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Show COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 15 .*Pey&'bGttons,'iii am-cb&nody6illed, are the ,drid krowns of a cactus which grows on the rocky, arid lands of northern Mexico and are classd with intaxicants. :Their us? appears to be on the increase. Under an order of the Department of Agriculture its importation into the United States has been prohibited. It is 600 early to ascertain the effectiveness of this exclusion order. Appro-priate legislation is being agitated to give the Indian Office en-larged powers for the .imppression of peyote. + I Legislation by several States where Indians reside has beerof material assistance t o this o h in its campaign against the liquor ' . . traffic. . ' . . . The Cherokee Indians of North Carolina have been greatly bene-fited by the enactment of a State law prohibiting the manufacture, sal&:or dispbdtiyi .6~:.~ir~uous,~vinousp,l,al~to lri quors or intoxi-cating bitters within the county 'of Swain, in which these Indians tire located. The law Yurther provides that the place of delivery shall . be construed to mean the place of sale, etc. The Legislature of Nevada enacted two laws of importance to the 'Indians. One makes it an offense for an Indian to solicit any peran to purchase intoxicatiig liquors, and the other makes it. an. offense for. any person to furnish m. rndian with yenshee, which is the residue scraped from opium pipes. In California, under the law of the State as it stood, it was doubt-ful whether the sale of liquor to Indians of less than the full blood was an offense. To remove this doubt the legislature specifically covered the: question in a recent law effective August 15, 1915, by including Indians of the whole or mixed blood, or any person who is commonly known to live and associate with Indians. The prohibition amendment to the constitution of Arizona, which became effective on January 1 of this calendar year, has been very far reachingin its effect upon the liquor traffic among the Indians of that State and has materially lessened our difficulties. . ' In the States of Washimhington, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, and Colorado constitutional prohibition amendments have ,been adopted, or the legislatures have enacted laws, effective January 1, 1916, which should have a very beneficial effect for the Indians in these Stetas. ' In Minnesota a coimty local-option law enacted by the State legislature resulted. in driving the saloon out of many .localities kown as Indian country, and has been very helpful in the enforce-ment of treaties and ~e d e r aslt atutes. The Supreme Court of the United States in Johnson u. Gearlds (234 U. S., 422), in denying the application for rehearing, left in full force a decision of that court rendered on June 8,1914, enabling the enforcement of various treaties prohibiting the introduction or |