The Beaver Herald. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 46, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 28, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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YOUNG MAN. Just
grnduntcd from col-
lege nrrlvcd In Van-
couver In senrch of a
modest business op-
portunlty. This
means that ho had
a little money a
few hundred dollars
perhaps. If ho had
had no money ho
-would havo been merely In search
of a Job but ho had enough to en--able
him to be moderately Inde-
pendent that Is ho could tako the
ilmo to look about him for some-
thing that seemed to hold out
some promise for the future. So
It was a modest business opportu-
mlty and not merely a Job that ho
'was seeking.
Hut modest business opportuni-
ties seemed to bo scarce that sea-
con. At any rate he could find
nothing that held out the promise
'he deemed necessary and he finally
-decided to see what he could do
on the other side of the line. Ho still had a
little money and Chicago looked pretty good
10 him. He would see what there was for a
:young college graduate In Chicago.
Naturally he told his Vancouver friends of
his new purpose. He had found no Vancouver
-opportunity but he had found a few Vancou-
ver friends and the circumstances would seem
to Indicate that those friends were not among
.the leading citizens. One of them was prop-
erly solicitous for his financial welfare on so
long a trip.
"Why don't you make your expenses?" be
Baked.
"Tickled to death to do it." returned the
collego man promptly. "It's the first ray of
sunlight I've seen. But how?"
"Tako a little opium back with you."
Very likely the friend did not lead up to
the point with these oxact words I was not
there and I can't say positively Just how tho
subject was broached but somebody with
whom tho college man became chummy did
suggest to him that It would bo a shamo for a
man Jn his financial condition to waste monoy
n a trip to Chicago wbon ho might just as
well make some on the saino trip.
Opium smuggling however did not look
llko a good nnd safo Investment to tho college
man. It seldom does look enticing to the man
to whom It Is proposed for tho first time.
Somehow It curries with It visions of nil sorts
of unpleasant things including rovonuo cut-
ters customs officers and Jails. The collego
man hnd to be convinced but his friend con-
vinced him.
"Easiest thing In the world for a man llko
you" said tho friend. "A Chlnnman can't
smuggle because he's always under suspicion.
Besides It's harder for him to get across the
lino anyhow. Then there are lots of others
who aro always under suspicion when they
get near tho border. But you have everything
in your favor. The fact that you should want
to go to Chicago or anywhere else Is quite nat-
ural and nobody will glvo It a passing thought."
Tho collego man was tempted but he was
curious to know how much there would be In
it for him.
"You make it all" said the friend "barring
a little commission to me for arranging it for
you. Nobody Is going to employ you to do the
Job but you can do It yourself. You buy the
opium here and sell It In Chicago. You can
get names and addresses here bofore leaving
of people who will buy It from you In Chicago.
They may even be notified that you are com-
ing. It can all bo arranged easily. You can
get it over tho lino and thcro will bo no
trouble about the rest of it."
Tho collego man not only assumed all the
personal risk but ho also nssumod all the;
llnanclnl risk. Ho bought 25 pounds of opium'
and received hfs Instructions.
It would havo been cheaper" of course to
liavo delivered the opium at Seattlo or Port-
land. A man regulnrly engaged In the busi-
ness probably would havo tried Seattle al-
though tho risk would have been greater nt
that time. Dut tho college man was going to
Chicago anyway so ho decided to try Portal
N. D nnd ho was so successful as a result
of his Instructions that tho opium was Bafely
stored away whoro nobody but tho porter of
the car could find it when they crossed the
line. This added a little to his expense for
the porter naturally had to bo remembered
but he had been informed that t was by far
tho safest plan when you could get hold of
the right porter.
Arriving in Chicago he ambled down
South Clark street and presently he had con-
summated a little deal that left hhn somewhat
better off financially than ho had been when
he purchased the opium at Vancouver. In
other words he bad more than covered hi
expenses.
There Is one peculiar thing about smug-
gling; it never seems to be wrong Dangerous
It may bo but never wrong. An ordinary mor-
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car conductor who has
overlooked him (and
that's going some) will
not only cheat his gov-
ernment by smuggling
but actually boast of it
proudly as a laudable
achievement. Ladles of
Irreproachable charac-
ter and connections
will take more prldo In
a smuggled frock or
necklace than In any
other possession and
men of hlch renutn
lmvo been known to
hcurken to tho lure of
the follow who says ho has a consignment of
smuggled cigars.
This Is worth remembering In the case of
tho collego youth. If his Vancouver friend had
suggested that he make expenses by cheating
n storekeeper or lllmllammlng a farmer there
would havo been tin Immediate estrangement
nnd probably a fight. Hut to beat Uncle Sam
did not disturb his conscience in tho least.
