Weekly journal-miner., 1914-12-30
SALOONS PREPARE ID CLOSE ON
 THURSDAY
TWENTY-SIX MORE VAC ANT BUILDINGS AFTER THAT DATE; MANY FAM ILIES WILL LEAVE
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

Already the 20 saloons of Prescott have prepared to close their doors on January 1, according to the man dates of the prohibition law, which the federal court upheld at Los An geles last week. The time of closing is midnight on Thursday of the cur rent week In many places the pro prietors have already commenced to pack up all surplus goods which they think will be left on their hands despite special sales they may be able to make between now and the date of their farewell to business in Pres colt. With the saloons the Prescott brewery will also close. The report that this institution would commence the manufacture of two per cent beer Is not true. In fact the proprietors smile derisively whenever such a proposition is mentioned to them, as even two per cent" is outlawed. AL ready most of the fifteen or twenty families who were supported by this enterprise have left the city, and those remaining will be ready to go by tine first of the year, it was stated yesterday. Mir. John Bauer goes to San Francisco.
 It is said there are thirty-fivc bar tenders i'll Prescott, about half of which number are married men, and these will be left without jobs, Al ready some of them have prepared to leave the city and. few have sc cured other employment here. There are some saloons in Prescott the proprietors of which have large in vestments, and these will be the hard est hit, although the stroke Is heavy with reference to each and every one.
 None of the saloon men have made public their intentions for the future SO far as business is concerned. In many of the saloons windows arc advertisements for the closing out sale of goods at practically cos; prices, and one saloon keeper said yesterday that many people were stocking up their sideboards for the long drought which will arrive Thursday night.
 New Era.
 The passing of the saloons marks new era for Prescott, the result oi which is problematical. There are two factions now giving their views as to what this will be- One de clares that it means a period of de pression, at least until a readjust- ment can take place The other col- tends that it means an accelerated prosperity practically from the start. It Is evident, however, that read justment period IS sure. ii is i'm possible to so suddenly withdraw material wealth from the channels Of local trade to such an extent as the closing of the saloons will do without it being felt at least for a time, or until another element of trade is added to take its place
 Prescott has had saloons ever since it has been on the map, and it is one of the oldest cities in the state. With the settling up Of the southwest came an element of pioneer life which believed in saloons, as is the case in all cities, especially in mining sec tions. Saloons were a part of the foundation Of the business of the community. There were an integral part of the very heart and life oi the west and southwest. This means that as time passed they became a part of the very masonry of the foundation, and the people acceptci them and they prospered and grew as the community advanced To suddenly remove such an old element at this time, just when the country is entering into the antc-room of ac- tive development and inviting pco- pie imbucd with the spirit of thc southwest and its animated environ mcnts, is taking leap in the dark to say the least. and no man can al this time correctly outline the result
 But, as Grover Cleveland said when he awoke one fine morning and found d good sized panic on hand it is a condition, not a theory, which oonfronts us and people simply are compelled to accept the inevitable and make the very best that is possi- ble out of it. A 5a