Today in History revisits the August 18, 1918 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on 2 men from Hampden, N.D., who were arrested in Polk County, Minnesota. The two Hampden men were caught in Polk County with whiskey, naming their Red Lake Falls supplier. Police seized more liquor; all were fined as nearby towns remained bone dry.

Plead Guilty to Importing Liquor Into Bone Dry Territory.

Crookston, Minn., Aug. 17, 1918.—Sheriff Kelley and Deputy Sheriff Bolstad caused the arrest of William Geller and W. A. Smith of Hampden, N. D., last evening for the carrying of intoxicating liquor into this county. The pair were arrested about 14 miles north of East Grand Forks, where they had run into a ditch and were unable to get out without assistance, which they asked of Messrs

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