Two years ago the secretary of state collected
statistics relating to the operation of the mulct law during the year ending
September 30, 1906, and published the same in the 1907-8 issue of the Official
Register. The material published at that time was so generally received as
giving complete and authentic information relative to the extent of the sale of
intoxicants in the state that it was deemed advisable to again collect
information along this line for publication in the 1909-10 Official Register.
Accordingly blanks were sent to the county treasurers requesting them to furnish
the secretary of state the following information; the names of all cities, towns
and townships in their country in which there were saloons in operation under
the provisions of the mulct law on September 30, 1908, the number of saloons in
each of said cities, towns and townships, the total amount of mulct tax
collected by them during the year beginning October 1, 1907, and ending
September 30, 1908. To this request replies were received from all the county
treasurers in the state.
The treasurer of each city or town, which had been
reported by the county treasurer, was then asked to report the amount of tax
paid by each saloon in such city or town and also to report the total amount of
city tax collected from all the saloons in such city or town during the year
ending September 30, 1908, not including in such total any of the tax the city
or town received from the county treasurer as its share of the six hundred
dollar tax collected by the county. Replies were received from the treasurers of
all the cities and towns.
All of the above information requested was a duplicate
of the information collected by the secretary of state in 1906 and published in
the 1907-8 Official Register.
From the returns collected it is shown that on
September 30, 1908, there were forty counties, forty townships and two hundred
twenty-four cities and towns in which saloons were operating under the mulct
law; the returns in 1906 showed that on September 30th there were forty-three
counties, fifty-one townships and two hundred forty-two cities and towns in
which the law was in operation. On September 30, 1908, there were 1,612 saloons
in operation in the state, while on the same date in 1906 there were 1770. The
counties during the year beginning October 1, 1907, and ending September 30,
1908, collected as mulct tax $993,956.71; for the same period in 1906 there was
collected $1,097,052.52.
The returns from the cities and towns show that for the
year ending September 30, 1908, there was collected by the cities and towns as
city tax under the mulct law, $383,090.74; in 1906 for the same period the
cities and towns collected $377,092.68. The average tax paid by each saloon on
September 30, 1908 there were sixty cities and towns which did not collect any
tax other than that required by law; in 1906 there were seventy-six cities and
towns which collected no additional tax.
The auditor of state collected certain statistics
relative to the mulct law in 1899. From his report made at that time it is shown
that on July 1, 1899, were 1530 saloons in the state on that date and the
average tax paid by the saloons was $864.45
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TABLE NO. 1
Showing the counties of the state
having the mulct law in operation, the number of cities, towns and townships in
each of the said counties operating under the provisions of the law, the total
number of saloons in each county on September 30, 1908, and the total amount
