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AUGUST 27, 1909

IDAHO COUNTIES GO DRY – First Local Option Election In State Proves Disastrous To Saloons

BOISE, IDAHO, Aug. 26 – Idaho County, Idaho, voted “dry” yesterday under the local option law.  Canyon County also voted out saloons by a majority of 1,850.  These were the first local option elections in the State.

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