' Tuesday, July 22, 1919
THE HEPPNER HERALD. HEPPNER- OREGON
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REVENUE MEII
FAIL TO STOP
MDONSHIilER!
Traffic in Illicit Whisky Continues
Unabated.
EVERY APPROACH IS WATCHED
Jokouta Prepared to Shoot First and
TAsk Questions Afterward Desper
ate Men of Hills Spend Day in Vil
lages, Make' "Mountain Dew" at
Night, and Go to Church on Sunday
Travelers Not Welcome in Moon
shine Country.
The traffic In moonshine whisky In
the mountain fastnesses of Kentucky
uti'l Tennessee continues unabated, de
spite the efforts of the government to
put en end to the Illicit distillation of
liquor. In some quarters the volume
of business done by the moonshiners
has evefi Increased. Their output has
been supplying thousands of peo
ple with "booze" In an otherwise "dry'
territory.
The moonshiners are desperate men
and skilled marksmen. They have
succeeded in concealing their stills In
the forbidding mountains of the South,
and their friends and neighbors are
handed together to protect the Indus.
w.ry. Lookouts stationed In the wood
ed valleys and In the shadowy recesses
scan every approach and are prepared ,
to shoot first and ask questions after
ward. It is for these reasons that offi
cers of the Internal revenue depart
ment, familiarly known to the moon
shiners as "revenuers," have failed to
stop the Industry. Many government
officers have met death in their unsuc
cessful efforts to locate the mountain
stills and to arrest the moonshiners.
Prohibition Aids Moonshiners.
The moonshine business has been
made an unusually flourishing busi
ness recently because of the numerous
localities that have gone "dry" as a
result of local option laws. Despite
the heavy, penalties for operating a
still, there have been few convictions.
The center of the moonshine district
is In Kentucky and comprises Clay,
Laurel, Leslie, Knox and Jackson coun
ties. These neighboring counties are
in the southeastern part of the state,
!nd but a short distance from the
Tennessee line. It has been estimated
that there are at least 20 moonshine
stills in Clay county.
In Clay county, home of ' feudists,
where for years good marksmanship
has ' been The only price of safety to
members of the fighting families, the
moonshiners and their associates are
said to be more numerous than in any
other port of the state. London, in
Laurel county, Is the nearest railroad
point to the heart of the moonshine
district.
Travelers are not welcomed In the
moonshine country. A stranger tour
ing the mountains can expect at any
moment to see a rifle barrel gleam
from out of the underbrush and at the
smile time receive a warning to leave.
Should the visitor, however, be vouch
ed for by mountaineer who can guar
iintea that he Id not a "revenuer," a
curious stranger or n possible enemy
to the moonshine Industry, he Is free
to enter the danger lone. Very few
strangers, however, can secure this
personal guarantee of sufety.
Raise Their Own Corn.
The moonshiners raise their own
cum to be used in the manufacture of
whisky. While the mountaineers
maintain that the corn Is raised for
commercial purposes and for fodder,
very little of the grain Is devoted to
thesH ends.
The moonshine business thrives In
the HUtumn after the crops have been
harvested. In the spring and summer
the stills are not operated extensively,
owing to the fact tlmt the moonshiners
are busily engaged In taking enre of
their grain and garden truck. During
the day the men spend most of their
time in the little mountain villages.
After nightfall, however, they gnthet
n round the stills. When darkness
come the smoke from the fires Is not
llble and as a result detection Is not
iy.
The mountaineers of the moonshine
dlitrlits are simple-minded, but hoa-
pliable. They will take the stranger
In. feil him and keep blm overnight,
lie I watched continually, however.
The houses are mostly one-story loj
cabin. There are no enrols and the
plank In the floors have wide cracks
(..tween them. IVsplte their Illicit
business, the moonshiner are devout
hiirrligoer. Every Bunds? they go to
the nearest rhurvb. Rometlmes
nmonhlner may meet an enemy In
ilnirrh. They will leave the service
and shoot at each other with blg-call
ler revolver. If one of the mountain'
rem I lucky eoongh to survive tha
booting sffslr. ha may return to
i hureh and bear tha rest of the ser
mon.
Lawsuit Papular In Mountains.
The nioonnhftier take greet plenr
In going to court. Tbey will brtng
lawault Sifnln a neighbor the
1'etite.l pretense. The man ho o-
wilt l.kely swnra revenge ny ahooticg
ihe winner.
The s.-curste b"tlng of !be mi i.O
'turT of "mountain d'" irske
lit;, tilt (oatr-t the ni-nti n-r. i
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eek to destroy the copper coll In
which the vapor Is condensed. These
toils ore difficult to replace, as they
have to be brought from Ohio, which
is nearly 200 milej from the moousliine
district.
City dealers will not always sell coils
to mountaineers, and as a result the
j moonshiners often have been forced
to employ a confederate to make
I the purchase for them. When the coil
finally has boon secured, the moonshin-
i or has tie diilicult task of taking it
i home unobserved- Arriving at. London ! Simple
I he has to conceal it in a bag of meal or
In a ban-el of oil. The moonshiner
will then throw ihe bag over the back
of a mule and proceed on his way to
the still, high in the mountains.
