The granting of two liquor licenses in Wheatland and the discontinuance of all in Hartville and Guernsey continues to cause controversy.
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The granting of two liquor licenses in Wheatland and the discontinuance of all in Hartville and Guernsey continues to cause controversy. In a tongue-in-cheek letter from Mr. W.R. West, he commends Wheatland for keeping open their saloons knowing how much profit is at stake.“It amazes me what the officials of CF&I were thinking about when they requested the discontinuance of saloons in order to increase the efficiency of their men. They must be mutt heads.” Now the tired miners, the professional gamblers and the class of people who frequent such places will be forced to drive to Wheatland where it will be possible for them to help the bars to thrive. “Is it not fair and just to the people of Hartville and Guernsey to deny them saloons without being just as fair to Whealtand?” Mr. Ayers has written again to say that drinking men don’t want a saloon in Wheatland either. “Drinking men told me they would often go to town with the firm intention not to go near a saloon, but would meet some friend whose urgent invitation to take ‘just one drink’ could not be refused and the result would be several drinks, a lot of money spent, time wasted, and the family doing without the things they needed.”
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