Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — Prohibition in Colorado. [ARTICLE]

Prohibition in Colorado.

W. J. Barker, vice-president and general manager of the Denver Gas and Electric Light company, has been in New York. In speaking about prohibition in Colorado, he said: The putting out of business of so many saloons was regarded as a serious matter at first, but by careful checking we have discovered that practically every place formerly run as a bar is now being used by some other business .and in many cases the consumption of gas and electric current is greater than under former j conditions. I was asked recently j why our current Sales were so large ; when there were no bars at night for the men to frequent. My guess was j that the men who formerly spent the J evening at the bars now stayed at j home, sat up late at night reading land drinking root beer and so more than made up for the heretofore legalized liquor consumption by maintaining the standard of demand for electric current. Denver lias never been so much alive. Buildings are going up on all available Sites, the banks report increases i n deposits and earnings and we expect this year one of the largest tourist seasons in our history.”—Wall Street Journal. > L / The roller jewel of a watch each day makes 4 32,000 impacts against the fork, or 157,680,000 in a year, or 3,153,000,000 in 20 years. A force of one-horse power would run watches.