Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — EXTENDING DRY TERRITORY. [ARTICLE]

EXTENDING DRY TERRITORY.

Five More Countte§, Climb On the Water Wagon This Week. In the local option elections held in Indiana this week, Benton, Oreene and Montgomery counties voted dry Tuesday by majorities of 882, 2,641 and 2,746, respectively, putting out 55 saloons, 29 in Oreene, 22 in Montgomery and 5 in Benton. In Benton county, Parish Grove township, which has been the only oasis in that county for several years, the dry majority was 14. Two precincts in Benton voted wet, but every township returned a majority for the drys. Ohio, the-smallest county in the state, voted Wednesday and gave a dry majority of 32. Only about 1,100 votes were cast there. There are four saloons in Ohio county. Elkhart and Orange counties both voted dry Thursday, Elkhart by 877 and Orange by 677. Forty-five saloons will be put out of business in Elkhart county, but Orange was dry by remonstrance. This makes a total of 38 counties that have so far voted dry. Several more counties will vote next week, and many more in April.