Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1911 — GOODLAND GOES “WET” [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND GOES “WET”

By Five Majority, But Kentland Votes “Dry” By 22 In Tuesday’s Elections. Tuesday’s local option elections were replete with surprises. Benton county entire voted dry, as did Jefferson tp., and the town of Kentland in Newton county, but Goodland and Grant tp., voted wet by a majority of five and will have two saloons. Kentland’s dry majority was 22. It was thought by many that Kentland would vote wet and Goodland dry, but the reverse was true.

With the rest of Newton, all ■of Benton, Jasper and White counties dry, it is thought by many that the return of saloons to Goodland will be a great business bringer for that town. Columbia City, Dunkirk, Elkhart, Goshen, Greenfield, Greensburg, Princeton and Washington also voted “wet” Tuesday, while Sheridan and Bloomfield voted “dry.” Four townships in Parke county voted wet. Hartford tp., Adams county; Perry tp., Allen county; Crawfordsville, Ladoga, New Richmond and Wingate, Montgomery county voted “dry” Wednesday to Smith tp., Whitley county, “wet.”