Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1916 — How Farmington Fares Dry. [ARTICLE]

How Farmington Fares Dry.

For the benefit of those who might he anxious to know how Farmington is faring under the no-saloon plan, we will say we have about recovered from the effects of 45 years’ saloon domination. The last bootlegger has gone out of business, and the old soaks * * * have settled down to living pretty decent lives. Our city ‘ cop” hasn't seen a drunk for so long he is actually getting lonesome. There is not a bootlegger who is willing to run the risk of getting caught, and you couldn't get a drink of old rye in Farmington if you’d been swallowed by a boa constrictor. -Business is good and money is plentiful, and farm lands have advanced from $23/ to SSO an acre since the town went “dry” first four years ago. We lost a few old soaks who thought they couldn't get along without their drinks, but we have gained a lot of good farmers who have bought farms near Farmington and moved here, just because they wanted to get their boys in a country where there were no saloons. Several families have moved to Farmington and are living here now, and spending their money with our merchants, just because we have no saloons.— Farmington (.Minn.) Tribune.