Sometimes a good laugh materializes from unexpected places. While browsing through the immense Lounsberry HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA books I spotted the name George W. Newton that made me pause. It turns out it was nobody I’d know of, but he told a good story.
Newton was the proprietor of a hotel and saloon business in Williston. He never closed the saloon night or day, for when the cowboys went to the ranches he just left the place open and went to his home, so that when anyone wanted a drink during the night he helped himself. Mr. Newton operated this saloon for five years after the state went dry, saying that it took five years for the news to reach Williston.
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