Judge — August 13, 1927 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE IS PROHIBITION WORKING? A Nation-Wide Investigation Conducted by JUDGE me rere wea \ ay WANSAS “Edveaton” Capital anid Leber Ture Dry Spete Over Kansas Kansas City, Kansas. JupGe, ew York City. If there are any scofflaws who think that Proh ion is not working let them come to Kansas! One of the first states to down the reign of demon rum, Kansas until recently had an anti-cigarctte law and you couldn’t buy ettes in this progressive state except at hotels, cigar stores and de tessens. Your native K doesn’t care what he prohibits, and as Mr. Gordon laughingly commented when we were in Kansas City, this state is so dry they even a their water be- fore they drink it. Here was the situation in Kansas before Prohibition: The state is largely rural in popula- tion and by the time whiskey was shipped from the East mailing charges made it expensive and hard to get. This, of course, was before the invention of the radio, as Mr. Gordon shrewdly points out. The Middle Western farmer had alw: resented the domii tion of the East. In fact, it was Governor Craghead of Kansas, that fiery old statesman, who actually wrote Horace Greeley’s famous speech: “Go West, Young Man,” which he so suc- cessfully delivered in front of Sak’s department store that dra- matic evening before the war. The old Governor gave us a few minutes of his time when we visited the capital and explained MAP B 1 average temperature o: this political masterpiece. “At that time the buffalo had almost entirely disappeared,” the old Governor said, “and all that prairie land was going to waste. It would been foolish to have thrown it away. And that, of course, was before the day of real estate booms. (In fact, the first real estate salesman was just then being developed under’ the of the state warden at The rest is history, he concluded modestly. The Kansas farmer, then, ob- jected to Eastern whiskey, espe- cially as he could make his own corn much cheaper and quicker. Thus, the approval in Kansas of the Prohibition amendment. (Continued on page 26) have loving e Ossining). A Non-Stop Flight to Brooklyn YONKERS 6.47 A. M.—‘T'll see you in Brooklyn,” said Major Chinberg as he stumbled into the fuselage of his mono- plane, “The Spirit of Yonkers,” which was equipped with a Blight Whirlpool motor. “Where are you going?” some- one in the crowd asked. “None of your business!” re- plied the intrepid airman, as he filled up with an advertised brand of Ethel. “I am going to make a non-stop flight somewhere, and I won’t come back ’til I’m over, over there.” As he uttered these words he donned his flying suit. After the usual inspection it was found to be inside out. The necessary adjustments were hast- ily made as Major scanned a couple of weather maps which he couldn’t understand. “There seems to be a low pressure 1 coming up from Nantucket or the week-end,” said the in- trepid pilot. Asked said: Chinberg bout food and sleep, he “Just give me twenty-four hours of slumber and a good steak.” He wet his finger, Boy Scout fashion, to get the lay of the land. The Major does not intend to follow the regular ferry-boat lanes. Instead he will stick to the great circle route which will take him back to his starting point if he completes it. Last night's meteorological reports in- dicated fog banks off the aqua- GF Lt The flying trapeze performers elope. comicbooks.com