Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — Saloons Will Start Closing A[?]ter April of This Year [ARTICLE]

Saloons Will Start Closing A[?]ter April of This Year

Unless the legislature passes a bill granting the county commissioners the right to issue licenses for a term less than one year, all the saloonkeepers in Lake county with licenses dated after April Ist will be forced to close the doors of their establishments. Senator Kinder has introduced a bill of a year giving all a chance to operate until the “dry” bill takes effect on April 1, 1918, but should it fail in passage it will mean that at least onethird of the whole number in the county will cease to do business after the seventh of May. All of the licenses in Gary expire on that date, as well as many others, including most of the places at Cedar Lake. Those that follow each month will drop out, leaving the persons granted licenses in April of this year the last ones to do business, which will mean a harvest for the proprietors. The commissioners over the state have investigated the law and find that the statute is provided to meet the emergency that the saloons will pass out of existence very rapidly after May Ist.