The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-23
DENVER AS A DRY TOWN
BY ALvA A. SWAIN

-. = W NV
courteo sly; there is better air NOR
ally around the city: the places where
crime was formerly Matched are gone.
and the city is better of in every way
so far as its police department and its
work is ct neernei. am not answer
ing the question as to what brought
this changed condition. | am only
stating the facts that exist. Just take
a walk down Larimer street and see
il you can run into the old familiar
figures that used to hang around that
end OF the city. You will find that the
place is deserted so far as buns and
Ioafers are concerned. The people
who freguent Iarimer street now are
people who have business there.
Again. the late hour fellow is
thing of the past After 70 O'Clock you
could shoot gun down Sixteenth
street and not hit anyone who did not
have legitimate business on the street
Il think one of the most notable
changes has come in the public dane
ing places. Previous to the adoption
of prohibition drunken couple would
go to some one OF these places, cause
disturbance. get thrown out and
bring disrepute ON the place Also
couple would go dance a while, 90 get
drink. dance again and then go get
another drink. They did not know
whether they were dancing to drink or
drinking to dance. Now. they merely
dance without the drink and it don't
take them long to get all they want of
it You know il takes very little dane
ing to SATISFY the averare couple in
one OF these pubIic dancing places
II there isn't drink thrown in be-
tween. We don't have SO many appli-
cations for after midnight dances nov
that the town is dry. The whole thing
tends TO sober living. Take for in
stance the question of lunch or din
ner- II was usually the case that a
meal was started with a highta and
washed down with a glass of beer
Now the meal is eaten without either
And. do you know some OF these fel-
lows are beginning to realize the taste
OF food and enjoy it, Previously all
they tasted was the chaser and the
beer. Perhaps the police department
is better satisfied over the fact that
there are no more saloon brawls and
fist hEhts. Practically every fist fight
since ] have been sherin started in
a saloon. II was always a dangerous
place to get into. Now that the sa-
looms are gone the fist fights and the
brawls are over with.
You may say for me that Denver
is obeying the prohibition law and
that it is teing enforced. The only
opposition find to the law comes from
the fellows we catch selling it and
the fellows who wolld like to sell it.
the rest of the people are unan ,mously
for it. Judge wrisht is doing good
work in the court. At first l thought
his sentences were little light. hut
he is beginning to stifen up on them
and his sentences will have a ten
deney to put stop to it. With the
police department capturing every vi
olator Of the law possible and the Judge
handing them good sentences half of
the battle is over. It is not the smart
fellow who is attempting to violate
the liquor law in Denver. 1t is the
thick headed hiunderhus and it is only
a matter OF time until we get them
all. They might as well write on their
looking glass the scripturai quotation,
Be sure your sins will find you out
for they will, I want TO say that ev.
cry officer is doing his duty and If the
people of Denver will cooperate to
help enforce this. law they will find