Yukon territory will not go without

July 5, 1922 – “When the United States supreme court decided that shipments of liquor of greater alcoholic content than is approved by Mr. Volstead passing in bond through the United States from one non-prohibition country to another might be seized by the American authorities, it did more than merely stick an ax into the roots of the bootlegging industry in prohibition America. It came fairly close to forcing the Yukon territory of Canada into the ranks of arid lands.
Twice have the Canadian citizens of that far northern country declined to wear the white ribbon. Grape juice is not popular among the Klondikers and White Rock is used mostly for adulteration purposes.
It remained for the highest tribunal in the United States to drag out the grim specter of absolute drought, or worse, the curse of ‘home-brew’ beverages, before the horrified gaze of Alaska’s somewhat bewildered, sour-dough, Canadian neighbors.
Government liquor houses are maintained in the principal towns of Yukon territory. These obtain most of their supplies from similar houses in Vancouver, British Columbia. The route of shipment is either through Wrangell or Skagway, both subports of entry in Alaska. It is now closed.
The residents of Yukon, however, have ‘a drop’ laid by for the emergency. Two shiploads of varied kinds and brands of liquor were rushed through before the doors were shut.
In the meantime they hope that something will happen to relieve the situation before their supply is exhausted.
It is safe to say, moreover, that whatever happens Yukon territory will not go without even after its present stocks are exhausted any more than Alaska is dry to-day.”
(The South Bend Tribine – South Bend Indiana)