collected by each county as mulct tax during the year ending September 30, 1908.
| Counties |
No. of
Cities and Towns |
No. of
Townships |
No. of
Saloons in County |
Amount
collected by County |
| Allamakee |
5 |
|
16 |
4960.00 |
| Black Hawk |
1 |
|
26 |
15,600.00 |
| Boone |
1 |
|
11 |
6,600.00 |
| Bremer |
6 |
|
21 |
12,750.00 |
| Buchanan |
2 |
|
7 |
8,227.79 |
| Carroll |
10 |
2 |
34 |
20,613.00 |
| Chickasaw |
7 |
|
20 |
12,000.00 |
| Clayton |
15 |
2 |
40 |
24,500.00 |
| Clinton |
10 |
6 |
104 |
64,200.00 |
| Crawford |
12 |
2 |
31 |
19,050.00 |
| Des Moines |
2 |
|
73 |
26,670.61 |
| Dickinson |
5 |
|
6 |
3,150.00 |
| Dubuque |
9 |
9 |
173 |
102,895.64 |
| Fayette |
1 |
|
7 |
4,987.70 |
| * Grundy |
|
|
|
4,950.00 |
| Harrison |
1 |
|
3 |
1,800.00 |
| Ida |
5 |
|
12 |
3,900.00 |
| Jackson |
10 |
5 |
40 |
23,700.00 |
| Johnson |
5 |
1 |
30 |
35,127.73 |
| Jones |
3 |
|
16 |
9,600.00 |
| Keokuk |
1 |
|
6 |
3,600.00 |
| Lee |
7 |
1 |
78 |
31,759.70 |
| Linn |
1 |
|
63 |
57,961.73 |
| Lyon |
7 |
|
16 |
9,600.00 |
| Mahaska |
1 |
|
21 |
12,750.00 |
| Marion |
1 |
|
3 |
1,800.00 |
| Marhsall |
1 |
|
21 |
13,200.00 |
| Monona |
6 |
|
11 |
7,283.35 |
| O'Brien |
9 |
|
18 |
10,800.00 |
| Osceola |
5 |
|
9 |
5,400.00 |
| Palo Alto |
8 |
|
16 |
10,380.00 |
| Plymouth |
7 |
|
30 |
19,115.00 |
| Polk |
2 |
|
116 |
84,900.00 |
| Potttawattamie |
9 |
2 |
84 |
51,015.20 |
| Scott |
8 |
9 |
211 |
139,706.50 |
| Sioux |
12 |
|
24 |
15,931.50 |
| Union |
1 |
|
32 |
19,200.00 |
| Wapello |
10 |
1 |
34 |
19.178.88 |
| Webster |
10 |
1 |
34 |
19,178.88 |
| Winneshiek |
7 |
|
26 |
7,725.00 |
| Woodbury |
10 |
|
113 |
64,227.38 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
224 |
40 |
1,612 |
993,956.71 |
* Grundy County has no saloons in
operation under the mulct law on September 30, 1908.
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TABLE NO. 2
Showing the cities and towns in the
state having the mulct law in operation September 30, 1908, the number of
saloons in each, the tax imposed on each saloon (state and municipal) and the
total amount collected by each city and town (not including tax paid by county
treasurer) during the year ending September 30, 1908.
| Cities or Towns |
Counties |
No. of Saloons |
Total Tax |
Amount Collected |
| Akron |
Plymouth |
2 |
1,000 |
800.00 |
| Alta Vista |
Chickasaw |
2 |
840.00 |
360.00 |
| Alton |
Sioux |
6 |
600.00 |
|
| Alvord |
Lyon |
2 |
900.00 |
600.00 |
| Anamosa |
Jones |
5 |
1,000.00 |
1,800.00 |
| Andrew |
Jackson |
1 |
700.00 |
100.00 |
| Anthon |
Woodlbury |
2 |
900.00 |
600.00 |
| Arcadia |
Carroll |
2 |
840.00 |
480.00 |
| Archer |
O'Brien |
1 |
800.00 |
200.00 |
| Arion |
Crawford |
1 |
750.00 |
150.00 |
| Arnold's Park |
Dickinson |
1 |
1,680.00 |
630.00 |
| Arthur |
Ida |
1 |
1,000.00 |
400.00 |
| Ashton |
Osceola |
2 |
1,000.00 |
800.00 |
| Avoca |
Pottawattamie |
5 |
900.00 |
1,500.00 |
| Ayrshire |
Palo Alto |
1 |
1,400.00 |
800.00 |
| Baldwin |
Jackson |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Barnum |
Webster |
1 |
1,020.00 |
420.00 |
| Battle Creek |
Ida |
1 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Bellevue |
Jackson |
10 |
600.00 |
|
| Bentley |
Pottawattamie |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Bernard |
Dubuque |
3 |
600.00 |
|
| Bettendorf |
Scott |
2 |
600.00 |
110.00 |
| Blue Grass |
Scott |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Boone |
Boone |
11 |
1,300.00 |
7,700.00 |
| Boyden |
Sioux |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Breda |
Carroll |
3 |
720.00 |
360.00 |
