Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-14 | Page 1 | Texas Loses Last Saloon; Owner Fined

a. a I r J Texas eX s Loses Last Saloon Owner Fined I EL P PASO Tex Peb Feb 13 It It cost John Ford Po-d and costs and three days in jail to operate his little rough board saloon at Vinton Tex near the New Mexico o line in violation of state prohibition Late today Ford pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally conducting a saloon and accepted sentence He also als agreed to remove his is stock of liquors from Vinton to Juarez Juare The Tho plea of guilty followed a decision of the state court of appeals yesterday upholding the Texas prohibition law I Fords Ford's saloon was the only I one in Texas and ho he had boasted boasted boast boast- ed that it was the only ono one in Arizona New Mexico or Texas I Ho He was was' forced to close the place I three times before her hc agreed to close it permanently I. I