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Show COLOMBO'S B "BONE DRY" LI SIGHED BY GOV.; DENVER. Colo., Dec. 16 Colorados J "bono dry" law was signed by the . governor today. While the executive I was affixing his signature Jong lines j of citizons assembled at the exprossj company's offices hero to secure their! liquor shipments from adjoining states before midnight tonight when the law is effective. Tho express company estimated It had S.000 packages on hand and would be able to deliver all but five thousand. The latter, it Is believed, will be confiscated. The "bone dry" law adopted at the November elections will supplant the so-called Horton law which allowed, importation of two quarts of whiskey or twenty-four quarts of beer to the. individual once a month for medicinal and sacramental purposes. Under the old law permits were issued for the importation. Signing of the new law was held up by Secretary of State Noland who refused re-fused to certify the elections returns until today, taking the stand that approximately ap-proximately 20,000 persons who had bought permits should be given time to get their shipments. |