That was merely n game an Interesting game
in which ho mntched hfs wits against the gov-
ernment's. And It was so Interesting and so
ensy that ho did it again. Why go to the
trouble of looking for a modest business op-
portunity when It was possible to mnko from
100 to 200 per cent on money briefly Invested
nnd linvf so much fun doing it?
Tho collego mun did not go again to Van-
couver. but ho went to Winnipeg Iteglna
Mooso Jaw and to other towns .that were
nearer Chicago. Ho used various routes and
resorted to vnrlous schemes for getting his
stuff over the line. He used Necho and Emer-
son both almost duo south from Winnipeg.
He brought opium over tho lino In the bottom
of n coal box and concealed almost every other
place that the ingenuity of a complacent roll-
road man could suggest. Ho brought It over
with horse and buggy taking tho train again
far enough south to escapo tho train Inspec-
tion. Ho had occnslonnl assistance on both
sides of the line (for the game of beating the
government Is always alluring) but ho brought
the Btuff over the line himself. Ho tried al-
most every possible method and pla along
the border between Portal and Emerson and
because he changed methods and places fre-
quently ho made things quite Interesting In a
small way for Undo Sam. It Is ono thing to
know with reasonable certainty that a man
Is ngnged In an unlawful business and quite
another to catch him In the act and get tho
requlslto proof. So Uncle Sam had reason to
give some thought to this case.
But ono day the collego man ambled Into
u Chinese store on South Clark street Chi-
cago nnd offered to sell some opium. Ho
never had sold any hero before. Just why he
should have tried It this tlmo I can't say for
bo certainly had other markets but there
doubtlesa was some reason that seemed to
him sufficient. Perhaps tils other markets
were glutted; perhaps he had been Informed
that be could get a better price here. Any-
how It was the big mlstako of I1I3 career as a
smuggler.
Tho Chinaman dickered with him found
out nil ho could and told him to conlo back In
an hour This particular Chinaman van not
In the business of buying or selling contra-
band opium. Furthermore a Chinaman who
Is not In the business occasionally finds much
advantage In being on the side of the govern-
ment. Ho might not have betrayed another
Chinunan but he had no ecruplos In tho case
of a whtto man.
"No wnnleo" said the Chink when the' col-
lege man returned.
The college man was naturally annoyed
He tried to argue that the Chinaman had
ngieed to tako some of the stuff but you can't
argue successfully with a man who won't un
man engaged In a legitimate business
In Winnipeg should go frequently to S?
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to ono method of smuggling and what
wont through In a Pullmnn car was
mcroly Incidental to what crossed the
lino In other wnys. Ho sent it over In
londs of wheat nnd wood nnd other
commodities. Hunting for opium In a
loud of wheat Is no ensy tnsk and R
man la unllkoly to tindertnko it unless he
hna pretty good reason to believe It Is
there.
In tho "open" season this mnn was
also a gront sportsman nnd IiIb hunting
was all done close to tho border. A
mnn In search of pralrlo chickens may
drlvo from Manitoba Into North Dn-
kotr nt almo't any point nlong tho line
nnd there Is nothing In It to occasion
Kiirprlso. lie kept so clnso to tho line
that ho wns nlwnys getting ovor It.
Just what aroused tho suspicions of
tho United States olllcers I am unnblo
to say but ono day ono of them was
waiting for the hunter. Unfortunately
for tho officer. It la all pralrlo here and
tho hunter saw him. Furthermore
thcro wiib something nbout tliu situa-
tion that made tho hunter suspicious
nnd ho promptly turned nnd headed
bnck for Canada. Tho officer started
after him. The hunter urged his horse
to a run nnd It Is ussorted In Winni-
peg that his cart bumped tho bumps
for something ovor a mllo in a way
that loosened nil his tooth. However
he crossed tho line n few hundred ynrds
ahead of his pursuor. Then ho roturned
to Winnipeg put the opium back In
stock nnd announced thnt so far as he
was concerned tho firm had retired
fimn tho smuggling business. Which
was wlno. After a mnn is once "spot-
ted" the only wny for him to avoid
trouble Is to quit.
Another smuggler did a thriving
business nt St. John N. D. Ho was
supposed to be n farmer in that vicin-
ity became well known nnd popular
nt St. John and made regular trips to
that town for tho entirely proper pur-
pose of shipping butter eggs and other
COOPER FOLLOWERS
GIVE REASON FOR
THEIR BELIEF
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d e r 8 t and
a n y t h ing
he doesn't
want to.
This China-
man bad
s p o k o n
very fair
English be-
fore but
"No want-
co" was
now tho
limit of his
vocabulary.
Tho col-
lege in a n
relloved his
mind of
some burn
ing thought
nbout tho Chinese in general nnd then left.
