Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1905 — WILLING TO TRY THE EXPERIMENT. [ARTICLE]

WILLING TO TRY THE EXPERIMENT.

Referring to the circulation and filing of the blanket remonstrance at Brook, the Reporter says: The cry of “dead town” has been raised heretofore every time a remonstrance was circulated and many did not sign for this reason, but the business men, after a careful study of the conditions of Fowler, Remington and other dry towns, voiced their sentiments by signing the remonstrance almost in a body. Brook means to try the experiment for two years at least and see if their judgment has been in error, and meanwhilethreats of a “cold storage, drug store, etc.” are being made, but it is safe to guess that these will be regulated by the parties who circulated the the petition The first saloon to come under the influence of the remonstrance is the Sawyer saloon, which license expires about September 3rd. The next is the Taylor saloon which holds license until the first of December. The Geeza saloon goes out in January, and the Wilson saloon in February.