Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-03

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The figures on the number Of wet
counties include every county where
in liquor is sold anywhere. There are
twenty three such in Iowa now But
only twelve of them have general con-
sent petitions for the whole county
ADDITIONAL counties have saloons in one
county, Polk, has saloons in two cities.
The wet counties and the number
of saloons they have are: Bremen 8,
Carroll 10. Chicka saw, 6. Clayton 10,
Clinton 81, Crawford II, Dubuque "a,
Ida 5, Jackson "A. Lee 25, Osceola 3,
Scott 3S-Total, e97.
The cities outside the wet counties
licensing saloons, and the number they
have, are: Boone 10. Burlington "a,
Cedar Rapids 80, Creston 6, Council
Bluffs 30, Des Moines So, Fort Dodge
Is, Iowa City 10, LeMars 4. Oelwein 6,
Sioux City Al, Valley Junction 2-Total
271.
81 Have Closed Doors.
On July /. 1913, there were 66s
saloons in Iowa. There has been a
reduction since then of 100. The big
share OF this reduction was brought
about by application Of the law
passed by the Thirty fifth general as
senbly to bring down the number OF
saloons in special charter cities to
one for each 1000 of the population.
Half the excess number Of saloons In
the charter cities were cut off July !
of this year. Davenport lost thirty one
and Dubuque lost twenty-one. Strict
application of the law within the year
caused Cascade to lose six, Bernard to
lose one, Dyersville to lose seven, Far
ley to lose l., New Vienna to lose one,
Worthington to lose one. LIE Mars to
lose seven. Ocheyedan in Osceola coun-
ty, which is wet, lost it's one saloon
when the council refused to renew the
license. Defeat of county option in
Plymouth county caused the blotting
out Of two saloons in Kingsley, two in
Hinton. nine in Remsen, one in Oyens,
two in Struble, one in Westfield, and
two in Akron
Gain in But Ono Town.
Since 1912 the decrease has, OF
course, been much heavier. In the two
year period Davenport lost sixty-three
saloons, Council Bluffs four, Dubuque
forty-three, Fort Dodge three, and
Sioux City one. In other towns which
lost the reduction was that already
noted as having been accomplished
within the last year.
The only gain for the saloon in the
year just past was made when Don
Nelson in Lee county licensed sim
gle saloon. The gain since 1912 in
cludes also the opening of one saloon
in each of the following towns: Gem
tralia, Graf and Sheriff., Dubuque
county: Melansland. Scott county;
Frederick, Bremen county: Halbur,
Carroll county; Lawler, Chickasaw
county. and Spragueville. Jackson
county. OF these, Centralia, Sherrills,
Melansland and Spragueville are not
included in either the list of Iowa
towns given in the last Iowa Official
Register or the report of municipal &C.
counts for 1918.
Five-sixths Of the Towns Dry.
The total number Of towns and
cities in Iowa is $50, 50 that there
are saloons in about one-sixth the
number. The combined population Of
the saloon towns is 473,746, while the
popula tion Of the state as a whole is
2,224.771, or about five times as much
Des 'Moines is the largest city that has
saloons and has the largest number.
but Davenport has q greater proper
ton of saloons to its population than
Des Moines Lattners, Dubuque county,
is the smallest town having a saloon.
Its population is listed as being twenty
five.
OF the entire 1876 towns which havo
the saloon, 104 have only one in each
town. Twenty have between one and
ten saloons. Twelve have ten or more.
The aggregate number Of saloons in
these twelve cities is 423. Eight per
cent Of the towns which have the sa-
loon support IS per cent CT the total
number open in the state.
A Gradual Restriction.
All of the reduction shown in fig
ures given herewith has been accom-
plished under the system Of gradual
and limitation Of the sale Of
liquor which has been pursued by the
state legislatures within the time con-
One Of the most important
factors in reducing the number of sa-
looms was the Moon law. passed by the
Thirty third general assembly limiting
to one for each thousand people the
number of saloons any city could have
The Thirty-second general assem-
bly, in 1907 had passed the five year
limit law" which terminated the suffi-
cheney Of q number g consent petitions
ana enabled the temperance forces to