Saloon Licenses Revoked in Gilman
Three saloon owners lose their licenses after refusing to pay increased fees, while a local man faces accusations of political interference.
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At a meeting of the town council of Gilman on Monday evening, the proprietors of three saloons who had refused to deposit the money for the raising of the license from $50 to $100 per month had their licenses revoked. Only four of the dealers paid the additional sum. The movement at Gilman was not without some public excitement. Mr. C. H. Farrell was threatened for the result of the council’s vote, having done nothing beyond having a poster printed with his name on it as a candidate for the council, though he says he had nothing to do with the trouble.
“The proprietors of three saloons who had refused to deposit the money... had their licenses revoked.”
This reflects the recurring friction between local governments and the liquor trade, a precursor to the intense dry-versus-wet battles that would consume Washington State leading up to Prohibition. Gilman, a coal-mining town near Issaquah, would eventually be absorbed into modern civic boundaries.
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