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2 stories matching unit
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- A Dry County, a Thirsty Town, and the January 1st Loophole
Ione voted on whether to license saloons weeks after the county unit went dry. The Anti-Saloon League's superintendent said the law forbade it — and produced out-of-state precedents to prove the town had to stay closed until 1911.
- Ione Wants to Incorporate — Unless the Sawmill Has to Join
Residents pushed for town incorporation, but the Panhandle Lumber Co. and neighboring landowners balked at being included; the saloon question hovered over the whole fight.