The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 11, 1920, Page 7, Image 7
LIQUOR FLOWS
ACROSS BORDER
korthern Section of Maine Being
Flooded With Whisxy
From Canada.
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UWFUl SEIZURES ARE FEW j
Comes Across Line in All Forms into !
State Which Was Pioneer in "Dry" I
Laws?Many Ways of Fooling
the Sleuths. |
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Bangor, Me.?The rate at which Caaadlan
and Scotch whiskies are flowing
ever the northern border into Maine
proves that enforcement of the federal
prohibition law hasn't got into its j
Stride as yet, for never in all the his- J
tory of theoretical droughts have oases j
been greener, more numerous or closer j
together in this pioneer dry state than
"right now, when there is more law than
ever before, twice as many "enforcers"
and increased penalties,
v. Trainmen who come down say that
whisky of- all grades and oceans of
pure grain alcohol are flowing oyer the
border at a hundred places, and that at
four principal points the alcoholic in-1
asion amounts to a flood. These four |
points are Van Buren, opposite the
New Brunswick town of St. Leonards,'
on the St John river; Fort Kent, which
has easy access to the Canadian village
of Clare via a suspension footbridge;
:Fort Fairfield, which is but nine miles
distant from the New Brunswick town
of Andover, and Houlton, which is a
near neighbor of the provincial town of i
Woodstock. !
Only Occasional Seizures.
Occasionally the revenue officers j
seize a wagon or sled load of whisky j
coming over the international bridge !
from St. Leonards or over the ice at |
some more obscure locality, but noth-!
Ing Is said about the great number of!
"booze" chariots that get by the gov- j
ernment's lookouts and which keep the i
Ifepeakeasies of Aroostook or the bar- j
'rooms of Bangor supplied. Also, the |
St John river being frozen good and
[Solid for its entire length, men and,
rteams can cross anywhere in the river's j
1100-mile stretch along the border, so :
that, as the revenue men themselves!
!admit, a standing army with sentinels <
, every fifty feet would be required to
shut out the flood. j
There is so much more money to be
imade In bringing in "booze," even a
'few bottles at a time, that hundreds
Of woodsmen have quit swamping roads
[and chopping trees for the rum-running
itrosiness, and ninety-nine in 100 of
'them, knowing the country thoroughly,
ihv with their eoods.
j Price of Canadian Whisky,
i Canadian whiskies that can be bought
ifct $3 a "short quart" on the New
Brunswick side of the line sell In
Aroostook county at $6 and in Bangor
at $8, while genuine Scotch Is $4 in
Kew Brunswick, $8 in Aroostook and
f*12 to $15 in Bangor. Pure grain alcohol,
to be had in New Bnmswick at $1
a quart, is "split" with water on this
aide of the line, so that every quart
yiplds about $16. With the addition of
v. a little prune juice and burnt sugar,
this alcohol Is transformed into "American
rye," supposed to have been
brought in from Boston or New York
"before the lid went on."
Whatever the outcome of the war on
"booze," the enforcement of the law
will be hardest In Maine, both on account
of the state being cheek by jowl
with Canada and on account of the
seventy years' experience that the people
here have had in devising ways and
means of fooling the sleuths.
REGENERATE NORTH FRANCE
Large Sums Have Been Advanced to
Restore Industries and Agriculture.
Lille.?Perceptible progress toward
! rpjrpneration of northern France
j Is shown in reports just made public
| here. From Feb. 1 to Dec. 1, 1919,
! 1,250,000,000 francs were advanced tc
; manufacturers, and nearly 2,000,000,f
000 francs were paid as compensation
| for war damages. Seed costing 18,!
500,000 francs and fertilizers worth
' 22,000,000 francs were bought foi
' farmers, who in addition received 18,!
000 head of horses.
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Uses Motorcycle
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I forming a feat without prece*
I i dent in government annals here,
1 i Capt. Richard G. Hendricks, su*
P 1 pervisor of United States lights
1 In this portion of Long Island
sound, has been making his
r rounds for the last few days on
i I his motorcycle, taking a supply
ft of oil in the side car.
I ? The ice has been so thick that
I ; he could not get to them with a
r : boat, nor could he, on foot, ear
ry a sufficient supply of oil. It
is the first time in this state ;
that a motorcycle has been j
used for such a purpose. j
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Tabbies in Fine Fix.
Toledo, ().? i ne advertisement or s
local company for black-cat skins al
50 cents each has caused a reductloc
In the T'.sible and audible supply. Pel
owners have appealed to the police
tot feline protection.
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