The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-01-20
8,263, ,s93 PEOPLE
MARCHED INTO PROHIBITION
LAND ON JAN. |, 1916

Colorado. Washington. Oregon, Ar
kansas, Iowa, Idaho and South Caro-
lima.
The states In which prohibition laws
were in operation are Maine, Kansas,
Georgia. Mississippi. North Carolina.
North Dakota. Oklahoma, Tennessee,
West Virginia. Colorado. Arizona
Washington. Alabama. Arkansas. Iowa.
Idaho. South Carolina and oregon-ls.
In addition to this. the state Of vir-
ginla has voted In favor Of prohibi-
tion and laws VIII be passed By the
present favorable legislature TO be-
come effective November I. 1915.
ou September I. there were nine
prohibition states. Below we give de-
tailed history OF prohibition advance
since that date.
vIRGINIA-september %. 1914. vir-
ginia voted for statewide prohibition.
effective November /. 1916.
COLORADo-EovembeF 2. 1914.
Colombo voters adopted statewide
constitutional prohibition. effective
January !. 1916.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .. 1914. Ari-
zoaA voters adopted statewide con-
situtionai prohibition. effective Janu-
ary 1. 1915.
wASHINGToN-foyember 3. 1914.
Washington voters adopted statewide
constitutional prohibition. effective
January /. 1916.
OREGON-Sovember .. 1919. Ore
gon voted for prohibition: the law TO
become effective January /. 1916.
AI.ABAMA-JanuaU 81. 1915. the
legislature OF Alabama enacted a state
wida prohibition measure, effective
July l. 1916
ARKANSAS-Febru 8. 1915. the
legislature enacted state
wide prohibition Law. effective July J..
1915. but the law was later amended
to become effective January ]. 1916.
IowA--In February 1915. the Iowa
legislature voted to submit to the peo-
pla constitutional statewide prohi-
bition amendment, TO be voted on at
the general election in 1917. provided
the legislature OF 1917 ratihes. pro-
to become effective January
!. 1918, Then the legislature repealed
the Muict law. effective January /.
1915. thereby making Iowa dry under
statute after that date.
IDAHo-in February. 1915. the Ida
no legislature passed q statutory pro-
hIbition Law. making the state dry
January J.. 1916 il also voted to sub
NIT to popular vote. TO be taken at the
in November. 1916. the ques-
tion OF constitutional amendment, ef-
fective January ]. 1917.
MoNTASA-In February. 1915. the
Montana legislature voted to submit
to the people at the November. 1916.
statutory measure. which. II
adopted. makes Montana a prohibition
state December 81. 1915.
SOUTH CARoLISA-on septemser
IL. 1915. South Carolina voted for
prohibition by 4i.7ss votes
to l6.soe. The law becomes effective
December u. 1915.
NEW JERSEy--In March ?. 1915.
the state Of New Jersey passed a bill
to municipalities the right to
vote on the liquor qestion.
UTAH-In March. 1915. the legisla-
,rrc OF Utah passed the wootten bill
providing statutory prohibition for
Utsb after June /, 1915. The bill was
vetoed by the governor after holding
for many days. The sentiment Of the
state very strongly disapproved the
veto
vERMoST-;n February. 1915. the
Vermont legislature voted to submit
to popular vote on March I. 1916. the
question. OF statutory prohibition to go
into effect May l. 1915. !.
MISNEsoTA-ou February IS. 1915.
the legislature OF Minnesota passed a
option Law. effective Immediate
ly. Cnder this law, fifty-six county
elections were held In eight months.
Forty-nve were dry victories.
SOUTH DAKOrA--on March 2.
1915. the legislature OF South Dakota
voted to submit to popular vote at
the election in November. 1916. con-
amendment. effective Janu-
ary I. 1917.
y FLORIDA the spring OF 1915 tho
Legislature passed the Davis package
law. abolishing the treating system
and free lunch. closing saloons at p.
m. until Z a. m. and imposing other
SO drastic that the char
acter OF the saloon in Florida is totally