Local option election stirs Stevens county towns
Colville Port Colville Chewelah and Kettle Falls face a pivotal local option vote next Tuesday. The piece argues the law does not ban liquor sales but shifts control to licensing, with breweries and wholesalers able to operate without a license in no license areas. It cites state opinions and letters from R A Thayer and discusses broader national debates over prohibition versus regulated sale.
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Colville
Newport
Chewelah
Kettle Falls
Stevens County
Statesman Index
Liquor Administration
Spokane
Examiner
County Local Option League
Patterson
Tennessee
Colville brewery may deliver to residences under local option law
In Colville Washington J C Harrigan asks if the Colville brewery can make and deliver its products if the local option law passes. John Anderson replies the first proviso allows deliveries to residences not used as business or public resort in the manufacturer’s own conveyances. The second proviso permits manufacturing intoxicating liquor in a no license unit.
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House of Representatives
Olympia
Wash
J.C. Harrigan
Colville
Harrigan
John Anderson
Spokane Representative John Anderson Led the Drys
Spokane lawmaker John Anderson headed the drys in the last legislature and led efforts to push prohibition measures through the body.
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John Anderson
Spokane
Legal Opinion On Licenses And Beer Delivery In Colville
Spokane August 27 1909 Graves Kizer Graves lawyers state Colville vote against liquor licensing may allow a local brewery to produce beer and deliver in unbroken packages to private homes within town under the local option act Sec 18 Spokane wholesalers could also take orders for liquor delivery to Colville homes using their own transport or a common carrier The letter by Will G Graves confirms this interpretation.
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Spokane
Colville
Will G. Graves
Spokane Senator Graves Recognized as State Leading Attorney
Spokane lawmaker Senator Graves receives statewide recognition as a leading attorney. The award highlights his legal work and public service.
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Senator Graves
Spokane
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J. C. Harrigan
R. A. Thayer
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