from the fine nat
ural field at Medfra, which, lies along
II Dcach. In summer pontoons arc
used successfully in the landings
there..
Roth Mr. Richardson and Mr ..Nixon
are sourdoughs of. the ’08 vintage,
and stampeded into the old. Klondike
in the early days, and after several
! year sin t hat camp mined in. many
other placer camps of the Yukon
! watejrshed, and afterward went to
j Goodnews Bay and into the Kusko
’ kwim country. Mr. Nixon s brother,
, R. K. Nixon, who passed away sev
i erai years ago, was one of the best
known of sourdoughs, and inter was
in the liotel business in Seatlie.
I Arthur Berry, trader, postmaster
1 and fur farrier at iVlediiu, has one of
the largest fur farms i nthe North,
i He has a thousand mink on the ranch
! this season, says Mr. Nixon, and re
cently began pelting. The skins art*
j reported in splendid condition this
season. Mr. Berry feeds the animals
j chiefly with fish caught in the river
j near his place with aid of wheels. He
, conducts a farm and raises all kinds
j of produce., and has a caterpillar for
general work ahout the place. Mr.
Barry has th eable assistance of Mrs.
Berry and others of his family in his
his successful enterprise.
To- relieve destitution among In
dians in the upper Tanana valley the
:Tananu Chapter of the American Red
*2ross dispatched 47 sacks, or 1150
pounds of flour. The flour was fur
nished. by the national organization,
‘hue hundred and sixty 24 1-2 pound
sacks were kept at Fairbanks for
.local use.
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Alaska Notes
GaUmrael Prom. Terntoriitl
SiebMRN.
A vigor'Xis protest against, extern-j
sion of the moratorium on. assessment
wori; for mining eiaims was made re
cently by Fairbanks Igloo No. 4. Pio
neers of Alaska, throug ha resolution
, decrying the assessment moratorium
; .act now . in force, and .petitioning Con
; giess uot- to. renew it. The protest
I urges that instead of relieving dia
j tress.the moratorium accentuates it.
I ~ .
_AL the.conclusion of a public hear
ing which took place at Fairbanks to.
hear arguments for and against the j
l closed hunting area on the Richard - j
son hignway a motion was made by;
F.d Wolcott that, hunting restrictions
should.be. removed was adopted, by a
unanimous vote.. A. score of men were
in attendance, and all were in favor
ot opening the jarea to .-hunting.. It j
was ordered, closed,by. the.Uame Com-1
mission,_on account of ...one _yf. the |
buffalo in the Government hepd.being
wounded , hy^huntexs. .The. regulations i
torbid hunting, of. all kipds.
An Alaska. RiMuLC.o.rorai,ssipuJjai.ck. j
at McKinley Park . ran..into, a Jargo j
pack of wolves. Two. wore killed.,pod .j
a third crippled, which, the.ilriver. was j
unable to capture, therehy. cutting,
down his day’s bounty from $4Cv to.I
$.10.
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While nailing up a window in the;
! rear of a drug store in Ketchikan,'
Frank Nodatt noticed a peculiar
sound. He struck another blow and
part of the wall caved in. Inside the,
wall he found two sets of silverware,.;
! ten revolvers, numerous rings and
. watches, stickpins, and a silver rosary
! cross. Investigation revealed that a
former clerk of th estore had bought
the loot from a negro burglar and
: had cached it in tthe wall.
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According U>' Ciwtom.
Interviewer—Anri how many t ime.!
fcjivc ypsa Jieen. married ?.
Film* .‘Startr-E*’ three timow. Twice
in Anwrii,, and. «nce in earnest.—
Tit-Kits ('London).
NOTICK OF FORFEITURE.
Notice is hereby given to F. W.
Carter, A. B. Fepguson, George <i
Friend, and K. &>ke Hill, and their
heirs and assigns, that their portions
of the assessment work for the year*
1984 to 1931, inclusive, done on the
Bonanza Association placer mintng
daiui, situated on Flat creek, tribu
tary of Otter creek, in the Otter Un
cording Precinct, Fourth Division*
Territory of Alaska, must he paid
within ninety (90) days from dais
hereof, or forfeit all right and titia
to said placer mining claim.
PATRICK SAVAGE.
Dated Flat, Alaska. Jan. 16, 19112.
First publication, March 5, 1932,
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