The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-20
W. C. T. U. COLUMN.

From The stars Special Correspondents
 The first temperance society was founded in America in Moreau, Saratoga county, N. r., April 9o' 1908. and called "The Union Tenn perance Society of Moreau ana Northumberland" While tn ere will be no commemoration of the one hrndredth anniversary ot tne founding of the temperance move ment, the whole past year has been one of success of the movement pe- gun at that time. Greater things are expected of 1908. It IS estlmat- ed that one-half of the population or the United States are living under prohibition, either by state law or local option. The following sta- tistics are as correct as it has been possible to secure:
 Alabama: Statuary prohlbiDtion.
 Alaska: Prohibition by acts ot Congress. Arizona: Two districts besides several Indian reservations. Arkansas: Of the seventy-flve counties fifty-seven are under pro- hibition by local option, leaving only seventeen under license. California: Of the ffty-seven counties five are under prohibition and about 180 cities and towns.
 Colorado: Of fifty-seven counties six are dry.
 Connecticut: Two-thirds of its territory and two-ffths of its popu lation. Delaware: Of the three counties two are dry.
 District of Columbia: The terri tory now under prohibition, includes the capitol, the national Soldiers Home and it's surroundings within circle of one mile.
 Florida: Of the forty-eight coun ties thirty-six are under option law
 Georgia: Statuary prohibition. | Idaho: An Indian reservation anC seventeen towns. ,l Illinois: Eleven counties, whil more than three-fourths of the stat is under prohibition law of som form.
 Indiana: Of the 1,016 township . 762 are under prohibition. Iowa: Of ninety-nine countie
 sixty have no saloons.
 Kansas: Constitutional prohibi
 ton. , Kentucky Of 119 counties ninety : two are under prohibition. 5 Louisiana: Of ffty-nine parishe 7 twenty-six are under prohibition. ? Maine: Statuary prohibition. t Maryland: Nine out of twenty
 three counties are prohibition. Massachusetts: In 266 cities an towns out of 354. Michigani Two counties an ] about 700 towns. : Mississippi: Statuary prohibition Missouri: In sixty-one out of II I counties.
 Montana: Several large India 9 reservations.
 Nebraska: In about 300 cite 3 and towns.
 New Hampshire: Sixty-two pc cent live under prohibition, ' New Jersey: In five cities and : number of towns.
 New Mexico: In one town by
 clause in the deed.
 New York: In 993 towns. : Ohio: In three counties out O eighty-eight and about 800 cite : and towns. Oklahoma: Constitutional prohi bition. Pennsylvania: One county and number of cities and towns. Rhode Island: Sixteen munici palities out of thirty-eight. South Carolina: In eighteen ou forty-one counties. Tennessee-In the the whole stat except four municipalities,
 Texas-ln l52 out of 241 counties Utah-In one county and sixteel cities and towns. Vermont-In three of the fourteel counties.
 Virginia---In sixty-six out of 10 counties.
 Washington---In fifty cities an, towns.
 l West Virginia. In twenty-nine ou of fifty-fve counties. i Wisconsin---Out of 1,421 corpora tions PA are no license.
 Wyoming Two prohibition town L..