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STILL PICTURE - Sheriff L. ll.Sangwinand C ount) Attorney R. C. Rodman pose with the 1*0-inr-maklrw equipment brought to the courthousethey conflscated andSTILL PINCHED, THEFT HEAD COUNTY NEWSThe Keen nose 1-oul* Sagness, county jailer, led to the confiscation i a 70 - gallon capacity liquor still on a farm 12 miles northeast of ChoroKee.Tne hoghouse had an imusual aroma - - and unusual contents. All the doors were nailed shut, but a straw-covered opening was found. Inside, the big still -as cookli* away merrily, ne Keg and 17 bottled gallons erf sugar whiskey and five barrels (d mash were on hand.The equipment, the most complete ever confiscated In this cotatty, was hauled to the courthouse as evidence as soon as It cooled enough to handle.ART TILTON NKVt SHERIFF Perhaps Sheriff Lloyd Sang-wln made some enemies amongthe voters by his yoarsrf efficientsleuthing out of stills and splk-edM drink joints. At any rate. Democrat Art TUton ran against him In the November election.It was the toughest county scrap In years. The ladles got Interested ami boosted the number of ballots up very high for an crff-year election. TUtoi of the big grin won, and sangwln can rest cn his collection of old bottles.PROPERTY BURNS Fire cost the cootty several thousand dollars In loss of machine shops and equipment. Plenty of onlookers followed the firemen to the Sunday evening blate west of the Caswell Manufacturing company . A new shed at the shops was ruined, and much damage sustained to trucks, graders and road repair machinery •» burning oil hindered the fire boys.
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Cherokee Daily Times
Cherokee, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 02, 1970
Page 3
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