Show SCORE ONE FOR THE DRYS first local option election in idaho results in disaster for fop saloon men balse idaho the first election in idaho un dorthe under the provisions of the local option law passed by the last session of the legislature was held in canyon county on wednesday it resulted in the county going dry by a vote of to 1308 three to one under the law the county will go on a prohibition basis at the expiration of three months unless the operation of the act shall be stopped by legal proceedings ce there was a marked falling off in the vote both from the registration for the special election and from the vote last tall fall of the twenty five precincts in the county twenty three voted dry the two exceptions being nampa precincts nampa as a town voted wet by a margin of twenty votes and was the only town in the county to record a majority vote against pro prohibition hibl caldis Ilithe county seat seato went dry by a majority of out but of votes cast nampa cast the heaviest vote of any town in the county 1054 out of a registration of 2177 payette gave a majority of for the drys out of votes cast and only about half of the registration was represented in the vote the country precincts voted stronger for a dry county than those in the towns idaho idabo county which has the distinction of being the largest county in the united states also voted dry under the new local option lawn law |