Tho Chinaman signaled to a couple of men
across the street who thereupon shadowed tho
college man tn his hotel. It Is not enough to
arrest a smuggler; he must bo taken nt a
tlmo and place thut will uncover the contra-
band goods that ho happens to have on hnnd.
When tho collego man opened the door of
hla room In response to a knock two men con-
fronted him. Ono of them blocked the closing
of the door with his foot nnd tho other reached
In and got tho collego man. Then they
seurched his room nnd found tho opium which
wns clearly contraband becaiibo It lacked the
stamp that Uncle Sam puts on the duty-paid
article.
The collego man got a term of years and
the Chinaman got his "moiety." "Moiety." In
this Instance Is what the court awards the
mnn who puts n smuggler and smuggled goods
within the reach of thq law. Its size depends
largely upon tho value of tho goods seized
The courts nro Inclined to be generous how-
ever and the "moiety" for smuggled opium
not Infrequently hns reached a thousand or
two thousand dollars.
The collego man stuck to tho business too
long which Is a falling of most smugglers. It
Is so easy nt first that they think It will nl-
ways be Just as easy quite forgetting thnt
the dangers and difficulties Increase with each
trip; for a man cannot cross tho border often
without becoming un object of suspicion So
Uucle Sam usually gets the smuggler In the
end although It occasionally happens that the
latter Is frightened out of tho business before
he Is caught.
There is a case of a Winnipeg man for In
stance who was a membor of n firm that dealt
largely In opium. The Winnipeg snlcs were
not sufficient for this firm nnd besides there
was something ullurlng n tho price nt which
opium could be sold on the other side of the
line Men would cheerfully contropt In Win-
nipeg for opium nt this price If It rotild be
delivered in (ho United States nrd the firm
went Into the buelnots of n dellrlnn It
The partner In question took charge of thLs
detail of the business nnd he was mort Inson
Ioub in his methods. Ho made many "busi-
ness" trips to St Paul nnd there was cer-
tainly nothing suspicious In t.ho fact that a
farm produce to market. No one Is likely t0
bo suspicious of a shipment of butter by n
farmer whom everybody knows. But this par-
ticular farmer got opium from the other aluo
of the lino mid this opium was shipped with
his farm produce. My Information as to him
mul his methods wns secured on the Canadian
side whore thoy are not particularly interested
in tho enforcement of United States laws and
I ranuot say positively whethor ho was ever
caught but I understand thnt ho was.
These stories and particularly tho story of
tho college mun. servo to lllustrnto tho vari-
ous features of the opium cmuggliug business.
For one thing contrary to tho popular belief
tho Chinaman does not engage In It at least
not directly. Ho Is usually bnck of It.
Tho story of n sensational case nt Seattlo
will Illustrate this. It relates to tho days
when there wns u big enough profit In opium
Finuggllng to warrant a wholesalo business
before the reduction of duty mndn It so much
of a one-man enterprise nnd there was a fleot
of email "toats operating In Puget sound. Also
thero was n United States Inspector engnged
In tho business. Ho reasoned that he was thero
to watch others but that thero was no one to
watch him which is where ho mado. his mis-
take for ho was caught ono night in a launch
with $20000 worth of the stuff.
Immodlntely thero was great excitement In
Chinatown. No Chlnnman wns on tho launch
but nevertheless Chinatown was so desper-
ately worried thnt ipmo of tho leading mer-
chants mot In hf.t? and put up the amount
of tho Inspector's bond Ho might tell some-
thing you know; ho might uncover those be-
hind him those who were putting up the
money and Inking the opium. It was much
better that they should loso both the opium
nnd the amount of tho bond nnd that be should
linvo n chance tn skip They did lose both
nrd he did dklp but It is worth remembering
that ho was brought back from Mexicp some
time later. He also stuck to the business too
long ind ( .icle Sam Is tireless In pursuit
when hw has evidence against au offender.
With a tloory that human health U
dopendent on the stomach and with
a medlclno which ho naya provoa
thla theory L. T. Cooper a compara-
tively young man hnn built up an im
menso following during tho past year.
Cooper has visited most of tho lead
ing cities of tho country and In eack
city has aroused a storm of dlscusslos
about his boliofs and bis medicines.
Wherever ho has gone people hav
called upon htm by tens of thousand
and his preparation has sold in inv
menso quantities.
Tho siilo of thU tncdlclno has now
spread ovor tho entire country and la
growing enormously each day. Im
vlow of this tho following stntomonta
from two of tho great numbor of fol-
lowers which ho now haB aro of gen-
eral Interest
N. V. Mnrsh residing at 217 Souta
Dnly atreot Los Angeles Cal. has the
following to say upon tho subject of
tho Coopor preparations:
"For moro than a year I experi-
enced tho most lutenso suffering dua
to a form of Btomnch troublo which
tho doctors called catarrhal gastritis.
