The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-01-09

In the southwest these days meets
many remarkable evidences of the pro-
hibition M emcnt
One may now step on a Rock Island
train at Kansas City and travel 503
miles TO Ringgold, Tex, and not turn
u wheel where any man has a legal
right to sell "A drink. From Ringgold
To Fort Worth, lightweight miles more.
on The same train, through local option
territory with hardly q saloon in all
the fine towns one may pass, thence
over the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe.
399 miles to Bay CITY in precisely the
am condition, thence over the st.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico. clear
to Mexico every acre of which land has
in it's original deed a proviso that no
saloon shall be allowed .efore the year
of orr Lord 1916. That is 1,244 miles of
practical prohibition on just one line
of railroad, which is in force in three
of the largest states m the union. II
territory SO immense that it would
easily accommodate the territorial linn
it's of all Uncle Sans possessions east
of the Mississippi river.
Oklahoma is just sitting down to her
new responsibilities n the legislature
is holding it's first session. The liquor
question will be one Of the greatest
thor: in the sid OF the body politics.
Prohibition, while a part of the con-
stitution of the state, was voted on as
a separate proposition, SO that any idea
ina many VOlcu pTONlDlllOH BECAUSE
they wanted statehood would ut be
well ounded. The ordinance in brief
prohibits the r anufacture, sale or CIV
ing away of liquors and even the adj
vertising of the same for tWenty-one
years, and thereafter unless voted
down; also the shipping or conveying
around the state of liquors. The pen
atty for selling is $50 fine and not
"may"-thirty days in Jail for the mini
mum penalty, with no limit above.
The judge may go to $50, 900, 900 and a
lifetime if he chooses. The right is dele
gated to the legislature to provide by
law for the establishment of agencies
n in each incorporated town of 1000
people in each county, or one in each
county where there ~~e no such towns.
for the sale only of liquors for medical
purposes and denatured alcohol for In
dustrial purposes. Drug stores may
handle liquors for prescriptions only
and must file bond not less than $1,000,
must buy from the agencies and file
affidavit as to the uses for which they
are required, under penalty of perjury.
The purchaser from the drug store must
have prescription from a reputable ply
sician, which can be filled but once, and
the prescription must be pen to .lspec-
ton by any officer or citizen.
The physician who prescribes liquors
except for treatment of disease which
after his wi personal diagnosis he
shall deem to require such treatment"
is ined not less than 5000 and i'm
~prisonment not less than thirty days,
with no limit as to higher sentence.
Any person connected with the agency
who shall sell or give away any liquors
contrary to the above shall be i'm
prisoned not less than one year and
one day. This ordinance carried by
an overwhelming majority.
When tho Saloons Closed.
There We're 460 saloons in Oklahoma.
Outside brewing companies had fine
buildings of their own In important
towns, on the main corners, put up
especially for saloons. In twenty years
or more OF untaxed business they "a
made barrels of money-but they had
stocks to close out. Over the doors
of many were immense canvass signs,
lowing to prohibition this whisky at
unheard of prices!" Grand clearance
sale of entire stock of dependable val
ues," CLOSING out at cost to quit bus
iness.'
At midnight of the day the president
signed the bill for statehood, all saloons
closed. front n rear. and never re-
opened. Many have large stocks Of
liquor still In them. One. in Oklahoma
City, on the eventful day and even
ing ratified off 500 quarts at 10 cents
per quart.
The result OF the law thus far in
Ok'choma City has been that the fol-
lowing Monday morning one drunken
man was fined; he next morning.
Tuesday, a man was arrested for boot
Logging" fined $50 and sent to Jail for
thirty days on a plea of guilty. An
other saloonkceper, his bartender and
negro porter. were arrested, pleaded
not guilty ami were released under
$3.50 bond each, their cases to come to
trial this week. There has not beer a
no selling. The police judge. who
formerly held court forenoon and aft
erlloon, has abandoned the forenoon
session for lack OF business.
Seek Other Means Of Livelihood.
What the salooii men will do they
have not yet decided. Most OF them
have, in addition to their bar furniture
and stocks, leases on the building they
occupy and no use for the rooms. Some
are putting in restaurants, some sell
soft drinks-you may depend they sell
nothing stronger-the others are closed
and deserted. BY order Of the city
marshal all signs have been removed
at the Lee hotel was used the
other day by the ladies of an E~piscopa
church for a church supper. and die
a rousing business. The mahogany
bar was utilized as a counter and tn,
stock cases as pie cabinets. The ming
ling OF signs OF the new Inc the OLE
businesses was edifying; thus. at tn.
street entrance: "Episcopal Bazaar
Candies" Faust Beer"
On the inside were combinations Xix,
this: Boston Lunch Today, csc.
Hot Chile, Homemade, 10c.'' AN
heuser Bush, Budweiser."
The caloon signs. 1t Is due to wonne
| to say, were either out OF reach o
painted on the glass.
A case to test the constitutiona1ity g
81 the prohibition clause has been file,
J. Ind will be tried at an early day som
twenty saloonkeepers combined In
suit to enjein the officers from enforc
ing the. law. Their attorney stated !
an interview that .the constitution
convention included that portion of til
instrument MS ar ordinance. and II
our contention that an ordinance Is nj
a law and cannot be properly vote
upon as an Incorporated part OF tn
fundamental law OF the state He ais
z said the case would be fought throug
the highest courts.
Th Texas salOonkeeper learns tt
law that he may obey ii. Up to tt
Y passage OF the BOskin McCsre.or la
this fall saloons closed under the gel
9 eral law requiring all places OF bushes
to close on Sunday. h new law refe
g to this specially. The applicant for
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