Prohibition Enforcement Shows Rising Convictions and Reforms
The report notes major cost savings from reduced office and storage rents and lower tax paid withdrawals of alcohol, with withdrawals dropping from 26,275,605 to 16,290,403 in the year to June 30, 1921 and 1932 respectively. It cites a sweeping reorganization under Commissioner Haynes, expanding from 600 Washington employees to a nationwide network with 51 Directors' offices, 3,231 cases reported by General Agents, and $24,168,824.62 in recommended taxes. Violations rose by about 65 percent in one year, with convictions up 100 percent, while Goldfield's vote reached 809.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Alaska
Washington
General Agents
Federal Prohibition Push Seeks State Cooperation
Director J P Donnelley notes Section II of the Enforcement Act distributes duties between federal and state governments. Haynes urges every state, county, and city to handle initial cleanup locally before federal action. He cites growing cooperation and public support for prohibition as a path to better living conditions and healthier citizens. Concentration of bonded whiskey warehouses could save at least 300000 annually, with 250000 saved already referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Donnelley
Haynes
Friends of the Law
Triplets and seven more in Tonopah family record
Tonopah Times reports Mr and Mrs Laxague of Oasis California stayed at the Haviland house with their ten children including triplets. The mother, married at 22, is 35 with four boys among the brood and an older child. She details two years of night milk warming for four bottles. The Laxagues, Eureka County ranchers, were en route to Fish Lake Valley to start sheep work. The Haviland matron had the infantile group photographed to send to her son, father of twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Haviland
Laxague
Oasis
Calif
Teddy Roosevelt
Eureka County
Fish Lake Valley
Nevada Wholesale Company to Cease Operations in Elko
The Nevada Wholesale Company of Elko will cease to exist as a supply station for local grocers after the first of the year. Manager Walter Hoyt cites stockholders’ inability to raise funds to properly carry on and operate the business, not a lack of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Wholesale Company of
Elko
Walter Hoyt
Hoyt
Inyo County Boys Frozen to Death
Tonopah Times reports Richard and Arthur Smith aged 16 and 18, sons of Ike Smith of Round Valley Inyo County, died frostbitten after a ditch headgate task in heavy snow. They rode out, trudged back as night fell, and sank exhausted near their horses. Rescuers found one man dead and the other died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Richard
Arthur Smith
Ike' ‘Smith
Round Valley
Inyo County
Perry White
Nevada Sate News in Masonic district Snow drifts halt travel
In the Masonic district near Mono Lake three feet of snow shut roads and halted freighting with sleighs used for staging. The Union Pacific supply removal from Las Vegas to Los Angeles reduced crew by twenty to thirty men. Elko hosted a boxing gala by the American Legion with state industrial school youths. A dog poisoner threat sparked a local reward to convict the offender amid many canine deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic District
Supply Department
Union Pacific
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Mono Lake
Aleighs
Elko Post, American Legion
Elko High and Grammar School
Railroad Merger Debate Spurs Wyoming Public Support
A statement from Union Pacific President Howard Elliott is forwarded to Reno officials urging separation of the Central Pacific from Southern Pacific to protect through line efficiency. Wyoming figures like Congressman Mondell and state commissioners press for full management and operation by a unified UP CP line, fearing loss of through traffic and rate advantages if the Southern Pacific controls the Central Pacific. Nevada officials estimate potential train reductions and rate impacts, while San Francisco and New York offices weigh in on independence versus integrated control.
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Reno
Nevada
Howard Elliot
Union Pacific
F. D. Wilson
Congrosman
F. W. Mondell
Wyoming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Supreme Court
Wr. Mondell
Tucson
el Paso
Knen
Commission
Ogden
San Francisco
Draper
Wyoming Public Service Commission
J. F. Shaughnessy
Nevada Public Service Commision
Lous
Henry Scandrett
The
Union Pat
Susanville
Patitie
Pott
Potter
C. P
New York
Scandrett
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
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Eureka Sentinel
Evert Ratordat BT
Seillman
Goldfield
Sagebrush Club
St. James
Eureka
George E. Cox
Swawberry
State News
U.S. Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Reno Chamber of Commerce
Washoe County Builders’ Exchange of
Sparks Progressive Business Club
Elko Progressive Business Club
Ely Chamber of Commerce
Pershing County Chamber of Commerce of
Lovelock
Union Pacific R. A
Carson City
Virginia City
Dayton Winnemucca
Yerington Mason
Austin Fallon
Ferniey
Battle Mountain
Carlin Beowane
Palisade
Golconda
Deeth Wells
Montello
Platera Eureka
Union Pacific System
Nob Hill
Eureka Pavilion
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