After eating I would fill up with gas
which causod frequent bolchlng. Tha
nbdomlnnl nrea would expand until I
lould scarcely breathe causing great
Matt-flan Af n.tnl. Hmrtn V !. I ..
I Maoi.ai.oo. 41a Oaaltla illllVH 1 LUUIU UUfc
keep still but paced tho streets for
. hours until tho pain subsided.
I "Ftequently I went without eating
rather than enduro tho torturo that
wns Bure to follow. Liquids wero tho
only kind of food I could partake of
with safoty. I had spoils of dizzi-
ness nnd bocamo badly run down
through suffering and lack of proper
nourishment. I tried vnrlous reme-
dies in search of roliof bat they failed
to help mo.
"Some tlmo ago a brother member
In a lodgo to which I belong urged ma
to try tho Coopor remedies which
wero then being demonstrated in Los
Angeles. Ho stated thnt to his per-
sonal knowledgo they had been of
great benefit to others In a llko condi-
tion and on tho strength of his recom-
mendation I procured a treatment ot
Cooper's Now Discovery.
"it proved helpful from the Erst
doso and in less than a week I waa
eating regularly and heartily without
experiencing any had effects after-
ward. Since taking the full treatment
I am perfectly well and enjoy living
for the first tlmo in mspy months.
Now I can eat a hearty supper thea
go to bed and sleep like a healthy boy.
I feel so well that I can hardly realise
I am the same man. Cooper's New
Discovery has worked a marvelous
change in me it has done all that
was claimed for it"
Another statement by Mr. W. B.
Stownrt 109 W. Madison street Chi-
cago Is as follows: "I have bad stom-
ach trouble for years and anyone who
is afflicted this way knows what aa
nwful distressed feeling It causes.
Many a time I havo felt that I would
glvo most any prico to be cured. It
was by accident that I heard of this
man Cooper's remedlos. I Immediate-
ly mado up my mind to buy a treat-
ment of him. I used It for about two
weeks and It Is Imposslblo to tell
how much good It hns done me. I
feol altogether dlfforent. I havo more-
life nnd energy than I havo had for
yonrs. Tho medlclno certainly does
stimulate and strengthen tho who.
system. Tired fooling and weak condl-
i tlon of tho stomach has entirely
pupsod away. I feel well again."
Cooper's New Discovery Is sold by
oil druggists. If your druggist can-
not supply you wo will forward you
tho name of a druggist in your city
who will. Don't accept "something
Just ns good." Tho Cooper Medicine
Co. Dayton Ohio.
The Korean Is the greediest and the big-
EeEt' eater In tho world. Most any man in Ko-
rea will eat anything he can get and he will
take a dozen meals a day if he has the chance.
Book Companionship.
Books are a guide In youth and aa
entertainment for age. Thoy support
us under solitude and keep us from
being a burden to ourselves. They
help us to forget the crossness of men
and things; compose our cares and
our passions; and lay our disappoint-
ments asleep. When we are weary
of tho living wo may repair to the
dead who havo nothing of peevish-
ness pride or design In their con-
versation. Jeremy Collier.
6tatz or Onio Cnr or Toudo. i .
Ll'CA couxtt. f
Fiuik J. Ciie.mt make frth thai he b fnlot
partner of the nrm ot l J. Cm sir 4 Co.. dolot
biMlneu in tin City ot Toledo. County aud sun
ton-Mid. and mat aaU tirm will par the turn ot
ONi; IIUNDUCII DOU.AUS for mch and every
raae ol CiTinnn that cannot bo cure' by the um ot
IHLL'a Catarrh Cire.
FltANTC J CHCVEV.
Sworn to before me and utnrrribcl In my prtaence
thtt Cln day of UccemUr. A. I- ISS4.
t -7 I A. W. OLEASO.V.
1 1 - 1 Notart rnue.
Ilall'a Catarrh Cure U taken Internally and arte
directly ti:n the blood and miirouj iurtaeee oC the
l)'tem. bend lor tritlmonlala tree.
r. J. CHUNKY 4 CO.. Toledo a
Hold by all DniSk'Uu. lie.
Take Main Fatally 1'UU tor cocitlpatloa.
Technically Discussed.
"So there Is to bo n divorce" said
the woman who discusses everybody
"It seems but n little while since be
asked for her hand."
"Yes" replied the rvde man. "He
got tho hand nil right nut It tunirtl
out to bo n misdeal."
Fldo's Portion.
"Did you give tho scraps or meat ip
tho dog N'oruh?"
"You lorgot mum that we'd quit
entln' meat mum but Ql give th' baste
th' carrot tops an' pertaty pailn's."
Los Angolas Exprens.
A personal Definition.
Penley (stud for n oid Let's
et! What la ih'.tt you cil a uihii u Iio
marries more Ihnn one wile?
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