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VOTE IN STATE ON ; LICENSE QUESTION♦ELECTION RESULTS IN LARGER WISCONSIN CITIES RETAINING SALOONS.IMPORTANT GAINS BY DRYS•Tuesday's Election Bars Liquor From An Increased Area—Sixty-three Cities Go Wet ana DrysWin Forty-one.Milwaukee, April 7. — Although the drys failed to dislodge the wets in the more important cities in Wisconsin where there were contests, Tuesday's election added a number of smaller cities and villages to the state’s dry territory.The most spectacular fight was at Superior, where wets won out by a margin of only 127 votes in a total of 6,571. At Madison the wets came through with a margin of 301, despite the hottest campaign of years to put the state’s capital city in theNOBous wards and for a time threatened to entirely wipe out the two to one victory of the wets of six years ago. The proposed $75,000 bond issue for a municipal auditorium was approved.Wets and drys appear to have divided honors at the polls in northern Wisconsin towns and cities, victories appearing to balance defeats for each. Bayfield, which has been wet for sixty years, went dry by a bare majority of thirty-seven votes.Washburn, which has been dry a year, remained in the dry column by 21 votes. Iron River remained wet by 27. Turtle Lake voted out four saloons, 97 to 47. Almena went wet by 4 7 majority and Clayton dry by 1. For the fifth year in succession Cable voted dry, 68 to 35. Ladysmith voted out saloons by 4 majority, wets getting 293 and drys 297. Grandview went dry by 11 majority. Haugen remained wet by 93 to 76. Hay-wrard City's first election favored saloons, the town of Hayward going dry. New Richmond voted 282 to 185 to return to saloons. Spooner voted wet, 283 to 119. Ashland voted to remain wet. Lake Nebaga-mon remains wet and South Range goes dry.State Circuit Result Close.Milwaukee, April 7.—With only partial returns available indications are Francis J. Rooney of Appleton has been elected judge of the Tenth Pirnnif pourt nnrt that. Clinton G.KaiserTRIUMPDecisionWashDrWashin agree to 000 as da the Ame Frye by Eltel Frie Informs Washingt The form purpose \ govemme two.The au relief whlt; expect frlt; They fee
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Wabeno Northern Wisconsin Advertiser
Wabeno, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Apr 09, 1915
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