Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
The lid ON IN
ST. LOUIS SUNDAY
Governor Folks Order Obeyed
to the Letter by ALI
Saloons
PATRONS FORCED TO GO DRY
Even the DeImar Garden Drink Dis
pensaries Were ldle-Senator Gard
ner's Letter to the Saloon Men APP
parentIy Had Effect of Bringing
Liquor Men to Time.


on ST. Louis county yesterday for the
first time in reality since Governor
Folk made his famous closing order
over a year ago.
Every saloon, garden and club In the
county put up the nothing doing
sign and the disconsolate regular Sum
day patrons were forced to accept the
new conditions which confronted them
of being unable to get drink of any
thing intoxicating in st. Louis, the
county or the east side. Mayor Cook
kept the East ST Louis lid on almost
as tight as it was in st. Louis.
Some infractions of the rule there
or across the river ia be sure but only
the elect, who were wise" to the sys-
tenn that was being operated were able
to gain access thru side or back doors
and the usual Sunday exodus from st.
Louis across the bridge was missing,
the word having gone forth that the
lid was on to stay. State Senator "A.
w. Gardner, attorney for Sherift Her
pei and general counsel for the 81.
Louis County Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton, was responsible for the Md going
on in the county.
Persons who tried to enter the West
End Heights club, The Louisiana and
The New Era Fishing and Hunting
Association club rooms in the vicinity
of Delmar garden, and those who tried
the regular bar at the Suburban,
where the thirsty have been supplied
with intoxicants of all forms on Sun
days past, heard sad story yester-
day.
1t was strongly asserted that even
the Sticks" had been removed from
the far-famed ginger ale splits at the
Cottage in Delmar garden.
Senator Gardner addressed little
letter to all county drink dispensers
last week, In this letter they were told
to close up tight on Sunday. No ex-
PLANTATION for this apparently rash act
OH the part of the senator was given,
but it is whispered that the governors
threat to sue certain persons on the
bond of the garden corporations had
the effect of making a few persons
quake in their boots.
In spite of Gardeners manifesto the
Louisiana and the New Era opened
Sunday morning, to the delight OF
many man whose throat was
parched, but these clubs were closed
by noon, showing evidently that Gard
ner's word is more dreaded than state
laws. Two weeks ago patrons of sub
urban gardens could get anything they
wanted at the suburban bar. They
could get beer in stems or bottles,
whisky straight or mixed and cham
pagn if they had the price.
A week ago yesterday the beer ard
whisky supply was shut off and pa
irons had to quench their thirst with
red wine or something softer. Red
wine was cancelled yesterday, and
nothing but mountaineering beverages
were visible The West End Heights
club has ever been haven for the dry
and parched on Sunday, but the lid
was on all day there. Several hundred
club members, not taking seriously the
announcement that there would be
nothing in the county, approached the
"club" only to be informed that "ev-
erything was all Off"
Several club members avowed their
intention Of moving to Belleville. Dis
satisfaction was manifested on every
side
over the county, with the result that
st. Louis was yesterday the driest city
on the map.