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Mail Tribune 100, Sept. 30, 1922 By Alissa Corman Sep 30, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Sept. 30, 1922 JAIL SENTENCE AND $150 FINE FOR BOOTLEGGER Jack W. Morrison was given a sixty day jail sentence and was fined $150 yesterday afternoon when he pleaded guilty to a charge of selling intoxicating liquor before Justice Glenn O. Taylor. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Timothy and Night Patrolman Cave. A jury was selected to try the case and after having heard an hour of testimony by state witnesses was dismissed when the defendant and his attorney decided to change the plea to guilty. The liquor was purchased from the defendant by Bert Collins who had been arrested the day before by the local police under suspicion of bootlegging. Collins marked a dollar in the presence of Officer Cave, then entered the back door of a local pool hall, appeared and was searched by the officer who discovered two pints of moonshine in his pockets. Previous to his entry into the pool hall he had been searched by the officer. When the defendant was arrested and searched the marked dollar was found in his possession and Collins testified that it was the same one he had marked. Patrolman Cave also testified at the trial that it was the same dollar. At this point the defendant and his attorney, George Roberts, decided to change the plea and the sentence was passed by Justice Taylor. FED’L. INSPECTION OF FRUIT PROVIDED IN ROGUE R. VALLEY Robert C. Butney of Chicago, Supervising Inspector of the Food Products Inspection Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, has appointed Fletcher Fish, local fruit man, local inspector. Mr. Fish will have charge of the inspection of fruit shipped from the Rogue River valley and upon application will pass on the fruit of local shippers and growers and authorize the application of the government stamp indicating that the fruit complies with the government standard. Oregon is the eighteenth state to join with the government in the inspection of fruit by constituted authorities. The inspection is not compulsory but is a help to the grower and facilitates the sale of the fruit in the eastern markets. F. S. Kinsey, inspector in charge of Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Washington will visit the valley about every three weeks and will superintend the inspection. The reports made by the inspectors deal with the grade, quality and condition of the fruit. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]