The whisky makers of the Kentucky
and Tennessee mountains do not seek
to be interrupted In their chosen voca
tion of making "mountain dew," nor do
they desire the society of the "blue
grass" section to come near them, fear
ing that they will suffer ignominy in
comparison. The mountaineers live the
lives they please, regardless of what
the outside world has prescribed as
conventional. A whole family will
sleep In one room. A man will think
nothing of drinking a quart of whiskj
a day. The moonshiners have no use
for newspapers, magazines or books,
and pay lit tle attention to wbat la go
ing on outside their mountains.
Defend Moonshine Industry.
The moonshiners have failed to un
derstand why the government should
Interfere with their business. They
maintain that they raise their own
corn in land they own. Because of the
lack of railroad facilities, the moun
taineers assert It Is impossible to ship
the grain to the cities. The roads are
too hilly and rocky to haul the corn
to the villages, and; in order to make
a living for their family, are forced
to manufacture whisky. All the
moonshiner asks Is that the govern
ment keep the "revenuers" away.
The crafty maker of moonshine al
ways Is prepared to back up his logic
by engaging In gun play with any
stranger who disagrees with him, and
It Is because of these precautions that
the government has found It difficult
to put an end to the Illicit manufac
ture of liquor In the rough mountain
ous districts of the South.
EomeToin
KEEP EOXES AT
WINDOWS
to Do, rnd Few Things
Mora to tiie Appearance of
a House.
Add
HAD TO SEE HUSBAND
Thot who can afford to spend tbe
time and money need experience no
difficulty in having window boxes well
furnished with - handsome plants
throughout the entire year. In win
ter hardy dwarf evergreens, such as
boxwood, young pines, spruce, nrbor
vltae and junipers may be used In the
body of the box with English ivy to
trail over the edge. In early spring
various bulbous plants tulips, crocus
and daffodils are available. Double
English daisies or pansies may aiso be
used. There is, of course, no difficul
ty whatever In obtaining plants to oc
cupy the boxes during the summer.
There is a large number of plants
that are suitable for window and
porch box gardening. Among them
may be found those that will thrive
in sunny, shaded or partly shaded
places. Plants for window boxes can be
roughly grouped In three divisions
trailers, plants of medium size for the
second row and taller ones for the
back row. There is nothing hard and
fast about these divisions. In small
boxes it Is advisable to dispense with
the taller kinds, and sometimes an ex
cellent effect can bo obtained by us
ing one vnriety alone. Some of the
petunias by themselves, because of
their strong growth and sprowly hab
it, furnish adequate height and at the
same time trail sufficiently to hide tbe
front of the box.
Woman Who Was Refused a Ship Pas-
sage Stowed Away.
"I just had to see my husband, and
so I stowed aw ay," was the explana
tion of Mrs. Mary .loy, stowaway wife
of a machinist working at the Union
Iron works in San Francisco, to Purser
George F. Roberts of the Matson Nav
igation company's liner Lurline, which
arrived there after a 7'4-day trip from
Honolulu.
"I went to the Pacific Mail company
office In Honolulu, and they told me
they were booked solid for a year, and
the Matson office told me they were
booked six months ahead, so I just
left," she declared.
Six hours out she was found under
a bed by Roberts. At first she thought
that the ship's officers were going to
make her work her way or put her In
Irons, but she offered Roberts $86, the
price of the passage, which he accept
ed, and led her to a cabin which hap
pened to he vacant.
Her husband, Al B. Joy, a former
machinist In the navy from whom' she
has been absent one month, met her
when the vessel docked at pier 32.
above described before R. T. Brown,
Clerk of County Court, at Pendleton,
Oregon, on the 12th day of August,
1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Guy Vrench, Paul Kessler, Clara
Card, George Parrot, all of Pendle
ton, Oregon.
C. S. DUNN, Register.
XOTK'K I'OU 1TIU.ICATIOX
(Xot Coal Land)
Department of the Intcrion, U. S.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon,
June 5, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Fran
cis A. Gilliland, of Pilot Rock ,Ore-
on, who on July 6, 1914, made
Homestead Entry, No. 013559. for
S,4 SE4 Sec. 1; V4 NE'i. Sec.
12, Township 3 south, range 23
east, Willamette meridian, has file!
notice of intention to make three
year proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before I. M.
Schannep, U. S. Commissioner, at
Pilot Rock, Oregon, on the 4th day
of August, 1919,
Claimant names as witnesses:
George W. Bacon, Pendleton, Ore
gon, James W. Bowers, Portland,
Oregon, George F. Jones, Pilot Rock,
Oregon, and David Wymore, Gurd
ane, Oregon.
C. S. DUNN, Register
Man Weighs 744 Pounds.
David McOuire, seventy-four years
old, of Silver Lake, Wis., has the repu
tation of being the world's largest
man. He weighs 744 pounds and
stands six feet seven Inches In height.
