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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
3
City marshal E A Farrington testifies that local option in Eugene Lane county Oregon reduced liquor sales and drunkenness since March 1900s. He cites arrests data showing fewer intoxication incidents under local option compared with prior periods.
The piece notes shifting attitudes toward intoxication and prohibition from 1906 to 1908, citing evolving enforcement in Eugene and other cities. It highlights San Francisco and Kansas City as proofs that prohibition can coexist with urban prosperity and references wider international interest and church-led temperance efforts.
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