The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11

st. Paul, June S.-Tuid COUNTY ge'
/ dry by more than 2n0 votes. .h'rt,
seven of the thirty.eieht p.ecinri
gave the antl.saloon for; ca a nalor
fly OF 100.
The election was nest bitterly
contested and the activity OF William
Il. Lee, Republican candidate for gov.
ernor in 1914 on county option plat.
form, makes the result OF statewide
interest
The dry territory. II is believed.
practically assures the entry OF Mr.
Lee into the governorshlp contest
| again In 1916.
The village OF Long Prairie, Mr.
Lees home town. went wet by l6S to
l34 and the township OF Long Prairie,
In which the village is located. re.
| turned the record wet majority, 1856
| to a.. Staples went wet by Sc. the
vote being 32S to 242. The township
Of Staples went dry, Ga to So
The result will put twenty saloons
out OF business on Dec. Z. There are
eight In Staples. four in Long Prai.
| RE, two In Grey Eagle, one I'm Burn
hamville, one In Bertha and four In
Browerville. Long Prairie and Brow.
erville have breweries which cannot
sell In the county hereafter.
County option lost by a decisive
vote in olmsted county, the vets hav-
ing a majority Of 26l. Rochester was
the deciding factor, the majority for
the vets In the city being 1876.
Pipestone county Joined the dry
list, but the unofficial returns show
1 that the county has voted out the sa.
looms by but thirteen votes. PIPE
stone City, which voted dry last year
by % and this year by 10. gave tbs
dry forces q majority of 4S.
There are two saloons I'm the coun
". one being located at Trosky and
the other at Holland.
With The exception OF one small
doubtful precinct all others In Walton
wan county voted dry. giving prohi
bitionists q majority of 23I. ST. James
the county seat and home of Govern
or Hammond, voted wet by GO major
ity. The dry victory will close five
saloons.
Renvilie county went dry by about
600 majority. Out OF thirty-flve pre-
cincts twenty went dry. There wer,
wet majOrities at Olivia. Bird Island
| Eoirfax and Ruffalo Lake
Drys Have Big Majority.
Otter Tail county gave the dry.
one of the biggest majorities the.
procured I'm any of the twelve coun
ties. A report from Fergus Falls sait
the county will go dry by upwards 81
900 majority. Fergus Falls rolled M
the biggest dry majority in its history
1876. Four saloons are voted out IN
the county.
Dodge county voted dry to I, &C
cOrding to q report from the count!
auditors office at Mantorville. Six on
OF eleven precincts gave the drys Ga
and the vets 304. The remainin.
precincts. II was said, will increas,
the dry lead. One saloon Is voted out
| Redwood county had the bigges
vote in it's history. The county com
plete gave the drys SO majority. TIL,
vote was 1854 dry and 1922 wet
Seventeen saloons are voted out.
Murray county, with four precinct'
to be heard from. gave the drys a ma
jority of 10. This will be increase,
to about 200. according to county OF
flcials.
Kandiyohi county. which has beer
dry through local option, gave thu
largest dry return OF all. The vote
was 1.4l3 dry and 40 wet. or to
The township OF whitefield voted dr.!
to I.
Traverse county voted SEQ dry {,
$50 wet, returns being complete.