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n November 1923, officers raided the Nels A. Hanson farm near Hankinson looking for a still. It was known to them that Mr. Hanson was considered one of the leading bootleggers of his community and that his product was considered to be above reproach, but they could never locate the still.
Eventually, Mr. Hanson was convinced to take them to it, so he led the way to his pig stye and began scraping away the litter. Using a hammer, he opened a trap door where a small ladder extended to the basement under the stye.
The basement was lined in tar-paper protecting six barrels of mash and a 15-gallon still. The barrels were covered in old blankets to keep out the seepage from above. It was believed that he used the still at night to prevent detection of the smoke, and the pig stye masked the smell of the mash. The close proximity of the pigs also opted for a quick turnaround time for disposing of the cooked mash.
Nels received 90 days in jail and a $200.00 fine but received high praise from the Federal prohibition agents for masking both the sight and the smell of his still in such an innovative way, in a sense a real North Dakota entrepreneur.