Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1911 — NO SALOONS IN RENSSELAER FIRST WARD FOR TWO YEARS. [ARTICLE]

NO SALOONS IN RENSSELAER FIRST WARD FOR TWO YEARS.

Remonstrance,Filed with Auditor that Will Keep Saloons From Ward That Harbored Them. There will be no saloons in the first ward of Rensselaer for the next two years. A remonstrance was circulat ;d among the voters of tnac ward during the fast few days and filed Friday.

The remonstrance contains 112 names. There were 191 votes cast for mayor in the first ward at the election held in 1909, and the required number of signatures to defeat saloons in that ward would be 96. There are, therefore, 16 more names on the lemonstrance than would be necessary to win for the temperance cause. There would probably be no difficulty in seouring enough names in the second and third wards. A successful remonstrance was also filed from Keener township, in which the town of DeMotte is located.