The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-31
COLORADO WILL
GO DRY TONIGHT
Fourteen Breweries and More
(, Than Fifteen Hundred Saloons
To Close Doors 1
LAW HAS SEVERE PENALTIES
Many Buy Booze In Wholesale
Quantities In View Of I'M
pending Drought
LAW HAS SEVERE PENALTIES
tAssocia.sd Press by Federal wirsisss.)

NNAegVNANNNo
DENVER, Colorado, December 31-At
midnight tonight Colorado goes dry,
in accordance with the mandate Of the
people, expressed at the polls on Nov
ember 8, 1914, when, by vote Of 1885,
$50 for statewide prohibition to 1lS,
OF against, Colorado joined the pro-
hibition States. With the going into
effect Of he>prohibition law at mid.
night fourteen breweries and more than
1900 saloons will close. -
This city was the only large center
Of population in the State to give a
majority against prohibition. m ...
The state legislature of 1918 enacted
legislation to enforce the prohibition
decree, the legislation being drastic in
its terms o. ...'
Law Sweeping And Drastic sr..
The law prohibits manufacture, sale,
or giving away of liquors, but provides
that liquor may be secured for sacra-
mental, private and medicinal use, un-
der certain restrictions. Purchasers for
sacramental purposes are required ia
pay an annual license fee of one dollar.
Physicians are permitted to issue only
numbered prescriptions which must
state the date and hour and specify the
malady of the patient. The prescrip,
tion must not call for more than four
ounces of liquor, is not valid after for
ty-eight hours and cannot be reflled
Wholesale druggists must pay an an
nual license Of 800 and retail druggists
five dollars, to handle intoxicants. Pri
vate consumers may receive hquoi
through common carriers, signing a re
ceipt in the form of an affidaVit show
ing the goods are for no other purpose
than medicinal or private CONSUMPTION
Each package mnst be labelled to In
dirate its contents and fee Is charge
to cover the cost OF fling record o.
deliveries with the secretary of stat,
required monthly Of railroads and quar-
ters of firms handling liquor.
Severe Penalties Attached
ViOlators are subject to severe pen
alties. First offenses are made mis-
demeanors carrying fines of 800 t.
$500 or Jail sentence of thirty day
to six months, or both. Second o
subsequent offenses within FIVE year
are made felony, punishable by
penitentiary sentence of from one Il
three years for an individual, or a fn
of 81 1000 to $4,000 for corporations
Officers refusing or neglecting to en-
force the law are subject to beinj
ousted from Office.
Advertising or soliciting intoxicating
liquor for sale is prohibited.
ANY building used for illegal,
handling liquor is subject to bein
closed by the courts. Liquor, or liquo
containers found on the property ar
to be held without property right
pending the decision Of the court.
OWL Action Also Figures
AS to civil liability, the law provide
that any person injured or whose prOI
erty or means Of support has suffere
at the hands of an intoxicated perso
shall have right of action against an
person or firm that illegally furnishe
the liquor.
In anticipation Of the final CLOSING
the saloons are doing a record busines
many persons buying wholesale supple
in view of the impending drough
Many of the saloons have already sol
out and closed their doors.
The ,prohibitionists are planning
! great celebration, when the clOsin
hour of the saloons and breweri'
sounds tonight.