Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1915 — “WETTEST” TOWN GOES “DRY.” [ARTICLE]

“WETTEST” TOWN GOES “DRY.”

Scenes of Revelry Mark Passing of Saloons at East Grand Forks, Minnesota. East Grand Forks, Minn., Nov. 24. —Beenes of revelry marked the passage last night of the thirty-three saloons of this city, known for years as the “wettest town in Minnesota. The liquor establishments were voted out in a recent county option election after being in existence since 1889. At one time there was one saloon to every forty-five inhabitants. Only a short bridge separates this town from Grand Forks, N. D. North Dakota has been “dry” since 1889.