It Is not very often that he stands or
alks. however, as the giant has too
much weight, for his limbs to bear with
comfort.
uecently a specially fitted wagon
drawn by a. single horse broke down
under his weight. Five farm hands
strained their muscles to assist the
giant back In the wagon.
Agents for circuses have made many
efforts to secure the services of the
fat. man. But he has turned down
their fabulous salaries, preferring to
live quietly on his big farm.
FRUIT TREES IN THE CITY
Suggestion That Would Seem to Be
Worthy of Serious Consideration
by Authorities.
NOT WORST PROSPECTS
United States Troops in Germany Ob
jects of Envy to Britishers.
The following are extracts from the
Watch on the Rhine, a paper published
for the benefit of the troops In the
American .army of occupation:
"The prospects for the soldier In the
American army of occupation are not
the worst In ihe world, according to
a group of Tommies from Cologne who
visited Andernach one Sunday recently.
"The Tommies say they would he
iinlly well delighted' if they had the
prospects of going home that the
Americans have. They said that, al
though tlicy will soon finish their du
ties in Germany, ihey must then go to
India for service.
"The British soldiers were also
greatly pleased with the Enlisted
Men's cjub on the Rhine and the cafe
teria In Andernach. In most of the
towns where Ihe British are billeted,
they said, It was Impossible to even
buy cigarettes. The big event for the
Tommies stationed near Cologne is a
boat trip to Andernach or Coblen.
once a week.
Daily Thought
To receive honestly Is the best
thanks for n good thing. George Mac-Donuld.
I have often asked why we could
not have In parks, along our boule
vards and along our streets apple,
peach and cherry trees. The answer
given was that boys would climb the
trees and eat the fruit. The robins,
too, would eat the cherries.
When a boy I gathered hazelnuts on
land now Included In Lincoln park and
they tasted fine to a boy with a torn
straw hat, one suspender and not
much else for clothing, writes a corre
spondent of the Chicago Daily News.
But pnrk commissioners rarely give
that kind of boy a thought nor the use
that could be made of the space now
used for elms and sickly shrubbery.
What tree more beautiful than an
apple, peach or cherry abloom? Wal
nuts, hickory nuts and others are 100
per cent American und would tend to
make 100 per cent Americans of every
boy and girl who eat of their fruit or
enjoy their shade.
Consider the amount of fruit and
nuts the children might have at no
greater expense than we now have
Just to raise a few leaves and see them
blown away !
Here Is a field for the boy acouht.
And a field that Is worthy of any or
ganization that has American blood In
lis system and wants t play the great
game of the people, for the people and
by the people.
France Has 550,000 Ruined Buildings.
There are 550,000 buildings to be re
constructed In the devastated districts
of northern France, according to sta
tistics given to the chamber of depu
ties. Three hundred thousand bulld-
ngs were destroyed and 250,000 were
partly demolished.
Don't wait for Winter's blast, for snow and
icy and impassable streets to find your coal
bin empty.
But order your winter supply now, while
prices are low and tbe supply plentiful its
a saving worth while.
We are ready to fill orders now, and a better
Coal is not sold at these prices. ts clean,
free burning and leaves a white ash no slate
nor clinkers.
Phone- your orders to Main 392.
ED. BRESLIN
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Xot Coal Land)
Department of the Interior, U. 3.
Land Office at La Grande, Oregon,
June 5, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Cliff
O. Dewey, of Pendleton, Oregon,
who on April 20, 1915, made Home
stead Entry, No. 014596, for Lots 1
and 2, SMs NEVi, SE, Section 4,
Township 1 south, range 29 east,
Willamette Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make three-year
proof, to establish claim to the land
Pacific Grain
Company
(Successor to M. II. Ilouser)
GRAIN AND GRAIN BAGS
Local Agents'. Carl Yount, lone; T. L.
Lowe, Cecil; Jos. Uurgoyne, Lexxinglon; Roy
V. Whiteis, Ileppner.
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fSai.1. j. it.i5k,:-t'alV. --. . J
!: nl only $2.oo a year.
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It's Senseible Economy to Buy
Baad These Hot Days
Low Shoes
Dantily Smart for
Summer Wear
In Ample Assortments
of Desired Styles
wmien the satisfaction of choos-
No woman can afford to ruin
perxmal appearance fussing
oven in the summer,
her health and
around a hot
when .she can g.
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H0LSUM BREAD
fresh Every Day
uh dav troves to many
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their Footwear here. Kigiu now we nac ih
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wonderful array of the Reason s most lavorco
s. We mention a few but
distantly add to your range of choice.
ing tneir
inoroval. a
.ivies in a variety of leat
new arrival
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other items on our
voii the necessity
she
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cooking
We've tnanv
that will save
these hot days. Lome in and let us make a
suKnestiori fora lunch today.
Sam Hughes Company
For Street Wear
$1.50 to $5.00
For Dress Wear
$5.50 to $8.00
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Of leather specially selected for its m.u ..ess. set toiih and wear resisting qual
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$3.00 $4.00 $5.00
E. N. Gonty Shoe Store
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