Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1907 — Nearly 1000 Saloons Closed. [ARTICLE]

Nearly 1000 Saloons Closed.

In supp-ut of the theory that the saloon evil is gradually K*iug overcome in Indiana. Rev. E. Shu maker of South Bend, superiuten-dent-elect of the Indiana Anti Saloon league, has complied stasis tics showing a total ot 710 dry townships in Indiana with a total population of 1,04 wards with a population of 103,250 and 24 districts with a population 0f94,800, making the total 787 for the dry townships, wards aud districts and the total population represented 1,224.375 after deducting 15,000 for overlapping territory. Mr. Shumaker figures that 338 townships are dry without any known remou stranee, and they have a total population of >67.642; that 62 townships with a population of 98,156, were made dry by the remonstrance under the icholson law and that 310 townships were made dry by remonstrance under the Moore Law, the population of which is 575,527. In the cities Mr. Shumaker’s statistics credit the Nicholson law with five dry wards with a population of 62,950. Without any known remonstrances 23 wards having a population of 30,600 are dry. In addition 24 distric s with a popula tion of 74,800 were made dry thru action of city councils. Since May 1, 1905, 904 saloons were either closed or prevented from operating after deducting 38 from the totals for ] laces that were twice remonstrated against. Of this number, 797 were closed by township remonstrance; 90 by city ward and 55 by residence district remon stranee. Mr. Shumaker figures there are 306 wet townships in the state.