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Mail Tribune 100, Sept. 16, 1922 continued By Alissa Corman Sep 17, 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. 16, 1922 continued HILT MAN GETS JAIL SENTENCE ON BOOZE CH’GE In the efforts of the city and county authorities to banish booze during fair week Patrolmen Adams and Cave late yesterday afternoon made another arrest by taking into custody J. W. Foster, a mining man from Hilt, Calif., on finding four quarts of booze and W. M. Murphy of Ashland, a former restaurant owner of that city who was also in the room. In police court today Foster was given a sentence of 30 days in the county fail and to pay a fine of $250. Murphy, who had been held as a witness, and who it is claimed pitched one of the bottles out on the fire escape when the police came, was finally released because of lack of any evidence that he was drinking. W. M. West of Klamath Falls who was arrested by Patrolman Adams in a rooming house Thursday because he had a small quantity of moonshine in his room, and who yesterday pleaded guilty to having this illegally in his possession, was finally let go after County Prosecutor Moore, Judge Taylor and the police had held a conference and reached the conclusion that the young man was no bootlegger. It seems that West came to Medford this week to locate here, after having accepted a position with one of the local industrial concerns, and that friends called on him with booze which they used to celebrate their reunion. Then the police came to West’s room and found the leftover liquid refreshments. The sheriff and deputies and the local police, with their aids, will continue to exercise special vigilance tonight in the city and the fair grounds for booze and intoxicated men. A great crowd is expected at the fair tonight with the city receiving the overflow, and without this extra care it is thought that the usual Saturday night drinking will be much augmented. LOCAL AND PERSONAL All indications this forenoon were that Saturday would be another big day at the county fair with attendance way up in the thousands. The canneries and orchards all closed at noon for the day, to enable the fruit pickers and other employees to attend the fair, and this forenoon the farmers of the county in very large numbers began to arrive early for the purpose of shopping and later attending the fair. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]