El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-13

IN obedience to the new "ten mile
/ zone" liquor law Of Texas, some
thing like $50 dispensers Of intoxicat-
ing beverages in FL Paso and its
suburbs viii lock out the thirsty
Monday night at 1880 o'clock, new
time, check up the cash registers.
wipe off the shiny bars, put out the
cats and maybe a few bipeds who
have absorbed a wee bit too much in
the last hours Of the reign Of king
alcohol in this community. and get
ready for turning over the fresh leaf
the following morning-the day be-
fore Liberty day, when secretary Nc
Adoo comes and The street fair be
No Wait For state Wide.
Other cities in Texas, where there
are no soldiers or sailors training,
may not close their saloons until the
state wide law becomes effective at
the end Of June, but FL PasO VIII
dry up Monday night, and prohlnl-
tiOnists ana many who are not for
that matter, say saloons never viii
be re0pened here again.
For the past several weeks there
has been visible activity on the part
of wholesalers and retailers Of LIQUORS
and beers to reduce their stocks 1t
is believed there viii be no great
quantities on hand, even by whole
salers. saloons have disposed Of most
Of their shelf goods, several Of them
conducting sacrifice sales
Breweries Offer Soft Drinks.
None Of the local breWeries or local
agents Of OutoftoWn breweries VIII
discontinue business entirely, every
one having a special soft drink TO pro-
mote. In fact, it is said that large
Dallas brewery is planning to make
FL Paso a general agency for the dis
tributiOn Of its particular brand
The Burt Ramsey company plans 70
move to Las Cruces, where the joy
producing liquids may be dispensed
until October Is.
The Lion grocery and liquor house
has been selling out Its liquor stock
for some time and VIII devote its time
entirely TO groceries.
Houck & Dieter, one Of the Oldest
wholesale liquor houses in the city,
viii discontinue its establishment on
san Francisco street. but viii con-
tinue the manu1acIure OF SOFT e1Ier-
vesceut drinks The san Francisco
store VIII be occupied by the Field
Parker company with a line OF uptO-
date office furniture.
Jack Keevil. Stanton and Missouri,
VIII convert his bar into delicates-
CITY REFUNDS Nearly $4,000.
The closing Of saloons VIII mean
that the city treasury must disburse
nearly $4,000 in liquor and beer IL
ceuse refunds On the former the
amount VIII be S77sS.04 and on the
latter. S383-74-
The Hotel Sheldon bar viii be a soft
drink place, according to r. Burt Orn-
dorff. The bar viii be maintained as
before. only instead Of highballs,
dubene cocktails and Mumm's extra
dry there viii be dispensed the sew
eral cOlored varieties Of liquids that
10 not intoXicare.
Big sale In Family Stores.
There was a big rush on All the
family liquor stores Of Fl Paso on
Friday and Saturday, but the liquor
1ealers look for the biggest rush OF
all on Monday, the last wet day IN
81 Paso. Prices on all booze have
been slashed in an effort TO get rio |
Of the stocks One firm dealing IN
bottled goods reports total sales OF
over $4,000 in the past two weeks
Temperance Beer Arriving
That there viii not be many vacant
stores left by the saloons is evident
BIZ the near beer manufacturers ]
Sveral carloads Of Temperance beer (
have reacred here in the past few
days and many Of the present saloons /
plan TO continue with temperance Z
thinks.
The Hotel Zeiger viii go into the I
restaurant business and the grill OF
that hosiery VIII open Sunday as I
regular cafe, serving regular popular |
prices.
Country Club Has Auction.
Friday night an auction sale at the j
q Paso Country club cleaned out