La Junta tribune., 1916-02-05
WHAT PROHIBITION DOEs DO.
0esns u ~ Ihan0D IAa9 rsaAlAlt3oa
Has AlFsady Dsoaahe Aboat n
CoDoeaAe-Dsavee's Record.

0o0e ~ ~ TA11GD IAa9 rRoAlhot1oa
Has Alssady DroaGhs Aboat n
CascsaAs-Dsnves's Recsrd.
Prohibition may not prohibit ab-
solutely. and no reasonably sane
man ever expected that II would. but
the new law has already wrought
vondsrs In Dsaver even during the
short time that Il has bssa In force.
Our esteemed contemporary. the
Dsnvsr Post. the nswspaper With .
heart and soul. and dispenser Of coal
70 the freezing multitudss % . side
issue. admits, finally. that prohibi-
tion works IN Denver. II was .
strenuous advocate Of the vet cause
during the late unpleasantnses. and
prophesisd all kinds Of dire ealami-
ties that would happen to the capt.
tai city in the event Of the state 60
ing dry. After one months trial Of
prohibition In Deajee. the nswspa-
per with . heart and soul has seen .
great light. and % last Monday pre-
seated some stastlins fAets for the
edificatioa Of ~ readers. The ar
tiels vas givsa first paes prominence
with red ink scare head. and b -
follows:
AZ the cad Of the first month Of
prohibition. Deavss finds itself In .
bsttss way. not oaly morally but II
. business sense. Reports from The
leading department stores provo that
eolleetioas have bsea better than IN
many moaths. and that the volume
Of trade 10 isersasing st . remark
able rate. A large percsatass Of
thess collections are o. bllls that had
been claassd = ''hAA..
TIE telephone company has more
inssrumsah II service today tAss .
month ago. the gas company has
more patrons and the savings haabe
reports . large incrsass n tAe oume
bsr Of depositovs bssades heavy h.
ersesss in The total Of thsir 1sposles.
And al es thsss aesaesss aAnlt ~
prahihleise - ~ . Deesat aaAee
- 49, laeFseeq :. - : IN = i
~ Gas1no1 deeeG1ls = - fIse Ssla-
elpal saviaGs hanks anl ssusG 49,
paasss aaA tArss satjsasl bsaks hsv.
Ing saviags dspasemsats have h.
creased Ss7s.eoe siscs January let.
The numbsr Of asw dspesltoss Who
have opened nvisss accounts In
thsss hanks sisce January lst is sp-
proximately 3.eSo.
Bank cieastags for the moath Of
January are more shaa 100000
larger than the ciearing for January
Of last year. TIE total for this
month Il ss7.ee7.ses.ss. Clsariag
iass for January Of last year we're
sss.sss.7i7.ss. and In January.
1914. the ciesrings we're e37.37s.-
sss.oi.
Collections In Deavss department
stores broke oil records the first
moath Of beavers dry year. Noaey
which II previous yeass hes flowed
saeadily over tAs bass Of the city
were used this noash % seeaishtsa
~ Ioag evss.dus aecesnts end buy
thisss Which make families comfort
abls and hsppy.
u oae Store colleceieas n Jaauasy
1915. we're juse tvesty-seus ~ eat
bessee thaa Tor ~ so0e meath 1ase
ysar. TAis b . rseerd.tesakias ~.
ssssscs.
Muo1rs1s q leog- -evee1ue aesoonts
vses sesaightsasl % III asnsh -
aeeounes Whleh ~ huag ever tAels
ovnsss as1 l(nlts1 thsls ere1lt ~
yeass. department. sesse ~ ~.
Dsavse sossss vhSsh - whsoesale
bus1nsso ct thseogA ~ seats. ~
pest thae ~ nese 0aslse1 beoeele
q peshihleiea hss bssa y ~ sGlall.
q eevns anl nlslag ea0De - CO.
rale.
Deoostasot seese credit nss -.
Deee shas ~ have hun1re1s = -.
oooees ~ vese thsouD ct 8
vosk IN ~ sDes1ng - Deavevs
oo1ooos ~ ase olseoly GnOoeuo1 =
oooo oeAee ~ ee basoosaB. 1hel9
oso1o ~ ~ ~ ~ - Doovss.
49, - oo1gse. ~ ealy ono1
~ 80 - ~ tnye oose1 ~ g
~ ~.
~ peavus - - nlssesie lAoA1
oomoooV Cn1no1 uoDoev. v.ooog moouo
1og1ng 1hn1ngy. ~ l1ou1n1D
eoaaas SsasUesse - 9s11ougn
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