Show OR ENDS REIGN IN STATE OF UTAH SALOONS AND LIQUOR HOUSES DISPOSE POSE OF STOCKS ON LAST DAY scenes of revelry as bars and cafes play host for last time hearty rejoicing of advocates of state wide prohibition salt lake city john barleycorn acorn was banished from utah at midnight on july 31 at least intoxicants can no longer be purchased over the bar and it remains to be seen whether the bootlegger will haie hae any success in supplying the populace with its his wares utah Is now in the dry column and the saloons ot of the state have been closed apparently tor for all time it was amid a strange strang ge i mixture of bacchanalian revelry hearty rejoicing and subdued regret utah stepped into the dry column at 12 tuesday night and formally bid goodbye good bye to king alcohol hearty rejoicing came from th those ose ft ali ho 0 1 hae a i e b battled a t tle d f for 0 r many yea years rs u under de t the li e e ermine r m 1 n e st n i d ard the orgy one such as salt lake at least has never witnessed was provided by john barleycorns Barley corns many hosts subdued regret came from those who have indulged his use with temperance in ili salt lake nil all saloons were crowded except such ns as sold out their stock early and these closed their doors before the final hour it was observed generally that men who have not frequented saloons in n years at least were out to ve them a final once over and it may be said above a whisper in a bw aw instances that men who never had tasted liquor gave the cup that cheers just a little visit tuesday night just en enough ough to bid a proper farewell well it Is said that many of the bartenders in salt lake who will go out of 0 the liquor bubl business ness with the beginning of prohibition in utah have already pooled in the purchase of alot a lot ot of farn farm land in san juan county they expect good profits from the venture some of the saloon proprietors said tuesday that they will give careful consideration to the future of 0 the alie soft drink and cabaret venture if they find no opportunity for investment in such enterprises they expect to go into the real estate business and to fullow follow innumerable new lines ol of business policemen who were scattered through the saloon district declared after midnight that the closing had been less riotous than expected although it there were instances where in 0 i r the he aca carnival anival spirit car ried celebrants too far arrests for intoxication were comparatively few in salt lake and in general the tall of the dying booze dragon was less violent than expected to the joyous pealing of church bells 0 agdens dens saloons were closed at 9 0 at night in some instances after police tired bartend ers hustled off to bed and the proprietors prie tors counted the swollen receipts receipt of the last day belief of some saloon keepers that thai they could violate the 9 0 closing the last night and escape prosecution was unfounded police were on oa the job when the southern pacific siren gave an all e extra long iong blast at 9 most saloon men declare they were glad that the hour hid had approached for their establishments had been mad houses for three days ind and were more inore noisy and crowded tuesday night although hundreds of drunks were thrust into the street when the clos log ing hour came disturbances were few ogden went dry comparatively cheerful the thousands who promenades promenaded the streets being hilariously good natured shortly after the closing hour s some ome of the former saloon owners had men at work tearing out partitions and moving bars preparatory to opening as soft drinks establishments and an d billiard hulls halls the largest crowd that ever turned out at any celebration or event in the history ot of bingham witnessed the passing of jolin john 1 and its ills kith and kin the thirty one saloons closed their doors at 10 p m in other towns in utah where saloons had been permitted to oper operate ate the closing day found the sa loon men g generally prepared for closing down their places of business |