1919 Kalispell Ordinance: Alcohol
By Kat Palmiotti, Helping your Montana dreams take root
(406-270-3667, kat@thehousekat.com, Broker/REALTOR®)
I recently found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it’d be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. If I can find enough interesting material, I hope to share one from each year up until now. This week's post will cover a Kalispell ordinance I found from 1919.The United States Prohibition lasted from 1920 to December of 1933. Even though it didn't officially start until 1920, three quarters of all states had ratified the 18th Amendment by 1919. Montana beat that date by voting for prohibition to start on December 31, 1918. And that is how Kalispell City Council's ordinance #350 came to be. Specifically, this ordinance stated that "Every person who sells, exchanges, gives, barters, or disposes of, any ardent spirits, or any compound there...
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