Arizona republican., 1911-04-19

The saloons. which had been closed at sundown of Monday. did not open last night. in order that enthusiastic patrons might not make a jollification ! out of the figures.
 So, after a few weeks of agitation and interruption people will'settle down to their ordinary vacations. Work will be resumed this morning on the Hotel Adams Indeed, an effort was made last night to get the rock crushing force together and set the crusher at work at once. for a great deal of lost time must now be made up. There were only two other foci of | interest in the local option election Tempe and Mesa It was rather thought that both would go dry and there was almost no doubt that Tempe would do so. Prohibition carried in Mesa by a vote of 14S to 11S, and in Tempe by a vote of 131 to 95.
 The only surprise of the day was the result at WIckenburg, which went dry by vote of B to 3S. Probably ev- cry precinct in the county outside of Phoenix is dry with the exception of Gila Bend and Agua Caliente, from which there have been no returns.
 The results in other precincts so far as they have come in are:
 Alhambra-Dry, 35; wet, ,.
 Alma-Dry. 7S; wet, 6.
 Cartwright-Dry. 35; wet, ,.
 Creighton-Dry, 66; wet, s.
 Fowler-Dry, 19; wet, g.
 Glendale-Dry, 35; wet, 20.
 Glendale (No. 2)-Dry, 33; vet, 3.
 Isaac-Dry. 27; wet, 3.
 Johnstone-Dry, II; wet, :.
 Lehi-Dry. 4l; wet, ,. Meridian-Dry, F; wet, 10.
 Murphy-Dry, 26; wet, s.
 Phoenix CPrecinct 5)-DTy. IS; wet, O..
 Riverside-Dry, 15; wet, 2.
 Six Points-Dry. A: wet, s.
 Wilson-Dry, 35; wet, F. X comparison of the figures of yes tcrdav with those of the local option election of three years ago cannot be made accurately on account of the re- adjustment of precinct boundaries, but il can be shown that there has been a great increase in the population. Al that election, 1906 votes were cast in Phoenix. the town going wet Oy ma
 
 more votes were cast yesterday, not nearly so much territory was repre- sented as three years ago, for then there was no segregation and parts Of four new precincts, lying outside the present city limits were then included in the count.
 It is therefore shown that the popu- lation has remarkably sohdified as well as increased within the last three years.
 What is true of Phoenix is true of all the precincts within a range of live or six miles of the city and is prob ably more marked in Buckeye, from which returns have not been received of the election of yesterday, than in any of the other rural precincts Wlth the exception of osborn.
 A comparison of the vote of yester- day. with that of three years ago re- calls that the Second ward, which went dry yesterday by 15 votes. went wet before bv votes This is not re- markable change and how much of It is due to shifting sentiment and how much to shifting boundaries, IS impos- sible to determine. The newly formed precincts formed of territory from each Q: the four present wards, all went dry yesterday by pronounced majorities which i'm part must have figured in the former local option election.
 Therefore it may be assumed that so far as tine city is concerned there has been relatively little change ot sentiment with respect to prohibition Tn the last three years.