| Buck Grove |
Crawford |
1 |
750.00 |
150.00 |
| Buffalo |
Scott |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Burlington |
Des Moines |
71 |
600.00 |
|
| Calamus |
Clinton |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Callendar |
Webster |
1 |
1,200.00 |
600.00 |
| Calmar |
Winneshiek |
2 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Calumet |
O'Brien |
2 |
650.00 |
100.00 |
| Carroll |
Carroll |
9 |
780.00 |
1,800.00 |
| Cascade |
Dubuque |
9 |
625.00 |
225.00 |
| Castalia |
Winneshiek |
1 |
640.00 |
40.00 |
| Cedar Rapids |
Linn |
63 |
1,000.00 |
28,433.33 |
| Charlotte |
Clinton |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Charter Oak |
Crawford |
4 |
840.00 |
960.00 |
| Chatsworth |
Sioux |
1 |
690.75 |
90.00 |
| Clare |
Webster |
3 |
612.00 |
36.00 |
| Clayton |
Clayton |
2 |
720.00 |
150.00 |
| Clinton |
Clinton |
66 |
800.00 |
11,516.67 |
| Coon Rapids |
Carroll |
2 |
1,400.00 |
1,600.00 |
| Correctionville |
Woodbury |
3 |
1,000.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Council Bluffs |
Pottawattamie |
56 |
925.20 |
18,915.80 |
| Creston |
Union |
10 |
1,500.00 |
9,000.00 |
| Curlew |
Palo Alto |
1 |
800.00 |
200.00 |
| Cushing |
Woodbury |
1 |
1,200.00 |
600.00 |
| Cylinder |
Palo Alto |
1 |
700.00 |
100.00 |
| Danbury |
Woodbury |
2 |
900.00 |
600.00 |
| Davenport |
Scott |
170 |
610.00 |
1,670.00 |
| Dayton |
Webster |
1 |
1,800.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Decorah |
Winneshiek |
13 |
800.00 |
2,600.00 |
| Dedham |
Carroll |
1 |
1,700.00 |
1,100.00 |
| Delmar |
Clinton |
1 |
1,100.00 |
500.00 |
| Deloit |
Crawford |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Denison |
Crawford |
5 |
900.00 |
1,500.00 |
| Denver |
Bremer |
2 |
1,050.00 |
450.00 |
| Des Moines |
Polk |
113 |
1,200.00 |
63,554.59 |
| DeWitt |
Clinton |
8 |
660.00 |
480.00 |
| Donnellson |
Lee |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Doon |
Lyon |
2 |
1,000.00 |
800.00 |
| Dow City |
Crawford |
1 |
1,220.00 |
620.00 |
| Dubuque |
Dubuque |
116 |
600.00 |
|
| Duncombe |
Webster |
2 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Dyersville |
Dubuque |
12 |
612.00 |
144.00 |
| Elkader |
Clayton |
5 |
600.00 |
|
| Eldridge |
Scott |
3 |
680.00 |
200.00 |
| Elkport |
Clayton |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Emmetsburg |
Palo Alto |
6 |
1,000.00 |
2,400.00 |
| Farley |
Dubuque |
2 |
750.00 |
300.00 |
| Farmersburg |
Clayton |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Ft. Atkinson |
Winneshiek |
2 |
620.00 |
40.00 |
| Ft. Dodge |
Webster |
19 |
1,200.00 |
10,200.00 |
| Ft. Madison |
Lee |
27 |
600.00 |
|
| Franklin |
Lee |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Fredericksburg |
Chickasaw |
2 |
1,080.00 |
960.00 |
| Frederika |
Bremer |
1 |
2,200.00 |
1,600.00 |
| Galva |
Ida |
1 |
2,200.00 |
1,600.00 |
| Garber |
Clayton |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Garnavillo |
Clayton |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| George |
Lyon |
2 |
800.00 |
400.00 |
| Gowrie |
Webster |
1 |
1,800.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Graettinger |
Palo Alto |
2 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Grand Mound |
Clinton |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Granville |
Sioux |
4 |
700.00 |
400.00 |
| Green Island |
Jackson |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Guttenberg |
Clayton |
9 |
600.00 |
|
| Halbur |
Carroll |
2 |
765.00 |
330.00 |
| Harpers Ferry |
Allamakee |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Harris |
