Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-21
SALOON PETITION
IS SUFFICIENT
Board Granted Petition Today.
Saloons Open Wednesday

Board Granted Petition Today
Saloons Open Wednesday
M,re Than 82 Per Cent Ct the
Voters Signed Peli.isn
WHEREAS, On this 18th day
of May, 1908, it being during
the regular April session of the
Beard of Supervisors of Harri-
son county, Iowa, the State
ment of General Consent con-
senting to the keeping and SELL
ing of intoxicating liquors, pur-
porting to be signed by 80 per
cent of the voters residing in
the City of Missouri Valley who
voted therein at the last pre-
ceding election, being the city
election of the city of Missouri
Valley as shown by the poll
books of said election, coming
on for consideration and can
vased by the Board of Super
visors of Harrison County, and
due notice of the filing of such
statement and its intended
canvas having been given as
provided by law and certificate
of publication having been duly
fled, said statement is can
yased and the Board of Super
visors of Harrison County.
Iowa, finds that said Petition of
General Consent when COM
pared with the poll books of
said city of Missouri Valley
contains more than 80 per cent
of the votes cast at said cleo
ton, that the poll books of said
city of. Missouri Valley show
that 1853 votes were cast there
in at the last general election
and of these votes cast therein
at the last preceding election
7O5 have signed said Statement
of General Consent conserving
to the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in said city of Missouri
Valley, be it therefore
Resolved, That said State
ment of General Consent is
found and is hereby held suf-
ficient for the purposes con-
templated by law and such find
ing and order are hereby en-
tered of record.
w. S. Kelley,
A. j. Gilmore,
John S. Hall.
The members of the Harrison
County Board of Supervisors
met in adjourned session in
Logan today and among other
business transacted was the
canvas of the Consent Petition
asking for saloons in Missouri
Valley. AS will be seen by the
foregoing resolution passed by
the Board the petition was
found sufficient and commenc-
ing Wednesday morning, May
goth, saloons will be a perma-
nent fixture in Missouri Valley.
When the petition was
brought before the Board Car
roll Bolter and H. H. Roadifer
of Logan and Frank Tamisiea
of this city appeared for the
saloon interests while the
States side of the hearing was
attended to by County Attorney
L. w. Fallon of Logan. The
Anti-Saloon League made nc
appearance and no opposition
. to the granting of the petition
was offered. Not one affidavit
withdrawing names or alleging
non-signing was filed. There
is considerable work attached
to the checking over of a list Of
705 names, but the Board did
the work in a most systematic
manner. Each member of the
Board had a poll book and as
County Auditor Huff read the
name of the petitioner and the
ward in which he resides the
name was checked and an ac-
curate count maintained. In
} exact figures the petition con
tanned just "a names more thar
80 per cent while the mulct law
requires 80 per cent in a city Of
Missouri Valleys population.
The stand taken by Mr.
C. N. Caldwell, of Logan, Presi
dent of the Anti Saloon league