Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — DISPENSARIES ABOLISHED [ARTICLE]

DISPENSARIES ABOLISHED

Oklahoma Prohibits Sale of Liquors for Medicinal Purposes. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 4.—Governor Haskell has Issued a proclamation declaring that the state dispensary system had been abolished by the vote at the recent election, which leaves Oklahamo without any lawful means to purchase liquors for medicinal purposes. Governor Haskell will leave to the courts the question whether or not the law permitting the sale of alcohol for scientific and industrial purposes was repealed.