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Show PROHIBITION WAVE HAS CLOSED MANY SALOONS According to tho preliminary report of the commissioner of Internal revenue for the year ending June 3, which has just been received In tho local revenue office, tho prohibition wave In tho United States has resulted In 7631 saloons being put out of business, and tho government has lost $100,788.74 In licenses from theso saloons. Tho total collections for tho district of Montana, which Includes Utah nnd Montana, Mon-tana, during tiro year amounted to $813.-385.05, $813.-385.05, and tho total collections for tho United States from ordinary sources amounted to ?2GS,768,230.98. The now corporation tax. this being the first year, amounted to $20.959.7S3.74. Tho increase in general collections for tho year over tho period ending Juno 3, 1909, amounted to 522.555,511.76. Tho Increase In-crease In whisky collections for the year amounted to 512.819.52G.56, and tho in-croaso in-croaso in beer collections amounted to $3,181,620.14. |