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Officers Find Booze Factory
Revenue Officers and Sheriff Confiscate Modern Still Near Vale.
What Sheriff H. Lee Noe described as being the best located still yet discovered, was located Tuesday on the homestead belonging to Harvey Sackett south of town near Chalk Butte. And as a result 110 gallons of perfectly good syrup mash and a complete equipment for making the same into that fiery beverage prohibited by the government, were destroyed. The owner, Harvey Sackett, was taken to Ontario that evening where he was bound over to the Federal Grand Jury after furnishing bail of $1,000.00.
Outfit On Homestead
Suspicions had been pointing for some time to Sackett on account of a house that he had rented here in town and while back which seemed to be in use and yet no one was ever seen about the premises. On forcing an entrance after he had moved to his homestead, Sheriff Noe found copper kettles and other paraphernalia for a regular still but was unable to get any direct evidence on his man.
Find Modern Distillery
Making a visit to his homestead Tuesday, accompanied by Deputies Rand and Charlton from Baker, internal revenue officers of Portland, they found merely where Sackett had hauled some lumber and had made some excavations preparatory to building him a house. Just as they were getting ready to leave one of the men happened to notice that the dirt was not surface dirt but had come from some distance below. They explored about until Sheriff Noe entered an old outbuilding and tore up the floor when they found a tunnel leading downward. Following this up they soon entered a room of about 10 by 10 by 12 which contained all the equipment for an up to date beverage factory.
     They destroyed two 50 gallon barrels of syrup mash and one ten gallon jar of syrup that was evidently going to be used for making beer, also all the other contents of the room except what they wanted as evidence against the owner of the still.
Held To Grand Jury
Sackett was away at the time but returned before they left. He believed that the still was so well concealed that they would be unable to find it and so rode right into their hands. He was taken Ontario Tuesday evening and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner C. M. Stearns after which he was bound over to await Federal Grand Jury, furnishing his own bail of $1,000.00.

—Malheur Enterprise, Vale, Oregon, 16 Aug 1919

Eastern Oregon
Vale
What Sheriff H. Lee Noe described as being the best located illicit still yet discovered was found Tuesday on the homestead belonging to Harvey Sackett, south of town near Chalk butte. As a result of the raid 110 gallons of syrup mash and a complete equipment for making the same into whisky were destroyed. The owner, Harvey Sackett, was taken to Ontario that evening, where he was bound over to the federal grand jury after furnishing his own bail of $1000.

—The Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, 17 Aug 1919, p 14

Locates Booze Factory
Sheriff H. L. Noe of Malheur County seems to have some of Sheriff Jefferis' blood-hound instinct in locating boot-leggers, booze and booze joints. According to an article in the Malheur Enterprise Sheriff Noe took the scent and trail last week to a homesteader's cabin south of Vale where he located, under the floor of an old building, a modern distillery in a Midden basement 10 by 12 feet; also a large quantity of good old family disturbance which was confiscated for evidence and all equipment destroyed. The owner of the homestead, Mr. Harvey Sackett, was taken in charge and brought to Ontario that evening and arraigned before U.S. Commissioner, C. M. Stearns, after which he was bound to await Federal Grand Jury, furnishing his own bail of $1,000.00.

—Payette Enterprise, Idaho, 28 Aug 1919

Thomas Chester Sackett
Shawnee—Thomas Chester Sackett, 57, who moved here from Sulphur about a month ago, died Tuesday night in his home. Services had not been completed Wednesday.
     Sackett was a salesman for a milling company at New Richmond, Wis., and had lived at St. Paul, Minn., until about a year ago. Thereafter he lived at Maud and Sulphur. He was a member of the Methodist church at Monticello, Iowa.
     Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irene D. Sackett, Shawnee; two sons, Lawrence Sackett, Delhi, Iowa, and Orvil Sackett, Hopkington, Iowa: and one daughter, Almeada Baldwin, Iowa.

—The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 17 Oct 1946, p 4

Rites Pending for Thomas Sackett
The funeral arrangements for Thomas Chester Sackett are still incomplete. Sackett died Tuesday at his home, 509 North Broadway. He had lived in Shawnee one month.
     The body will be shipped to Earlsville, Iowa, for funeral services and burial.
     Roesch Brothers are in charge of arrangements.

—Shawnee News-Star, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 17 Oct 1946, p 2

Delhi — Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Sackett, 50, were held Thursday at the Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. W. D. Bostron, pastor. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery. As Emma Pearson, she was born at Mount Pleasant, Wis., June 6, 1887, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pearson. She was married at Cedar Rapids Feb. 1, 1911, to Thomas C. Sackett, who survives with two sons and one daughter, Laurence Sackett of Delhi, Orville Sackett of Manchester and Mrs. Almeada Foss of Forks, Wash; one sister, Mary Townsend of Ainsworth; and two grandsons.

—The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 10 Dec 1937, p 18

Irene D. Sackett
Irene D. Sackett, 91, of Parkridge Manor, 4755 Parkridge Ave. in Pleasant Hill, died of a heart ailment Wednesday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hamilton's Funeral Home, and burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Pleasant Hill.
     Born in Greenfield, Mrs. Sackett lived in Des Moines many years and was a retired saleswoman for Wallaces Farmer magazine. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary.
     Survivors include three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
     Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.

—The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 3 May 1984, p 21