Osceola |
1 |
1,000.00 |
400.00 |
| Hartley |
O'Brien |
2 |
1,000.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Hawarden |
Sioux |
3 |
1,400.00 |
2,400.00 |
| Hills |
Johnson |
2 |
1,200.00 |
1,050.00 |
| Holstein |
Ida |
5 |
1,000.00 |
2,200.00 |
| Holy Cross |
Dubuque |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Hornick |
Woodbury |
2 |
720.00 |
240.00 |
| Hospers |
Sioux |
2 |
720.00 |
240.00 |
| Hull |
Sioux |
1 |
1,000.00 |
400.00 |
| Ida Grove |
Ida |
3 |
1,200.00 |
1,800.00 |
| Independence |
Buchanan |
6 |
800.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Ionia |
Chickasaw |
1 |
1,000.00 |
400.00 |
| Iowa City |
Johnson |
17 |
1,000.00 |
8,000.00 |
| Ireton |
Sioux |
1 |
1,000.00 |
700.00 |
| Jackson Junction |
Winneshiek |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Keokuk |
Lee |
41 |
700.00 |
4,200.00 |
| Kingsley |
Plymouth |
2 |
1,380.00 |
1,560.00 |
| Kiron |
Crawford |
1 |
1,000.00 |
400.00 |
| Lake Park |
Dickinson |
1 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Lamont |
Buchanan |
1 |
1,200.00 |
325.00 |
| Lamotte |
Jackson |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Lanesboro |
Carroll |
1 |
1,100.00 |
500.00 |
| Lansing |
Allamakee |
5 |
800.00 |
1,000.00 |
| Larchwood |
Lyon |
2 |
1,000.00 |
800.00 |
| Lawler |
Chickasaw |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Le Claire |
Scott |
3 |
1,000.00 |
1,032.75 |
| Lehigh |
Webster |
3 |
1,000.00 |
1,032.75 |
| Le Mars |
Plymouth |
12 |
800.00 |
2,400.00 |
| Lester |
Lyon |
3 |
900.00 |
900.00 |
| Lidderdale |
Carroll |
1 |
800.00 |
200.00 |
| Litteport |
Clayton |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Little Rock |
Lyon |
2 |
1,000.00 |
800.00 |
| Lone Tree |
Johnson |
3 |
1,200.00 |
1,800.00 |
| Lost Nation |
Clinton |
3 |
600.00 |
|
| Low Moor |
Clinton |
1 |
750.00 |
150.00 |
| McClelland |
Pottawattamie |
2 |
900.00 |
560.00 |
| McGregor |
Clayton |
3 |
612.00 |
36.00 |
| Mallard |
Palo Alto |
1 |
900.00 |
525.00 |
| Manilla |
Crawford |
3 |
1,350.00 |
2,250.00 |
| Manning |
Carroll |
8 |
700.00 |
800.00 |
| Mapleton |
Monona |
2 |
1,500.00 |
1,800.00 |
| Marshalltown |
Marshall |
21 |
1,000.00 |
8,400.00 |
| Maquoketa |
Jackson |
10 |
600.00 |
|
| Matlock |
Sioux |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Maurice |
Sioux |
1 |
700.00 |
100.00 |
| Melvin |
Osceola |
2 |
1,000.00 |
800.00 |
| Merrill |
Plymouth |
2 |
2,000.00 |
1,399.92 |
| Miles |
Jackson |
1 |
840.00 |
240.00 |
| Minden |
Pottawattamie |
4 |
720.00 |
480.00 |
| Missouri Valley |
Harrison |
3 |
2,300.00 |
5,100.00 |
| Moneta |
O'Brien |
1 |
680.00 |
80.00 |
| Monmouth |
Jackson |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Monona |
Clayton |
2 |
1,080.00 |
960.00 |
| Monticello |
Jones |
6 |
605.00 |
30.00 |
| Montrose |
Lee |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Moorland |
Webster |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Moville |
Woodbury |
2 |
1,500.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Nashua |
Chickasaw |
3 |
800.00 |
600.00 |
| Neola |
Pottawattamie |
6 |
900.00 |
1,500.00 |
| New Albin |
Allamakee |
3 |
600.00 |
|
| New Hampton |
Chickasaw |
7 |
700.00 |
700.00 |
| New Vienna |
Dubuque |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| North Buena Vista |
Clayton |
2 |
660.00 |
120.00 |
| North McGregor |
Clayton |
3 |
612.00 |
36.00 |
| North Washington |
Chickasaw |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Ocheyedan |
Osceola |
1 |
1,800.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Oelwein |
