Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1911 — No Saloon for Wheatfield; Commissioners Refuse License. [ARTICLE]

No Saloon for Wheatfield; Commissioners Refuse License.

The county commissioners refused to grant a license for a saloon to George Tilton, the applicant from Wheatfleld township. Tilton made application after Wheatfleld voted “wet,” and it was expected there would be no doubt about the license being, granted after Judge Hanley had made his ruling in Newton county in favor of Ben Fogli, who was granted a license in Lincoln township notwithstanding the fact that there were less than 1,000 people in the township. The same condition existed at Wheatfleld, and George O. Stemble, Harry E. Remley, Frank M. Scott and Bertie VanDoozer had a remonstrance prepared against the granting of the license. Two paragraphs constituted tb6 remonstrance. The first set forth, that Tilton would not be the sole owner and proprietor of the saloon if granted the license. The second said that the granting of the license would be contrary to the order of the board of commissioners making 1,000 population the basis for a' saloon. The last clause is understood to have been tbe one that the commissioners heeded. Commissionr Pettit voted to grant the license, while Commissioners Denham and Stackhouse voted against the granting. It is probable that Tilton will appeal from the decision of the commissioners to the circuit court, hut it is aUto possible that he will be unable to get a hearing in the circuit court until the supreme court has ruled on the matter of the basis of population.