Fayette |
7 |
1,150.00 |
3,575.00 |
| Onawa |
Monona |
4 |
900.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Orange City |
Sioux |
1 |
1,800.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Orleans |
Dickinson |
1 |
1,000.00 |
83.35 |
| Oskaloosa |
Mahaska |
21 |
1,000.00 |
7,400.00 |
| Ossian |
Winneshiek |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Osterdock |
Clayton |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Oto |
Woodbury |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Ottumwa |
Wapello |
32 |
1,500.00 |
32,400.00 |
| Oxford City |
Johnson |
4 |
1,000.00 |
1,600.00 |
| Oxford Junction |
Jones |
5 |
900.00 |
1,350.00 |
| Paulina |
O'Brien |
2 |
1,100.00 |
1,000.00 |
| Pella |
Marion |
3 |
1,000.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Pierson |
Woodbury |
1 |
1,000.00 |
400.00 |
| Postville |
Allamakee |
2 |
1,250.00 |
1,250.00 |
| Preston |
Jackson |
3 |
600.00 |
|
| Primghar |
O'Brien |
2 |
960.00 |
720.00 |
| Princeton |
Scott |
1 |
612.00 |
24.00 |
| Readlyn |
Bremer |
2 |
1,200.00 |
600.00 |
| Remsen |
Plymouth |
9 |
600.00 |
|
| Ricketts |
Crawford |
3 |
750.00 |
450.00 |
| Rock Rapids |
Lyon |
3 |
1,500.00 |
2,700.00 |
| Rock Valley |
Sioux |
2 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Rodman |
Palo Alto |
1 |
700.00 |
100.00 |
| Rodney |
Monona |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Sabula |
Jackson |
2 |
700.00 |
200.00 |
| Sanborn |
O'Brien |
2 |
1,200.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Schleswig |
Crawford |
4 |
900.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Sheldon |
O'Brien |
3 |
1,200.00 |
2,700.00 |
| Sibley |
Osceola |
3 |
1,200.00 |
1,800.00 |
| Sioux City |
Woodbury |
97 |
900.00 |
26,152.00 |
| Smithland |
Woodbury |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Soldier |
Monona |
1 |
1,200.00 |
600.00 |
| Solon |
Johnson |
3 |
1,100.00 |
1,476.45 |
| Spillville |
Winneshiek |
3 |
610.00 |
30.00 |
| Spirit Lake |
Dickinson |
1 |
2,500.00 |
2,375.00 |
| St. Olaf |
Clayton |
1 |
780.00 |
90.00 |
| St. Paul |
Lee |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Strawberry Point |
Clayton |
2 |
900.00 |
825.00 |
| Struble |
Plymouth |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Sumner |
Bremer |
5 |
600.00 |
|
| Superior |
Dickinson |
1 |
800.00 |
200.00 |
| Sutherland |
O'Brien |
2 |
1,080.00 |
780.00 |
| Templeton |
Carroll |
2 |
800.00 |
400.00 |
| Treynor |
Pottawattamie |
2 |
780.00 |
360.00 |
| Tripoli |
Bremer |
4 |
600.00 |
|
| Turin |
Monona |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| Underwood |
Pottawattamie |
2 |
750.00 |
300.00 |
| Ute |
Monona |
2 |
1,500.00 |
1,500.00 |
| Vail |
Crawford |
3 |
900.00 |
900.00 |
| Valley Junction |
Polk |
3 |
900.00 |
900.00 |
| Vincent |
Webster |
1 |
1,200.00 |
600.00 |
| Volga |
Clayton |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Walcott |
Scott |
5 |
600.00 |
|
| Walnut |
Pottawattamie |
4 |
900.00 |
1,200.00 |
| Waterloo |
Black Hawk |
26 |
1,200.00 |
14,800.00 |
| Waukon |
Allamakee |
4 |
1,200.00 |
2,400.00 |
| Waverly |
Bremer |
7 |
800.00 |
1,386.88 |
| West Bend |
Palo Alto |
3 |
1,025.00 |
1,275.00 |
| West Burlington |
Des Moines |
2 |
600.00 |
|
| Westfield |
Plymouth |
1 |
800.00 |
200.00 |
| West Point |
Lee |
3 |
600.00 |
|
| West Side |
Crawford |
2 |
900.00 |
600.00 |
| What Cheer |
Keokuk |
6 |
600.00 |
|
| Wheatland |
Clinton |
3 |
600.00 |
|
| Worthington |
Dubuque |
2 |
675.00 |
150.00 |
| Zwingle |
Dubuque |
1 |
600.00 |
|
| |
Total |
1,539 |
|
383,090.74 |
|